CALL TO WORSHIP
Hosanna! Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.
Blessed is the One who comes in the Name of the Lord.
Palm Sunday
CALL TO WORSHIP
Hosanna! Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.
Blessed is the One who comes in the Name of the Lord.
When Gain Is Loss
April 6, 2025
I made a mistake this week. Perhaps you caught it. In my column in our newsletter, the Bellwether, I told you of an idea for our food pantry. One of the grocery items that nearly all of our neighbors need when they visit Ida’s Cupboard is eggs.
5th Sunday in Lent
CALL TO WORSHIP
When the Lord brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!
We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy.
Others said, “What amazing things the Lord has done for them.”
New Beginnings
March 30, 2025
Let’s think today about the important happenings in our lives, the events that changed the way we looked at the world, the things that, when we look back on them, we can recognize a before and an after.
Fourth Sunday in Lent
CALL TO WORSHIP
Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight—
Whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!
The Way Out
Sermon for the 3rd Sunday in Lent
March 23, 2025
You all know that one of my heroes is John Calvin. I might be the only person you’ve ever met who’s read Calvin’s Institutes all the way through. And I’ve done it at least twice.
Third Sunday in Lent
CALL TO WORSHIP
Let us bless the Lord as long as we live.
We will lift up our hands and call upon God's Name.
O God, our God, our souls thirst for you as in a dry and weary land.
Because your steadfast love is better than life, our lips will praise you.
Citizens of the Cosmos
March 16, 2024
As I mentioned in my column in this week’s Bellwether, yesterday was the sixth anniversary of my arrival in Chardon. Not every anniversary has been so mundane however.
Second Sunday in Lent
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
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