Scripture Reading: Matthew 10:16, Romans 8:26-39, Ephesians 6:10-24
Sermon Title: “Protection for the Journey”
Synopsis: When we take a trip, when we go for a hike in the mountains we take some helpful items with us. God does us not leave us alone to our own devices as we make this journey as followers of Jesus, as the church. God provides protection for us because God knows how difficult the journey will be. Let us be people who put on the armor of God as we live this life together. Chick Here.
Scripture Reading: Hebrews 12:28-29, I Corinthians 13, Ephesians 5:21-6:9
Sermon Title: "Living in Relationship"
Synopsis: We live in community. We live with other people. No matter how isolated we may attempt to live our lives we are connected to the rest of God's creation. In this part of Paul's letter he gives us some powerful insight to living well in our relationships. Click Here.
Scripture Reading: Luke 1:37-38, Psalm 108, Ephesians 5:1-20
Sermon Title: "Love and Worship"
Synopsis: ". . . live in love, . . . a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Love and worship are two common words in our culture and our lives. We love all kinds of things and people and places. We worship all kinds of things and people and places. Paul teaches us that love and worship are interconnected as we grow up in Christ. How is the Biblical understanding of love and worship different from that our culture. Click here.
Sue Martin Preaching
Scripture Reading: Psalm 139
Sermon Title: "Holy Navigator" Click here.
Scripture Reading: I Thessalonians 3:11-13, Hebrews 12:9-14, Ephesians 4:17-32
Sermon Title: "Holiness"
Synopsis: "Clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness." What does the word holiness mean for you? What does holiness look like lived out on a daily basis? How do we go about living into the holiness for which God created us? Click here.
Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:1-10, Matthew 28:11-15, Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon Title: "Worship, Doubt, Sending"
Synopsis: Jesus is alive. Jesus has risen from the dead. So what? What difference
does that make in your life, in our life together as a people? How do you respond to
the gift of resurrection? Is anything different? Click here.
Scripture Reading: Matthew 26:17-35, Matthew 26:36-56, Matthew 26:57-75
Sermon Title: "What Does Love Look Like?" Click here.
Scripture Reading: Matthew 21:1-11, Matthew 22:41-23:12, Matthew 23:13-39
Sermon Title: “Are We Willing?”
Synopsis: Are we willing to believe that Jesus is the Messiah and follow him, not only with our outside actions, but our internal beliefs, thoughts, and choices? Jesus hammers the Jewish leadership for their fake lives. As the church we are now those leaders. Where do Jesus’ confrontations hit home with our own lives? Click here.
Scripture Reading: Psalm 8, Luke 10: 38-42, Ephesians 4:1-16
Sermon Title: “Growing Up”
Synopsis: “We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine.” Growing up is hard work, but it is beautiful and life giving. As a parent I cannot begin to express the gift of watching my children grow into who God is calling them to be. God calls us to a life of growing up. Have we embraced that call? Click Here.
Scripture Reading: Psalm 1, Revelation 1:12-20, Ephesians 3:14-21
Sermon Title: “Strengthened by the Spirit”
Synopsis: Following Jesus, choosing to be a part of Christ’s Body is not an easy road. We are called to a life of becoming new, a life of transformation, a life of dying to our old ways and living a new life. It takes tremendous courage and strength to live as followers of Jesus. Paul reminds us that strength comes from God’s Holy Spirit not from ourselves. That is an important but difficult notion to embrace. Click Here.
Scripture Reading: Genesis 12:1-3, Isaiah 2:2-4, Ephesians 2:11-22
Sermon Title: “A Foundation for Peace”
Synopsis: Peace eludes us! It often eludes us on a personal level and without a doubt within our family and worldly systems. God’s word calls us to be instruments of peace. How do we begin living that out? Paul has some wisdom for our journey toward peace. Click here.
1st Sunday in Lent
Scripture Reading: James 1:17-18, 22, Ecclesiastes 3:9-15, Ephesians 2:1-10
Sermon Title: “Grace and Good Works”
Synopsis: There is a great tension between grace and good works. How do you think about that tension? How do you live in the tension? In Ephesians 2:1-10 Paul seeks to help us better understand the tension so that we can live into it more fully. Click here.
