Second Sunday of Advent

December 8, 2024

CALL TO WORSHIP
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength; ascribe to the Lord the glory of his Name.

We will worship the Lord in holy splendor.
May God give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!

—from Ps. 29:1-2, 11

First Sunday of Advent

December 1, 2024

CALL TO WORSHIP
We gather today to wait for the Lord. Our souls wait, and in God's word we hope.
Our souls wait for the Lord, more than those who watch for the morning.
O children of God, hope in the Lord.
For with God there is steadfast love and great power to redeem.

—based on Ps. 130:5-7

Thanksgiving Sunday

November 24, 2024

CALL TO WORSHIP
Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; happy are those who live close to you.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house.
You crown the year with your bounty; the pastures overflow; the hills are girded with joy.

The meadows deck themselves with grain; the whole world sings together for joy.

Our God, the Giver

Sermon for the 26th Sunday after Pentecost

November 17, 2024

Grace, which like our God, the Giver, never fails from age to age.

—John Newton 

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Jesus was a happy man.* Of course there was sadness in his life—some of the deepest sadness the world has ever known,

26th Sunday after Pentecost

November 17, 2024

CALL TO WORSHIP
Let all things living bless the Lord, the great God!
Bless the One who is clothed with honor and majesty!
God makes springs gush forth in the valleys and flow through the hills.
They give drink to wild animals.

When There's Not Much Time

Sermon for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost
November 10, 2024

“The end of the world is coming soon.” Hearing those words at the beginning of today’s scripture reading was rather jarring to many of us. We don’t talk about the end of the world much in this church—at least I don’t preach about it very often (and that’s probably fine with most of you all). But there are a lot of places where the end of the world is talked about a lot,