(Sunday, August 8 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship Live-Streamed On Zoom and in-person)

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 and Luke 5:4-6

Hymns: We Are One in the Spirit; I Love to Tell the Story; Gather Us In

Sermon Preview: “We Are One”-- Stories Old and New by TPPC’s Congregation and Community Engagement Ministry

“We are already one. But we imagine we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are.”   -- Thomas Merton to an interfaith gathering in Thailand, just before his death. 

(Sunday, August 1 At 10 AM, Communion Service, Hybrid Worship Live-Streamed On Zoom and in-person)

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:1-24 and Matthew 17:1-8

Hymns: Here, O Our Lord, We see You; Eat This Bread; What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine

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“Behind the dim unknown” by Rev. Eugene Eastman

(Sunday, July 18 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship Live-Streamed On Zoom and in-person)

Scripture: Leviticus 19:9-10 and Matthew 25:31-40

Hymns: Be Thou My Vision; Amazing Grace; Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

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“Gather the Gleanings of Your Harvest” by Members of the Property Ministry

(Sunday, July 11 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship Live-Streamed On Zoom and in-person)

Scripture: Exodus 35:4-29 and Matthew 25:14-30

Hymns: The Church’s One Foundation; I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me; Let us Build a House

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“A Church for All People” by Members of the Property Ministry

“Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you.” 1 Chronicles 29:16

(Sunday, July 4 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship Live-Streamed On Zoom and in-person)

Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:17-21 and Matthew 5:43-48

Hymns: This Is My Song; Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory; Lift Every Voice and Sing

Sermon: "Independence Day" by Rev. Carolyn Tilley, Parish Associate

(Sunday, June 27 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship Live-Streamed On Zoom and in-person)

Scripture: Numbers 11:24-29 and I Peter 2:2-10

Hymns: Come, Christians, Join to Sing; Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation; What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine

Sermon: “Ministers: All the People of the Church” by Rev. Jim Reisner

The priesthood of all believers was one of the primary principles of the Reformation. Its headwaters are found in our text from I Peter: “Like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

(Sunday, June 20 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship Live-Streamed On Zoom and in-person for those whose last names begin with L through Z)

Scripture: I Peter 4:7-11 and Matthew 11:28-30

Hymns: For the Beauty of the Earth; How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord; Called as Partners in Christ’s Service

Sermon: “Called as Partners in Christ’s Service” by Rev. Jim Reisner

“Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.” Indeed, love does just that, and it’s a good thing it does. I Peter acknowledges that we humans are pretty hard to tolerate at times. We screw up. We miss the mark. We fail to see beyond our own noses. We sin. Yet, we are called to come together and be the church together.

(Sunday, June 13 At 10 AM, Hybrid Worship Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21; Revelation 21:1-7

Hymns: Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty; Every Time I Feel the Spirit; The Church of Christ in Every Age

Sermon: “Something New: Permission to Experiment” by Rev. Jim Reisner

The church is as good at resisting change as any institution. Christians who want to stay set in their old ways will often quote scripture: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). “God’s Word doesn’t change so we shouldn’t either.” What they fail to see is that in scripture God is always changing, always on the move, always adapting to circumstances. And when God does something new in scripture, God’s favorite tool in the toolbox is forgiveness. Old wounds and grudges are erased, and God once again “makes all things new.”