Don Kraybill Visiting preacher Don Kraybill gave a sermon on forgiveness using the following verses from the Message Bible by Gene Peterson: Matthew 6:9-15 Luke 11:2-4 Matthew 18:21-22 Matthew 18:34-35 Mark 11:25 Luke 6:37-38 Luke 17:3-4 John 20:23 2 Corinthians 2:5-7,10 Colossians 3:13
Month: May 2016
THE CALL TO WISDOM
Proverbs 8:1-4 & 22-31, Romans 5:1-5 Sara White Last week we celebrated Pentecost, the descending of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the birth of the Church. Emmett Eldred, a good friend of mine and a fellow member of the Church of the Brethren, described the events of Pentecost as “a room full of…
SPIRIT OF LOVE AND POWER
John 14:8-17, 25-27; Acts 2:1-21; Romans 8:11-17 Jennifer Hosler Have you ever bent over and struggled to walk in a powerful, overwhelming wind? During the first year that Nate and I were married, we lived one block from Lake Michigan in Chicago. Several times I had to stoop over and brace myself to get to…
YOUR LOVE FOR ME
John 17:20-26 Jeff Davidson When I started doing pulpit supply here at Washington City back around 2002 or 2003 I used to listen to WAMU on the way in and on the way out. Back then on the way in it was Stained Glass Bluegrass, an excellent show full of bluegrass gospel music. On the…
MISSION(ARY?)
Acts 16:9-15 Nathan Hosler The Poisonwood Bible, a novel, tells the story of Nathan Price and his family. In 1959, Nathan Price, an unabashedly overzealous and paternalistic missionary, goes to the colonial Congo with his wife and four daughters in tow. The story is told from the perspective of his family who range from the…
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