May 12, 2019 • 10 am • Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair • Lyvonne Proverbs, M.Div. • First Church Berkeley
Sermon Titleife for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair
May 5, 2019 • 10 am • Blindsided • Bree Elle Gardner • First Church Berkeley Worship
April 28, 2019 • 10 am • Accidents and Providence • Phil Porter • First Church Berkeley Worship
Sermon TitleAccidents and Providence
Apr 21, 2019 • Good Soul in Our Feet • Molly Baskette • 10 am Sermon
Sermon TitleGood Soul in Our Feet
Apr 14, 2019 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitlePalms Raised High
Apr 7, 2109 • 10 am • Visioning Sunday
Scripture: Godly Play Story
Sermon TitleVisioning Circle Testimonies
Mar 31, 2019 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Sermon TitleWhy Christian? Religious Particularism and the Dignity of Difference
Sermon SeriesWhy Christian? Why Church?
Mar 24, 2019 • 10 am • Bree Elle Gardner
Sermon TitleThe Bottom of Things
Sermon SeriesWhy Christian? Why Church?
Mar 17, 2019 • 10 am • Elena Larssen
Sermon TitleIt's Not About the Tree
Sermon SeriesWhy Christian? Why Church?
Mar 10, 2019 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Sermon TitleA Mighty Catch
Sermon SeriesWhy Christian? Why Church?
Mar 3, 2019 • 10 am • Trust Hilton
Sermon TitleBreak Bread and Re-member
Feb 24, 2019 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Sermon TitleBeyond Expectations
Feb 17, 2019 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Feb 10, 2019 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Joshua 24:13, Jeremiah 22:3
Sermon TitleHousing, Segregation & Injustice
Feb 3, 2019 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Annual Meeting Sunday 2019
Sermon TitleThe Walls Come A Tumblin” Down
Jan 27, 2019 • 10 am • Trust Hilton
3rd Sunday After Epiphany
Scripture: Matthew 25:34-40; Luke 9:57-58
Jan 20, 2019 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Jan 13, 2019 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Matthew 2:11-15
Sermon TitleWarned in a Dream
Dec 30, 2018 • 10 am • Lupita Muñiz
First Sunday After Christmas
Sermon TitleFaith, Love, Service
Dec 23, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleArrival of the Impossible
Sermon SeriesChristmas 2018
Dec 16, 2018 • 10 am • Driver-Bucholtz, Baskette, Novotny
Sermon TitleInconceivable
Sermon SeriesChristmas 2018
Dec 9, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Sermon TitleBroken & Blessed
Dec 2, 2018 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Sermon TitleArrivals & Departures
Nov 18, 2018 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-17
Sermon TitleUnited Against Hate
Nov 11, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
100th Anniversary of WWI Armistice
Scripture: John 11:32-44; Revelation 21:1-6a
Sermon TitleComing To Life
Nov 4, 2918 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
24th Sunday After Pentecost
Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16
Sermon TitleTraveling Light
Sermon SeriesThe Gratitude Cycle
Oct 28, 2018 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon TitleIs Faith the Chicken or the Egg?
Sermon SeriesThe Gratitude Cycle
Oct 21, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
22nd Sunday After Pentecost
Sermon TitleGod’s Extravagant Generosity: Our Grateful Response
Sermon SeriesThe Gratitude Cycle
Oct 14, 2018 • 10 am • Sophia de Witt
Scripture: Jeremiah 29:4–7; Luke 17:11-19
Sermon TitleThe Gratefulness of Exiles
Oct 7, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Exodus 32:1-25
Sermon TitleThe Gratitude Cycle
Sun, Sept 30, 2018 • 10 am • Phil Porter
19th Sunday After Pentecost
Sermon TitleWhile You Wait
Sermon SeriesChoose Your Own Adventure
Sept 23, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
18th Sunday After Pentecost
Sermon TitleHome is Where the Broken Heart Is
Sermon SeriesChoose Your Own Adventure
Sept 16 2018 • 10 am • Jim Antal
17th Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Psalm 24:1; 2 Corinthians 3:1-6
Sermon TitleDefiant Hope: Our Faithful Response to the Climate Crisis
Sermon SeriesChoose Your Own Adventure
Sept 9, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: James 2:1-5, 14-17
Sermon TitleThe Loneliness of God
Sermon SeriesChoose Your Own Adventure
Sept 2, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Luke 17: 20-21
Sermon TitleChoose Your Adventure
Sermon SeriesThe Wildness of God
Aug 26, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Exodus 1:6–2:10
Sermon TitleMidwife Crisis
Sermon SeriesThe Wildness of God
Aug 19, 2018 • 10 am • Phil Porter
13th Sunday After Pentecost
Scripture: Genesis 1:26 & 28
Sermon TitleThe Fierce Urgency of Now
Sermon SeriesThe Wildness of God
Aug 12, 2018 • 10 am • Ken Iha
Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-13
Sermon TitleListen To The Wild
Sermon SeriesThe Wildness of God
Aug 5, 2018 • 10 am • Trust Hilton
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: I Corinthians 2:1-10
Sermon TitleHow Big Is Ze?
