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»2005 Sermons

 

Dance a Different Dance Now Christmas Is Here                        

A Sermon Preached by Catherine Foote, December 24, 2005

Luke 2:1-20                       

 

Saying Yes                                                                  

A Sermon Preached by Peter Ilgenfritz, December 18, 2005

Luke 1:26-38

 

The First Thing God Calls Holy

A sermon preached by Dave Shull, December 11, 2005

Genesis 2.1-4 and Matthew 11.25-30

 

We Are All Prisoners

A Sermon Preached by Donald Mackenzie, December 4, 2005

Text:  “Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt…” Deuteronomy 5:15a

Readings:  Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Luke 1:46-56

 

Resting, Waiting                                              

A Sermon Preached by Catherine Foote, November 27, 2005

“Prepare the way of the Lord”  Mark 1:3b

Exodus 20: 8-11; Mark 1:1-4

 

“Called Out”

A sermon preached by Dave Shull, November 20, 2005

Isaiah 25.6-10 and Matthew 14.22-33

 

Dave Shull’s Letter of Resignation from UCUCC

 

Why Worry About Words?  

A Sermon Preached by Peter Ilgenfritz, November 13, 2005

Genesis 1:1-5, Exodus 20:7

 

In the Strong Name of Jesus

A Sermon Preached by Donald Mackenzie, November 6, 2005

Text:  "You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God."  Exodus 20:7a

Readings:  Exodus 20:1,2,7; Philippians 2:1-11

 

Tent or Temple?

A Sermon Preached by Donald Mackenzie, October 23, 2005

Text:  You shall not make for yourself an idol.  Exodus 20:4a

Readings:  Exodus 20:4-6; Matthew 4:1-11

 

The Bible as Idol

A Sermon Preached by Peter Ilgenfritz, October 16, 2005

Exodus 20: 4, 2 Corinthians 4:7

 

Growing in Faith- Bird by Bird

A Sermon Preached by Catherine Foote, October 9, 2005

Exodus 20:4-6; Matthew 6:25-33

 

Freed to Serve

A Sermon Preached by Dave Shull, September 25, 2005

Exodus 20.1-3 and Mark 10.17-22

 

Confession, Lament and Healing

A Sermon Preached by Donald Mackenzie, September 11, 2005

Text:  “As long as I kept my stubborn silence,…my strength was sapped by a summer’s heat.” Psalm  32:3-4

Readings:  Psalm 32; Luke15:18-24

 

The Good Work

A Sermon Preached by Peter Ilgenfritz, September 4, 2005

Matthew 18:15-20

 

As Things Become New

A Sermon Preached by Catherine Foote, August 21, 2005

Romans 12:1-8

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed, by the renewing of your mind”  -Romans 12:2a

 

Crossings

A Sermon Preached by Donald Mackenzie, August 7, 2005

Readings:  Number 4:21-28; John 14:25-31

 

The Story We Hate to Hear

A Sermon Preached by Dave Shull, June 26, 2005

Genesis 22.1-19

 

Who is the Holy Spirit?
A Sermon Preached by Dave Shull, May 22, 2005

The second in a three-part series, The Fruits of the Spirit

Genesis 1

 

Why Your Mother Loves You

A Sermon Preached by Catherine Foote, May 8, 2005

Hosea 11:1-9; I Thessalonians 2:9-13

“I was gentle among you, like a tender mother nursing her child.”  I Thess. 2:12

 

 

The Country We Reside In

A Sermon Preached by Dave Shull, May 1, 2005

as the third in a three-part series, Trusting God

John 14.15-23                                

 

Even When it is Night                                                      

A Sermon Preached by Dave Shull, April 24, 2005

as the second in a three-part series, Trusting God

John 14.1-14

 

The God Who Names

A Sermon Preached by Dave Shull, April 17, 2005

The first in a three-part sermon series, Trusting God

Mark 1.9-11

 

Life Together, Part Two: We Need Each Other

A Sermon Preached by Catherine Foote, April 10, 2005

I Corinthians 12:12-14, 20-27; 13:1-3, 13                     

“Faith, hope and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”  -I Corinthians 13:13

 

Life Together, Part One: What We Bring                 

A Sermon Preached by Catherine Foote, April 3, 2005

I Corinthians 12:1, 4-19; 13:1-3

“Now there are a variety of gifts, but the same spirit.”  I Corinthians 12:4

 

Glory!

A Sermon Preached by Donald Mackenzie, March 27, 2005     

Easter Sunday

Text:  Mary Magdalene went and announced to the Disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that he had said these things to her.” John 20:18

Readings:  Psalm 118:1-2,14-24; John 20:1-18

 

Paying Attention                                              

A Sermon Preached by Catherine Foote, March 20, 2005

Palm Sunday

Psalm118:19-29, John 12:12-16

“His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but afterward, they remembered...” John 12:16

“ ...And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘See, the home of God is among mortals’” Rev. 21:3a

 

Try, Trust and Tell

A Sermon Preached by Peter Ilgenfritz, March 6, 2005

John 9:1-41

 

Living Water

A Sermon Preached by Donald Mackenzie, February 27, 2005

Text:  “Where do you get that living water?” John 4:11b Readings:  Psalm 1; John 4:5-15

 

Traveling Light: Keeping Hope Alive

A Sermon Preached by Dave Shull, February 20, 2005

the second in a five-part Lenten Series, Traveling Light: Practicing Faith

John 4.1-2, 16-17, 19-21

 

Letting Go

A Sermon Preached by Catherine Foote, February 13, 2005

John 2:1-11

 

Life is Difficult but Faith is Joyful!

A Sermon Preached by Donald Mackenzie, February 6, 2005

Text:  “With long life I will satisfy them and show them my salvation.” Psalm 91:16

Readings:  Psalm 91; Matthew 15: 21-28

 

Singing God’s Song in a Foreign Land

A Sermon Preached by Donald Mackenzie, January 30, 2005

Text:  “You are the salt of the earth…” Matthew 5:13a

Readings:  Psalm 137; Matthew 5:13-16

 

Celebrating God's Call and Dream: An Alternative Inaugural Address

January 20, 2005

          Economic Justice

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda

Isaiah 65.17-24

War and Peace

Weldon D. Nisly

Luke 1: 68-79  

Care for God’s Creation

Loretta Jancoski

Romans 8:23

Human Rights

Hubert Locke

Isaiah 10.1-3

Pastoral Prayer

Don Mackenzie

 

 

 

It’s Still…All About Relationship

A Sermon Preached by Peter Ilgenfritz, January 16, 2005

John 1:35-42

 

It’s All About Relationship

A Sermon Preached by Peter Ilgenfritz, January 2, 2005

Matthew 2:1-12

 


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