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Coloring Outside the Lines  (Matthew 10-15)

01/03/10  Desperately Seeking Jesus  (Matthew 2:1-12)
01/10/10  Strange Words from the Prince of Peace: Escaping the Popularity Trap (Matthew 10:34-42)
01/17/10  People Matter Most: Escaping the Rules Trap (Matthew 12:1-14)
01/24/10  Relative Maddness: Escaping the Family Expectations Trap (Matthew 12:46-50)
01/31/10  You Can't Go Home Again: Escaping the Past Reputation Trap (Matthew 13:53-58)
02/07/10  Can You Spare Some Change: Escaping the Tradition Trap  (Matthew 15:1-4)     
02/14/10  Ministry Gone to the Dogs: Escaping the Ethnocentricity Trap (Matthew 15:21-28)

Jesus Wants to Know:
Questions About Life on the Way to The Cross  (Matt. 15-21)
02/21/10 "How Many Loaves Do You Have?":  A Question of Resources  (Matthew 15:29-39)
02/28/10 "Who Do You Say That I Am?":  The Ultimate Question (Matthew 16:13-19)
03/07/10        "What Good Will it Do to Gain the Whole World But Lose Your Own Soul?": A Question of Priorities (Matthew 16: 24-28)
03/14/10        "Can You Drink From the Cup I am Going to Drink?": A Question of Commitment (Matthew 20:20-23)
03/21/10        "What Do You Want Me to Do?":  A Question of Desire  (Matthew 20:29-34)
03/28/10  "Have You Never Read the Scriptures?":  A Question of Authority (Matthew 21:1-17)

Life and Death Questions: Responding to the Risen Christ

04/04/10      “Why are You Weeping?”  (John 20: 1-18)
04/11/10      “Wasn’t It Necessary for the Messiah to Suffer?”  (Luke 24: 13-27)
04/18/10      “Why are You Troubled?  Why Do Doubts Rise in Your Minds?”  (Luke 24: 36-49)
04/25/10      “Do You Believe This?”  (John 11: 17-27, 38-44)
05/02/10      “Have You Come to Believe Because You Have Seen Me?” (John 20: 24-31)
05/09/10       “Do You Love Me?”  (John 21: 15-19)
05/16/10      “Why Do You Stand Here Looking into the Sky?”  (Acts 1: 1-11)
05/23/10       Don't Be An Idiot  (Haggai 1:1-15)     kick-off of the Capital Campaign
05/30/09Unity in Diversity  (John 17)     Trinity Sunday
Jesus at the Movies: Modern Parables of Grace

06/06/2010    "Shawshank Redemption and the Power of Hope"  (Luke 4:14-21)
06/13/2010     "Marvin's Room and the Paradox of Love"  (Matthew 16:24-26) 
06/20/2010     "Amadeus and the Scandal of Grace"   (Luke 15:20-32)
06/27/2010     "Babette's Feast and the Meal that Transforms"  (1 Corinthians 10:14-22) 
Strength in the Fray:  Lessons From Elijah

10/03/2010The Rainmaker:  Only God Can Make it Rain (1 Kings 17:1-6)
10/10/2010The Prayer Warrior:  Life is Renewed in the Upper Room (1 Kings 17:17-24)
10/17/2010The Fugitive and the Insider:  There are Different Ways of Serving God (1 Kings 18:1-15)
10/24/2010Showdown on Mount Carmel:  Sometimes You've Got to Choose Sides (1 Kings 18:16-39)
10/31/2010The Burn-out Syndrome:  It Doesn't All Depend on You (1 Kings 19:1-18)
11/07/2010The Troubler of Israel:  Might Doesn't Make Right (1 Kings 21)
11/14/2010The Mantle:  Leave Behind a Legacy (2 Kings 2:1-18)
11/21/2010Don't Forget to Remember (Deuteronomy 6:10-12, 8:6-18)
2010 Advent Sermon Series: Dreams that Never Die

11/28/2010First Sunday in Advent:  A New World (Isaiah 2:1-5)
12/05/2010Second Sunday in Advent:  A Peacable Kingdom (Isaiah 11:1-10)
12/12/2010Third Sunday in Advent:  A Joyful Homecoming (Isaiah 35:1-10)
12/19/2010Fourth Sunday in Advent:  God With Us (Isaiah 7:10-16)
12/26/2010The Inkeeper: A Monologue

12/24/2010 Service of Lessons and Carols
American Idols:  Combating the Counterfeit Gods of Our Day
“While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that  the city was full of idols” (Acts 17:16)

01/09/2011The Idol Factory (Isaiah 44: 9-20)  “Human nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols”  John Calvin
01/16/2011The Affluenza Epidemic (1 Timothy 6: 6-10)   “The one with the most toys wins”   Bumper sticker
01/23/2011Consumer Culture (Amos 6:1-7)  “Have it your way.”  Burger King
01/30/2011The Success Syndrome (Mark 9:33-37)  “Achievement is the alcohol of our time.”  Mary Bell
02/06/2011The Entertainment Pursuit (Ecclesiastes 2: 1-11) 
       "We are a people on the verge of amusing ourselves to death.”  Neil Postman
02/13/2011Celebrity Obsession (1 John 2: 15-17) 
       “Everybody deserves their fifteen minutes of fame.”  attrib. to Andy Warhol
02/20/2011Sports Mania (1 Timothy 4:6-10)  “Winning isn’t everything.  It’s the only thing.”  Vince Lombardi
02/27/2011The Political Illusion (Revelation 13: 1-8)  “Politics . . . is the supreme religion of this age”  Jacques Ellul

01/02/2011Resolutions (Ephesians 3:1-12, Matthew 2:1-12)  Guest Preacher, Tim Whalen
Lenten Sermon Series:  Praying Like Jesus

Only once in the gospels do the disciples of Jesus ask him to teach them something: they ask to be taught how to pray.  In response, Jesus gave them a simple prayer that has been a centerpiece of Christian worship ever since.  We call it the Lord’s Prayer—and we repeat it together every Sunday.  In this series of messages, we will be focusing on this prayer phrase by phrase and trying to understand how it can enrich our prayer lives.