Sermon SeriesThe Wildness of God
July 29, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Sermon TitleAnswers From The Whirlwind
July 22, 2018 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11; lyrics from Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim
Sermon TitleInto The Woods
Sermon SeriesThe Wildness of God
July 15, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
8th Sunday After Pentecost
Sermon TitleHow to Change Your Mind
July 8, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:5-12
Sermon TitleGod is Not Safe
July 1, 2018 • 10 am • Trust Hilton & Youth
Sermon TitleGlimpses of Grace
Sermon Series6th Sunday After Pentecost
June 24, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: Matthew 5:11-12, 14-16
Sermon TitleShine On, Queer Church, Shine On
June 17, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-17
Sermon TitleChrist's Love Compels Us
June 10, 2018 • 10 am • Loi Almeron
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:1
Sermon TitleDay by Day 2.0
June 3, 2018 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleStand Up, Stand Together
May 27, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleEmbodying the Healing Power of Jesus
Sermon SeriesPentecost 2018
May 20, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Sermon TitleHearing the Church Whole
May 13, 2018 • 10 am • Michael Piazza
Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:7-18 Luke 13:31-34
Sermon TitleWhen Life is a Zoo
May 6, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25
Sermon TitleInspire to Conspire
Apr 29, 2018 • 10 am • Marvin K. White
Fifth Sunday after Easter
Sermon TitleLove & Belonging
Apr 22, 2018 • 10 am • Steve Almond & Molly Baskette
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:27
Sermon TitleBad Stories/Better Stories
Apr 15, 2018 • 10 am • Kim Druziako
Sermon TitleI Will Lie Down in Safety?
Apr 8, 2018 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
First Sunday After Easter
Sermon TitleDoubting Thomas & the Case of the Easter FOMO
Apr 1, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Sermon TitleEukatastrophe
Mar 25, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleFreedom is Coming
Mar 18, 2018 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Scripture: Proverbs 26:1-12; 1 Corinthians 1:18-21; 25
Mar 11, 2018 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Matthew 19:21; 1 Timothy 6:17-19
Sermon TitleFools and Their Money will Soon be Parted
Feb 25, 2017 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleChoosing to Take Up Our Cross as If Our Life Depended On It
Feb 18, 2018 • 10 am • Marvin K. White
Sixth Sunday After Epiphany
Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17
Sermon TitleThe Trophic Cascade of God
Feb 11, 2108 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Sixth Sunday After Epiphany
Scripture: Matthew 24:3-8, 10-13
Feb 4 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Annual Meeting Sunday 2018
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Sermon TitleMotley Crew Two
January 28, 2018 • 10 am • Food Rules & American Idols • Kit Novotny
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Sermon TitleFood Rules & American Idols
Jan 21, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Third Sunday After Epiphany
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12–15a, 19–20
Sermon TitleWe Are Not Our Own
Jan 14, 2018 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Colossians 1:9-13
Jan 7, 2018 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleFollowing the Star
Dec 31, 2017 • 10 am • Phil Porter
First Sunday After Christmas
Scripture: Galatians 4:4-7
Sermon TitleChildren of God
Dec 24, 2017 • 10 am • First Church Berkeley
Sermon TitleChristmas Eve Contemplative Worship Service
Sermon SeriesFourth Sunday of Advent
Dec 24, 2017 • 10 pm • Christmas Eve Candlelight Service • First Church Berkeley Worship
Sermon TitleChristmas Eve Candlelight Service
Dec 17, 2017 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: Isaiah 61: 1-11
Dec 10, 2017 • 10 am • Marvin K. White
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8–15
Sermon TitleDecolonizing Advent
Dec 3, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Sermon TitleJesus is Coming—Look Busy
Nov 26, 2017 • 10 am • Loi Almeron
Sermon TitleThe 16-Hour Difference
Sermon Series#BlessedTomorrow
Nov. 19, 2017 • 10 am • Lynice Pinkard
Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30, Thessalonians 5:1-11
Sermon TitleDiscipleship: The Venture of New Creation
Sermon Series#BlessedTomorrow
Nov. 12, 2017 • 10 am • Midnight Oil • Kit Novotny
Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost
Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13
Sermon Series#BlessedTomorrow
Nov 5, 2017 • Are You Smarter Than A 6th Grader? • Molly Baskette • 10 am Sermon
Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12
Sermon TitleAre You Smarter Than A Sixth Grader?
