(Sunday, December 19 At 11 AM, Fourth Sunday of Advent, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Psalm 121 and Luke 1:39-45

Sermon: "Head for the Hills" by Rev. Mark Harper

“[This is] what it means to be alive in the adventure of Jesus. We present ourselves to God – our bodies, our stories, our futures, our possibilities, even our limitations. ‘Here I am,’ we say with Mary, ‘the Lord’s servant. Let it be with me according to your will.’” Richard Rohr

(Sunday, December 12 At 11 AM, Third Sunday of Advent, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Zephaniah 3:14-15,19-20 and Luke 3:7-18

Sermon: "Shall We Gather at the River?" by Rev. Mark Harper

“You took my joy – I want it back.” Lucinda Williams

“Now is the time of your grief; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away.” Jesus (John 16:22)

(Sunday, December 5 At 11 AM, Second Sunday of Advent, Communion Sunday, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Malachi 3:1-4 and Luke 3:1-6

Sermon Preview: "Listening for God in All the Wrong Places" by Rev. Mark Harper

“The poor ones are socially insignificant, but not so to God.” Gustavo Gutierrez

(Sunday, November 28 At 11 AM, First Sunday of Advent, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-3 and Luke 21:25-36

Sermon Preview: "Believing in Spite of the Evidence" by Rev. Mark Harper

“A prison cell like this is a good analogy for Advent. One waits, hopes, does this or that – ultimately negligible things – the door is locked and can only be opened from the outside.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Tegel Prison, November 21, 1943

(Sunday, November 21 At 11 AM, Reign of Christ Sunday, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 and John 18:33-37

Sermon Preview: "Following Jesus Into Court" by Rev. Mark Harper

“Safe?” said Mr. Beaver, “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.” C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

(Sunday, November 14 At 11 AM, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)

Scripture: Psalm 24:1-6 and 1 Kings 21:1-21, 27-29

Sermon Preview: "The Earth is the Lord’s" by Rev. Mark Harper

“We don’t own the land that we live on … It’s impossible to own the land that sacredly lives and breathes beneath our feet or to own the sky that holds the clouds and sun and moon over us. We build our homes over land that was never meant to be owned, and we forget. We pull out our checkbooks and we pile up our debt because we are consumers. We are entitled. We miss out on the reality that the water and the ground, this Earth that is capable of such rich relationship, have always been teaching us.” Kaitlin Curtice