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October 10, 2021- Matt & Rachel Matthews, Judi Geistlinger – “Not All Is Lost”

October 3, 2021- Matt Matthews – “God’s Ideal”

September 26, 2021 – Rachel Matthews – “Playbill: Esther & Mordecai on Faithful Living”

September 19, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “The Greatest”

September 12, 2021 – Judi Geistlinger – “Who Do Yo Say I Am?”

September 5, 2021 – Matt & Rachel Matthews – “Tree Huggers”

August 29, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Some Highlights from James’ Letter”

August 15, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Politics as Usual”

August 8, 2021- Matt Matthews – “King David — Grieving Father”

August 1, 2021 – Matt & Rachel Matthews, Judi Geistlinger – “Thoughts On King David” Shepherd, Hero, King, Sinner”

July 25, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Dancing in the Aisles”

July 18, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “The Dividing Wall of Hostility”

July 11, 2021 – Eric Corbin – “Go!”

July 4, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Every Great Nation’s Aspirations”

June 27, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “A Season of Lamentation”

June 20, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Let Us Go”

June 13, 2021 – Eric Corbin – “The Kin-dom of God”

June 6, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “We Are the Family of God”

May 30, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Non Sequitur Sunday”

May 23, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Life, Life, Life!”

May 16, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “God’s House”

May 9, 2021 – Eric Corbin – “Abiding and Bearing Fruit”

May 2, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “In a Rut?”

May 2, 2021 – Daniel Izquierda – Special Message from our Sister Church in Luyano

April 18, 2021 – Eric Corbin – “Dining With Jesus”

April 11, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Christ’s Peace/Christ’s Wounds”

April 4, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Look At God”

Maundy Thursday – Matt Matthews “Love One Another As I Have Loved You”

March 28, 2021 – Eric Corbin – “Excited — About What?”

March 21, 2021 – Eric Corbin – “Bearing Fruit”

March 7, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Jesus and a World of Hurt”

February 28, 2021 – Eric Corbin – “God’s Recipe”

February 21 , 2021 – Rachel & Matt Matthews – “Wilderness”

February 14, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Transfigurative Ecclesiology
and Other Thoughts On Being Church”

February 7, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “What Simon’s Mother-in-law Does Next”

January 31, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Good Eats”

January 24, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “God’s Call and Our Response”

January 17, 2021 – Andrew King – Martin Luther King Sermon

January 10, 2021 – Matt Matthews – “Grace In the Margins”

January 3, 2021 – Eric Corbin – “Home By Another Way”

December 27, 2020 – Eric Corbin – “Make It Last All Year”

December 13, 2020 – Matt & Rachel Matthews – “The Season of Joy”

December 6, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Disruption”

November 29, 2020 – Eric Corbin – “Tear Open the Heavens”

November 15, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “A Good Investment”

November 8, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “As For Me and My House”

November 1, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Always Room For One More”

October 25, 2020 – Eric Corbin – “All You Need Is Love”

October 18, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Generosity”

October 11, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Come Before Winter”

October 4, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “What Does Your Resume Look Like?”

September 27, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Shall We Take the Form of a Slave?”

September 20, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “The Beauty and Terror of the Wilderness”

September 13, 2020 – Eric Corbin – “How Many Times?”

September 6, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “United Despite Differences”

August 30, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “High Water & Other Hazards of Faith”

August 23, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Christian Midwives”

August 16, 2020 – Eric Corbin – “A Whole New Way of Life”

August 2, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Wrestling With God”

July 26, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “What Can Separate Us From God’s Love?”

July 19, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Have You Seen God Lately?”

July 12, 2020 – Eric Corbin – “Become a Neighbor”

July 5, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Confession”

June 28, 2020 – Judi Geistlinger – “A Cup of Cool Water”

June 21, 2020 – Rachel Matthews – “A Father’s Day Meditation”

June 14, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Angels Unaware”

June 7, 2020 – 4 person dialogue – “I Am With You”

May 31, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Together…One People In One Place”

May 24, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Jesus Prays for His Disciples”

May 17, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “A Spacious, Well-Watered Place”

May 10, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “God Remembers Us in Lamentation”

May 3, 2020 – Matt Matthews -“A Shepherd’s Love”

April 19, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Doubting Thomas Grieves”

April 12, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “The Easter Word”

April 5, 2020 – Matt Matthews – Palm Sunday

March 15, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Nicodemus”

March 8, 2020 – Eric Corbin – “Anointed”

March 1, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Ashes (Kimbrall, Nebraska)”

February 9, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Shine”

February 2, 2020 – Eric Corbin – “Bumper Sticker Religion”

January 26, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Home”

January 19, 2020 – Eric Corbin – “A Light In the Darkness”

January 12, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Being Church”

January 5, 2020 – Matt Matthews – “Observations On Our New Beginning”

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