Sermon Series#BlessedTomorrow
Oct. 22, 2017 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Scripture: Exodus 15:22-24; 16:1-3; 17:1-2
Sermon TitleIn Defense Of Plodding Along
Oct 15, 2017 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Scripture: Isaiah 25:1-10
Sun Oct 8, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Scripture: Matthew 21:33-46
Sermon TitleWhere Has God Gone?
Oct 1, 2017 • 10 am • Marvin K. White
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
Scripture: Matthew 21:23-32
Sermon TitleBy What Authority
Sept 24, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16
Sermon TitleIl Faut Cultiver Notre Jardi
Sept 17, 2017 • 10am • Phil Porter
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Scripture: Sept 17, 2017 • 10 am • Under Water • Phil Porter
Sept 10, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Scripture: Matthew 18:15-20
Sept 3, 2017 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Sermon TitleBarefoot Faith
Aug 27, 2017 • 10 am • Love & Guilt • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Exodus 1:8-14; 1 John 4:18
Sermon SeriesSummer of Love
Aug 13, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Tenth Sunday After Advent
Sermon TitleThe Love Economy
Aug 20, 2017 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Eleventh Sunday after Pentacost
Sermon TitleLong Slow Lovin’
Sermon SeriesSummer of Love
Aug 6, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Romans 8:38-39
July 30, 2017 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Scripture: Romans 8:26-28; 31-39
Sermon TitleGod is For You
July 23, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Romans 8:15-17, 22-23
Sermon TitleTwo Steps and Hug
July 16, 2017 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12; 16
Sermon TitleWhat We Talk About When We Talk About God
Sermon SeriesSummer of Love
July 9, 2017 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: 1 John 4:17-21
Sermon TitleThe Lovings: Love & Justice
July 2, 2017 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Scripture: Matthew 10:40 - 42
Sermon TitleA Cup of Cold Water
June 25, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Matthew 10:34-39
June 18, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: I Corinthians: 1-13
Sermon TitleLove: Lectio Divina
Sermon SeriesSummer of Love
June 11, 2017 • 10 am • Loi Almeron
Sermon SeriesSummer of Love
June 4, 2017 • 10 am • Rev. Da Vita Mcallister
Sermon TitleTriumph & Tragedy
May 28, 2017 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Philippians 4:4–9
Sermon TitleAgain I Say Rejoice
May 27, 2017 • 2pm • Sonny Graves Ordination
Ordination & Installation
Sermon TitleA Service of Ordination & Installation For Sonny R. Graves
May 21, 2017 • 10 am • Alan Johnson
Scripture: Hebrews 10:23-25, 32-39
Sermon TitleDon't Shrink Back
Sun May 14, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
May 5, 2017 • 10 am • Lauren Jewett
Sermon TitleCreating Sanctuary
April 30, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Isaiah 58:10-12
Sermon TitleNot THAT Wall
Apr 23, 2017 • 10 am • Sandhya Jha
Sermon TitleSafe From What?
