Events
Sunday, September 28 – Evolving Church Continues: Who Are God’s People?
The oldest parts of the Bible tell us that the 12 tribes of Israel are God’s people. By the time of the prophet Isaiah, the prophet was calling Israel to be a light to the nations. A more inclusive, universal understanding of God’s people was born. Jesus read from the scroll of [...]
Sunday, September 21 – Theological Education Sunday: Lora East Preaching the Generosity of God
With our Confirmation Class this month, we’ve been pondering the nature of the ineffable God: so vast, so great, and so holy that no one name, description, or image can capture, contain, or fully describe the Mystery. When you think of the attributes of the Creator, does generosity spring to [...]
Sunday, September 14 – Evolving Church Continues: The Lordship of Jesus
Jesus’ contemporaries expected a Messiah who would deliver oppressed Jews from the cruelty of the Roman Empire. Their expectation was worldly power, dominating power. But God sent Jesus with a different kind of power: the power of vulnerable love, the power of forgiveness and reconciliation, the power of healing the [...]
Sunday, September 7 – Evolving Church Begins: Evolving God?
What do we know about God, and how do we know it? The Hebrew scriptures teach us that God is Creator of heavens and earth, that God sent a flood to wash the earth clean from evil, and that God gave the Promised Land to God’s people. Taken literally, these [...]
Sunday, August 31 – Work That Makes Your Heart Sing
When you were very young, what did you think you would “be” when you grew up? In a rapidly changing employment landscape, how much does our work define us? And how do we earn a living while living our values? Is it possible to find work that makes our hearts [...]
Sunday, August 24 – What is Truth?
How do you decide what is true? When we tune into the radio, cable TV, and surf the internet, we encounter a flood of facts, embedded with strongly held, intensely expressed opinions. How do we sift through all that and reach an understanding of truth? Here in the church, the [...]
Sunday, August 17 – The Story of Daniel, Part Two: Apocalypse
When things get bad enough in the world, it’s human to wonder if this could be the end, or at least, the beginning of the end. For thousands of years, apocalyptic visions, writings, and more recently, films, have spoken to the questions: What will the end look like? Will God’s [...]
Sunday, August 10 – The Story of Daniel, Part One: Faith in the Lions’ Den
It’s wedding season, and couples everywhere are promising to be faithful and to love each other forever. But how well do we keep lifelong promises of fidelity? The Book of Daniel asks that question in the context of faith in God, and shows our hero Daniel and his friends enduring [...]
Sunday, August 3 – Hannah Dreitcer Shares Her Journey
This Sunday, August 3, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., we welcome back Hannah Dreitcer to the pulpit to explore the story of Old Testament healer and prophet, Elisha. God called Elisha to carry on the ministry of his teacher, Elijah, who, the Bible tells us, ascended to heaven in a whirlwind, [...]
Sunday, July 27 – The Story of Ruth
Join us for a discussion of The Story of Ruth with Rev. Scott Clark, SFTS Chaplain.