03/13/2011“Tugging at the Heavenly Heartstrings”  (Our Father, which art in heaven”)
03/20/2011“ReputationDefender”  (hallowed be thy name”)
03/27/2011“Resigning as CEO of the Universe”  (“Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”)
04/03/2011“Getting 100% of Your Minimum Daily Requirements”  (“Give us this day our daily bread”)
04/10/2011“When You Can’t Forget”  (“and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors”)
04/17/2011“The Palm Sunday Set-Up”  (“and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”)
04/24/2011“The Easter Difference”  (“for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.  Amen)
The Life You Were Meant to Live

05/01/2011The Way We Were (Eph. 2: 1-7)
05/08/2011You Got the Power (Eph. 1: 15-23)
05/15/2011Putting On Your Easter Outfit (Eph. 4: 17-32)
05/22/2011The Greatest Force in the Universe (Eph. 3:14-21)
05/29/2011Battle Ready (Eph. 6: 10-20)  (A Memorial Day Tribute to Those Engaged in the Greatest Conflict of All)
06/05/2011If We Are the Body (Eph. 4: 1-16)  (Ascension Sunday)

06/12/2011Light of the Spirit (Acts 2:1-21, John 20:19-23 (Guest Preacher, Tim Whalen)
06/19/2011Christmas in June (Matt. 1:18-25) (Guest Preacher, Tim Whalen)
06/26/2011The Book That Changed the World--and Twenty Weeks That Could Change Your Life (Psalm 119:9-24)
07/03/2011Special Guest Andew Haas, Trans World Radio-South Africa
07/10/2011Religion 101 (Michah 6:1-8)
07/17/2011VBS Sunday
07/24/2011Small Packages (Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52)
07/31/2011Is the Bible Literally True? (II Timothy 3:14-17)
Worship Sunday Mornings @ 10:15
08/07/2011Will Presbyterians Get Left Behind?  (A Look at Rapture Theology) (I Thessalonians 4:13-18)
08/14/2011Do Buddhist Go to Heaven? (Christianity and World Religions) (John 3:1-8)
08/21/2011Were There Dinosaurs on Noah's Ark  (The Bible and Sciences)  (Genesis 1:1-31)
08/28/2011Where is God When it Hurts?  (The Problem of Suffering) (Romans 5:1-5
Labor Day
09/04/2011Changing Bosses (Collossians 3:22-25)
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E100 Challenge Preaching Series Old Testament

09/11/2011Meet the Author (Genesis 1, John 1)
09/18/2011Not The Way it's Supposed to Be (Genesis 3:1-7)
09/25/2011Blessed to Be a Blessing (Genesis 12:1-9)
10/02/2011The Secret of Forgiveness  (Genesis 45)
10/09/2011Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea  (Exodus 12)
10/16/2011Values to Live By  (Exodus 19)
10/23/2011"Dropping the Baton" (Judges 2)
10/30/2011"A Model of Leadership  (2 Samuel 5)
11/06/2011God Moves in Mysterious Ways (I Kings 25:1-12)
11/13/2011You'll Never Walk Alone (Psalm 23 KJV)
11/20/2011The Wounded Healer (Isaiah 52:13-53:12

20 week Preaching Series
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Advent 2011

11/27/2011Evil Crushed: Genesis Christmas Story, Part 1 (Genesis 3:8-19)
12/04/2011Blessing to the Nations: Gensis Christmas Story, Part 2 (Genesis 12:1-3,  Galatians 3:6-9)
12/11/2011Peaceful Rule:  Genesis Christmas Story, Part 3 (Genesis 49:8-12; 1:26-33)
12/18/2011Come Home for Christmas (a Christmas pageant)
12/24/2011
12/25/2011

E100 Challenge Preaching Series Old Testament

01/08/2012Annointed to Serve (Matthew 3:13-17)
01/22/2012
01/29/2012
02/02/2012
02/05/2012
01/15/2012Model Christian (John 1:34-51)  Guest Preacher, Tim Whalen
Summer Sermons

07/04/2010  A Prayer for America (Psalm 72)
07/11/2010  Sowing Seeds of Greatness  (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)       Vacation Bible School Wrap-Up
07/18/2010  Who's Watching You?  (Psalm 52)      Tim Whalen, preaching
07/25/2010  Gimmickry Religion: Be Rooted in God Alone"  (Colossians 2:6-15)       Rev. Hal Mills preaching
08/01/2010  The Difference Between God and Us  (Hosea 11:1-11)Rev. Hal Mills preaching
08/08/2010  "Who Am I?"  (Colossians 2:6-19)    Tim Whalen preaching
What a Mighty God We Serve:  Claiming the Names of God

08/15/2010  El Shaddai: The One Who's All Sufficient  (Genesis 17:1-6)
08/22/2010  El Elyon: The One Who's Exalted (Genesis 14:17-24)
08/29/2010  El Roi: The One Who Sees You (Genesis 16:1-16)
09/05/2010  An Extreme Makeover  (Jeremiah 18:1-11)          Rev. Hal Mills preaching           
09/12/2010  Yahweh: The One Who Will Always Be (Exodus 3:1-8, 13-17)
09/19/2010 Jehovah Jireh: Your Provider  (Genesis 22:1-14)
09/26/2010  Jehovah Nissi: Your Source of Victory  (Exodus 17:8-16)