Upcoming Sunday Worship Service Schedule
Sept. 26 – 11AM online worship service ONLY — no in-person service * Anniversary Sunday Celebration * — Rev. Dr. Robert Schneider is preaching on “The Open Bible” Worship
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Sunday Service, March 22, 2020
OLD FIRST GATHERED AND AT WORSHIP You will not need this order of service for worship; what you need will appear on your screen, but if it might be easier
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Sermon Series: Jesus’ Firsts
Yes, it sounds an awful lot like our tagline #LoveFirst. Go figure! But notice their is an apostrophe on Jesus and an “s” on First. The lectionary offers a series
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Grace Notes: Singing our Faith (a summer sermon series on hymnody and church music)
This summer Michael will be preaching a sermon series: “Grace Notes: Singing our Faith.” It will take a look at the stories behind some of our favorite hymns, and a
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No God But A Liberating God: Margaret’s Sermon and what the 10 Commandment Could Mean For Us Today
Margaret E. was back in town from Nashville where she is finishing her last year at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She jumped right into our Lenten sermon series on “Covenant,” tackling
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Join Us for a Lenten Sermon Series on “Covenant” 02.18 — 03.25 (Win a Free Dinner!)
(Michael on Sunday, 02.18, in an impromptu moment from the pulpit, challenged the congregation — as part of their Lenten observance — to be present for all 6 of the
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This Sunday’s, January 14th, Forgiving Victim Video on Prayer is in the Social Hall at 10am.
James Alison begins with an interpretation of the parable of the Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow. He sees this as an example of our reluctance to become insistent desirers
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The sermon on Reformation Sunday — October 30 — will be about the ministry of all Christians: by our baptisms, we have all called to minister in Christ’s name. Another
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There's Division and then There's Division, Old First Sermon 08.14.16
Before the 2nd congregation I served, Arthur Wells wrote me about the pastorate ahead of me (perhaps foreseeing it wasn’t to be an easy run!): Ministry is never always easy. Misunderstanding and mistrust persist. Unkind things will be said. Difficult responses will occur. But...
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The Treasured Possessions of Your Faith, Old First Sermon 08.07.16
I don’t think Jesus is saying we all have to be ascetics, but his use of the image of slaves does suggest we can be enslaved to our stuff: What we think we own often turns out to own us. Then is the only way to be faithful some vow of poverty by which one is left...
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