Sermons on Matthew
What Does Your Life Want to Become?
Third Sunday of Lent—Celebration of Lord’s Supper (Printable PDF) * Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts * Today’s service includes communion. Please ready some bread and grape juice/wine in preparation. PRELUDE: O My Soul— SOUTHERN HARMONY, arr. Leila J. Viss CALL TO…
Let’s Live the Epiphany Story!
Celebration of Epiphany, January 3, 2021, 11:00 am (Printable PDF) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE: Go Tell a Wonderful Child (based on two African American spirituals) — Bradley Sowash CALL TO CELEBRATE EPIPHANY Pastor: Epiphany is the holy season of…
Illuminated Christmas Eve Service
Order of Worship —December 24, 2020 (Printable PDF) (Video will be posted on the church’s FB page at 5PM and cross-posted here ASAP. Communal watch parties on facebook will be at 5PM, 7:30PM, and 11PM CST) PRELUDE: On this Day, Earth Shall Ring (PERSONENT HODIE) by Mark Patterson. LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES: Let us share the Light of Christmas Night! On the Eve of…
The People Need Healing!
Order of Worship Service, November 15, 2020 11:00 am (Printable PDF) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE: Great Day—spiritual, setting by Emma Lou Diemer CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS HYMN: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty (#1 Glory to God) CONFESSION AND…
Let’s Find the Courage to Create Community in the Face of Chaos
Order of Worship Service, October 4 11:00 am (Printable PDF) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE: Doxology—tune, Louis Bourgeois, 1510-1561; setting by Bradley Sowash CALL TO RETURN TO OUR…
Divine Dissatisfaction!
Order of Worship Service, September 27 11 am (Printable PDF) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE: Morning Has Broken (Bunessan)—setting by David Evan Thomas CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS –Strike the Rock! HYMN: Comfort, Comfort You My People (#3 Presbyterian…
In Music There is Hope
In Music There is Hope—A SERVICE OF MUSIC AND READINGS Sept. 20, 2020 (Printable PDF) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE: When in Our Music God is Glorified—var. 1, Kyle Johnson CALL TO HOPE: Emily Dickinson’s original poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” “Hope” is…
Reinventing Yourself in a Time of Crisis
Order of Worship Service, August 30, 11 am (Printable PDF) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE Première Gymnopedie— Erik Satie CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS HYMN: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need #803 Glory to God CONFESSION AND COMMITMENT by Michelle…
Let’s Find What We Have Lost!—Now!
Order of Worship Service, August 16 11 am (Printable PDF) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE: Etude in C Major by H. Leslie Adams (b. 1932) CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS HYMN: Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee #611 CONFESSION AND COMMITMENT by John Lewis We come to be…
Take A Chance Before You Miss Your Chance—to Dance!
Order of Worship Service—Pentecost Sunday#5—June 28, 11am (Printable PDF link) (Video will be posted LIVE on the church’s FB page at 11am. Livestream will be cross-posted here ASAP once the livestream starts) PRELUDE: Variations on “Dona Nobis Pacem” (grant us peace)—David Evan Thomas CALL TO…