What, Then, Should We Do? | Third Sunday Of Advent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “What, Then, Should We Do?”Third Sunday of AdventDecember 15, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Philippians 4:4-7 Rejoice[a] in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.[b] 5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,…
And This Is My Prayer | Second Sunday Of Advent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “And this is my prayer…”Second Sunday of AdventDecember 8, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Philippians 1:3-11 I thank my God for every remembrance of you, 4 always in every one of my prayers for all of you, praying with joy 5 for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to…
A New Old Perspective | First Sunday Of Advent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “A New Old Perspective”First Sunday of AdventDecember 1, 2024Rev. Ashley Higgins Luke 21:25-36 25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26 People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will…
Where Do You Belong? | Reign of Christ Sunday
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Where Do You Belong?”Reign of Christ SundayNovember 24, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake John 18:33-37 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?” 35 Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to…
Watch Out! | Twenty Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Watch Out!”Twenty-Sixth Sunday After PentecostNovember 17, 2024Rev. Stephanie Boaz Mark 13:1-8 1 As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” 2 Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”3 When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the…
Running on empty? | Twenty Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Running On Empty?”Twenty Fifth Sunday After PentecostNovember 10, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download the sermon transcript 1 Kings 17:8-16 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 9 “Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there, for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 10 So he set out and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the…
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You’re The Answer! What’s the question? | Twenty Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “You’re the answer! What’s the question?”Twenty Fourth Sunday After PentecostNovember 3, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download sermon transcript Mark 12:28-34 28 One of the scribes came up and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the [a]foremost of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The [b]foremost is, ‘Hear, Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; 30 and you shall…
Your Remarkable Moment | Twenty Third Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Your Remarkable Moment”Twenty Third Sunday After PentecostOctober 27, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 10:46-52 46 Then they *came to Jericho. And later, as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a beggar who was blind named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of…
Can You Save Me A Seat | Twenty Second Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Can You Save Me A Seat?”Twenty Second Sunday After PentecostOctober 20, 2024Rev. Adam DeVries Mark 10:35-45 35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.” 36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. 37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in…
Having Your Hands Full | Twenty First Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Having Your Hands Full”Twenty First Sunday After PentecostOctober 13, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download the sermon transcript Mark 10:17-31 17 As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do so that I may inherit eternal life?” 18 But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is…
“Our Only Hope” | Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Our Only Hope”TWentieth Sunday After PentecostOctober 6, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download sermon transcript Job 1:1, 2:1-10 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. 1 Again, there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and [a]Satan also came among them to…
“What Power You Have” | Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “What Power You Have”Nineteenth Sunday After PentecostSeptember 29, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download sermon transcript! James 5:13-14 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, [a]anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
“Servants Of All” | Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Servants Of All”Eighteenth Sunday After PentecostSeptember 22, 2024Rev. Heidi Hudnut-Beumler James 3:13-18 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is…
“Watch Your Mouth” & “Roots Not Fruits” | Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Watch Your Mouth”8:30 a.m.Seventeenth Sunday After PentecostSeptember 15, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click HERE to download sermon transcript James 3:1-12 1 Do not become teachers in large numbers, my brothers, since you know that we who are teachers will incur a [a]stricter judgment. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in [b]what he says, he is a perfect man, able to [c]rein in the whole…
“Bumped Into First Class” | Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Bumped Into First Class”Sixteenth Sunday After PentecostSeptember 8, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download the sermon transcript by clicking here!James 2:1-17 1 My brothers and sisters, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. 2 For if a man comes into your [a]assembly with a gold ring and is dressed in bright clothes, and a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in,…
“Saturday Night & Sunday Morning” | Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Saturday Night & Sunday Morning”Fifteenth Sunday After PentecostSeptember 1, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Song Of Solomon 2:8-13 8 “Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, Jumping on the hills! 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young [f]stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice. 10 “My beloved responded and said to me,…
“To Proclaim The Gospel Of Peace” | Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “To Proclaim The Gospel Of Peace”Fourteenth Sunday After PentecostAugust 25, 2024Rev. Stephanie Boaz Ephesians 6:1-20 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may turn out well for you, and that you may live long on the earth. 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them…
“Be Careful How You Live” | Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Be Careful How You Live”Thirteenth Sunday After PentecostAugust 18, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan drake Click to DOWNLOAD sermon transcript! Ephesians 5:15-20 15 So then, [a]be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, 16 [b]making the most of your time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, [c]in…
“Dry Bones” | Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Dry Bones”Twelfth Sunday After PentecostAugust 11, 2024Ashley Higgins Ezekiel 37:1-14 37 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out [a]by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 He had me pass among them all around, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and behold, they were…
“The Bread Of Life” | Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “The Bread Of Life”Eleventh Sunday After PentecostAugust 4, 2024Rev. Stephanie Boaz John 6:24-35 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats and came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?” 26 Jesus answered them and said, “Truly,…
“Know the Love” | Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Know The Love”Tenth Sunday After PentecostJuly 28, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to DOWNLOAD the sermon transcript! Ephesians 3:14-21 14 For this reason I bend my knees before the Father, 15 from whom [a]every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner [b]self, 17 so that…
“Rest A While…” | Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Rest A While…”Ninth Sunday After PentecostJuly 21, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download the sermon transcript! Mark 6:30-44 30 The apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. 31 And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have…
“Meanhwhile, In Other News…” | Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Meanwhile, In Other News…”Eighth Sunday After PentecostJuly 14, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download the sermon transcript! Mark 6:14-29 14 King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying,[a] “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” 15 Others said, “He is Elijah.” And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like…
