Sermons and Services
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November 10 2024:
INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILY SERVICE
Link to full service here.
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November 3 2024:
Sermon: "Avoiding Sainthood" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: I Corinthians 1:1-3
Link to full service here.
October 27 2024:
Sermon: "Servanthood Is the Way" - Rev. Alex Shea Will
Scripture: Matthew 20:20-28
Link to full service here.
October 20 2024:
Sermon: "The Righteous Live By Their Faith" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
Link to full service here.
October 13 2024:
Sermon: "A Chapter Not the Story" - Larry Atkins
Scripture: Psalm 23; Isaiah 40:6-8
Link to full service here.
October 6 2024:
Sermon: "Clearing the Mind" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 12:54-56
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September 29 2024:
Intergenerational Family Service
Link to full service here.
September 22 2024:
Sermon: "A Substitute Ark" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: I Samuel 4:1b-11
Link to full service here.
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September 15 2024:
Sermon: "We the Sacrament" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: I Corinthians 13
Link to full service here.
September 8 2024:
Sermon: "The Canary" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: I Corinthians 16:13-18
Link to full service here.
September 1 2024:
Sermon: "A Lamp to My Feet and a Light to My Path" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Ephesians 5:21-24, 6:5-8
Link to full service here.
August 25 2024:
Sermon: "Confidence If Not Certainty" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Mark 5:24-34
Link to full service here.
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August 18 2024:
Sermon: "Affirmation and Evolution" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Romans 16:1-5b; Galatians 2:11-14
Link to full service here.
August 11 2024:
Sermon: "A Mixed Crowd" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: I Kings 12: 12-19 & Jeremiah 1:1-2
Link to full service here.
August 4 2024:
Sermon: "A Fairly Recent Development" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Link to full service here.
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July 28 2024:
Sermon: "Where to Begin" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28a, 31 and Genesis 3:8-13
Link to full service here.
July 21 2024:
Sermon: “What Do You Want” - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: John 5:1-9
Link to full service here.
July 14 2024:
Sermon: “What Are You Groaning About” - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Romans 8:26-27 and 12:1-2
Link to full service here.
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July 7 2024:
Sermon: “When We Are Wise, Therefore, We Always Walk Slowly” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Mark 12:13-17
Link to full service here.
June 30 2024:
Sermon: “It Would Be Wise To Avoid That Word” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 5:17-20
Link to full service here.
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June 23 2024:
Sermon: “John Was Under Suspicion”- Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: John 8:12-20
Link to full service here.
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June 16 2024:
INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILY SERVICE
Link to full service here.
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June 9 2024:
Sermon: "Remember Your Ancestors..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Genesis 17:1-8
Link to full service here.
June 2 2024:
Sermon: "Therefore We Have to Speak" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Deuteronomy 22:5-12, Leviticus 20:6-10, Luke 6:27-36
Link to full service here.
May 26 2024:
Sermon: "No One Ever Thanked Me' - Larry Atkins
Scripture: Job 42:1-6
Link to full service here.
May 19 2024:
Sermon: "Deep Listening" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Acts 2:1-8 and 11-13
Link to full service here.
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May 12 2024:
Sermon: "As Yogi Said"
Scripture: Mark 2:18-22 - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
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May 5 2024:
Sermon: "Of Course It Matters What We Believe" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Micah 6:6-8
Link to full service here.
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April 28 2024:
Link to full service here.
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April 21 2024:
Sermon: "The Productivity and Personality of God" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17
Link to full service here.
April 14 2024:
Sermon: "More on Maps" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 14:15-24, Luke 24:28-31
Link to full service here.
April 7 2024:
Sermon: "You Will End Up in Pennsylvania" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 24:13-35
Link to full service here.
EASTER: March 31 2024
Sermon: "That Was Then ... This Is Now" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: John 20: 1-10
Link to full service here.
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March 24 2024:
Sermon: "Judea Capta" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: John 12:12-19
Link to full service here.
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March 17 2024:
Sermon: "Idle Tales" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 24:1-12
Link to full service here.