April 16, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Apr 9, 2017 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11
Sermon TitleResist + Engage
Apr 2, 2017 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Sermon TitleResist + Arise
Mar 26, 2017 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleResist with Your Eyes Wide Open
Mar 19, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Sermon TitleResist + Rebar
Mar 12, 2017 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Sermon TitleResist + Persist
Mar 5, 2017 • 10am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11
Sermon TitleResist + Surrender
Sermon SeriesFirst Sunday of Lent
Feb 26, 2017 • 10 am • Marvin K. White
Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9
Sermon TitleThe Bible Is Not Alt News. It Is Always Good News
Sermon SeriesFrom Epiphany To Encounter
Feb 19, 2017 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Hebrews 13:1-2
Sermon TitleWelcome The Stranger
Sermon SeriesFrom Epiphany To Encounter
Feb 12, 2017 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Feb 5, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Colossians 3:12-15
Sermon TitleThe Nordstrom's Churche
Jan 29, 2017 • 10 am • Julian DeShazier
Sermon TitleProgressive Hip-Hop Revival
Jan 22, 2017 • 10am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23
Jan 15, 2017 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday
Sermon TitleWhat Are You Looking For?
Jan 8, 2017 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17
Jan 1, 2017 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
Sermon TitleHinges Of Time
Dec 25, 2016 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleChristmas Day
Dec 18, 2016 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon TitleThe Risk Of Birth
Sermon SeriesMaking Peace With The Body
Dec 11, 2016 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleBuilt for Sound
Sermon SeriesMaking Peace with the Body
Dec 4, 2016 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12
Sermon TitleThe Body's Way
Sermon SeriesMaking Peace with the Body
Nov 27, 2016 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Nov 20, 2016 • 10 am • Sonny Graves
Transgender Day of Remembrance & Visibility,
Scripture: Mark 15:33?16:3
Sermon TitleWe Are More Alive Than Dead
Nov 13, 2016 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25
Sermon TitleLions And Lambs
Nov 6, 2016 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Ephesians 1: 11-16
Sermon TitleSpiritual Ancestors
Nov 6, 2016 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: Ephesians 1: 11-16
Sermon TitleSpiritual Ancestors
Oct 30, 2016 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleIt's About Joy
Oct 23, 2016 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Oct 23, 2016 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Oct 16, 2016 • 2 pm • Molly Baskette
Sermon TitleRetention Of Vision
Oct 9, 2016 • 2 pm • Kit Novotny
Scripture: Genesis 28:10-17
Sept 4, 2016 • 10 am • Molly Baskette, et al
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:9-13, I Corinthians 12:18-21, Deuteronomy 5:15
Sermon TitleContemplative Service
Aug 28, 2016 • 10 am • Fr. Didace Kamana
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12, James 3:13-18, John 20:19-23
Sermon TitleBlessed Are the Peacemakers
July 17, 2016 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Scripture: Psalm 30:1-3; 11-12, John 4:5-30
Sermon TitleInfinite Chances & Forever Tries
Sermon SeriesFamily: It's Complicated
Nov 29, 2015 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleQuestion (Pause)
Nov 22, 2015 • 9 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Sermon TitleThank God No Matter What Happens
Nov 15, 2015 • 11 am • Sonny Graves
Scripture: Revelations 4:1-8
Sermon TitleTransgender Day of Remembrance
Nov 8, 2015 • 11 am • Kit Novotny
Sermon TitleRepairing the World
Nov 8, 2015 • 9 am • Laura Burkhauser
Scripture: Mark 12: 38-44
Sermon TitlePutting In All That Your Have
Nov 1, 2015 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Sermon SeriesStewardship Season: The New is Before Us
Nov 1, 2015 • 11 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitlePledging as Spiritual Practice
Sermon SeriesStewardship Season: The New is Before Us
Oct 25, 2015 • 11 am • Molly Baskette
Sermon TitleStanding Naked Before Mammon
Sermon SeriesStewardship Season: The New is Before Us
Oct 25, 2015 • 9 am • Molly Baskette
