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Join us for Mother Wendy Dixon's sermon: Advent 2: Mary and Elizabeth, The Visitation Advent is the season of waiting. This week we look at the story of Mary with her friend and cousin, Elizabeth, the soon to be mother of John (the Baptist). This Advent we are looking at the story through the lens of Mary. The one single person in all of history who was closest to Jesus, his mom. Historically...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon:  Advent 1: Mary and Gabriel, the Annunciation Advent is the season of waiting. This week we look at the story of Mary and the angel Gabriel. The Annunciation This Advent we are looking at the story through the lens of Mary. The one single person in all of history who was closest to Jesus, his mom. Historically we know that Mary was in Ephesus later in life...

Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon: Christ the King -The Self Giving Way of The Kingdom of God vs the Ambitions of Empire. We celebrate Christ the King Sunday which marks the end of the Church Calendar year. Culminating with the celebration of Jesus as King of Kings. We find in our story today Jesus, the King, standing before Pilate (the Governor of Judea). Pilate is asking him these four...

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon: Imago Dei- Created in the Image of God In this fascinating sermon, Tim leads us into the Imago Dei. The Image of God. One of the most amazing proclamations of our faith is that human beings are made in the image of God. What is it to be created in the image of God? Where do we find the Imago Dei? The Image of God within us? What does this mean? Genesis...

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon: King of Hope: Hold on to Hope, Shine Like Stars Against the Darkness From our scripture reading today in Philippians 2: 'Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to...

Join us for Mother Wendy Dixon's sermon:  All Saints From our Scripture in Revelation 7: After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our...

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon:  Regaining the Initiative to Love From Romans chapter 12: I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God... Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wis...

Christian Freedom - The Freedom to Maintain Gospel Integrity Galatians 5: For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore...  ...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. Christian Freedom or The Freedom to Maintain Gospel Integrity is actually the "energy" that s...

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon: Peace Amidst Chaos-How Do We Live Within the Peace of God? What do we do when the name of Jesus is associated with violence? How do we respond when the name of Jesus is associated with denigrating women, minorities, and refugees? How do we respond when our beautiful Lord and Savior is associated with a "shaman", an attempted insurrection, and...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: Creation Tide 6: The Beauty of Saint Francis Saint Francis Sunday is the only Sunday a year that we keep to honor a Saint, and they're not even a biblical figure! Many churches keep St. Francis day on a Sunday, why??? The real answer is probably because we love our animals and pets. And so for one Sunday a year we bring our creatures with us and we bl...

Join us for Mako Nagasawa sermon: Creation Tide 5: Holy Michael and All Angels We continue this season of Creation Tide with a look at Ezekiel chapter 1. Mako reflects on angels, their role, our relationship to them, and what they teach us because they too are part of God's creation. We look at how Ezekiel sees the angels in God's temple and how he reacts to them and what that means for...

Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon: Creation Tide 4: Gardening Together With God We continue this season of Creation Tide with another insightful sermon from Jen. From our scripture in Revelation Chapter 21: (from the First Nations Version (of the NT), An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament.) 'I heard a voice coming from the seat of honor. “Behold!” the voice said. “the Great...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: Creation Tide 3: Jesus, The Caring Gardener of Our Lives We continue this season of Creation Tide with another insightful sermon from Tim. From our scripture in John chapter 20:   (from the First Nations Version, An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament.) "Early on the first day of the week, Strong Tears (Mary) from Tower of Creator’s High Lodge...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: Creation Tide 2: You are a Garden that God is Tending We continue this season of Creationtide with another thought provoking sermon from Tim. From our scripture in Genesis: "God blessed them (Adam and Eve): ...Be responsible for the fish in the sea and the birds in the air, and for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth.”  -Genesis 1:28 In...

Join us for Cn Tim Clayton's sermon: Creationtide 1: Your Heart is a Garden in Which God Desires to Grow Goodness We begin this season of Creationtide with a lovely sermon from Tim. From our scripture in Colossians 1: (from the First Nations Version (of the NT), An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament.) "He is the one who is in first place and the head of all things. It is in him...

Join us for Sophie Clayton-Gross' sermon, The Minor Prophets 8: Malachi - Does God Really Love Us? The Books of the Minor Prophets are simply shorter books. But the beauty of the Minor Prophet books is that because they are shorter,  they tend to get right to the point and "name" the issues at hand. "And so you say..." The prophet Malachi uses this term again and again to...

Join us for Mother Jen Keifer's sermon: Minor Prophets 7, Amos: Establishing Justice The Books of the Minor Prophets are simply shorter books. But the beauty of the Minor Prophet books is that because they are shorter,  they tend to get right to the point and "name" the issues at hand. In this insightful sermon, looking at the words of the prophet Amos, calling on Israel to: "S...

Join us for Mother Wendy Dixon's sermon: Minor Prophets 6, Hosea: A Call to the Church from Our God, Who Lifts Infants to His Cheek The Books of the Minor Prophets are simply shorter books. But the beauty of the Minor Prophet books is that because they are shorter,  they tend to get right to the point and "name" the issues at hand. Join us for this insightful sermon as Wendy shares...

Join us for Trevor Jones' sermon: Minor Prophets 5, Jonah - A Prophet Like No Other The Books of the Minor Prophets are simply shorter books. But the beauty of the Minor Prophet books is that because they are shorter,  they tend to get right to the point and "name" the issues at hand. Jonah: When and where does the Book of Jonah really come from? What do we know about Jonah aside fr...

Join us for Matt Vaselkiv's sermon: Minor Prophets 4, Esther - The Impact of Subtlety and Nuance. The Books of the Minor Prophets are simply shorter books. But the beauty of the Minor Prophet books is that because they are shorter,  they tend to get right to the point and "name" the issues at hand. Esther: Join us as Matt takes us through the powerful and beautiful story of Esther,...

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon: Minor Prophets 3, Micah - Who are We are Meant to Be? Justly, Mercy, Kindness, Humility The Books of the Minor Prophets are simply shorter books. But the beauty of the Minor Prophet books is that because they are shorter,  they tend to get right to the point and "name" the issues at hand. Micah: Micah is a contemporary of Isaiah, the Exile of...

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon: Minor Prophets 2, Zechariah- Deeply Loved and Not Forgotten. The Books of the Minor Prophets are simply shorter books. But the beauty of the Minor Prophet books is that because they are shorter,  they tend to get right to the point and "name" the issues at hand. Zechariah Questions for God: Where are you? What are you doing? Why is it taking s...

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon: Minor Prophets, Zephaniah - Shame into Praise Join us in this sermon series as we begin studying the Minor Prophets in the Scriptures. It seems like a long time ago that people spoke out in our culture in the "name of Jesus" and spoke about things like character, integrity, honesty, faithfulness. Now, somehow we have found ourselves in a place...

Join us for Canon Tim Clayton's sermon: Ordaining Women - Women in Ministry In this thought provoking sermon Tim looks at the importance of not just having "Fathers in God", but of also having "Mothers in God". This sermon isn't to argue the specifics of ordaining women, instead it looks at the importance of recognizing and honoring God's work throughout the chur...

Join us for Mother Wendy Dixon's sermon: Be Enwrapped - Connecting with God. Wendy concludes this sermon series with an insightful perspective about the sense of loneliness that can sometimes affect our feelings about God. The "gap" is a type of loneliness that affects each one of us since the fall of Adam and Eve. She describes this gap as a type of separation from God. Should we w...