Sermon

Text:  John 15: 1-8 It’s so simple.  Even a child can tell you.  You put a piece of bread in your toaster.  Nothing happens.  No heat, no toast. Nothing. You go to make a call on your house phone.  You put it to your ear, nothing.  The phone is dead.  What’s wrong?  What should you check?  First, check the connection.  […]

Text:  Philippians 3: 10 10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, I want to know.  In just a few weeks we will gather to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus from death to life.  We will come here in complete […]

Text: Mark 1: 29-39 Have you noticed?  Everything is a miracle.  At least that’s what people say.  Maybe we find ourselves saying it. It’s a miracle. Something unexpected happens.  We get through a thorny problem. Things turn out surprisingly well.  We’re bound to hear somebody say:  It’s a miracle.  And there are times when that is the case.  Ask a […]

Text:  Jeremiah 1:5  –  Life Sunday Recognize this fellow? (pic of Peter Heyn and wife Andrea) He was your vicar a few years back.  A lot has happened these last few years for Peter.  He graduated.  He was assigned to a church in Florida.   He married this young lady.  And it’s pretty obvious from the picture that Peter and his […]

Text:  Acts 16:25-34             Did you notice the saying on the church sign this morning?  His light still shines in this dark world.  That saying didn’t come from a book.  It came from me.  This dark world—some might say that’s kind of overstated. But I say:  Ask the people of Paris.  Ask the people of New York.  Ask the people […]