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Council Highlights Mar 2020
Council HighlightsMar. 17, 2020 The Congregational Council met by phone on March 17, with all 10 members, Pastor Sarah and Deacon Heather in attendance. Pastor Sarah gave the opening prayer. Pastor Sarah reported that the office is closed due to the pandemic, and...
Sermon – The Audacious Hope of God~ Pastor Sarah
March 22, 2020 This is a really hard and anxious time. This global pandemic is forcing fundamental changes in lifestyle, in human behavior, in the way we do business and school and even church. And it just keeps playing out in real time so quickly that it’s hard to...
Sermon – We Are One Body~ Pastor Sarah
March 15, 2020 Well, there’s nothing like a novel and spreading virus to really drive home the point that we’re all connected to each other. Over the past couple of months, as we’ve watched the various maps and charts that are trying to capture the spread of the...
Sermon – Deliverance in the Wilderness~ Pastor Sarah
March 8, 2020 Pastor Sarah Rohde Hagar, Jesus, and Rachel take us to the wilderness today, a place I trust we have all spent some time at one point or another in our lives. I’m not sure how many of us heard the story of Hagar growing up, but her story of escape, and...
Sermon – What Do People Mean When They Say The Bible Is Inspired ~ Deacon Heather Feltman
March 1, 2020 If the Bible isn’t a science book or an instruction manual, then what is it? What do people mean when they say the Bible is inspired? When Rachel Held Evans found herself asking these questions, she began a quest to better understand what the Bible is...
Sermon – Ash Wednesday 2020~ Pastor Sarah
February 26, 2020 It might sound kind of strange to you, but as I think about all the days we celebrate or recognize as a church throughout the liturgical year, I think I would say that Ash Wednesday rises to the top as one of my favorites. It might sound odd to opt...
Sermon – Up On the Mountain, Down in the Valley – Bishop Yehiel Curry
February 24, 2020 A couple weeks ago I was part of a bishop delegation who traveled to the Lutheran church in Jordan and the Holy Land. We were there for six days, and we did a lot of work. We took in some of the holy sites, but we were there to put our eyes on the...
Council Highlights Feb 2020
Council Highlights Feb. 18, 2020 Judy Hanson offered the opening prayer. Pastor Sarah reported that she and Deacon Heather are feeling even more stretched with Joshua’s departure. They are focusing on the most urgent things. Interim music and worship arrangements:...
Sermon – Jesus’ Building of the Beloved Community~ Pastor Sarah
February 16, 2020 Jesus addresses in this passage some of the most complex and painful parts of being human. Here Jesus talks about relationships, and particularly relationships that have not yet been reconciled, so he’s talking about the words that still sting. The...
Sermon – February 9 ~ Deacon Heather Feltman
February 9, 2020 We are back up on the mountain with Jesus this week. Up on that mountain, where Jesus begins to reveal to the disciples their new identities--telling them who they are. Last week, we heard the beginning of Jesus’ sermon, known to many as “The...
