Sermons

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost — June 17, 2018

June 21, 2018 · Rev. Dr. Mary Abrams

Happy Father's Day - God's Call to You

Happy Father’s day to all the Fathers here today, all the Grandfathers, Step Fathers, Godfathers and anyone who has taken on the role of a father in the life of a child. Today I will be talking about God’s call to you. But you Moms don’t tune out also because I’ll be talking t...

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Sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost

June 10, 2018 · Rev. H. Elizabeth Back

God provides the way out. That way is Love.

This morning I want to exploit, in the best sense of that word, the two celebrity suicides that were reported this week (Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain). I do so in conjunction with a recent report from the Center for Disease Control that suicide rates have risen 30% in the p...

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Sermon for the Second Sunday After Pentecost

June 04, 2018 · Rev. H. Elizabeth Back

When you need it most, the Sabbath will be there for you

This sermon is dedicated to everyone who signed up to serve as an usher. Thank you. My son Aidan has always been a big fan of the movie The Prince of Egypt, an animated film depicting the events of the Passover when the Hebrews were freed from slavery to Pharoah. Once, when Ai...

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Sermon for Trinity Sunday -- May 27 2018

May 27, 2018 · The Rev. H. Elizabeth Back

Memorial Day Weekend

In May 1868, General John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Union Veterans’ Group known as the Grand Army of the Republic, issued a decree that May 30 be a nationwide day of commemoration for the more than 620,000 soldiers who were killed in battle or died as a result of...

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