Drinking From the Well

This sermon looks at the failure of humans to live up to the divine vocation, and how this places us in a position of need before God.

This begins a 4 week series on the Gospel, beginning when it all started: Genesis Chapter 2

A look at Acts 2 through the lens of the personal and social gospels... and Star Wars

This sermon looks at the activity of Jesus following his resurrection and how it leads us to a fuller understanding of the power of community to receive and spread the good news of resurrection.

A Look at Saul's conversion in Acts 9 and how it shows us the way to a heart set free from the bondage of hardness.

A look at the Road to Emmaus story as a means of seeing how the intersection of scripture and community help us experience the resurrection of our Lord and our lives.

A look at the story of Thomas from John 20 and how his story invites us to have our doubts turned into a more robust trust and faith in Jesus.

A look at John 21 and how Jesus uses a simple breakfast on the beach with Peter to resurrect his calling and his life

This sermon looks at John 20 and the scene with Mary Magdalene outside of the tomb of Jesus. By looking at Mary's life we find a resurrection story that helps us understand the hope that we can find in Jesus when everything seems lost.

This Easter Sermon looks at John 11 and the resurrection of Lazarus as the proof that God wants to resurrect the broken parts of our own lives.

Looking at the statement "We believe in the forgiveness of sins" as a means of teaching us what it looks like to live out the radical loving act of forgiving those who have harmed us.

This sermon looks at the idea of the Communion of Saints as an eternal reality that points us towards the importance of passing on the faith to future generations

What does it mean when we say that we believe in the holy catholic church? What is the church? How does the church teach us how to love?

A look at the Holy Spirit as the agent that enables us to love God, our neighbors, ourselves, and our enemies.

A look at how the kenotic hymn of Philippians 2 teaches us what it looks like to love the way that Jesus loves.

This sermon focuses on the statement "We believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth" from the historic Apostles' Creed.

Looking at Luke 7 we journey into the DNA of being an inclusive church.

A look at what it means to do outreach that facilitates transformation, using John 9 as a basis for our work as a church.

A look at the life of discipleship through the lens of church growth and the call of Peter to care for Jesus's people.

A Look at John 4 and the story of the Woman at the Well as blueprint for what it looks like to live a lifestyle of worship.

This series introduces a new Strategic Plan for First Church, with this sermon centering on the vision.

A Look at the story of Ruth through the lens of Jesus's genealogy that focuses on the redemption that we seek in advent.

A Look at Joshua 2 and 6 and the role that Rahab played in the history of Israel -- and more importantly the role that God played in redeeming her life.

A look at Genesis 38 and the story of Tamar gives us a better understanding of the work that Christ did simply by being born into the family that he chose to be born into.   This series follows the 5 women named in Matthew's Genealogy of Jesus, looking at how they all went from bad company to redeemed foremothers of Israel's Messiah.

This sermon looks at Luke 17:11-19, particularly paying attention to how we are empowered to heal from and overcome the condition of bitterness in our hearts.