Faith for a Lifetime
Rev. David Lewicki preaching: I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, …and your young shall see visions, and your elders shall dream dreams. (Acts 2:17) Throughout worship in 2018-19 at NDPC, we will explore faith at every stage of our human development. From infancy through senescence, God is shaping our […]
The Call
Rev. David Lewicki preaching, Genesis 12:1-4. This Sunday, we explore one of the great stories in all of Scripture: the call of Abraham and Sarah from Genesis 12. This story is a kind of archetype of the experience of faith: call, promise, journey, blessing. How can we hear and claim this story for our lives […]
Strange and Beautiful
There’s no doubt about it: going to church is weird. Anyone who’s ever skipped church on Sunday knows that the world generally carries on like normal, indifferent to what happens while we worship. We church-going folk are clearly the strange ones, with our kooky songs and peculiar stories. So why do we keep at it? […]
Sing
What would happen to church if there were no singing? We might carry on for a few months out of force of habit, preachers bravely trying to carry worship with just the word. But slowly, people would stop coming. Joy would fade like newsprint in the sun; like fruit desiccating on the vine. Congregations would […]
Priest of the Invisible
“The poet is the priest of the invisible.” – Wallace Stevens. This Sunday, Rev. Lewicki explores the connection between theology and poetry. During his sabbatical, Rev. Lewicki will write and read poetry as a way of exploring and deepening his own theological imagination. Poetry has become an important part of NDPC’s Sunday liturgy, and Rev. […]
The Journey of Holy Week
It is Holy Week. The dates and times of our worship services are found on the sidebar. Please be our guest for any or all of these services. Holy Week is really one, long worship. It begins on Palm Sunday with parade–a processional in which a redneck from Nazareth is mocked as he rides a […]
Easter Sunday
Holy Week is one, long worship. It begins on Palm Sunday with parade–a processional in which a redneck from Nazareth is mocked as he rides a donkey into the Holy City. During the week, the same man will violently turn over the tables of the money changers in the Temple, and make an object lesson […]
Palm Sunday
This Sunday, we worship at 8:30 am and 11 am. Worship begins with a procession of palms, starting outside the church. As we shout “Hosanna” (save us!), we walk together toward the Sanctuary. There is no “sermon.” Instead, we hear several of the most powerful encounters from Jesus’ final week, including the story of the […]
Discipleship is Death
When it comes to living as a disciple, Mark will not allow indifference. Discipleship means following Jesus wherever he goes. And where Jesus goes, he will expose false expressions of power and greatness. That activity brings forth newness, but it will prove costly. Mark 8:31-38, Rev. Lewicki, preaching.
Outside In
Mark’s Gospel takes aim at presumption. Outsiders embarrass the presumed insiders. No one should arrogantly assume that they have seen the full picture–in fact, only those who are blind truly “see.” Those who surround themselves only with people who believe like them, or who think like them, who live like them, or who look like […]