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March 10 2024:
Roots of Peace - Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Noor A'wad
Scripture: Psalm 133, Isaiah 2:4, Isaiah 11:1-9, Matthew 5:1-9
Link to full service here.
March 3 2024:
Sermon: "Raising Cain"- Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-12
Link to full service here.
February 25 2024:
Sermon: "The Last Word" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Mark 16:1-8
Link to full service here.
February 18 2024:
Sermon: "Longing for My Beloved Country" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Mark 1:12-15
Link to full service here.
February 11 2024:
Sermon: "Time to Go" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 9:28-36
Link to full service here.
February 4 2024:
Sermon: "Healing of the Past" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: John 4:1-15
Link to full service here.
January 28 2024:
Sermon: "Calle and His People" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Exodus 19:1-8
Link to full service here.
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January 21 2024:
Sermon: "The Salty and Shining Behavior of the Blessed" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12
Link to full service here.
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January 14 2024:
Sermon: "Immediately" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Matthew 4:18-23 and 7:21
Link to full service here.
January 7 2024:
Sermon: "A Lot of Noise" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 3:15-22
Link to full service here.
December 31 2023:
Sermon: “An Appropriate Yardstick” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: I Kings 16: 23-28, Matthew 16: 24-27
Link to fill service here.
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December 24 2023:
Sermon: "Home Alone" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 1: 26-33 and 46-55, Luke 2: 1-20
Link to full service here.
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December 17 2023
Sermon: “Sanctus” (or "Benedictus") - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 1:67-80
Link to full service here.
December 10 2023:
Children's Christmas Pageant
Link to full service here.
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December 3 2023:
Sermon: “Tear Open the Heavens and Come Down” - Rev. Marti Soper
Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-9
Link to full service here.
November 26 2023:
Sermon: “The Time Is Near” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Revelation 1:1-8
Link to full service here.
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November 19 2023:
Sermon: “Discretion Is Advised” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Acts 4:32-5:11
Link to full service here.
November 12 2023:
Sermon: “Could It Be The Church?” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 17:20-21
Link to full service here.
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November 5 2023:
Sermon: “Where Are You?” - Rev. Jack Doper
Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17 and Genesis 3:1-13
Link to full service here.
October 29 2023:
Sermon: “Warning To Sensitive Viewers” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Jeremiah 31:15-17; Matthew 2:13-18
Link to full service here.
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October 22 2023:
Sermon: “Dove of Truth” - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10; 4:1-4
Link to full service here.
October 15 2023:
Homily: "Building Bridges" - Larry Atkins
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3; Matthew 25:35-40
Link to full service here.
October 8 2023:
Sermon: “We Are Extremely Fortunate” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Proverbs 30: 32-33; Matthew 5: 21-26
Link to full service here.
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October 1 2023:
Sermon: “Bread and Water” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 5:27-32 and John 4:1-15
Link to full service here.
September 24 2023:
Sermon: "Going Home" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 8:18-22; Luke 4:14-19
Link to full service here.
September 17 2023:
Sermon: "The Ark Of The Covenant” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Link to full service here.
September 10 2023:
Sermon: “Coming Home….Going Places” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Mark 13: 1-2; Luke 5: 33-37
Link to full service here.
September 3 2023:
Sermon: "Missing Church" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Acts 2: 43-47
Link to full service here.
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August 27 2023:
Discourse: "Church Simplified" - Steve Whelan
Scripture: Matthew 22: 34-40; Luke 15: 20-30; John 4: 11-14
Link to full service here.
August 20 2023:
Sermon: "Choose Life" - Rev. Marti Soper
Scripture: Deuteronomy 30: 11-20
Link to full service here.
August 13 2023:
Sermon: "In Praise of Persistence" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Luke 11: 5-8
Link to full service here.
August 6 2023:
Sermon: "The Optimism of Radical Love" - Rev. Marti Soper
Scripture: Luke 15: 11-32
Link to full service here.
July 30 2023:
Sermon: "The Ice Cold Blob Matters" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14
Link to full service here.