“Enough!” | Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Enough!”Seventh Sunday After PentecostJuly 7, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download the sermon transcript! Mark 6:1-13 1 Jesus went out from there and *came into [a]His hometown; and His disciples *followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and [b]the many listeners were astonished, saying, “Where did this man learn these things, and what is this wisdom that has been given to Him,…
“The Lost Language Of Lament” | Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “The Lost Language Of Lament”Sixth Sunday After PentecostJune 30, 2024Rev. Dr. Guy D. Griffith 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 1 Now it came about after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that David stayed two days in Ziklag. 17 Then David sang this song of mourning over Saul and his son Jonathan, 18 and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the…
“Still In The Storm” | Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Still In The Storm”Fifth Sunday After PentecostJune 23, 2024Rev. Stephanie Boaz Mark 4:35-41 35 On that day, when evening came, He *said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.” 36 After dismissing the crowd, they *took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. 37 And a fierce gale of wind *developed, and the waves were breaking over the boat…
“Picking Good News!” | Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Picking Good News!”Fourth Sunday After PentecostJune 16, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 4:26-34 26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; 27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. 28 The soil produces crops by itself; first the stalk, then the head, then the mature…
“When God Isn’t Enough” | Third Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “When God Isn’t Enough”Third Sunday After PentecostJune 9, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake I Samuel 8:4-11, 16-20 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; 5 and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us like all the nations.” 6 But the matter was [a]displeasing in the…
“Ordinary Vessels, Extraordinary Purpose” | Second Sunday After Pentecost
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Ordinary Vessels, Extraordinary Purpose”Second Sunday After PentecostJune 2, 2024Rev. Stephanie Boaz 2 Corinthians 4:1-12 1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, 2 but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor distorting the word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God. 3…
“We Need To Talk.” | Trinity Sunday
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “We Need To Talk”Trinity SundayMay 26, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim were standing above Him, each having six wings: with two each covered his face, and with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew. 3 And one called…
“The Spirit Gives” | Pentecost Sunday
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “The Spirit Gives”Pentecost SundayMay 19, 2024Rev. Stephanie Boaz acts 2:1-21 When the day of Pentecost [a]had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly a noise like a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, [b]distributing themselves, and a tongue [c]rested on each one of them. 4 And they…
“You Count For Something” | Seventh Sunday Of Easter
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “You Count For Something!”Seventh Sunday Of EasterMay 12, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download sermon transcript acts 1:15-17, 21-26 15 [a]At this time Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a group of about 120 [b]people was there together), and said, 16 “[c]Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested…
Senior Sunday | Sixth Sunday Of Easter
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Sixth Sunday Of EasterSenior SundayMay 5, 2024Student led Sermons
“What’s Not To Love?” | Fifth Sunday Of Easter
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “What’s Not To Love”Fourth Sunday Of EasterApril 28, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Click to download sermon transcript John 10:1-10 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 2 But the one who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him…
“More Than A Hired Hand” | Fourth Sunday Of Easter
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “More Than A Hired Hand”Fourth Sunday Of EasterApril 21, 2024Rev. Dr. Guy D. Griffith John 10:11-18 11 “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the flock. 13…
“Be The Love…” | Third Sunday Of Easter
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Be The Love…”Third Sunday Of EasterHoly BaptismApril 14, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake 1 John 3:1-7 See [a]how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will…
“So I Send You” | Second Sunday Of Easter
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “So I Send You”Second Sunday Of EasterHoly CommunionApril 7, 2024Rev. Heidi Hudnut-Beumler John 20:19-31 19 Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were [a]shut where the disciples were together due to fear of the [b]Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and *said to them, “Peace be to you.” 20 And when He had said this, He showed them…
“There Is No Better Ending” | Resurrection Of Our Lord | 9:15 & 11 a.m.
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Resurrection of Our Lord“There Is No Better Ending”March 31, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 16:1-8 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of [a]James, and Salome bought spices so that they might come and anoint Him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, they *came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3 They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away…
“There Is No Better Ending” | Resurrection Of Our Lord | 7:30 a.m.
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Resurrection of Our Lord“There Is No Better Ending”March 31, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 16:1-8 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of [a]James, and Salome bought spices so that they might come and anoint Him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, they *came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3 They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away…
Good Friday
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Good FridayMarch 29, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake John 19:17-30 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews. 20 Many of…
“Love As I Love” | Maundy Thursday
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Maundy Thursday“Love As I Love”March 28, 2024Rev. Stephanie Boaz John 13:1-7, 31b-35 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He would depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them [a]to the end. 2 And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to…
“…this, too, is Good News” | Fifth Sunday Of Lent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Palm Sunday“…this, too, is Good News!”March 20, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 11:7 7 They *brought the colt to Jesus and *put their cloaks on it; and He sat on it.
“The Time Of Our Lives” | Fifth Sunday Of Lent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Fifth Sunday of Lent“The Times of Our Lives”March 17, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript Here! John 12:20-33 20 Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast; 21 these people then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were making a request of him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip *came and *told Andrew; then Andrew…
Midweek Lenten Prayer Services
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player March 20, 2024 | Bulletin March 13, 2024 | Bulletin Due to a power outage, our Midweek Lenten Prayer Service was not recorded! March 6, 2024 | Bulletin February 28, 2024 | Bulletin February 21, 2024 | Bulletin
“The Good Life” | Fourth Sunday Of Lent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Fourth Sunday of Lent“The Good Life”March 10, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript HERE! John 3:14-21 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who [a]believes will have eternal life in Him. 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will…
“What’s Going On In Here?” | Third Sunday Of Lent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Third Sunday of Lent“What’s Going On In Here”Holy CommunionMarch 3, 2024Rev. Dr. Guy D. Griffith I Corinthians 1:18-25 18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who [a]are perishing, but to us who [b]are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the understanding of those who have understanding, I will confound.” 20 Where…