Sermons from 2024
“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…
“Who God Thinks You Are” | Second Sunday Of Lent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Second Sunday of Lent“Who God Thinks You Are”February 25, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download sermon transcript HERE! Mark 8:27-38 27 Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 And…
“Believe The Good News” | First Sunday Of Lent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player First Sunday of Lent“Believe The Good News”CommunionFebruary 18, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Downloadable sermon transcript HERE! Mark 1:9-15 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens [a]opening, and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon Him; 11 and a voice came from the heavens: “You are My beloved…
Ash Wednesday Evening Service
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Ash Wednesday Evening ServiceFebruary 14, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake
Ash Wednesday Midday Service
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Ash Wednesday Midday ServiceFebruary 14, 2024Rev. Dr. Guy D. Griffith and Heidi Hudnut-Beumler Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 “Take care not to practice your righteousness in the sight of people, to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 2 “So when you [a]give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets,…
“Listen Up!” | Transfiguration Of The Lord
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Listen Up!”Transfiguration Of The LordBaptism SundayFebruary 11, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Download Sermon Transcript Here! Mark 9:2-9 2 And six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter, [a]James, and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was [b]transfigured before them; 3 and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4 And Elijah appeared to them along with…
“Abide In God’s Love” | Confirmation Sunday
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Abide in God’s Love”Confirmation SundayFifth Sunday After EpiphanyJanuary 28, 2024Rev. Heidi Hudnut-Beumler 1 John 4:7-21 7 Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 By this the love of God was revealed [a]in us, that God has sent His only Son…
“More Than You Know”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “More Than You Know”Fourth Sunday After EpiphanyJanuary 28, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 1:21-28 21 They *went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and began to teach. 22 And they were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 23 Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried…
“Gone Fishin'”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Gone Fishin’”Third Sunday After EpiphanyJanuary 21, 2024Rev. Dr. Guy D. Griffith Mark 1:14-20 14 After John had been arrested,[a] Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: 15 “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” [b] 16 As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea;…
“You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet!”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet!”Second Sunday After EpiphanyJanuary 14, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake John 1:43-51 43 The next day He [a]decided to go to Galilee, and He *found Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip *found Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets also…
“Between What Was And What Will Be”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “Between What Was An d What Will Be”Baptism Of The LordJanuary 7, 2024Rev. Dr. Donovan Drake Mark 1:4-11 4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, [a]preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 6 John was…