July 23 2023:
Sermon: "There Is Always Something" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: 1 Kings 16: 24-28, 1 Corinthians 14: 26-37
Link to full service here.
July 16 2023:
Sermon: "A Match Made On Earth" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Job 38:28-33 & Mark 4:26-29
Link to full service here.
July 9 2023:
Sermon: "Talking Jesus" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 19: 16-22, Mark 10: 17-22, Luke 10: 25-28
Link to full service here.
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July 2 2023:
Sermon: "What Does This Mean?" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Acts 2: 1-12
Link to full service here.
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June 25:
Sermon: "The Story Is Not Finished" - Mr. Larry Atkins
Scripture: Luke 15: 11-32
Link to full service here.
June 18:
Sermon: "I Will Sing a New Song" - Mr. Larry Atkins
Scripture: Psalm 127 and Luke 24:50-53
Link to full service here.
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June 11:
Sermon: "What Do Animals Think?" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Job 39: 9-18
Link to full service here.
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June 4 2023:
Sermon: "An Imaginative Task" - Rev. Marti Soper
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5: 16-20
Link to full service here.
May 28 2023:
Sermon: "A Damned Bit of Difference" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: II Samuel 1:17-27
Link to full service here.
May 21 2023:
Sermon: "On the Effectiveness of Aluminum Foil Helmets" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:16- 4:3; Matthew 5:27-28, 33-35
Link to full service here.
May 14 2023:
Sermon: "I Smell a Rat" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Genesis 27: 1-30
Link to full service here.
May 7 2023:
Sermon: "Holding onto Faith in a Cynical Age" - Rev. Craig Whitcher
Scripture: John 17: 1-11
Link to full service here.
April 30 2023:
Sermon: "Unlike Russian Dolls” - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6: 1-9, Matthew 22: 34-40
Link to full service here.
April 23 2023:
Sermon: "Stay With Us" - Rev. Marti Soper
Scripture: Luke 24: 13-35
Link to full service here.
April 16 2023:
Sermon: "So, What's Next?" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: John 21: 1-17
Link to fill service here.
April 9 2023 (Easter):
Sermon: "Taking Time Out" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: John 20: 1-10
Link to full service here.
April 2 2023:
Sermon: "He Made Sure They Got It" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 19:28-40 & 45-48
Link to full service here.
March 26 2023:
Sermon: "Unlike Making Sausage" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11: 17-34
Link to full service here.
March 19 2023:
Sermon: "Wrong Time for a Faulty Water Tank" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 28: 16-20
Link to full service here.
March 12 2023:
Sermon: "The Samaritan Woman" - Rev. Dr. David Cleaver-Bartholomew
Scripture: John 4: 5-42
Link to full service here.
March 5 2023:
Sermon: "The Present Time" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 12: 54-56
Link to full service here.
February 26 2023:
Sermon: "A Good Parting" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Luke 8: 4-15,
Link to full service here.
February 19 2023:
Scripture: Micah 6: 1-8
Link to full service here.
February 12 2023:
Sermon: "I Just Couldn't Quit" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Mark 6: 6b-13
Link to full service here.
February 5 2023:
Sermon: "History Remembered" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 2: 16-18, Matthew 4: 12-17
Link to full service here.
January 29 2023:
Sermon: "360" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Acts 27: 13-20
Link to full service here.
January 22 2023:
Presentation: "Healing the World Resulting from Fear of the Other" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 22: 34-40
Link to full service here.
January 15 2023:
Sermon: "Stigma" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Luke 8: 40-56
Link to full service here.
January 8 2023:
Sermon: "God for All" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 2: 1-15
Link to full service here.
January 1 2023:
Sermon: "Carmenere" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Mark 2: 18-22
Link to full service here.
December 25 2022 - Christmas Day
Sermon: "The Gift" - Larry Atkins
Scripture: Luke 2: 29-40
Link to full service here.
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December 24 2022 - Christmas Eve
Link to 5 pm service here.
Link to 10 pm service here.
10 pm sermon: "Making Meaning" - Rev. Martin Riekert
December 18 2022:
"A Surprising Christmas Pageant"
Link to full service here.