Sermon TitleStanding Naked Before Mammon
Sermon SeriesStewardship Season: The New is Before Us
Oct 18, 2015 • 11 am • Marvin K. White
Sermon TitleScared Sacred
Oct 18, 2015 • 9 am • Scared Sacred • Marvin K. White • First Church Berkeley Worship
Sermon TitleScared Sacred
Oct 18, 2015 • 11 am • Marvin K. White
Sermon TitleScared Sacred
Oct 18, 2015 • 9 am • Marvin K. White
Sermon TitleScared Sacred
Oct 11, 2015 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Matthew 6:19-21
Sermon TitleHearts, Minds, Money
Sermon SeriesStewardship Season: The New is Before Us
Oct 4, 2015 • 11 am • Kit Novotny
Sermon TitleLet the Little Children Come to Me
Sermon SeriesThe New is Before Us
Oct 4, 2015 • 9 am • Sonny Graves
Scripture: St. John of the Cross
Sermon TitleSpeak, Listen, Remember, and Live Fully Together
Sermon SeriesThe New is Before Us
Sept 27, 2015 • 11 am • David Ruhe
Scripture: Matthew 9:9-17
Sermon SeriesThe New is Before Us
Sept 27, 2015 • 9 am • David Ruhe
Scripture: Matthew 9:9-17
Sermon SeriesThe New is Before Us
Sept 20, 2015 • 9 am • Claudia Schmidt
Sermon TitleThe Power of Nature
Sermon SeriesThe New is Before US
Sept 20, 2015 • 11 am • Claudia Schmidt
Sermon TitleEverything Must Change
Sermon SeriesThe New is Before Us
Sept 13, 2015 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-20
Sermon TitleThe New Is Before Us
Sermon SeriesThe New is Before Us
Sept 6, 2015 • 10 am • True Stories
Scripture: Wisdom of Solomon 7:26 - 8:1
Sermon TitleMember Testimonies
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
Aug 30, 2015 • 10 am • Phil, Kit & Rachel
Sermon TitleEnd of Summer Celebration
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
Aug 23, 2015 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleThe Humilty of Prayer
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
July 26, 2015 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1: 4-9
Sermon TitleNamed. Fed. Sent.
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
July 19, 2015 • 10 am • Molly Baskette
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7, 8-13
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
July 12, 2015 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Corinthians 2:1-9
Sermon TitleThings Beyond Our Imagining
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
July 5, 2015 • 10 am • Diane Weible
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10
Sermon TitleSufficient Grace
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
June 28, 2015 • 10 am • Ernest Larkins
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13
Sermon TitleThe Way of Love
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
June 21, 2015 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleLet the Spirit Move
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
June 14, 2015 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleComing Out and Being Brave
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
June 7, 2015 • 10 am • Michelle Sepe
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10 & John 20:1-10
Sermon TitleWhy Do We Tell Stories?
May 31, 2015 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleGod Sets Fire to Wet Wood!
May 24, 2015 • 11 am • Rabbi Stephen Pearce & Kit Novotny
Sermon TitleShavuot & Pentecost
May 24, 2015 • 10 am • Learning Hour with Rabbi Pearce (Part 3)
May 17, 2015 • 11 am • David Vasquez-Levy
Scripture: I Kings 19:1-8
Sermon TitleSecond Helping
May 17, 2015 • 10 am • Learning Hour with Rabbi Pearce (Part 2)
May 17, 2015 • 9 am • David Vasquez-Levy
Scripture: I Kings 19:1-8
Sermon TitleSecond Helping
May 10, 2015 • 11 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleSouls Shaped for Praise
Apr 5, 2015 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleHearing is Believing
May 3, 2015 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleSo You're Looking for a Messiah...
Apr 26, 2015 • 10 am • Final Sunday • Patricia de Jong
Apr 25, 2015 • 7 pm • Special Program Celebrating Patricia de Jong's Ministry
Apr 19, 2015 • 11 am • First Church Youth
Sermon TitleJourney of Faith
Apr 19, 2015 • 10 am • Conversation with Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleConversation with Patricia de Jong
Aug 16, 2015 • 10 am • Dr. Boyung Lee
Scripture: Matthew 22:1-14
Sermon TitleLet's Have a Party
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
Apr 19, 2015 • 9 am • Kit Novotny
Scripture: Luke 24:36b-48
Sermon TitleGot Anything to Eat?