Ash Wednesday
Scripture Reading: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, Psalm 51:1-17, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Sermon Title: "A Time to Return"
Synopsis: When have you lost your way? In differing degrees we regularly loose our
way. Lent is a time for returning: returning to our call, returning to our true identity,
returning to our best selves. I pray that through this Lenten season each of us will
find ways to return more fully to God. Click here.
Transfiguration of the Lord
Scripture Reading: Psalm 47, Matthew 11:7-11, Ephesians 1:15-23
Sermon Title: “Living Into Our Hope”
Synopsis: Hope is essential to life. Without hope we are in trouble. The question is where do we place our hope? Often we place our hope in the wrong thing or person or place. As you think about your life where do you place your hope? Paul gives us some important thoughts on where we place our hope. Click here.
3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture Reading: Psalm 68:17-20, Acts 9:1-20, Ephesians 4:1-7
Sermon Title: "Worthy of the Call?"
Synopsis: "I beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called." What does that
mean? Can we ever really be worthy for the calling to which God has called us? Paul wrote that. How can
he write such a line after the life he led? What can he possible be calling us to? Click here
2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture Reading: Ephesians 1:1-2, Acts 18:24-28, Acts 20:17-19,
I Timothy 1:3-7, Revelation 2:1-7,
Sermon Title: "The Letter to the Ephesian Saints"
Synopsis: Paul calls the people of the church in Ephesus "saints". Before Advent we began discussing what it
means to be the church. Paul tells us the church is a bunch of "saints". What does that mean? How do we go
about living as this group of "saints"! Click here
Baptism of the Lord
Scripture Reading: Luke 3:15-22, Acts 8:14-17, Isaiah 43:1-7
Sermon Title: "You are Mine!"
Synopsis: That is an astounding phrase when we consider it. God says to us, "You are mine!" We are God's
people. That is our true identity. Who are you? You are a precious child of God. Not only that, God wants
to fill us with God's very Spirit. Wow! These are astounding truths that connect to our baptism. How often
do you think about your baptism? Wouldn't it be great if we started each day remembering our baptism and
who and whose we are? Click here
Epiphany of the Lord
Scripture Reading: Matthew 2:1-12, Psalm 72:1-14, Isaiah 60:1-7
Sermon Title: "Nurturing our Spiritual Longings"
Synopsis: God has created us with a spiritual hunger. We may suppress it, ignore it, reject it, but the hunger
never goes away. The astrologers of Matthew's Gospel kept that hunger at the forefront of their lives. They
were always searching for God. In finding Jesus, they found a peace, wholeness that filled their longing. Are
we like those astrologers? Do we nurture our spiritual longings? Or do we suppress this natural gift given to
us by God? Click Here.
Scripture Reading: Psalm 96, Luke 2:1-20, Isaiah 9:2-7
Sermon Title: "Increased Joy"
Synopsis: The prophet Isaiah describes an astounding transformation that takes place
with the coming of the Messiah. As we gather in worship tonight, are we sensing that
astounding change within ourselves? I pray we are! Click Here.
Scripture Reading: Luke 1:39-55, Psalm 80:1-7, Hebrews 10:5-10
Sermon Title: "Doing God's Will"
Synopsis: "Thy will be done!" We pray it every week, but do we mean it? As we go
through our day do we keep praying, "Thy will be done!" The author of Hebrews
challenges us to consider the difference between making sacrifices and doing God's
will. How would you describe the difference? Click Here.
Scripture Reading: Luke 3:1-6, Philippians 1:3-11, Malachi 3:1-4
Sermon Title: "Refined for Life"
Synopsis: Paul talks about how Jesus will bring to completion the good work that has
begun in us. The prophet Malachi talks about how we are being refined by the
refiner's fire. This Advent will we consider how we are being refined by the refiner's
fire? Will we consider how God is doing a good work in us to bring us to completion?
How does that strike you that God is doing a good work in you to bring you to
completion? Click here.
