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October 7, 2019 Sermon

Here’s my sermon from the seventeenth week after Pentecost, on what it means that we are simultaneously sinners and saints:

191007 Sermon – Rev. Elsa Marty – Simultaneously Sinners & Saints

Text: Luke 17:5-10

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September 29, 2019 Sermon – Kiah Baxter

Here’s Kiah’s sermon from the sixteenth week after Pentecost, on a difficult text. Thanks for preaching Kiah!

190929 Kiah Baxter – Sermon – Reminders of God’s Message

Text: Luke 16:19-31

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September 22, 2019 Sermon

Here’s my sermon from the fifteenth week after Pentecost, on the parable of the dishonest manager:

190922 Sermon – Rev. Elsa Marty – A Problematic Parable?

Text: Luke 16:1-13

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September 16, 2019 Sermon

Here’s my sermon from the fourteenth week after Pentecost, about being lost and found:

190916 Sermon – Rev. Elsa Marty – Lost & Found

Text: Luke 15:1-10

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September 15, 2019 Sermon – Rev. Liz Edman

Rev. Liz Edman preached this Sunday about the woman at the well and her conversation with Jesus. Rev. Edman is an Episcopal priest, political strategist, and the author of Queer Virtue.

190915 Sermon – Rev. Liz Edman – The Woman at the Well

Text: John 4:3-29

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September 9, 2019 Sermon

Here’s my sermon from the thirteenth week after Pentecost, about how taking up the cross is paradoxically what frees us and gives us life:

190909 Sermon – Rev. Elsa Marty – Freed by the Cross

Text: Luke 14:25-33

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Songs for Fall 2019

Hello song leaders! Here is the music we’ll be singing this fall (Sept 8 – end of October).

There are lots of songs from Lydian composers! Click the linked song titles to hear the recording.

 

1) Gathering Song
The Mighty Will Fall, by Debbie Holloway
-or-
Lament for Zion, by Debbie Holloway

 

2) Candle Lighting Song
The Journey of a Thousand Miles, by Paul Vasile
-or-
Lead Me, Guide Me

 

3) Table Acclamation
Fall Table Acclamation, by Meave Shelton

 

4) Prayer Song
Song Leader’s Choice

 

5) Gathering Song
Shukuru Yesu
-or-
Amen

 

6) Final Hymn
September
Come Thou Fount

October
God Whose Giving Knows No Ending

 

Posted in: Songs We Sing

August 25, 2019 Sermon

Here’s my sermon from the eleventh week after Pentecost, on being set free and delighting in God:

190825 Sermon – Rev. Elsa Marty – You Have Been Set Free

Text: Luke 13:10-17

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August 12, 2019 Sermon

Here’s my sermon from the ninth week after Pentecost, on the promise that Christ will come again:

190812 Sermon – Rev. Elsa Marty – Christ Is Coming Soon

Text: Luke 12:32-40

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August 6, 2019 Sermon

Here’s my sermon from our special Dinner Church worship service at the Park Church Co-op, on trusting God in the midst of our fears and anxiety:

190806 Sermon – Rev. Elsa Marty – God Will Provide

Text: Luke 12:22-31

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