SERMONS

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Life Beyond the Pandemic: Envisioning a Brighter Future for Ourselves and Our Community

February 21, 2021 | Life Beyond the Pandemic: Nature and God are One | Rev. Eric Elnes, Ph.D (Copy)

February 14, 2021 | Life Beyond the Pandemic | Rev. Eric Elnes, Ph.D (Copy)

February 7, 2021 | Facing the Darkness | Rev. Eric Elnes, Ph.D (Copy)

December 27, 2020 | The Timeless and the Timely, Part 6: Gifts of the Magi | Rev. Eric Elnes, Ph.D. (Copy)

December 24, 2020 | Christmas Eve Service | Rev. Eric Elnes, Ph.D. (Copy)

December 20, 2020 | The Timeless and the Timely, Part 4: Love | Rev. Eric Elnes, Ph.D. (Copy)

November 8, 2020 | Atticus Finch Looks in the Mirror | Carter Latendresse (Copy)

November 1, 2020 | When Saul Met His Bones...and Also a Ghost | Grant Helbley (Copy)

October 25, 2020 | No Matter What | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

September 27, 2020 | The Last Surprise | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

September 6, 2020 | Good Work | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

August 30, 2020 | A Change Is Gonna Come | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

August 23, 2020 | Finding Blessings in Uncertain Times | Candidate Weekend (Copy)

August 16, 2020 | The Day Jesus Wasn't Perfect | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

August 9, 2020 | Hurt People Hurt People | Rev. Avena Ward (Copy)

August 2, 2020 | Dangerous Compassion | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

July 26, 2020 | Grant Us Wisdom | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

July 12, 2020 | The Hardest Commandment | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

July 5 | Into the Fire | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

June 28, 2020 | Welcome! | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

June 21, 2020 | Re-imagining Fatherhood: Two dads share their story | Kyle Roy and Daniel Russo (Copy)

June 14, 2020 | The Advocate | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

June 7, 2020 | I Don't Understand You | Grant Helbley and Jack Allman (Copy)

May 31, 2020 | Languages of Spiritual Responsibility | Rev. Dr. Sheldon Hurst (Copy)

May 24, 2020 | The Worth of Waiting | Rev. Frank Baldwin (Copy)

May 17, 2020 | Things Change, God's Love Doesn't | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker & UCC Conference Ministers (Copy)

May 10, 2020 | 9 Months | Grant Helbley (Copy)

March 8 | Ready, Set, Go! | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

March 1 | Living Joyfully Through Lent | Rev. Bunny Oliver (Copy)

February 23 | Why We Can't Stay | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

February 16 | Creating: Imagine that! | Rev. Dr. Sheldon Hurst (Copy)

February 9 | The Life Preservers | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

February 2 | Shadows and Skeletons at the Table | Grant Helbley (Copy)

January 26 | Jesus, Change Agent | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

January 12 | Water-Washed and Spirit -Sent | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

January 5 | Rev. Frank Baldwin | Another Road (Copy)

December 24 | Christmas Reflection | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

December 22 | Skeletons and Scandals and Babies, Oh My! | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

December 15 | Something Worth Singing About | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

December 8 | The Witness | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

December 1 | Watching and Waiting | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

November 24 | The Key to Life | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

November 17 | Astonishing Abundance Is Within Reach | Rev. Dr. Jim Antal (Copy)

November 10 | A Crisis of Faith | Rev. Denise Denniston (Copy)

November 3 | Remembering the Communion of Saints | Rev. Avena Ward (Copy)

October 27 | Service of Healing and Acknowledgment | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker and Rev. Avena Ward (Copy)

October 20 | Big Plans! | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

October 13 | Alligator Congregations and Narwhal Blessings | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

October 6 | How Long, O Lord? | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

September 22 | How Big Is Your Neighborhood? | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

September 15 | The Place Where All Are Welcome and None Are Lost | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

September 8 | Crossing the River of Change | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

August 25 | Micro-Liberation and Radical Wellness | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

August 18 | Why Can't We All Just Get Along? | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

August 4 | Where are our hearts? | Rev. Avena Ward (Copy)

July 28 | Holy Listening, Sacred Speech | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

July 21 | Are you a Mary or a Martha? | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

July 14 | Justice-Love: Our Public Calling | Rev. Janet Parker (Copy)

July 7 | Our Covenant with Creation | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

August 11 | Becoming Ready To Serve | Rev. Peter Bauer (Copy)

June 30 | "What Do You Think You're Doing?" | Rev. Avena Ward (Copy)

June 23 | "All In" | Rev Pam Fine (Copy)

June 16 | "Are You the Host or the Guest? | Sarah Vazquez (Copy)

June 2 | Graduation Sunday | Jeremy Clark (Copy)

May 26 | "Radical Inclusion: The Bible's Last Word" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

May 19 | "Making All Things New" | Rev. Frank Baldwin (Copy)

May 5 | "Call to Adventure" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

April 28 Easter Sunday | "Love That Walks Through Walls" | Rev. Avena Ward (Copy)

April 21 Easter Sunday | "After Things Fall Apart" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

April 14 Palm Sunday | "The Executed God" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

March 31 | "The Gift of Uncertainty" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