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December 11 2022:
Sermon: “The Power of Anticipation” - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Isaiah 35: 1-6 and Luke 1: 46b-55
Link to full service here.
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December 10 2022:
Christmas Concert
Music Director: Jackson Carruthers
Link to full concert here.
December 4 2022:
Sermon: "Luke Pushed Them Onto the Stage" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Luke 2: 15-20
Link to full service here.
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November 27 2022:
Sermon: "A Populist Performative Profession" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 4: 12-17
Link to full service here.
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November 20 2022:
Sermon: "Simply Gratitude" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-10
Link to full service here.
November 13 2022:
Sermon: "In the Lynn Social Security Office" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Mark 14:3-9
Link to full service here.
November 6 2022:
Sermon: "Suffering Is Human" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Philippians 1:21-30 and II Corinthians 12:9-10
Link to full service here.
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October 30 2022:
Sermon: "A Missing Word Recovered" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Romans 8:28
Link to full service here.
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October 23 2022:
Sermon: "Commandments for Relationship" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Exodus 19:3-7: 20: 1-17
Link to full service here.
October 16 2022:
Sermon: "The Common Ground Excluding the Common Good" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Galatians 2:11-14
Link to full service here.
October 9 2022:
Sermon: "It Should Be Hazy" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 9:14-17
Link to full service here.
October 2 2022:
Sermon: "He Left a Table" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13, I Corinthians 11:17-26, 33-34
Link to full service here.
September 25 2022:
Sermon: "What Are You Doing Here?" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: I Kings 19:11-15
Link to full service here.
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September 18 2022:
Sermon: "My Neighbor's Keeper" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Matthew 25:31-40 and Romans 12:1-2 and 9-13
Link to full service here.
September 4 2022:
Sermon: "In the Capitol, On Times Square, In the Supreme Court, In ..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Proverbs 1:20-33, Matthew 5:21-26
Link to full service here.
August 28 2022:
Sermon: "Only GPS" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 13: 51-53
Link to full service here.
August 21 2022:
Sermon: "Aosdana" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16a and Hebrews 11:8-16
Link to full service here.
August 14 2022:
Sermon: "Burning Faith in a Dry Time" - Rev. Teri Motley
Scripture: Isaiah 5:1-7, Luke 12:49-56
Link to full service here.
August 7 2022:
Sermon: "Living the Faith of Christ" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Galatians 2:15-21, 3:23-29
Link to full service here.
July 31 2022:
Sermon: "More Than Yes or No" -Rev. Marti Soper
Scripture: John 3:1-16
Link to full service here:
July 24 2022:
Sermon: "Knocking on Heaven's Door" - Rev. Rev. Beth Horne
Scripture: Psalm 138:1-8, Luke 11:1-13
Link to full service here.
July 17 2022:
Sermon: "A Midsummer Prescription" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Luke 11: 1-13
Link to full service here.
July 10 2022:
Sermon: "Jesus Can Make Short People TALL" - Rev. David Woods
Link to full service here.
July 3 2022:
Link to full service here.
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June 26 2022:
Sermon: "Make me a Blessing" - Rev. Judith Brain
Link to full service here.
June 19 2022:
Sermon: "God the Father" - Rev. Judith Brain
Link to full service here.
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June 12 2022 (Blessing of the Animals):
Sermon: "Still a Lot to Learn" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Link to full service here.
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June 5 2022:
Sermon: "Supper Is Ready" - Rev. Judy Brain
Link to full service here.
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May 29 2022:
Sermon: "The Call of the Comma" - Rev. Judy Brain
Link to full service here.
May 22 2022:
Sermon: "The Rock Tumbler of Life" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Link to full service here.
May 15 2022:
Sermon: "Reaching Out - A Caregiver's Story" - Mr. Larry Atkins
Link to full service here.
May 8 2022:
Sermon: "Mothers and the Art of Faith" - Pastor David Woods
Link to full service here.
April 24 2022:
Sermon: "Holy Mysteries - Singularity Earthlings and Is-ness" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Link to full service here.
