What’s 10,000 Talents Between Two Friends? Bob Stillerman Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 9/13/2026 Matthew 18:21-35 Bulletin | Sermon Text Matthew 18:21-35 21 Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I […]
Longing for God’s Law
Longing for God’s Law Bob Stillerman Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 9/6/2026 Psalm 119:33-40; Matthew 18:15-20 Bulletin | Sermon Text Psalm 119:33-40 119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes, and I will observe it to the end. 119:34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole […]
Not Your Ordinary Theophany
Not Your Ordinary Theophany Bob Stillerman Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 8/30/2026 Exodus 3:1-1 Bulletin | Sermon Text Exodus: 3:1-15 3:1 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to mount Horeb, the mountain of God. 3:2 There the angel of the […]
Charge to Deacons
Charge to Deacons Bob Stillerman Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 8/23/2026 Matthew 16:13-20 Bulletin | 2026 Deacon Installation Insert | Charge to Deacons Today, we have the great privilege to ordain Rev. Becky Albritton into deacon ministry, and to install Ron Alford, Ellen Hinton, Cher Moss, and Jane Pearce as collaborators in the journey. Now it […]
Nevertheless, She Persisted
Long ago, a faithful woman insisted that God was big enough and bold enough to heal the world, her neighborhood included. And so she persisted. May God give us the courage to do the same.
Seeing More Than Ghosts
Jesus meets us in the wilderness. Jesus walks toward us, right over choppy waters, to join us in the storm. Jesus offers a hand, even rescues us from drowning. Jesus offers the same love and consistency to the doubters, and the worriers, and the grumblers as he does to the confident, and the faithful, and the content.