First Sermons

Although the road of life is always filled with unexpected twists and turns, the past two years of living in the midst of a global pandemic has taken this reality to a whole new level. This season of Lent we will find both comfort and challenge in the truth that a large part faithful discipleship is to just keep walking. Each step, including missteps, make the road before us and although we don’t...

Although the road of life is always filled with unexpected twists and turns, the past two years of living in the midst of a global pandemic has taken this reality to a whole new level. This season of Lent we will find both comfort and challenge in the truth that a large part faithful discipleship is to just keep walking. Each step, including missteps, make the road before us and although we don’t...

Although the road of life is always filled with unexpected twists and turns, the past two years of living in the midst of a global pandemic has taken this reality to a whole new level. This season of Lent we will find both comfort and challenge in the truth that a large part faithful discipleship is to just keep walking. Each step, including missteps, make the road before us and although we don’t...

Although the road of life is always filled with unexpected twists and turns, the past two years of living in the midst of a global pandemic has taken this reality to a whole new level. This season of Lent we will find both comfort and challenge in the truth that a large part faithful discipleship is to just keep walking. Each step, including missteps, make the road before us and although we don’t...

Although the road of life is always filled with unexpected twists and turns, the past two years of living in the midst of a global pandemic has taken this reality to a whole new level. This season of Lent we will find both comfort and challenge in the truth that a large part faithful discipleship is to just keep walking. Each step, including missteps, make the road before us and although we don’t...

Some phrases mean the same thing no matter what voice inflection is used when you say them. “If you say so…” isn’t one of them. This sermon series, based in the Gospel of Luke, begins with the call of the first disciples, continues with Jesus’ teachings in “the sermon on the plain,” and ends with his transfiguration. We will explore how these stories challenged the disciples then, and challenge us...

Some phrases mean the same thing no matter what voice inflection is used when you say them. “If you say so…” isn’t one of them. This sermon series, based in the Gospel of Luke, begins with the call of the first disciples, continues with Jesus’ teachings in “the sermon on the plain,” and ends with his transfiguration. We will explore how these stories challenged the disciples then, and challenge us...

Some phrases mean the same thing no matter what voice inflection is used when you say them. “If you say so…” isn’t one of them. This sermon series, based in the Gospel of Luke, begins with the call of the first disciples, continues with Jesus’ teachings in “the sermon on the plain,” and ends with his transfiguration. We will explore how these stories challenged the disciples then, and challenge us...

Some phrases mean the same thing no matter what voice inflection is used when you say them. “If you say so…” isn’t one of them. This sermon series, based in the Gospel of Luke, begins with the call of the first disciples, continues with Jesus’ teachings in “the sermon on the plain,” and ends with his transfiguration. We will explore how these stories challenged the disciples then, and challenge us...

“Life is Good” is a brand that’s come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1989 when two brothers began selling t-shirts door to door in college dormitories. It wasn’t until 1994, when a batch of shirts with “Jake,” a smiling, stick figure drawing with the words “Life is Good”, on them sold out in one day, that the brothers knew they had something special. Although this message of optimism is...

“Life is Good” is a brand that’s come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1989 when two brothers began selling t-shirts door to door in college dormitories. It wasn’t until 1994, when a batch of shirts with “Jake,” a smiling, stick figure drawing with the words “Life is Good”, on them sold out in one day, that the brothers knew they had something special. Although this message of optimism is...

“Life is Good” is a brand that’s come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1989 when two brothers began selling t-shirts door to door in college dormitories. It wasn’t until 1994, when a batch of shirts with “Jake,” a smiling, stick figure drawing with the words “Life is Good”, on them sold out in one day, that the brothers knew they had something special. Although this message of optimism is...

“Life is Good” is a brand that’s come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1989 when two brothers began selling t-shirts door to door in college dormitories. It wasn’t until 1994, when a batch of shirts with “Jake,” a smiling, stick figure drawing with the words “Life is Good”, on them sold out in one day, that the brothers knew they had something special. Although this message of optimism is...

“Life is Good” is a brand that’s come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1989 when two brothers began selling t-shirts door to door in college dormitories. It wasn’t until 1994, when a batch of shirts with “Jake,” a smiling, stick figure drawing with the words “Life is Good”, on them sold out in one day, that the brothers knew they had something special. Although this message of optimism is...

Pastor Alan Taylor presents a meditation for Christmas Eve titled "And It Came To Pass".

Advent is a season of waiting and preparation for the coming of Emmanuel, God with us, in flesh through the baby Jesus. In times of trouble, centuries before Jesus’ birth, prophets foretold his coming and gave their listeners much needed gifts of hope, peace, joy, love, and light. Today, we need these “presents from the prophets” too and we receive them most fully when we receive the baby of Bethl...

Advent is a season of waiting and preparation for the coming of Emmanuel, God with us, in flesh through the baby Jesus. In times of trouble, centuries before Jesus’ birth, prophets foretold his coming and gave their listeners much needed gifts of hope, peace, joy, love, and light. Today, we need these “presents from the prophets” too and we receive them most fully when we receive the baby of Bethl...

Advent is a season of waiting and preparation for the coming of Emmanuel, God with us, in flesh through the baby Jesus. In times of trouble, centuries before Jesus’ birth, prophets foretold his coming and gave their listeners much needed gifts of hope, peace, joy, love, and light. Today, we need these “presents from the prophets” too and we receive them most fully when we receive the baby of Bethl...

Pastor Harold Henderson talks in this sermon about kings and how Christ was a different kind of king than what anyone could have expected.

The hymn, “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” was written by Cecil Frances Alexander and published in the book, “Hymns for Little Children” in 1848. This composition came out of her desire to teach the Apostle’s Creed to young students and illustrates the phrase, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven earth.” As we grow closer to another holiday season of thanks and giving, the wond...

The hymn, “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” was written by Cecil Frances Alexander and published in the book, “Hymns for Little Children” in 1848. This composition came out of her desire to teach the Apostle’s Creed to young students and illustrates the phrase, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven earth.” As we grow closer to another holiday season of thanks and giving, the wond...

The hymn, “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” was written by Cecil Frances Alexander and published in the book, “Hymns for Little Children” in 1848. This composition came out of her desire to teach the Apostle’s Creed to young students and illustrates the phrase, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven earth.” As we grow closer to another holiday season of thanks and giving, the wond...

The hymn, “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” was written by Cecil Frances Alexander and published in the book, “Hymns for Little Children” in 1848. This composition came out of her desire to teach the Apostle’s Creed to young students and illustrates the phrase, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven earth.” As we grow closer to another holiday season of thanks and giving, the wond...

The hymn, “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” was written by Cecil Frances Alexander and published in the book, “Hymns for Little Children” in 1848. This composition came out of her desire to teach the Apostle’s Creed to young students and illustrates the phrase, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven earth.” As we grow closer to another holiday season of thanks and giving, the wond...

Even when we’re not in the 18th month of a pandemic, it’s easy to use all the “gas in our tanks” without stopping to fill up. When that happens, our actions or non-actions usually don’t reflect our true image as children of God and follower of Jesus. This walk through the book of James as well as the three “simple rules” of Methodism’s founder, John Wesley, will remind us who we are and what we ar...