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2023-2026

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Date Sermon Titles Scripture†
  ↓  2026  ↓  
Nov. 15th   "The Courage to Use What God Entrusted to You" *  Matthew 25:14-30
Nov. 8th    "The Smart and Those Who are Foolish"  Matthew 25:1-13
Nov. 1st    "The Paradox of Humility"  Matthew 23:1-12
*See note above.
Oct. 25th
   "What Do You Think About the Messiah" Part 1  
   "What Do You Think About the Messiah"
Part 2
 Matthew 22: 34-46
Oct. 18th    "The True Currency of Grace"  Matthew 22:15–22
Oct. 11th    "The Unexpected and the Outcast"  Matthew 22:1-14
Oct. 4th    "The Rejected Stone"  Matthew 21:33-46
Sept. 27th    "Our First Answer - or Our Final Response"   Matthew 21: 23-32
Sept. 20th    "The Scandal of Grace"  Matthew 20:1-16
Sept. 13th    "Justice or Mercy Which Will it Be"  Romans 13: 8-14
Sept. 6th    "What Do We Owe Each Other?"  Romans 13:8-14
Aug. 30th    "America Bless God"  Psalm 104: 1-4 & 31-35
Aug. 23rd    "Give Thanks to the Lord Through Praise!"  Psalm 138: 1-8
Aug. 16th    "The Unity of Praise"  Psalm 133: 1-3
Aug. 9th    "Birthed in Song"  Psalm 105: 1-6, 16-22, 45
Aug. 2nd    "Seeking the Face of God"  Psalm 17:1-7, 15
July 26th    "From Growth to Treasure"  Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
July 19th    "Before You Pull the Weeds"  Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
July 12th    "Hear, Understand, and Do!"   Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
July 5th    "The Rhythm of Grace: Beyond the Comment Section"     Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
June 28th    "More Than a Cup"   Matthew 10:40-42
June 21st    "Those Who Lose Their Life"   Matthew 10:24-39
June 14th    "The Ministry of Going"   Matthew 9:35—10:23
June 7th    "Salvation For the Undeserving"   Matthew 9: 9-26
May 31st    "Sister Nora Frost"   Matthew 28:16-20
May 24th    "Spirit Unbound"   Acts 2:1-21
May 17th    "So That They May Be One"   John 17: 1-11
May 10th    "Love Expressed Through Action"   John 14:15-21
May 3rd    "Do You Not See?"   John 14:1-14
Apr. 26th    "Belonging in the Fold"   John 10:1-10
Apr. 19th    "The Journey of Knowing"   Luke 24:13-35
Apr. 12th    "The Leap of Faith"   John 20: 19-31
Apr. 5th    "The Hope Found in Jesus’ Victory"   Luke 24:1-12
Mar. 29th    "Come, Thou Prince of Peace"   Matthew 21:1-11
Mar. 22nd    "The Voice That Awakens Us"   John 11:1-45
Mar. 15th    "Blindness, Sight and Grace"   John 9:1-41
Mar. 8th    "Who Is This Wise-Guy?"   John 4:5-24
Mar. 1st    "Born of the Spirit"   John 3:1-17
Feb. 22nd    "Strength Through Resistance"   Matthew 4:1-11
Feb. 18th   "Invitation to a Holy Lent"    Ash Wednesday
  (Video available via Facebook)
  Matthew 6: 1-6
Feb. 15th    "Where is Your Shelter Found?"   Matthew 17:1-9
Feb. 8th    "Hear O People! Hear the Good News!"   Matthew 4:12-23
Feb. 1st    "Be Ready: to Suffer for Doing What is Right"   Matthew 5:1-12
Jan. 25th   "You ARE salt!"**Church cancelled due to weather.   Matthew 5:13-20
Jan. 18th    "Come, and You Will See"   John 1:29-42
