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Why Jesus Needed John

January 11, 2026
Isaiah 42:1-9
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Home By Another Way

January 4, 2026
Isaiah 60:1-6
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Get Up and Go

December 28, 2025
Isaiah 63:7-9
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Christmas Eve Service

December 24, 2025
Isaiah 9:2-7
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Would You Believe a Stable?

December 21, 2025
Isaiah 35:1-10
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Do Not Be Afraid

December 14, 2025
Isaiah 7:10–17
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Nothing is Impossible with God

December 7, 2025
Micah 5:2-5a
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Make Ready a People

November 30, 2025
Malachi 3:1-4
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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100 Years of Blessings, a Future Full of Hope

November 23, 2025
Psalm 126
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Witness of Hope

November 16, 2025
Romans 8:18-25
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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The Faithfulness of Doing

November 9, 2025
Psalm 52
Sermon by Reverend Laura Mariko Cheifetz
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Starting What We Cannot Finish

November 2, 2025
Genesis 15:1-6
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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All Hallow’s Eve and the Saints

October 26, 2025
Isaiah 25:6-9
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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The Squeaky Wheel

October 19, 2025
Psalm 119:97-104
Sermon by Reverend Nancy Holve
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Figuring It Out

October 12, 2025
Psalm 66:1-12
Sermon by Reverend Nancy Holveo
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Resetting Relationships

October 5, 2025
Luke 4:14-21
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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A New Covenant

September 28 2025
Luke 22:14-20
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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A Call to Justice and Righteousness

September 21 2025
Matthew 25:1-13
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Seeking Righteous Leadership

September 14, 2025
Matthew 1:18-23
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Called by God to Save

September 7, 2025
John 3:16-17
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Who do you say that I am?

August 31, 2025
Romans 12:1-8
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

August 24, 2025
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Whom do you seek…Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?

August 17, 2025
Psalm 75
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Who Touched Me? Why Do You Make a Commotion and Weep?

August 10, 2025
Psalm 130
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Do You Still Not Perceive or Understand?

August 3, 2025
2 Kings 4:38-44
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Do You Want to Be Made Well?

July 27, 2025
Psalm 109:21-31
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Treasure in Jars of Clay

July 20, 2025
Isaiah 6:1-13
Sermon by Reverend Terry Dwyer
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We Always Thank God for You

July 13, 2025
Psalm 82
Sermon by Reverend Mary Elyn Bahlert
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No one returned to praise God except this foreigner?

July 6, 2025
Psalm 66:1-12
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Who is my mother? Who are my brother and sisters?

June 29, 2025
Psalm 133
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Why are you so afraid? Why do you doubt?

June 22, 2025
Matthew 8:23-27
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Stump the Pastor

June 15, 2025
Isaiah 40:1-8
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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The Spirit of Life – a Universal Affirmation

June 8, 2025
Genesis 1:1-5
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Learning to Feed Sheep

June 1, 2025
Psalm 23
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Fishing on the Other Side

May 25, 2025
Psalm 30
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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The Care of the Spirit

May, 18 2025
Psalm 67
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Following the Good Shepherd

May, 11 2025
Ezekiel: 34:7-16
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Living the Well-Played Life

May 4, 2025
Luke 14:16-24
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Three things to do if you want to draw closer to Jesus

April 27, 2025
Psalm 114
Sermon by Reverend Jeff Kunkel
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Go and Tell

April 20, 2025
Jeremiah 31:1-6
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Maundy Thursday

April 17, 2025
Exodus 12:1–4, 11–14
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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The Road Less Traveled – to the Cross

April 13, 2025
Isaiah 50:4-9
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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To Be Fully Human

April 6, 2025
Psalm 46
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Storing Up Our Treasures

March 30, 2025
Psalm 51:6-12, 15-17
Sermon by Reverend Charie Reid
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Whom Do We Serve: On Our Relationship with God and Stuff?

March 23, 2025
Psalm 131
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Loving Our Enemies

March 16, 2025
Matthew 5:38-48
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Who Is Blessed?

March 9, 2025
Micah 6:1-8
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Living Under Heaven

March 2, 2025
Luke 13:18-19
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Promoting Justice & Righteousness

February 23, 2025
Amos 5:18-24
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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What Way to Heaven?

February 16, 2025
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Protecting and Nurturing God’s Children

February 9, 2025
Acts 6:1-6
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Proclaiming the Word of God

February 2, 2025
Psalm 139:1-6
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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An Economy of Friendship

January 26, 2025
Psalm 13
Sermon by Reverend Joseph Moore
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Living in Kairos Time

January 19, 2025
Psalm 62:5-12
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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We Are God's Beloved

January 12, 2025
Genesis 1:1-5
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Those Who Dream…Persevere

January 5, 2025
Isaiah 60:1-6
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Back to Business…until…

December 29, 2024
Isaiah 61:10-62:3
Sermon by Reverend Jeff Kunkel
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Christmas Eve 2024

December 24, 2024
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Those Who Dream…Are Not Alone

December 22, 2024
Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Those Who Dream…Sow Joy

December 15, 2024
Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Those Who Dream…Prepare the Way

December 8, 2024
Isaiah 40:1-11
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Those Who Dream…Keep Awake

December 1, 2024
Isaiah 64: 1-9
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Grateful

November 24, 2024
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Ready to Share

November 17, 2024
Proverbs 3:13-18
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Enough for All

November 10, 2024
Ruth 2:1-18
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Unlikely Saints

November 3, 2024
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Hope in the Lord

October 27, 2024
Isaiah 40: 27-31
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Malice Toward None: Love

October 20, 2024
Leviticus 19:17-18
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Living Together on Uncommon Ground: Respect

October 13, 2024
Psalm 19
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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Communion as Peace Seeking

October 6, 2024
Psalm 37:1-9
Sermon by Reverend Renée Rico
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