April 17 2022 (Easter):
Sermon: "You Should Know the Story By Now" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
April 10 2022:
Sermon: "Amy's Alternative Homily" - Rev. Amy Bruch.
Link to full service here.
April 3 2022:
Sermon: "Walking in the Shoes on the Other Feet" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
March 27 2022:
Sermon: "The Runaway Bunny" - Rev. Amy Bruch.
Scripture reading: Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32
Link to the full service here.
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March 20 2022:
Sermon: "Sakura" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
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March 13 2022:
Sermon: "A Ray From On High" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
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March 6 2022:
Sermon: "When Weakness Becomes Power" - Rev. Susan P. Mitchell
Link to full service here.
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February 27 2022:
Sermon: "This Blank Canvass" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Link to full service here.
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February 20 2022:
Sermon: "Buried in Obscurity" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
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February 13 2022:
Sermon: "Horseradish and Mustard" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
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February 6 2022:
Sermon: "Give Us a Break, Man" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
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January 30 2022:
Sermon: "An Old Dog and New Tricks" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
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Videos of earlier sermons are available here.
They are also available on the Town of Topsfield
web site, in Cable Video On Demand here.
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06/06/2021: "Living the Questions" - Martin Riekert
05/30/2021: "The Time of Ignorance" - Martin Riekert
05/23/2021: "Pentecost Homily" - Martin Riekert
05/09/2021: "Neither There...Nor There" - Martin Riekert
Scripture passage: Exodus 33: 7-11
05/02/2021: "Running Out of Blue Paint"- Martin Riekert
Scripture passage: Genesis 4: 8-16
04/25/2021: "Unperceived Existence" - Rev. Marilyn Kendrix
Scripture passages: Isaiah 53: 7-8, 56: 3-5, Acts 8: 26-40
04/18/2021: "Earth, Air, Water, Fire" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture passages: Genesis 1: 9; 2: 7, Psalm 23:2, Isaiah 43:2
04/11/2021: "The Road Untraveled" - Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 28: 16-20
04/04/2021: "(N)Ever Given" - Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Luke 9: 12-17, Mark 16: 1-8
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03/28/2021: "Be A Pain.." - Larry Atkins
Scripture Passage: Matthew 21: 1-11
03/21/2021: "The Third Thing Learning to Sing" - Rev. Martin Riekert
'Scripture Passage: Matthew 16: 1-12
03/14/2021: "The Second Thing" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 26: 6-11
03/07/2021: "The First Thing" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Romans 12: 1-3 I Corinthians 13: 4-7, 11
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02/28/2021: "Reset" - Larry Atkins
Scripture Passage: Exodus 33: 12-16
02/21/2021: "Repentance and Opportunity - Engaging the Climate Crisis"
Scripture Passage: Genesis 9: 8-17, Mark 1: 9-15
02/14/2021: "QAnon" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Revelation 19: 1-10, 21: 1-8
02/07/2021: "The Grant" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Genesis 32: 22-33:4
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01/31/2021: "Connections" - Larry Atkins
Scripture Passage: Matthew 4: 1-11
01/24/2021: "To Light A Candle" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 5: 13-16, 43-48
01/17/2021: "A Tale of Two Meals" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 15: 32-39
A reading from John Crossan's book, The Historical Jesus here.
01/10/2021: "Epiphany?" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 2: 1-12
01/03/2021: "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture Passage: Mark 14: 3-9
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12/13/2020: "Now You See" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Luke 1: 46-55, 2:28-33, Luke 4: 16-19
12/06/2020: "Survival of..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 10: 34-39
11/29/2020: "People Get Ready" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture Passages: I Corinthians 1: 3-9
Mark 13: 24-37
11/22/2020: "Not Affordable" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Romans 14: 13-23
11/15/2020: "Eternity and Immediacy" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: John 1: 1-5, Mark 1: 14-15
11/08/2020: "A Way Forward..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Philippians 2: 1-4
10/25/2020: "The Transformative Power of..." - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture Passages: Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7 Luke 17: 11-19 10/18/2020: "Syrian Sesame" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Ecclesiastes 9: 13-18 Isaiah 61: 1-4
10/11/2020: "Bunkle Up" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 7: 24-29
10/04/2020: "Breaking Bread" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Mark 2: 13-17; I Corinthians 11: 17-26
09/27/2020: "A Search Committee Snow Job" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: I Corinthians 7: 2-16
09/20/2020: "This Being Human Is A Guest House" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture Passages: 2 Kings 4: 8-10 Acts 16: 1-15.
