Pentecost Sunday
Practicing the Power of Three God’s presence is manifest in many ways throughout scripture. Pentecost celebrates the arrival of the Spirit of God into the church, but God-as-spirit has been on the scene since the very beginning. As we look into the creation story as told in the Psalms, we recognize how God is present […]
The Power to Lay it Down and Take it Up
The Power to Lay It Down and the Power to Take It Up. Text: John 10:11-18 Rev. Beth Waltemath Preaching If Jesus is the good shepherd, what does it mean to be good sheep? The intelligence of a sheep may surprise us. This Sunday, we explore the ways we have distorted our relationship with power. Perhaps […]
Who Do You Say That I Am?
Click here for the Sunday, February 28, 2021 worship bulletin. Have you ever asked someone what they thought of you? Have you wondered what your eulogy might one day say? “Take up your cross” is Jesus’ invitation to live with integrity. It is an invitation we cannot fully entertain until we have entertained the reality […]
All Saint’s Day
Click here for the November 1, 2020 Worship Bulletin. 2020 is supposed to be the symbol of perfect vision. Instead, it is the year of collapse on multiple fronts. What do we make of all the ways we have fallen as a society and a culture? The scales may be falling from our supremacist lenses […]
Freedom through Consecration
Click Here for the October 11, 2020 Worship Bulletin. Scroll down for the October 11, 2020 Worship Video. Freedom through Consecration: Exodus 35: 1- 29: Decorating for the seasons, making a meditation space, setting aside quiet time in the morning, taking daily walks to ruminate, observing a day of rest? What rituals do you do […]
Exodus – Freedom is Found in Relationship
Click Here for the October 4, 2020 Worship Bulletin. Scroll down for the October 4, 2020 Worship Video. Communion will be served during the worship video. Please prepare your elements. Freedom is Found in Relationship: Exodus 20:1-17: Our study of the book of Exodus turns this week as Moses receives the 10 Commandments on Mount Sinai. […]
The Mustard Seed
Click Here for the August 16, 2020 Worship Bulletin. Scroll down for the August 16, 2020 Worship Video. “The Mustard Seed,” Beth Waltemath preaching. Human beings love a good story. Some argue telling a story is the best way to teach us. But narratives have a shadow side too. They can be predictable and prescriptive. Even […]
Easter 3 – Confirmation Sunday, Rev. Beth Waltemath preaching.
Why does Jesus keep showing up? If we know what to do, why do we need God’s guidance? As we celebrate the Confirmation class with a worship inspired by their statements of faith and the commitments they make, we witness the farcical story of Jesus third resurrection appearance in the Gospel of John (21:1-12) and […]
Feast of Epiphany
On January 6th, we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany with 8:30 am and 11 am service of poetry, music, and communion. God is always revealing God’s self and the divine reality to us in the world. We honor how God shows up for us in the visit of a cardinal, the melody of a passing song, the kindness […]
Citizens with the Saints
All Saint’s Day: As a country and a religion, we can approach our complex history with shame or amnesia but forget gratitude for those who have come before us. The saints that built our roads, our courthouses and our churches, financed our interstates with their taxes and our ministries with their tithes, fought for freedom, […]