March 24 | "The Gift of Emptiness" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

March 17 | "The Gift of Temptation" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

March 10 | "Call It What It Is" | Rev. Dr. Sheldon Hurst (Copy)

March 3 | "When Darkness and Light Meet" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

February 24 | "The Forgiveness Artist" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

February 17 | "Level With Me, Jesus" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

February 03 - CONFIRMATION SUNDAY | "Called to Love" - Part 2 | Rev. Elizabeth Durant (Copy)

February 03 - CONFIRMATION SUNDAY | "Called to Love" - Part 1 | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

January 27 | "Why Are We Here?" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

January 20 | "The Beloved Community of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

January 13 | "Take Me To The Water" | Rev. Elizabeth Durant (Copy)

January 06 (Epiphany Sunday) | "The Seekers" | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

December 30 | "Use Your Words" | Rev. Elizabeth Durant (Copy)

December 24 (Christmas Eve) | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker | "Christmas Journeys" (Copy)

December 23 | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker | "Love Child" (Copy)

December 16 | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker | "Revolutionary Joy" (Copy)

December 09 | Rev. Elizabeth Durant | "The Path is Peace" (Copy)

December 02 | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker | "Hope Builders" (Copy)

November 25 | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker | "And a Kin-dom Shall Rise" (Copy)

November 18 | Rev. Molly Carlson | "What Shall We Bring?" (Copy)

November 11 | Rev. Elizabeth Durant | Giving Is All We Have (Copy)

November 4 | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker | Jesus to Disciples: Be Tasty and All Lit Up (Copy)

October 21 | Rev. Elizabeth Durant | What Are You Doing Here? (Copy)

October 14 | How Wide Is Your Circle? | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

October 07 | Radical Communion | Rev. Dr. Janet Parker (Copy)

September 30 | Who Do We Think We Are? | Rev. Elizabeth Durant (Copy)

September 23 | "The Day Moses Realized He Couldn't Go It Alone" | Rev. Janet Parker (Copy)

September 16, 2018 | Is God Among Us or Not | Rev. Janet Parker (Copy)

September 9 | "Taking the Roundabout Way" | Rev. Janet Parker (Copy)

"Face to Face: (Copy)

August 26, 2018 | "Comfort for the Pain" (Copy)

August 19, 2018 | "Are We There Yet?" (Copy)

August 12, 2018 | "Be Not Afraid" | Rev. Elizabeth Durant (Copy)

August 5, 2018 | "Who Moved My Manna?" | Rev. Elizabeth Durant (Copy)

July 29, 2018 | "The Rose" | Rev. Michael Ellick (Copy)

July 22, 2018| "No Human Being is Illegal" | Rev. Elizabeth Durant (Copy)

July 15, 2018| "New Ruins of the Old West" | Rev. Michael Ellick (Copy)

June 24, 2018 | "Calling the Storm to Stillness" | Rev. Amanda Guthrie (Copy)

April 29, 2018 | Rev. Michael Ellick, Rev. Elizabeth Durant, Genna McAllister

Love in Truth & Action by Rev. Elizabeth Durant
April 22, 2018

Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian by Rev. Michael Ellick
April 15, 2018

SERIES: GOSPEL of John

Easter Morning Mysteries by Rev. Michael Ellick
April 1, 2018

Palms of Peace, Prescience & Perturbation by Rev. Elizabeth Durant
March 25, 2018 (Palm Sunday)

Field Notes from the Future–Belonging to God/ Belonging to Each Other by Revs. Elizabeth Durant & Michael Ellick
March 18, 2018

The Serpent and the Son of God by Rev. Michael Ellick
March 11, 2018

Life Lessons from Zuzu Magdelene by Rev. Michael Ellick
March 4, 2018

How Much Did You Pay For That? by Grant Helbley
February 25, 2018

#Me Too, Now What? by Rev. Elizabeth Durant
February 18, 2018

Transfiguration Class by Rev. Michael Ellick
February 11, 2018

Dead Prophets and Resurrection Cities by Rev. Michael Ellick
February 4, 2018

Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion by Rev. Michael Ellick
January 28, 2018

What It’s Like to Have Your Husband Deported by Rev. Michael Ellick
January 21, 2018

The Poor People's Campaign by Rev. Elizabeth Durant
January 14, 2018

Living With God's Other Creatures by Rev. David Clough
January 7, 2018

Seeing is Believing? by Rev. Bill Cunitz
December 31, 2017

Supermoon Rising in the Season of Miracles by Rev. Elizabeth Durant
December 31, 2017

When Jesus Wept by Rev. Michael Ellick
December 17, 2017

Is it Nothing to You? by Bishop Norman Reuel O. Marigza
December 10, 2017

Supermoon Rising in the Season of Miracles by Rev. Elizabeth Durant
December 3, 2017

The Thanksgiving Paradox of 'Praying for Peace' by Rev. Michael Ellick
November 26, 2017

Emergency Light Gospel by Rev. Michael Ellick
November 19, 2017

Infinite Gifts by Rev. Hector Lopez
November 5, 2017

Uprooting and Rebirth by Rev. Michael Ellick
October 15, 2017

Prayers Are Not Enough by Rev. Elizabeth Durant
October 8, 2017

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