09/13/2020: "Settled Nomads" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Psalm 90: 1-2, 13-17 Mark 1: 35-39
09/06/2020: "A Quaint Name" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 20: 1-16
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08/30/2020: "Easing the Burden" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/23/2020: "That Elusive Concept" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/16/2020: "On Leaving the Cow Path" - Rev. Amy Bruch
08/09/2020: "God(s) and Plague" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/02/2020: "Interpreting the Present Time"- Rev. Martin Riekert
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07/26/2020: "How To Weed An Onion Bed"- Rev. Martin Riekert
07/19/2020: "The Family of Things" - Rev. Amy Bruch
07/12/2020: "Treadmill" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/05/2020: "The Second American Republic" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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06/28/2020: "Exceptionalism" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/21/2020: "An Idiotic Business Model" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/14/2020: "Life In A Peaceful Kindom" - Rev. Amy Bruch
06/07/2020: "Jerusalem! Washington!" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/31/2020: "Disruption" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/24/2020: "A Bag To Put It All " - Rev. Amy Bruch
05/10/2020: "Prophet of the Pandemic" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/03/2020: "Diversity and Plurality" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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04/26/2020: "Days Like These" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/19/2020: "Lemonese" - Rev. Amy Bruch
04/12/2020: "The Return to Normal" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/05/2020: "The Parade Is Essential Business" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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03/29/2020: "In Exile in a Familiar Place" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/22/2020: "Sanctuary" - Rev. Amy Bruch
03/08/2020: "Between $27.63 and Around $1 Million" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/01/2020: "A Corona Lent" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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02/23/2020: "Beginning to see the light" - Rev. Rona Tyndall
02/16/2020: "Everything is connected" - Rev. Amy Bruch
02/09/2020: "Wrestling with God and with humans" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/02/2020: "This Way or The Highway" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/26/2020: "Ordinary Time" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/19/2020: "Work to Do" - Rev. Amy Bruch
01/12/2020: "Watersheds" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/05/2020: "Wise Men?" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/29/2019: "Stay Awhile" - Rev. Amy Bruch
12/22/2019: "The Friendly Beasts" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/08/2019: "Flock Management 101" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/01/2019: "SETI" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/24/2019: "Blessing: Anyone Can Do It" - Rev. Amy Bruch
11/17/2019: "Grace Redux" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/10/2019: "Smoke and Medals" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/03/2019: "We Better Get This Right" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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10/27/2019: Faithworks 2019 Mission Trip Reflections- Faithworks leaders
10/13/2019: "It Takes A Fairbooth" - Rev. Amy Bruch
10/06/2019: "Carbondale" - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/29/2019: "Making Your Own Sabbath Box" - Rev. Amy Bruch
09/22/2019: "Good people pay back their debt. Smart people pay theirs forward"- Larry Atkins
09/15/2019: "Fairbooth....Meetinghouse" - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/08/2019: "Closing the Garage Door" - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/01/2019: "Dream on" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/25/2019: "Walking the Walk" - Rev. Amy Bruch
08/18/2019: "The Hope of A Mustard Seed" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/11/2019: "The Four Horsemen" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/04/2019: "Finding Words To Live By" - Rev. William Main
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07/28/2019: "Living the Big Questions" - Rev. Amy Bruch
07/21/2019: "The Endgame or An Endgame" - Rasheed Townes
07/14/2019: "Searching for Sunday" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/07/2019: "A Clever Dodge" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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06/30/2019: "The Hands of Hope" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/23/2019: "Truth and Reconciliation (and Sometimes Forgiveness)"
Rev. Martin Riekert
