"We are among the concrete skyline, the broken beauty that Jesus is still working to restore. "
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: March 17, 2019
Scripture: Luke 13:31-35
"If the enemy can tempt Jesus and walk away waiting for an opportune time to come back, I think it’s safe to say, we need to be aware of those “opportune” times that show up in our lives. And when those times arise, we don’t have to test our strength alone. God is the source of our strength. His Word. His Will. His Way. This is where our strength comes from. "
Preacher: Charles Weathers
Date: March 10, 2019
Scripture: Luke 4:1-13
"They were up there for some time - forty days and forty nights. We believe Moses didn’t eat or drink anything, but I like to imagine them both in bean bag chairs eating a bag of dorito chips. "
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: March 3, 2019
Scripture: Exodus 34:29-35
“We can all do something to advance the Kingdom of God, build community, and support each other. It starts with a simple question - "What Can I Do?" It's a question that focuses on our power and possibilities. Even in the midst of our own pain and problems, we can do something for others. Paul was imprisoned - what could he do? He wrote a letter. A letter that made a difference.”
Preacher: Charles Weathers
Date: February 24, 2019
Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-10
"We’ve got to read the warnings. Maybe we need to post them, like they do on carseats, on our bank accounts, and our refrigerators, and our place of worship."
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: February 17, 2019
Scripture: Luke 6:17-26
"What a view for those of us who do not expect enough of God. What a view for us, to believe that God is not done with us. Jesus might still capture us in the net of God’s grace."
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: February 10, 2019
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11
"Jesus has this habit of pointing our eyes to see the kingdom, even as it is here only in part."
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: February 3, 2019
Scripture: 1 Cor. 13:8-13
"Please remember me. I cannot forget you"
Date: January 27, 2018
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Text: Luke 4:14-21
"God plan for Jesus’ life has already been set into motion. God must be ready for Jesus to get going with the disciples. And yet, the humanity of Jesus seems to resist it."
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: January 20, 2019
Scripture: John 2:1-11
"God choose to dwell in the fullness of humanity to the extent that even God had to play by the rules on the cross. No water, no life. I am thirsty, I am dying. The water, at the beginning and the end."
Date: January 13, 2018
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Text: Isaiah 43:1-7
"During the day we claim people as friends and at night we run when the friendship demands more than the label, when it's necessary for us to bear with them."
Date: December 30, 2018
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Text: Colossians 3:12-17
"Sometimes words aren’t enough. Sometimes you gotta sing."
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: December 23rd, 2018
Scripture: Luke 1:39-45, (46-55)
"As I wondered about the sanitization of a teen holding a dead bird, he asked me, ever so gently, 'Would you help me bury her?”
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: December 16th, 2018
Scripture: Philippians 4:4-7
“How many times can you prepare the way of the Lord before you begin believing that the Lord isn't coming?”
Date: December 9th, 2018
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Text: Luke 3:1-6
"God the architect shows up with the master design and redefines what we thought we were building. God redefines us."
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: November 25th, 2018
Scripture: John 18:33-37
If you are gonna run, keep running towards the tomb to roll away the stone and resurrect something.
Date: November 18, 2018
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Text: Mark 13:1-8
"Harry knew the fragility of love, how easily it could be broken, more easily than the ancient scroll pages he repaired upstairs."
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: November 11th, 2018
Scripture: Mark 13:1-8
"The separation death brings is painful because it leaves us in the tension of wanting to be among both the living and the dead. For now, that is only a space God inhabits."
Preacher: Dawn Hyde
Date: November 4th, 2018
Scripture: Revelation 21:1-6
“A return to civility is not enough. Civility is too often deployed when we find that we lack love. What the Lord requires of us is not civility, it is justice.”
Preacher: Amos Disasa
Date: October 28th, 2018
Scripture: Jeremiah 31:7-9