This Sunday’s Worship: May 11, 2025
Sunday, May 11th at 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom.
Scripture:
Hymns:
HYMN 703 — Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me
HYMN 722 (v.1-3) — Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak
HYMN 721 — Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore
Sermon:
Listening for the Inner Voice of God: A Dialogue Sermon
— Markus Larssen, John Kavyavu, and Mark Harper
This Sunday’s Worship: May 4, 2025
Sunday, May 4th at 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom.
Scripture:
Hymns:
In the Bulb There Is a Flower
Open My Eyes, That I May See
Lord, Prepare Me
Will You Come and Follow Me
Sermon:
“How Resurrection Really Feels” by Rev. Mark Harper
This Sunday’s Worship: April 27, 2025
Scripture:
Hymns:
Christ is Risen! Shout Hosanna!
Be Not Afraid
That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright
Sermon:
“Ressurecting the Church” by Rev. Mark Harper
This Sunday’s Worship: April 20, 2025 — Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 20th at 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom.
Scripture:
Hymns:
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks
Christ the Lord is Risen Today!
Sermon Preview:
Sermon: “The Gardener” by Rev. Mark Harper
This Sunday’s Worship: April 13, 2025 — Palm Sunday
April 13th, 11:00 AM Service — Palm Sunday Worship
Scripture:
Luke 19:28-40 and Luke 19:41-44
Hymns:
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna!
Live in Charity
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Sermon Preview:
Sermon: “The Empathetic Entry” by Rev. Mark Harper
This Sunday’s Worship: April 6, 2025
Sunday, April 6th at 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom.
Scripture:
Isaiah 43:16-21 , John 12:1-8
Hymns:
Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!
Breathe on Me, Breath of God
May the God of Hope Go With Us
Sermon Preview:
Sermon: “Let’s Be Like Mary” by Rev. Mark Harper
Link to Bulletin (PDF)
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This Sunday’s Worship: March 30, 2025 , Lenten Choral service
Sunday, March 30th at 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom.
Scripture:
Hymns:
Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty
O Love, How Deep, How Broad
Sermon Preview:
Sermon: This week's proclamation of God's Word comes through the musical presentation of portions of Handel's Messiah.
Photo: Stock, seamartini
This Sunday’s Worship: March 23, 2025
Sunday, March 23rd at 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom.
Scripture:
Hymns:
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
We Come to You for Healing, Lord
When We Are Living
Sermon Preview:
Sermon: Living Close to the Ground by Rev. Mark Harper
“Friends, you need deeper roots to be strong.”
-The Harmony Tree: A story of Healing and Community by Randy Woodley
Photo: erdikocak, iStock
This Sunday’s Worship: March 16, 2025
(Sunday, March 16th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Psalm 27:1-5, 13-14 and Matthew 12:43-45
Sermon: Anybody Home? by Rev. Mark Harper
“Listen! I stand at the door and knock: if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me.”
-The Revelation to John (3:20)
Photo by Dima Pechurin on Unsplash
This Sunday’s Worship: March 9, 2025
(Sunday, March 9th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13
Sermon: An Opportune Time by Rev. Mark Harper
“I sat there in the vision pit … all by myself, left on the hilltop for four days and nights without food or water … If Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, would give me the vision and the power, I would become a medicine man and perform many ceremonies.” -from Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions
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This Sunday’s Worship: March 2, 2025
(Sunday, March 2nd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Exodus 34:29-35 and Luke 9:28-43a
Sermon: We See You by Rev. Mark Harper
“Significance: to have a distinct mark, to be known. I long to be known and to know I belong. In an era of tyrants, the desire to be known is not only personal but political. Performative cruelty demands submission of individuality, hiding our true selves, and reduces the value of each person’s dignity to a punch line. My desire to know myself and be known is an “anchor for the soul, firm and secure: (Hebrews 6:19) beyond the tumult of dehumanizing forces.” -Rose Marie Berger
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This Sunday’s Worship: February 23, 2025
(Sunday, February 23rd At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Genesis 32:22-29 and Luke 6:27-38
Sermon: Counter(intuitive) Punch by Rev. Mark Harper
“To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him or her, and he or she is no longer our enemy.” -Thich Nhat Hanh
Photo by Ivan Pergasi on Unsplash
This Sunday’s Worship: February 16, 2025
(Sunday, February 14th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Psalm 1:1-3 and Luke 6:17-26
Sermon: The Leveling by Rev. Mark Harper
“Take a day to heal from the lies that you’ve told yourself
and the ones that have been told to you.” -Maya Angelou
Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash
This Sunday’s Worship: February 9, 2025
(Sunday, February 9th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-13 and Luke 5:1-11
Sermon: Going After the Big Fish by Rev. Mark Harper
“I am so tired of waiting
Aren’t you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two –
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.” -Langston Hughes
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This Sunday’s Worship: February 2, 2025
(Sunday, February 2, At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10 and Luke 4:21-30
Sermon: Exorcising Jesus by Pastor Mark Harper
“The worth of an individual does not lie in the measure of [their] intellect, [their] racial origin, or [their] social position. Human worth lies in relatedness to God.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. , Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
This Sunday’s Worship: January 26, 2025
(Sunday, January 26th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 and John 2:1-11
Sermon: Learning from the Water Carriers by Rev. Mark Harper
“In times of change learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” - Eric Hoffer
Photo by Conor Luddy on Unsplash
This Sunday’s Worship: January 19, 2025
(Sunday, January 19th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Matthew 22:35-40 and Matthew 25:34-45
Sermon: The Bottom Line by Members of CRM Ministry
“Yes, Jesus, I want to be on your right side or your left side, not for any selfish reason. I want to be on your right or best side, not in terms of some political kingdom or ambition, but I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so we can make of this old world a new world.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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This Sunday’s Worship: January 12, 2025
(Sunday, January 12th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-7 and Luke 3:21-22
Sermon: The Direction is Down by Pastor Mark Harper
“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all spend all of your life, spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.” - Howard Thurman
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This Sunday’s Worship: January 5, 2025
(Sunday, January 5At 11 AM, Hybrid Communion Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-6 and Matthew 2:1-12
Sermon: Re-Routing by Pastor Mark Harper
“We cannot attain the presence of God. We’re already totally in the presence of God. What’s absent is awareness.” -Richard Rohr
This Sunday’s Worship: December 29th, 2024
(Sunday, December 29th At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture: Psalms 31:13-16;62:5-8 and Matthew 8:23-27
Sermon: A Case for Resistance by Rev. John Seaman
Close to you I waken in the dead of night,
And start with fear – are you lost to me once more?
Is it always vainly that I seek you, you, my past
I stretch my hands out, and I pray – and a new thing now I hear:
“The past will come to you once more,
and be your life’s enduring part,
through thanks and repentance.
Feel in the past God’s deliverance and goodness,
Pray him to keep you today and tomorrow.”
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, written in Tegel Prison, 1944