Sermons on Isaiah

Awe-Inspiring Presence

We are beginning the longest season of the Christian Year, the Sundays after Pentecost. On Pentecost, the church takes the stage and seeks to live out what has been learned and to put it into action. We don’t do this work alone, which is why we begin with this season with a series about seeking God. Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8 (CEB)

Giving Up Being Right

Technical Note: We apologize. The first 10 minutes of the embedded video has no sound. We are blessed with leadership from Rev. Mark Wiley, who has served around the Southern California region including in Santee. Pastor Mark continues our Lenten series with a poignant reminder that we’re not always right–and that’s ok! Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21 (NRSV); John 12:1-8 (CEB)

Family Candlelight Service

Our 5:00 pm Christmas Eve Service focuses on children and families and will tell the story of Christmas through scripture and song. Children may be invited to join an informal visual tableau (no rehearsal required!) with fun costumes and easy movements. We will conclude with Christmas carols and candles.

Family Christmas Pageant

It’s Christmas Eve! May the light of Emmanuel shine in us all. As we worship online, let us continue to pray for our community as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Enjoy a fun family-friendly online worship service premiering at 5pm featuring the Christmas story, lots of carols, and videos of families sharing creative pageantry and even stop-motion storytelling! Scripture: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7; Luke 1:26-35, 38; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-20; John 1:1-14

Rejoice

Pastor Bob concludes this year’s Stewardship series on this All Saints Sunday with an invitation to rejoice! Perhaps the idea of rejoicing seems strange in this time on a day when we name those of our loved ones who have been lost in the last year. Our scripture remind us that there is nothing that God cannot make new! Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25

Respond

Pastor Lea brings another sermon in our Stewardship series with a reminder that God calls us to respond to the amazing transformative work that God does with us all! How will you respond? Scripture: Isaiah 58:5-12

Renew

There is so much bringing us stress and anxiety in this time. We may be worried about wildfires and storms, illness, the political climate, and so much more. This third Sunday in our Stewardship series focuses on our need for renewal and where we might go for the source of that renewal. Scripture: Isaiah 40:21-31

Rethink

This week, we continue our Stewardship sermon series, where we will RE:IMAGINE ministry looking forward to 2021. This week, Pastor Lea invites us to rethink our spiritual lives. Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-7

Reveal

This week begins our Stewardship sermon series, where we will RE:IMAGINE ministry looking forward to 2021. The world has changed in so many ways, especially this year! We find ourselves struggling to learn how to do ministry in this time, and just as difficult is the likelihood that doing ministry in the future will be forever changed too! The “new normal” by not be a “normal” we’ve ever seen before. Even so, we are invited to live into the idea…