Easter Sunday

Liturgy for April 20, 2025

CALL TO WORSHIP
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
The Lord is risen indeed.
God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.
Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly.

Maundy Thursday

Liturgy for April 17, 2025

CALL TO WORSHIP
Hear these words from the 116th Psalm:
I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. What can I offer the Lord for all he has done for me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and praise the Lord’s Name for saving me.

The Same Mind

Sermon for Palm Sunday
April 13, 2025

Palm Sunday is what’s called an evangelical feast. I think I’ve talked about these before. These are holidays that are mentioned in the New Testament, that we can pinpoint to a specific date.

Palm Sunday

Liturgy for April 13, 2025

CALL TO WORSHIP
Hosanna! Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.
Blessed is the One who comes in the Name of the Lord.

When Gain Is Loss

Sermon for the 5th Sunday in Lent
April 6, 2025

I made a mistake this week. Perhaps you caught it. In my column in our newsletter, the Bellwether, I told you of an idea for our food pantry. One of the grocery items that nearly all of our neighbors need when they visit Ida’s Cupboard is eggs.

5th Sunday in Lent

Liturgy for April 6, 2025

CALL TO WORSHIP
When the Lord brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!
We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy.
Others said, “What amazing things the Lord has done for them.”

New Beginnings

Sermon for the 4th Sunday in Lent
March 30, 2025

Let’s think today about the important happenings in our lives, the events that changed the way we looked at the world, the things that, when we look back on them, we can recognize a before and an after.

Fourth Sunday in Lent

Liturgy for March 30, 2025

CALL TO WORSHIP
Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight—
Whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

The Way Out


Sermon for the 3rd Sunday in Lent
March 23, 2025

You all know that one of my heroes is John Calvin. I might be the only person you’ve ever met who’s read Calvin’s Institutes all the way through. And I’ve done it at least twice.