On this 13th Sunday after Pentecost, our scripture readings are Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Philemon (the assigned text is Philemon 1:1-21, but we added another 4 verses to our reading to get through the entire book/letter), and Luke 14:25-33. We gave out Deep
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