Apr 12, 2015 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleIt?s Dawning on Us
Aug 9, 2015 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: The Gathering of the Disciples, Pentecost, the letters to the early Christian communities
Sermon TitleThe Wisdom of the Body
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
April 5, 2015 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleHearing is Believing
Apr 5, 2015 • 9 am • Easter Communion Service
Aug 2, 2015 • 10 am • Kit Novotny
Scripture: Genesis 28:10-19
Sermon TitleGreat (& small) Awakenings
Sermon SeriesTrue Stories: Reclaiming Testimony
March 29, 2015 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleCelebration & Joy
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
Mar 29, 2015 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleDon?t Miss the Parade
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
Mar 22, 2015 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleWater Into Wine
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
Mar 22, 2015 • 9 am • Michelle Sepe
Sermon TitleYour Heart Beats Without Asking You How
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
Mar 15, 2015 • 11 am • Kit Novotny
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
Mar 15, 2015 • 9 am • Matt Boswell
Sermon TitleJesus & Forgiveness
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
May 10, 2015 • am • Kit Novotny
Sermon TitleJoyful Noise & Refrigerator Art
Mar 8, 2015 • 9 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleTurning the Tables
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
Mar 8, 2015 • am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitleThe Gift of Anger
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
Mar 1, 2015 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleA Table for Grace
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
Feb 22, 2015 • 11 am • Porter
Sermon TitleTaking a Little Break
Sermon SeriesRoom at the Table
Feb 22, 2015 • Lift Ev'ry Voice & Sing • Music Festival
A celebration of African American music
Feb 15, 2015 • 11 am • Matt Boswell
Sermon TitleEnergetic Love
Feb 15, 2015 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleUp on that Mountain, Jesus Didn't Turn Really, Really White
Feb 8, 2015 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong & Charlotte Russell
Celebration of Rev. Charlotte Russell
Sermon TitleA Dialog on Caring
Feb 8, 2015 • 9 am • Rachel Bauman
Celebration of Rev. Charlotte Russell
Sermon TitleCaring as a Sacrament
Feb 1, 2015 • 10 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleIn the Company of the Congregation
Jan 25, 2015 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon Title?And Immediately..."
Jan 25, 2015 • 9 am • Matt Boswell
Scripture: Jonah 3:1-5, 10
Sermon TitleJonah the Coward
Jan 18, 2015 • 11 am • Kit Novotny
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Scripture: I Samuel 3:1?11
Sermon TitleTingling Ears
Jan 18, 2015 • 11 am • Kit Novotny
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-11
Sermon TitleTingling Ears
Jan 11, 2015 • am • Rachel Bauman
Jan 11, 2015 • 9 am • Michelle Sepe
Sermon TitleRadical Vulnerability
Jan 10, 2015 • 1 pm • Ordination of Kelly Ryan
Sermon TitleOrdination of Kelly Ryan
Jan 4, 2015 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12
Sermon TitleMystery, Magic & Mysticism
Dec 24, 2014 • 10 pm • Christmas Eve Candlelight Service • Patricia de Jong
Advent 2014, Christmas Eve
Sermon TitleChristmas Meditation
Dec 24, 2014 • 5 pm • Intergenerational Christmas Eve
Sermon TitleChristmas Eve Service
Dec 21, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleA Most Unlikely Birth
Dec 14, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Advent 2014 ? Music Sunday
Sermon TitleMeeting God in Music
Dec 7, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Nov 30, 2014 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleThe Spirit Is Willing, but the Flesh Is Weak
Nov 23, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Nov 16, 2014 • 11 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24
Sermon TitleIn All Circumstances
Sermon SeriesEnough for All: Sharing Our Abundance
Nov 9, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon SeriesEnough for All: Sharing Our Abundance
Nov 2, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleThere Will Be Enough
Sermon SeriesEnough for All: Sharing Our Abundance
Oct 26, 2014 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleThe Redistribution of Health
Sermon SeriesEnough for All: Sharing Our Abundance
Oct 19, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleExtravagant Frugality