Jan. 11th    "New Things Spring Into Being"   Isaiah 42:1-9
Jan. 4th    "Where are My Sunglasses?"   John 1:1-18
  ↓  2025  ↓  
Dec. 28th    "Joseph's Yes to God's Call"   Matthew 2:13-23
Dec. 21st    "The Blessing of Obedience"   Luke 1: 46-55
Dec. 18th    "The Longest Night Service"  
Dec. 14th   "Mary Did You Know"    Christmas Cantata  
Dec. 14th    "When Doubt Meets Grace"   Matthew 11: 1-11
Dec. 7th    "The Peace That Comes with The Infant King"   Matthew 3:1-12
Nov. 30th    "In Christ We Find Our Hope"   Matthew 24:36-44
Nov. 23rd    "The King of Love"   Luke 23:33-43
Nov. 16th    "Celebrating What God is Doing"   Luke 21:5-19
Nov. 9th    "Transcendent Love"   Luke 20: 27-38
Nov. 2nd    "Desperate, Delighted, and Redeemed"   Luke 19: 1-10
Oct. 26th    "The Prayer of Self-Congratulation"   Luke 18: 9-14
Oct. 19th    "Answering Injustice with Persistence"   Luke 18: 1-8
Oct. 12th    "Praise Be to God!"   Luke 17:11-19
Oct. 5th    "I Have Done My Duty"   Luke 17: 5-10
Sept. 28th    "The Poor Man Who Was Rich in Faith"   Luke 16: 19-31
Sept. 21st    "Faithful in the Small Details"   Luke 16: 1-13
Sept. 14th    "Lost Things - Lost People"   Luke 15: 1-10
Sept. 7th    "That Which is Dearest to You"   Luke 14: 25-33
Aug. 31st    "You Are Invited"   Luke 14: 1, 7-14
Aug. 24th   Speaker: Bill Walther
   "The Kingdom of Heaven"
  Matthew 13:10-11, 24-26; 31-33
Aug. 17th    "The Implications of Our Commitments"   Luke 12:49-56
Aug. 10th    "The Character of our Leadership"   Luke 12:32-48
Aug. 3rd    "Me, Myself, and I"   Luke 12:13-21
July 27th    "The Character of Our Daddy"   Luke 11:1-13
July 20th    "Decisions That Matter"   Luke 10:38-42
July 13th    "Acts of Mercy"   Luke 10:25-37
July 6th   Speaker: Kristin Farwig
   "See!  You Are a New Creation"
  Galatians 6:1-16
June 29th    "I Will Follow You Lord, but..."   Luke 9:51-62
June 22nd    "A New Identity is Given"   Luke 8:26-39
June 15th    "Make it Make Sense"   John 16:1-15
June 8th    "Veni, Sancte Spiritus"   Acts 2:1-21
June 1st    "So That..."   John 17:20-26
May 25th    "Receive This Promised Peace"   John 14:23-31
May 18th    "By This Everyone Will Know"   John 13:31-35
May 11th    "Snatched"  John 10 :22-30
May 4th    "Grace Found Near the Sea Shore"   John 21:1-19
Apr. 27th    "Doubting Thomas"   John 20: 19-31
Apr. 20th    "Beyond the Resurrection: Hearing Jesus Speak"   John 20:1-18
Apr. 13th    "Welcome Him As a King "   Luke 19:28-40
Apr. 6th    "The Price of Love"   John12: 1-8
Mar. 30th    "Extreme Grace - Audacious Love"   Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Mar. 23rd    "It’s Still Good, Don’t Throw That Away"   Luke 13:1-9
Mar. 16th    "Begone! You Have No Power Here!"   Luke 13:31-35
Mar. 9th    "This Is Our Heritage"   Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Mar. 2nd    "A Not-So Ordinary Presence"   Luke 9:28-36
Feb. 23rd    "Focused and Ready: Transformation"   Luke 6:27-38
Feb. 16th    "Against the Social Norms"   Luke 6:17-26
Feb. 9th    "Who Are You Fishing For?"   Luke 5: 1-11
Feb. 2nd    "All Eyes Were Fixed on Him"   Luke 4:20-30
Jan. 26th    "Anointed to Proclaim"   Luke 4:14-21