06/16/2019: "The Road Not (Yet) Travelled" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/09/2019: "It's In Our Hands" - Rev. Amy Bruch
06/02/2019: "A.M.D.G." - Rev. Martin Riekert
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05/26/2019: "No One Ever Thanked Me" - Larry Atkins
05/19/2019: "We Believe in Mystery" - Rev. Amy Bruch
05/12/2019: "The Teaching of King Lemuel's Mother and "Ode To A Capable
Wife" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/05/2019: "These Three Things Abide" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/28/2019: "The Road To Everywhere" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/21/2019: "Then the Disciples Returned to their Homes" -
Rev. Martin Riekert
04/14/2019: "A Donkey, the Temple, and the Fig Tree"
04/07/2019: "We Eat Together" - Rev. Amy Bruch
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03/31/2019: "Are Their Limits and Boundaries To Moral Behavior" -
Rev. Martin Riekert
03/24/2019: "The Paradoxical Commandments" - Rev. Amy Bruch
03/17/2019: "Without Condition...On the Following Conditions"
Rev. Martin Riekert
03/10/2019: "Dust and Such Matters" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/03/2019: "Some Things to Take on Our Spaceship" - Rev. Amy Bruch
2/24/2019: "Peto's Paradox" - Rev. Martin Riekert
2/17/2019: "Heroes" - Rasheed Townes
2/10/2019: "After We Are Gone" - Rev. Martin Riekert
2/03/2019: "The Consequences of Scripture" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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1/27/2019: "It's Just Church" - Rev. Martin Riekert
1/20/2019: "Completely Uncredentialed and Without Pedigree" -
Rev. Amy Bruch
1/13/2019: "The Work of Our Hands" - Rev. Martin Riekert
1/06/2019: "Chalk On Doors" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/30/2018: "Preach the Gospel At All Times and If Necessary Use Words"-
Larry Atkins
12/23/2018: "Spiraling Out of Control" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/09/2018: "Passing of the Peace" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/02/2018: "Silence" - Rev. Amy Bruch
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11/25/2018: "The Stories We Tell" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/18/2018: "This Blessedness" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/11/2018: "America The Beautiful" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/04/2018: "Words From Afar": - Rev. Martin Riekert
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10/21/2018: "We Keep You In Our Prayers": - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/14/2018: "The Hawk Just Sat There": - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/07/2018: "Living in Community": - Rev. Amy Bruch
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09/30/2018: "The Narrow Ridge": - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/23/2018: "Investing In God's Mission": - Rev. Dr. Jonathan New
09/16/2018: "Won't You Be My Neighbor?": - Rev. Amy Bruch
09/02/2018: "The More Things Change.": - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/26/2018: "To Paint an Office": - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/19/2018: "CCT Seed Vault": - Rev. Amy Bruch
08/12/2018: "Deep Blue" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/29/2018: "How We Lost The Sky" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/22/2018: "Illumination" - Rev. Amy Bruch
07/15/2018: "Jesus OnThe Border" - Rev. Roger A. Lier
07/08/2018: "Some Things You Can Fix and Some Things You Cannot Fix"-
Larry Atkins
07/01/2018: "Holding It Together Redux" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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06/24/2018: "Holding It Together" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/17/2018: "Nunuku's Law" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/03/2018: "There Is No Such Question" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/27/2018: "You Can't Get There From Here" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/20/2018: "Developing Superpowers" - Rev. Amy Bruch
05/06/2018: "I Appeal To You To Be Conformed To This World" -
Rev. Martin Riekert
04.29.2018: "The Zebra Man" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/22/2018: "Let Us Sing" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/15/2018: "Going It Alone" - Dr. T. Richard Snyder
04/08/2018: "How Can You Not Get That" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/01/2018: "Eating Alone" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/25/2018: "Looking Beyond, Seeing Underneath" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/11/2018: "Korban" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/04/2018: "Holding Eastern Goutha while Celebrating Heat Pads" -
Rev. Martin Riekert
02/25/2018: "Perpetual Euphoria" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/18/2018: "Do You See the Problem" - Rev. Donald Remick
02/11/2018: "A Sausage of Angel and Beast" - Larry Atkin
02/04/2018: "Feasting Like Disciples" - Rev. Amy Bruch
