(THERE MAY YET BE HOPE) A REFLECTION ON THE CHARLESTON MASSACRE

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 Nate Hosler [Read 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27] There are different ways of learning to do a new task and similarly there are different ways of learning from the Bible. Think of learning to hammer a nail. Would you read a book? Study a history of the design of hammers? While there…

CHARLESTON

Jeff Davidson Originally I was planning to talk about Father’s day. I’ve been fortunate to have a wonderful father who has loved me as much and treated me as well as anyone ever could have, but I know and wanted to recognize that not everyone has been that fortunate. I was going to talk about…

SEEDS, TREES, AND THE UNEXPECTED

1 Samuel 15:34-16:13; 2 Corinthians 5:6-17; Mark 4:26-34 Jennifer Hosler As most of you know, this congregation has been going through a visioning process. Why did we start a visioning process? We recognized that the church had gone through transition and that it was moving away from uncertainty toward wholeness, healthy relationships, and vitality. During…

THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING

Psalm 19:1-4a, Genesis 3:8-15 Jeff Davidson The skies reveal God’s glory. Do you believe that? A lot of people do. A lot of people look at the sky, at the beautiful sunset with oranges and purples across the sky, they look at the bright stars and moon at night, they consider how all the planets revolve…