Sermon: "Until We All Are Free", Acts 16:16-34 (April 26, 2026)

This story about Paul and Silas in prison is a strange one. It reads more like Christian gossip to me than Church history, with each claim more outrageous than the last: “Did you hear that Paul got arrested for driving a spirit out of a slave-girl?” “Well, *I* heard that he converted all of his fellow prisoners *and* the prison guard!” “Oh yeah? Well, *I* heard that God sent an earthquake so big that it knocked all the doors of the jail off their hinges and even loosened the prisoners’ chains!” 

Liturgy: Paul and Silas in Prison, Acts 16:16-34 (April 26, 2026)

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Hymns

Hymn GTG #234, “Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain”

Hymn GTG #653, “Give Thanks to God Who Hears Our Cries” [v 1-3]

Hymn GTG #772, “Live into Hope”

Sermon: "Not Here", Luke 24 (April 5, 2026 - Easter)

You may have noticed some yellow papers taped to the pews as you sat down this morning. If you’ve joined us for worship at any point over the past few weeks, you probably recognize them: they’re the names of marginalized groups that have been hanging on our walls since Ash Wednesday. These are not groups that *I* have decided are marginalized; they’re ones that you as a community have lifted up. These are the people that we tend to forget, disregard, and push away so that we don’t have to practice empathy or confront the ways that our society has failed them. These names have been on the walls throughout Lent to remind us how again and again - especially in Luke’s gospel - Jesus demonstrates compassion and solidarity with the very people that society would prefer to stay “out of sight, out of mind.”  But they’re in our pews this morning because today, something is different. Something has changed. They are no longer out of sight and mind because today, the angels tell us, Jesus is not here. 

Liturgy: Easter Sunday Lessons and Carols, Luke 24 (April 5, 2026)

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 Additional Hymns:

Hymn GTG #232, “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” [vv. 1, 3, & 4]

Hymn GTG #238, “Thine Is the Glory” [vv. 1 & 2]

Liturgy: Palm Sunday Lessons and Carols, Luke 19-21 (March 29, 2026)

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 Additional Hymns:

Hymn GTG #197, “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna” [vv. 1 & 3]

Hymn GTG #198, “Ride On! Ride On in Majesty!” [vv. 1-2]

Liturgy: Lent 5 Lessons and Carols, Luke 16-18 (March 22, 2026)

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Additional Hymns:

Hymn GTG #396, “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship” [vv. 1 & 4]

Hymn GTG #383, “Dream On, Dream On” [vv. 1] 

Liturgy: Lent 4 Lessons and Carols, Luke 13-15 (March 15, 2026)

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Additional Hymns:

Hymn GTG #318, “In Christ There Is No East or West” [vv. 1 & 4]

Hymn GTG #771, “What Is the World Like” [vv. 1, 2, & 5]