This sermon for Labor Day weekend is a little shorter than usual, as we had our missionary Mary Beth Oyebade here with us on Saturday evening to share about her and her husband Bayo’s work in Nigeria. For a different take
This week in worship, we shared a video from our youth summer mission trip to Houston. Before the video, I offered a brief sermon on the day’s scripture readings from Isaiah 58:9b-14 and Luke 13:10-17. The trip video is embedded below.
The assigned texts for this 8th Sunday after Pentecost are Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11; and Luke 12:13-21. I drew inspiration from several commentaries on Working Preacher, including this one by Vanessa Lovelace on the Psalm, Lois
I returned from our youth mission trip to Houston about 4 hours before the Saturday service. Knowing I wouldn’t have much time, this sermon’s conclusion is a bit of a “greatest hits” version of the PRAY Like Jesus series I
Our Sunday worship service on July 14 included sending off the youth mission trip group for our trip to Houston. This week’s sermon focuses on the familiar story of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10:25-37. Although I ended up going