Sermons from May 2022

Sermons from May 2022

An Ascension Sunday Message

Memorial Day Sunday—Ascension Sunday—May 29, 2022 PRELUDE: Candles Burn in the Quiet Night—James Michael Stevens CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Memorial Day honoring of our beloved dead—school children, racist hate crime victims, veterans, war casualties, non-combatants the innocent of all nations, people who have given their lives in movements for equality, freedom and…

The Power of a Night Vision

6th Sunday of Easter—Season of Eastertide May 22, 2022, 11:00 am  PRELUDE: My Lord, what a Morning (BURLEIGH), arr. Edwin T. Childs RESPONSIVE CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS Pastor:       Here in the busy city People:      Now let the church be seen Pastor:       Where lesser gods are worshipped People:      In money and machine; Pastor:       Where news is but sensation,…

What Do Our Lives Want to Become?

3rd Sunday of Easter!—Season of Eastertide May 1, 2022, 11:00 am PRELUDE: Simple Gifts—Rudy Davenport CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS—Bishop Desmond Tutu and the Dali Llama Pastor:       It is through weakness and vulnerability    that we learn empathy and compassion People:     And discover our souls. Pastor:       Under the greatest adversity  there exists the greatest…