Sermons
Sermon- Pastor Paisley Le Roy Installation – Pastor Sarah Rohde
December 5, 2021 Both of our readings for today speak of a God who, at various points in history, has sent messengers into the world. Malachi, who’s very name means messenger, is sent to the community of Israel, and he was sent to prepare the way of the Lord by...
Sermon – Advent “When The World Is Ending” ~ Deacon Heather Feltman
November 28, 2021 Welcome to Advent, the season of hope and anticipation, yes? When I was a child one of the signs I always looked forward to was my Advent calendar. Any of you have an Advent calendar? Every year about this time my brothers and sister and I were given...
Sermon- Preparing a Meal – Pastor Sarah Rohde
November 21, 2021 This conversation between Jesus and Peter in today’s gospel reading is really remarkable. Remember that not so long ago, Peter was the disciple who let Jesus down in a big way. Peter was the friend who, in the moment when that friendship was most...
Sermon – IBMTA: Where Do We Go From Here?- Pastor Paisley Le Roy
November 7, 2021 Where do we go from here? A fitting question to ask this week. Both a week we begin a worship schedule more like what we had prior to the pandemic. In an week that we remember the saints that have gone before us. You can watch the service here. You...
Sermon – Protestant History- Bishop Gary Wollersheim
October 31, 2021 Bishop Gary Wollersheim shares the history of Protestant Reformation. You can read watch the service here.
Sermon- IBMTA: What Do You Need?- Pastor Sarah Rohde
October 24, 2021 In a podcast that I listened to this week, Philip Yancy, an author that writes a lot about spirituality and grace. He recalled visiting his brother in the hospital, after his brother had a stroke. His brother was comatose. You could clap your hands...
Sermon – IBMTA: Where Does It Hurt?- Pastor Paisley Le Roy
October 17, 2021 My new testament professor called a story like the one we have today a Markan Oreo. Because Mark's Jesus is always on the move, there are often interruptions in his narrative. The two stories often have many parallels and they are put together to...
Sermon- IBMTA: Where Does It Hurt?- Pastor Sarah Rohde
October 10, 2021 Pete Rollins is a phenomenal storyteller and theologian. The tells the story of a Buddhist parable where a young woman loses her beautiful baby girl. In this woman's immense grief, she wraps the child's body in linen, then she wraps the child's body...
Sermon – IBMTA:Where Are You From? Part 2 ~ Deacon Heather Feltman
October 2, 2021 As we have mentioned the last couple of weeks, it is our hope through this sermon series to make room for intentional conversation in our life together as community, so we might grow in relationship with one another. It is our hope that the questions...
Sermon – IBMTA: Where Are You From?- Pastor Paisley Le Roy
September 26, 2021 This week we dive into our series, “I’ve been meaning to ask…” with the seemingly simple question, “where are you from?” As Pastor Sarah mentioned last week, it is our hope to make room for these questions in our life together as community so that...
Sermon- The Power Of Questions- Pastor Sarah Rohde
August 19, 2021 One of my favorite authors, Kelly Corrigan, delivered a graduation speech at the Walker School in Marietta, Georgia this past May. She opened her speech with three stories that I’m going to do my best to paraphrase. The first was of her husband,...
Sermon – Book Of Acts Recap ~ Deacon Heather Feltman
September 12, 2021 Today, we conclude our journey through the book of Acts. Wednesday of last week, Pastor Sarah, Pastor Paisley and I shared a few of the themes that stood out to us. And we hope that you took a bit of time as well to reflect on what you have most...
Sermon – On Trial For Resurrection- Pastor Paisley Le Roy
August 29, 2021 This week, we hear of another tense moment from the book of Acts. Let’s paint the scene: a courtroom in Caesarea. We see the governor Felix sitting high up on the judge’s bench. He is the Roman governor that we know little to nothing about at the time....
Sermon- God Is What Matters- Pastor Sarah Rohde
August 22, 2021 Well, we’re getting closer to the end of this book, and like any good book, the tension is mounting. At this point in Acts, the Apostle Paul has moved on to the city of Ephesus. Ephesus at the time was the second-most important city in the Roman Empire...
Sermon- Sharing Our Faith- Pastor Sarah Rohde
August 15, 2021 I was having a conversation with a chiropractor a few years ago, and we bonded over the experience that we’ve had, over and over again, when we share with others what we do for a living. She said to me, “I have to quickly clarify that I’m not one of...
Sermon – Nothing Can Keep Us From Baptism- Pastor Paisley Le Roy
August 1, 2021 I keep on bringing back this passage from Acts 1, which is considered to be the mission statement of the whole book. It says, "And you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, in Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth." And as we've walked...
Sermon- The Acts Of The Holy Spirit – Pastor Sarah Rohde
July 25, 2021 As we’ve journeyed through the book of Acts this summer, one of the things I’ve appreciated most is the deep-dive that it gives us into the workings of the Holy Spirit. Acts begins with the Spirit’s arrival, but that’s just the first course; the rest of...
Sermon – Everything Was Held In Common ~ Deacon Heather Feltman
July 18, 2021 There is no better proof that Jesus is who he says he is than the before-and-after pictures we have of the disciples. Before Pentecost, they are scared and timid at any sign of trouble. Afterwards, they are fearless leaders! They heal the sick, cast...
Sermon- Resurrection – Pastor Sarah Rohde
July 11, 2021 Last week, Pastor Paisley preached on the story from Acts 3, when Peter and John are on their way to pray, and they’re stopped by a man who is lame, who’s spent every day of his life laying just outside the temple gate. Their eyes meet, Peter has no...
Sermon – Our Eyes Were Opened- Pastor Paisley Le Roy
July 4, 2021 Now, as we've been returning back into our building with more and more regularity, I've been getting a lot of comments saying, was that always there. Now, granted, I'm not really the best person to ask because I'm not quite sure what was and was not...