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01/28/2018: "FEMA and Beyond" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/21/2018: "Falling Together" - Rev. Amy Bruch
01/14/2018: "Not through the Telescope" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/07/2018: "Epiphany...and then?" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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12/31/2017: "Christmas Spirit?" - Larry Atkins
12/24/2017: "Signs Tell the Story" - Rev. Amy Bruch
12/10/2017: "Meatless Meatballs, Sneetches, and other Stories" -
Rev. Amy Bruch
12/03/2017: "The Killing Fields" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/26/2017: "An Epistle of Straw" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/19/2017: "Deacons Stewardship Moment" - Mike Ierardi
11/19/2017: "The Trick Is To Look Down" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/12/2017: "What Would A Good Day Look Like" - Rev. Amy Bruch
11/05/2017: "Voices in the Dark" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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10/29/2017: "Mission Trip Reflections" - Members of the Mission Trip
10/22/2017: "Politics,Sausage and Church" - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/15/2017: "The Lion Has Roared" - Rev. Amy Bruch
10/08/2017: "Groundhog Day" - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/01/2017: "Rebel with a cause" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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09/24/2017: "Filling it in" - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/17/2017: "Finding a balance" - Rev. Amy Bruch
09/03/2017: "Perspectives on display"-Rev. Martin Riekert
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08/27/2017: "I Sing Behind the Plow" - Rev. Amy Bruch
08/20/2017: "The Question" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/13/2017: "The Trajectory of Planet Nibiru" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/06/2017: "Legato" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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07/30/2017: "How We Die" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/23/2017: "What is Truth" - Rev. Amy Bruch
07/16/2017: "A weird assessment" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/09/2017: "When Mukurob Fell..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/02/2017: "Nothing against lepers but..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
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06/25/2017: "The More Things Change..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/18/2017: "Aha Moments" - Rev. Amy Bruch
06/04/2017: "Unbearable mundaneness" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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05/28/2017: "He prepares me for war..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/21/2017: "They're Telling Us- Are We Listening" -Rev. Amy Bruch
05/14/2017: "Holy Encounters Mary Elizabeth and Other Beloved"
- Rev. Amy Bruch
05/07/2017: "Faith: Understanding Verses Knowing" - Rev. William Main
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04/30/2017: "Waiting for the knock on the door" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/23/2017: "When in Rome..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/16/2017: "After Three Endings Perhaps a New Beginning"
- Rev. Martin Riekert
04/09/2017: "The triumphant entry" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/02/2017: "On the fast track" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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03/26/2017: "Orchestra" - Rev. Amy Bruch
03/19/2017: "It is what it is" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/12/2017: "The Missouri Doctrine" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/05/2017: "Nimble giants" - Rev. Martin Riekert
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02/26/2017: "Been there done that" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/19/2017: "One way" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/12/2017: "Why do it?"- Rev. Martin Riekert
02/05/2017: "Mysteries, Yes"- Rev. Amy Bruch
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01/29/2017: "Seeing and Looking"- Rev. Martin Riekert
01/22/2017: "Everything and the Only Thing"- Rev. Martin Riekert
01/15/2017: "An Untimely Death and that Second Death"- Rev. Martin Riekert
01/08/2017: "The Mission"- Rev. Martin Riekert
01/01/2017: Act III: "Grace and Authenticity"-Rev. Amy Bruch
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12/11/2016: A Shortage of Angels- Rev. Martin Riekert
11/20/2016: Act II: We Were Made for Times Like These- Rev. Amy Bruch
11/13/2016: When the fog clears- Rev. Martin Riekert
10/2/2016: Act I: Wrestling- Rev. Amy Bruch
06/19/2016: Rights of Passing - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/08/2015: The Passion and Politics of Islam- Raheel Raza
02/02/2014: The Curse of Unity? - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/29/2013: A Willingness to Look at Nothing- Rev. Martin Riekert