Past Worship Services (Page 3)

Past Worship Services (Page 3)

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November 5, 2023

10th Anniversary Celebration Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Communion Rev. Dr. Bruce Taylor Rev. Dr. Tom Willadsen Joshua 3: 7-17; Thessalonians 2: 9-13; Matthew 23: 1-12 “THE STARTING POINT” Salvation, as far as the Bible is concerned, is not an abstraction.  And in the Old Testament, at least, salvation is never purely spiritual.  Salvation, in ancient Jewish understanding, was always salvation from something dangerous, threatening, and specific.  And, conversely, salvation was therefore always salvation to something desirable, good, and precise. …
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October 8, 2023

Exodus 20: 1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Matthew 21: 33-40 “Closing the Loopholes” Rev. Susan Taylor Closing the Loopholes As a mother of three, veteran elementary school teacher and with somewhere around 20 years of youth ministry on my resume, I’ve learned a few things about rules. First, we need them. No entity can function effectively without rules or guidelines. And second, for every rule put in place, someone is going to look for the loophole. And then there was Chris. He…