Sermon SeriesEnough for All: Sharing Our Abundance
Oct 12, 2014 • 11 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon TitlePicking Up the Mantle
Sermon SeriesEnough for All: Challenging Income Inequality
Oct 5, 2014 • 11 am • Robert Chase
Sermon TitleScarcity & Abundance
Sermon SeriesEnough for All: Challenging Income Inequality
Sept 28, 2014 • 11 am • Kelly Ryan
Scripture: Phillipians 2: 1-13
Sermon TitleOur Power from Christ
Sermon SeriesEnough for All: Challenging Income Inequality
Sept 21, 2014 • am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleLoaves & Fishes
Sermon SeriesEnough for All: Challenging Income Inequality
Sept 14, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35
Sermon TitleScarcity & Abundance
Sermon SeriesNaked Spirituality
Sept 7, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Matthew 18: 15-20
Sermon SeriesNaked Spirituality
Aug 31, 2014 • 10 am • Kelly Ryan
Sermon TitleTake Off Your Sandals
Aug 24, 2014 • 10 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Exodus 1:8 - 2:10
Sermon TitleSaving Waters
Aug 17, 2014 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: Isaiah 56: 1-8
Aug 10, 2014 • 10 am • Neichelle Guidry Jones
Aug 3, 2014 • 10 am • Phil Porter
July 27, 2014 • 10 am • Sam Rennebohm
Sermon TitleOf Presence and Absence
July 20, 2014 • 10 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleSurely God is in This Place
July 13, 2014 • 10 am • Kelly Ryan
Scripture: Matthew 13: 1-13
July 6, 2014 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleGod & Caesar, Church & State
June 29, 2014 • 10 am • Alex Bonte
June 22, 2014 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
June 8, 2014 • 10 am • Patricia de Jong
June 1, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: The First Epistle of John 4:12-18
Sermon TitleTied & Untied
Sermon SeriesModern Family
June 1, 2014 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Romans 8:38-39
Sermon SeriesModern Family
May 25, 2014 • 11 am • Ernest Larkins
Sermon SeriesModern Family
Apr 27, 2014 • 11 am • Young Adult Graduate Celebration
Sermon TitleReflection on Logion 70
Apr 27, 2014 • 9 am • Release of Shelly Dieterle
Scripture: Gospel of Thomas- Logion 70
Apr 20, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4
Sermon SeriesSaved By Hope
Apr 20, 2014 • 9 am • Easter Communion
Sermon SeriesSaved By Hope
Apr 13, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11
Sermon TitlePalms & the Cross
Apr 13, 2014 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Apr 6, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14
Apr 6, 2014 • 9 am • Kelly Ryan
Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14
Sermon TitleDry Bones Meditation
Mar 30, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon SeriesSaved By Hope
Mar 30, 2014 • 9 am • Rachel Bauman
Sermon SeriesSaved By Hope
May 25, 2014 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Sermon SeriesModern Family
May 18, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: John 14: 15-21
Sermon SeriesModern Family
May 18, 2014 • 9 am • Kelly Ryan
Sermon SeriesModern Family
Mar 16, 2014 • 11 am • Ryan
Scripture: Genesis 12:1-4
Sermon SeriesSaved By Hope
Mar 16, 2014 • 9 am • Patricia de Jong & Alex Bonte
Sermon SeriesSaved By Hope
May 11, 2014 • 11 am • Rachel Bauman
Bible Sunday/ Mothers Day
Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31
Sermon SeriesModern Family
Mar 9, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11
Sermon SeriesSaved By Hope
Mar 9, 2014 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Isaiah 40:29?-31
Sermon SeriesSaved By Hope
May 4, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon SeriesModern Family
May 4, 2014 • 9 am • Marie Bat'el
Scripture: Luke 24: 13?35
Mar 2, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9
Mar 2, 2014 • 2 pm • Meredith Jackson
Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-19
Feb 23, 2014 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleThe Bottom Line
Feb 23, 2014 • 9 am • Alex Bonte
Feb 16, 2014 • 11 am • Bob Russell
Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Sermon TitleClimate Change
Feb 16, 2014 • 9 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleClimate Change
Feb 9, 2014 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16
Feb 9, 2014 • 9 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16
Feb 4, 2014 • 10 am • Ken Iha
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12
Jan 26, 2014 • 11 am • Rachel Bauman
Thrid Sunday after epiphany
Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23
Sermon TitleLeaving Our Nets
Jan 26, 2014 • 9 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23
Jan 19, 2014 • 11 am • Steve Sterner