Jan. 19th    "Making All Things New"   John 2:1-11
Jan. 12th    "Father, Spirit and Son"   Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Jan. 5th    "We Will Know Him by His Love"   Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
  ↓  2024  ↓  
Dec. 29th    "Covered in the Glow of Christ"   Luke 2:15-21
Dec. 24th    "Christmas Eve Service"   Matthew 1:18-25
Dec. 22nd    "First to Know"   Luke 1:46-55
Dec. 19th    Christmas Cantata--"Run to the Hope"  
Dec. 15th    "Filled With Expectation"   Luke 3: 7-18
Dec. 8th    "A Baptism of Repentance"   Luke 3:1-6
Dec. 1st    "Living With Purpose and Hope"   Luke 21:25-36
Nov. 24th    "The Voice of Truth"   John 18:33-37
Nov. 17th    "Alert But Not Alarmed"   Mark 13:1-8
Nov. 10th    "Be Not Fooled"   Mark 12:38-44
Nov. 3rd    "The Greatest Commandments"   Mark 12:28-34
Oct. 27th    "Take Heart; Get Up, He is Calling You"   Mark 10:46-52
Oct. 20th    "Those Who Wish to be Great Must Become the Servant"   Mark 10:35-45
Oct. 13th    "In It for the Long Haul"   Mark 10:17-31
Oct. 6th    "Remembering Who We Are"   Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Sept. 29th    "The Prayer of the Righteous Person"   James 5:13-20
Sept.22nd    "Resist, Submit, and Draw Near"   Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Sept. 15th    "Taming Our Words"   James 3: 1-12
Sept. 8th    "Grace and Illumination for All"   Mark 7:24-37
Sept. 1st    "The Details of the Undefiled Heart"   Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Aug. 25th    "Life in the Spirit"   John 6:56-69
Aug. 18th    "Bread and Life"   John 6: 51-58
Aug. 11th   Pastor Bette Returns
   "Bread in Many Forms"
  John 6:35, 41-51
Aug. 4th   Guest Speaker, Bill Walther
   "What's Your Purpose?"
  Jeremiah 1: 4-5
July 28th   Guest Speaker, Pastor Ed Geleske
   "The Ever-Present God"
  Psalm 139
July 21th   Guest Speaker, LuAnn Pontius
   "Get Ready, Get Set"
  Mark 6: 6-13
July 14th   Guest Speaker, Pastor Joy Ahlemeyer
  "What Time Is It?"
  Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
July 7th   Guest Speaker, Pastor Ed Geleske
  "Who is Your Neighbor?"
  Luke 10: 25-29
June 30th   Guest Speaker, Tami Pyfer
  "Love, Tragedy, and Perseverance"
  Proverbs 4: 25-29
June 23rd  Guest Speaker, Betsy Ayrea-Delfine
  Soup of Successs
  Psalms 9: 9-20
June 16th   Guest Spealker, Pastor Ron Bowman
   "Thank God For Fathers"
  Ephesians 6:1-4
  Proverbs 4:1-2
June 9th   Guest Speaker, Pastor Brian Whidden
 "Our Response to God’s Love"
  John14:1-6, 15-16, John  15:13,Philippians. 2:12-13
June 2nd   Guest Speaker, Pastor Melody Whidden
  "All Knowing Creator"
  Samuel 3: 1-10
  Psalm 139: 1-6 & 13-18
May 26th    "Where The Wind Blows"   John 3: 1-17
May 19th    "Caught In the Work of the Spirit"   John 15:1-8
May 12th    "The Fight Is On!"   John 17: 6-19
May 5th    "Chosen, Loved and Appointed"   John 15: 9-17
Apr. 28th    "Making Waves"   John 15:1-8
Apr. 21st    "Guided by the Rod and Staff"   John 10:11-18
Apr. 14th    "Taking Our Place as Witnesses in the World"   Luke 24:36-48
Apr. 7th    "Walking Fully in the Light of Love"   1 John 1:1, 2:2