Scripture Reading: I Thessalonians 3:9-13, Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:1-10
Sermon Title: "Praying for Salvation"
Synopsis: We pray for many things, but do we pray for salvation? Do we pray for
Christ's return? Do we pray to be filled with God's Spirit? As we begin this Advent
Season let us pray as the Psalmist, "Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are
the God of my salvation, for you I wait all day long." Click here
Scripture Reading: I Corinthians 12:12-13, I Corinthians 1:2-10, Acts 20:28-32
Sermon Title: "The Gift of Being the Church"
Synopsis: We are the Body of Christ which is the church! How do you feel about being
the church? How does being a part of Christ's Body affect you, affect your living? Do
you consider it a gift to be the church? How would it change your thoughts about the
church if you considered it a gift? Click here
Scripture Reading: Psalm 100, Genesis 12:1-7, John 4:7-26
Sermon Title: "The Gift of Worship"
Synopsis: If someone asked you to define worship what would you say? What would
you say is the focus of worship? As you are pondering coming to worship on Sunday
morning what goes through your head? Do you consider worshiping God a gift? What
makes that hard for you? Click here
Scripture Reading: 2 Chronicles 6:18-22, Psalm 66, Matthew 6:25-34
Sermon Title: "The Gift of Prayer"
Synopsis: What is your prayer life really like? We all pray. Some prayer is conscious
some is not. Some prayer is desperate some is grateful. Paul tells us to pray without
ceasing. What in the world can that mean? Prayer is central to the life of faith and yet
most of us struggle with prayer. What about you do you think of prayer as a gift? Click here
Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 3:10-16, Deuteronomy 8:1-10, Mark 4:1-20
Sermon Title: "The Gift of Scripture"
Synopsis: Does God speak? Does God have a word for you? These are critical
questions as we seek to be the church. We live in a world where words are cheap. We
are bombarded by words, every-day, all day. Our ears get tired. But even though
that is the case do we open ourselves to hear God's Word to us? The Scriptures are
that essential food for life that our hearts long for. Do we realize the gift? Click here
Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:16-20, Mark 10:13-16, Acts 8:25-40
Sermon Title: "The Gift of Reaching Out (Hospitality and Evangelism)"
Synopsis: In the world of Utah, I would guess that the notion of evangelism carries
tremendous baggage. And yet, as the church we are called to go out and help people
become disciples. How do we do that? How can we do that in ways that are authentic
to us? What are the fears that hinder our efforts? What prevents you from thinking of
reaching out as a gift? Click here
Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Luke 10:25-37, Matthew 25:31-46
Sermon Title: "The Gift of Caring for Those in Need"
Synopsis: "Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the
Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake." Jesus
talks more about money than any other single topic. Jesus knew that sharing is
tough. How do you think we nurture the understanding that caring for those in need is
a gift? Click Here
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 18:24, Romans 12:9-18, I John 1:1-4
Sermon Title: "The Gift of Community"
Synopsis: As followers of Jesus we believe in a Triune God: Father, Son and Spirit. By
definition then, God is community. As people created in God's image we too were
created to live in community. In his letter to the church John suggests that our "Joy is
Complete" as we live in community with God and each other. That is quite a
statement to make that our joy is complete in community. So how do we go about
nurturing healthy community? It may begin by understanding community as a gift. Click here
Scripture Reading: Leviticus 27:30, Matthew 6:19-21, I Peter 4:7-11
Sermon Title: "The Gift of Stewardship"
Synopsis: In Leviticus we learn that everything is God's. A tithe is simply returning to
God some of what is already God's. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus asks us where
we store up our treasure, in heaven or on earth. Peter calls us Stewards of God's
grace. Tithe, treasure, stewardship what do those words mean to you? Do we think of
those concepts as gift? Click here
Scripture Reading: Exodus 5:1, Psalm 145:1-9, Luke 15:11-32
Sermon Title: "The Gift of Celebration"
Synopsis: We celebrate all kinds of things in our lives. We celebrate birth, marriages,
success, winning. Being the church is coming together to celebrate God. What a gift
to be a part of a family that gets together to celebrate every week. Let us celebrate
the gift of our life together as God's people. Click here
March 4
Topic: Today you will be with me in Paradise
October 2
Topic: The Church at Pergamum – follow the Word of God
October 9
Topic: The Church at Thyatira – stay morally strong
October 16
Topic: The Church at Sardis – more dead than alive
October 23
Topic: The Church at Philadelphia – persistent endurance
October 30
Topic: The Church at Laodicea – lukewarm: bleah!
November 6
Topic: Commitment of financial resources
November 13
Topic: Committing our Time and Energy and Gifts for Ministry
November 20
Topic: Thanksgiving - an attitude of gratitude
November 27
Topic: The return of Christ at the end of history
December 4
Topic: Preparing for Jesus
December 11
Topic: Pointing to Jesus
December 18
Topic: Gabriel's message to Mary and to us