Sermon TitleCall and Response
Jan 19, 2014 • 9 am • Shelly Dieterle
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Sermon TitleCome and You Will See
Jan 12, 2014 • 9 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleJesus' Baptism
Jan 5, 2014 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleHerod vs. the Wise People
Dec 29, 2013 • 11 am • Marie Bat'el
First Sunday after Christmas
Scripture: Matthew 2:13-23
Dec 24, 2013 • 10 pm • Patricia de Jong
Christmas Eve Candle Light Service
Scripture: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
Sermon TitleChristmas Meditation
Dec 22, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Fullness
Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-16
Dec 22, 2013 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Fullness
Scripture: Habakkuk 2:1-3
Dec 15, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleAdvent Music Sunday
Dec 15, 2013 • 9 am • Shelly Dieterle
Dec 8, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Second Sunday of Advent: Hope
Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10
Sermon TitleThe Greening of Hope
Dec 8, 2013 • 9 am • Kelly Ryan
Second Sunday of Advent: Hope
Scripture: Isaiah 10:33-11:5
Dec 1, 2013 • 11 am • Rachel Bauman
Nov 24, 2013 • 11 am • Young Adult Sunday
Scripture: 1 John 4:17-19
Sermon SeriesPray- Help, Thanks, Wow
Nov 17, 2013 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Sermon SeriesPray- Help, Thanks, Wow
Nov 17, 2013 • 11 am • Alex Bonte
Sermon TitleGlorifying God: Easier Done Than Said
Sermon SeriesPray- Help, Thanks, Wow
Nov 10, 2013 • 11 am • Michael McBride
Sermon TitleThe Power of We-Faith
Sermon SeriesPray- Help, Thanks, Wow
Nov 10, 2013 • 9 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon SeriesPray- Help, Thanks, Wow
Nov 3, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Pledge Sunday/ All Saints Day
Oct 27, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Genesis 32: 22-31
Sermon SeriesSpeak Boldly
Oct 27, 2013 • 9 am • Shelly Dieterle
Sermon SeriesSpeak Boldly
Oct 20, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Jeremiah 32:6-15
Sermon SeriesSpeak Boldly
Oct 20, 2013 • 9 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: Jeremiah 31:27-34
Sermon SeriesSpeak Boldly
Oct 13, 2013 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Sermon SeriesSpeak Boldly
Oct 13, 2013 • 9 am • Kelly Ryan
Sermon SeriesSpeak Boldly
Oct 6, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Psalm 116: 12-19
Sermon SeriesWhat's Next?
Oct 6, 2013 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:17-26
Sept 29, 2013 • 11 am • Ernest Larkins
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12: 27-31
Sermon SeriesWhat's Next?
Sept 29, 2013 • 9 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12: 27-31
Sept 22, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:11-18
Sermon SeriesWhat's Next?
Sept 22, 2013 • 9 am • Shelly Dieterle
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:11-18
Sermon SeriesWhat's Next?
Sept 15, 2013 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13
Sermon SeriesWhat's Next?
Sept 8, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:10-25
Sept 8, 2013 • 9 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-25
Sermon SeriesWhat's Next??First Corinthians
Sept 1, 2013 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Aug 25, 2013 • 10 am • Patricia de Jong
Scripture: Isaiah 58:9b-14
Aug 18, 2013 • 10 am • Shelly Dieterle
Aug 11, 2013 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
Sermon TitleKeeping Faith
Aug 4, 2013 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Sermon TitleSeeking Justice
July 28, 2013 • 10 am • Rev. Jim Mitulski
July 21, 2013 • 10 am • Bishop Yvette Flunder
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Sermon TitleSynergistic Justice: We Are in This Thing Together
July 14, 2013 • 10 am • Patricia de Jong
Sermon TitleGood Neighbors
July 7, 2013 • 10 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Habakkuk 2:1-3
June 30, 2013 • 10 am • Shelly Dieterle
June 16, 2013 • 10 am • Robert Stumpf
June 9, 2013 • 10 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: 1Samuel 3:1-10
June 2, 2013 • 10 am • Patricia de Jong
May 26, 2013 • 10 am • Shelly Dieterle
Scripture: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
May 19, 2013 • 11 am • Patricia de Jong
May 12, 2013 • 11 am • Rachel Bauman
Scripture: John 17: 20-26
Sermon SeriesMission 4/1 Earth
May 5, 2013 • 11 am • Andrew Greenhaw
Sermon SeriesMission 4/1 Earth
May 5, 2013 • 9 am • Patricia de Jong
Apr 28, 2013 • 11 am • Phil Porter
Scripture: Genesis 1:1-13
Sermon TitleWell, We Do Call It SUNday
Sermon SeriesMission 4/1 Earth
