Apr 19, 2020
Coming to Terms with the Resurrection
By: Pastor Meagan
Series: (All)
April 19, 2020. After Jesus had been arrested, tortured, and crucified, the disciples waited — hidden away in their Upper Room — and were afraid. We hear this gospel story every year. But this year, we know more than ever what it means to be isolated in our rooms and afraid too. Today's sermon reminds us that even so, the promise of God is still with us.
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- Apr 19, 2020Coming to Terms with the Resurrection
Apr 19, 2020Coming to Terms with the ResurrectionBy: Pastor MeaganSeries: (All)April 19, 2020. After Jesus had been arrested, tortured, and crucified, the disciples waited — hidden away in their Upper Room — and were afraid. We hear this gospel story every year. But this year, we know more than ever what it means to be isolated in our rooms and afraid too. Today's sermon reminds us that even so, the promise of God is still with us.
- Apr 12, 2020Easter in the Upper Room
Apr 12, 2020Easter in the Upper RoomBy: Pastor MeaganSeries: (All)April 12, 2020. It's been challenging thinking about how to mark Easter this year, when in the season of COVID-19 we can't be together physically. In our isolation, we feel a little closer to the disciples in theirs, waiting for a bit of good news. Pastor Meagan's sermon this morning is on the promise of the resurrection, on the light and life and healing and hope on the other side.
- Apr 9, 2020In Our Upper Rooms
Apr 9, 2020In Our Upper RoomsBy: Pastor MeaganSeries: (All)April 9, 2020. For many people of faith, washing is a sign of spiritual cleansing. In our gospel this evening, Jesus washes the feet of his disciples. And all these years later as we prepare to break the Eucharistic bread together, each of us in our own separate Upper Room during this time of social distancing, we are more aware than ever of how important washing is.
- Apr 5, 2020We Cry Hosanna!
Apr 5, 2020We Cry Hosanna!By: Pastor MeaganSeries: (All)April 5, 2020. The people walking along with Jesus on his triumphant entry into Jerusalem were yelling out, "Hosanna!" This was not so much a cry of joy, though, as it was a cry for help. Palm Sunday this year is different from other years, isn't it? Here we are a week away from Easter, dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, and we are crying out for help that we know only God can give.
- Mar 29, 2020Can These Bones Live?
Mar 29, 2020Can These Bones Live?By: Pastor MeaganSeries: (All)March 29, 2020. The readings today include the Valley of Dry Bones from Ezekiel, and Jesus raising Lazarus to life from the Gospel of John. Pastor Meagan preaches on these texts, on the death that is already happening in our world with the pandemic we are facing, and the life anew that we know is coming from the breath of God.
- Mar 22, 2020We Are Still Here
Mar 22, 2020We Are Still HereBy: Pastor MeaganSeries: (All)March 22, 2020. Here we are today, in the days of the COVID-19 pandemic, an experience that we living through it will not soon forget. And just like other such events, it is going to transform our country, transform us as people, transform us as a family of faith. But Pastor Meagan reminds us that there is good news to be heard in our readings today. First and most important: we are still here. And God is still here.
- Mar 8, 2020Follow the Wind
Mar 8, 2020Follow the WindBy: Pastor MeaganSeries: (All)March 8, 2020. Although we have times in our lives when things seem predictable and stable, we don’t ever really know what is going to happen. Just as God told Abraham and Sarah to go and they went, just as Jesus told Nicodemus to follow the wind, just as we sometimes can't see more than one step in front of us, God is guiding each of us along the way.
- Mar 1, 2020Discovering Who We Are
Mar 1, 2020Discovering Who We AreBy: Pastor MeaganSeries: (All)March 1, 2020. We are beginning two separate journeys at the same time — the journey of Lent and the journey of the ministry that we will discover together. Pastor Meagan's sermon this morning reminds us that as we share these journeys, God is present, guiding us.
- Feb 26, 2020Encountering God
Feb 26, 2020Encountering GodBy: Pastor MeaganSeries: (All)February 26, 2020. During the 40 days of Lent, the stories we will hear of all of the encounters that Jesus had with people, and the encounters they had with God in Jesus, show us that God wants nothing more than to meet us right where we are. On this Ash Wednesday we welcome our new pastor, Meagan McLaughlin. She preaches on the story of Adam and Eve, and how no matter how much we may mess up, it can't change the fact that God created us in God's image and will never stop loving us.