Mar. 31st    "What Good Is It To Us?"   John 20:1-18
Mar. 24th    "Now, What Kind of King is This?"   Mark 11:1-11
  Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Mar. 17th    "Eyes Set...Hearts Focused"   John 12:20-33
Mar. 10th    "Calibrating Our Inner Compass"   John 3:14-21
Mar. 3rd    "Zeal For Your House, Zeal For Your Body"   John 2:13-22
Feb. 25th    "What's in it For Me"   Mark 8:31-38
Feb. 18th    "Made Subject to Christ"   1 Peter 3:18-22
Feb. 11th    "In the Sacredness, Calling Us"   Mark 9:2-9
Feb. 4th    "Did You See That!?"   Mark 1: 29-39
Jan. 28th    "NOW is the Right Time"   Mark 1: 14-20
Jan. 21st    "Can Anything Good Come Out of Nazareth?"   John 1: 43-51
Jan. 14th   Church cancelled due to severe weather.**  
Jan. 7th    "Beloved and Cherished"   Mark 1:4-11
  ↓  2023  ↓  
Dec. 31st    "The Prophet Has Something to Say"   Luke 2: 22-40
Dec. 24th    "Raise Your Voices"   Luke 1: 26-38
Dec. 17th    "I am a Light Pointer"   John 1: 6-8, 19-28
Dec. 10th    "Come Bring Your Peace"   Mark 1: 1-8
Dec. 3rd   Guest Speaker, Kristin Farwig
 "One Ringy Dingy"
  Mark 13: 24-37
Nov. 26th   Guest Speaker, Pastor Ron Bowman
 "Work means, Faith in Action"
  James 2: 14-24
  John 9: 4
Nov. 19th    "Oh! To Be Called Trustworthy"   Matthew 25:14-30
Nov. 12th    "Don’t Be Fooled, Be Prepared"   Matthew 25: 1-13
Nov. 5th    "Give Us the Best Seats Please"   Matthew 23: 1-12
Oct. 29th    "On Being Clingy"   Matthew 22: 34-40
Oct. 22nd    "Show Me the Tax Money"   Matthew 22: 15-22
Oct. 15th    "Be Alert!  The King is Throwing a Party!"   Matthew 22: 1-14
Oct. 8th    "The Stubborn Scandalon"   Matthew 21: 33-46
Oct. 1st    "Salvation of Saint and Sinner"   Matthew 21:23-32
Sept. 24th   "Making Sense of God's Mathematics of Grace"**
          (No video due to camera malfunction.)
  Matthew 20: 1-16
Sept. 17th    "The Brutal Truth of Forgiveness"   Matthew 18: 21-35
Sept. 10th    "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"   Matthew 18: 15-20
Sept. 3rd    "Obstacles and Rewards"   Matthew 16: 21-28
Aug. 27th    "What’s The Gossip About Me?"   Matthew 16: 13-20
Aug. 20th    "Tensions: Inclusion and Exclusion"   Matthew 15:10-28
Aug. 13th    "Focus Redirected"   Matthew 14:22-33
Aug. 6th    "Surprising Extravagance"    Matthew 14:13-21
July 30th    "Mustard Seeds, Angels, and God's Family"   Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
July 23rd    "Scandalous Weeds!"   Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
July 16th    "Plenty of Grace for All"   Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
July 9th   Pastor Bette Thompson
 "Perfectly Fitted"
  Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
July 2nd   Guest Speaker,
  David Kwast, Missionaries in Indonesia
  Galatians 3:13
June 25th   Guest Speaker,
  Carrie Zickefoose, SPA Women's Ministry
  Romans 8: 38-39
June 18th   "The Three Little Pigs"
  Hymn Sing Lead by Kristin Farwig
  Matthew 7:24-27
June 11th   "Finishing is Everything"
  Guest Speaker, Pastor Ron Bowman
  Hebrews 12: 1-2
  2 Timothy 4:5-8


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