Sermons from June 2022
We Believe: God
Our first week focuses appropriately on God, named in the Apostle’s Creed as The Father Almighty and as the creator of Heaven and Earth. In these few words, we encompass not just the Christian Almighty, but the same God of our Jewish and Muslim siblings. We remember the stories of power and might from the ancient Hebrew texts and the parental figure who gave us a humble Messiah in the New Testament. Scripture: Psalm 90:1-8, 12 (CEB)
How Deep the Father’s Love
Sunday, June 19th is Father’s Day. Our message is “How Deep the Father’s Love”. Through scripture, readings and the singing of hymns, we will reflect on God as the Father; the Father in Creation, the Father in Refuge and Nourishment, the Father is Redemption and the Father in Faith. Together, we will confirm our faith and experience again how deep the Father’s love for us is vast beyond all measure. Scripture: Ephesians: 3:14-19 (CEB)
The Image of Community
As we journey into summer and the season after Pentecost, we follow the arrival of the Holy Spirit with a celebration of the mysterious Trinity. The idea of the Trinity has surely inspired volumes of works simply to explain its theological concept. It is difficult for us to understand how God can be both infinitely whole and also three completely separate persons (Creator, Christ, Spirit). Perhaps the phrase from John below says it well: “you can’t handle it now.” And…
Sparks of the Spirit
Pentecost Sunday is a long-standing tradition in Christian churches because it is the moment of the arrival of God’s Holy Spirit among the faithful followers. Classical Christian theology affirms God in trinity, and this moment brings completion to the triune presence. Scripture: John 14:8-17, 25-26; Acts 2:1-8, 12-21 (CEB)