Worship & Sermon Archive

Enjoy past sermons and services with videos and notes below.

Play to Pray

The Book of Genesis describes the fun God has in creating a world: making trees that are 'pleasant to look at and good for food', creating a human being...

Worship for August 7, 2022

Sunday, August 7 at 10 am

Christmas in July!

Five months before Christmas, In the heat of July, we're celebrating Christmas, you've a right to know why!

Distractions, Distractions

This week we are going to be digging into two scriptures, one from the prophet Amos, and one from the Gospel of Luke.

Who’s Your Neighbor

Worship with us this morning! In person or online, we'll gather together.

Interdependence Day

Happy Interdependence Day!  Sure, Monday is July 4th, Independence Day, a great national holiday. 

You Ain’t Imagining It

This Sunday, we are excited to have Rev. Candace Simpson join us in the pulpit for our Pride Service as a guest preacher.

Oh, To Be Young

My favorite thing about being a youth pastor is getting to witness and experience some of the ways in which young people experience the world.

From Trouble To Hope

This Sunday we are hosting the New York Conference Peace with Justice Sunday Worship at our 11:00 am service.

Witness to the World: Something Needs To Be Said

Words are never enough.  In the wake of our weekly tragedies, there is always plenty of talk: what needs to be done (but rarely is)...

The Sacred Search

This week has been another week of heartbreak, where the only appropriate responses are to feel anger and despair...

Open Hearts, Humble Minds

Last Sunday a group of us went up to the South Bronx to visit New Roots Community Farm where our very own Lhana Ormenyi volunteers as a beekeeper.

Free to Love (How to be Church)

With the swirl of disturbing news lately, including the horror in Buffalo yesterday, you might be forgiven for not noticing the launch...

An Incarcerated Incarnation

So much disturbing news this week makes me want to scream, not pray. Or scream while I'm praying.

Slow Leak

By the evening of that first Easter, the disciples are weary, frightened, confused, dispirited, and out of breath.  Then Jesus shows up.

Banned Books

Like actually and truly. For so many of us, words in our various languages and dialects are how we communicate with the world around us.

Recognizing Resurrection

I'm not ready for Easter this year.  That has nothing to do with whether my sermon is written (at least it's started), or whether the Easter lilies...

The Things That Make For Peace

On that first Palm Sunday, Jesus must have been elated.  To see the numbers of followers turning out to welcome him into the holy city of Jerusalem...

Homeward Bound

This Sunday, we'll contemplate the creation of a new home, born out of the experience of exile and in the midst of wilderness. 

God’s Prodigal Son

On Sunday, I want to share with you the story of 'God's Prodigal Son,' by whom I mean, of course, Jesus.