Sermons
Christmas Eve Message
December 24, 2017 (5PM Service) — Rev. Paula Norbert Over 800 years ago in a small town in Italy, a man named Francis wanted to re-create
And a Child Shall Lead Them
December 24, 2017 (10AM Service) — Rev. Paula Norbert Beautiful words we hear today from Isaiah, this prophet- poet, speaking about a child “born for
Love’s Presence Among Us
December 10, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert We have arrived at the second Sunday in Advent and today we celebrate Love. As so many have
Walk in the Light
December 3, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert Today is the first Sunday in Advent…and we are invited to prepare our hearts and minds once again
What Then Must We Do?
November 26, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert “Whenever you did this to the least of my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.” In
Counting Our Blessings
November 19, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert We gather here this week before Thanksgiving to take time out of our week to come together, to
Remembering With Love
November 12, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert Reading: Luke 19:1-10 We hear another wonderful and familiar story today in Luke’s Gospel about Zacchaeus and it’s one
Inspired to Serve
In today’s Gospel from Matthew, we have the opportunity to listen in as Jesus shares words of wisdom with the crowd gathered that day. It
Being Presence
October 22, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert Readings: Exodus, 1 Thessalonians In our first reading from Exodus today, we hear of Moses and the Israelite
Miracles from Heaven
October 15, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert Readings: Luke 11, Phil 4 Today in our reading from Luke, we revisit the time when Jesus modeled how
Seeking Wisdom and Consolation
October 8, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert “The heavens are telling the glory of God,” we hear today in Psalm 19. I thought of those
Wonderfully Made
October 1, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert As we head into the beautiful season of autumn on this first day of October, it is such
The Art of Grumbling
September 24, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert One of the things that stands out in both the first and second readings today is that we
Natural Disaster, Spiritual Hope
September 17, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God.” In Isaiah’s
Standing on Holy Ground
September 10, 2017 — Rev. Paula Norbert In this wonderful passage from Exodus, we hear God telling Moses to take off his shoes because the
What Will You Bring to the Feast?
September 3, 2017 — Nancy Bancroft Scripture Reading: I Corinthians 12: 4-11 In the animated movie Ice Age, when saber-tooth tigers attack a tribe of
Missions
August 27, 2017 — Ken Murray & Members of the Mission Committee Micah 6.6-8 6“With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself
Committed to Respond
August 20, 2017 — Nancy Bancroft Readings: Psalms 104: 1-34, Colossians 1:16-17 It was about two and a half years ago that Jenny Comeau gave
Worship the Lord with Gladness & Song
August 13, 2017 — Nancy Bancroft Readings: 1 Chronicles 13:5-8; Colossians 3: 16-17 The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour was a variety show that premiered
We are a Pilgrim People
Nancy Bancroft — August 6, 2017 Readings: Genesis 12:1-9; Hebrews 11:8-16 When we here in the United States hear the word pilgrim, our first thought is
Reverberate in the Lord!
July 30, 2017 — Nancy Bancroft Readings: Psalm 150, Romans 12: 1-18 In 2001 I was hired as an ethicist for a large health system