Table Words (Maybe too many!!!) Bob Stillerman Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, 11/10/2024 Mark 12:28-34 Sermon Text 11-10-2024 Mark 12:28-34 12:28 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” 12:29 Jesus answered, “The first […]
Planting a Rosebush
Planting a Rosebush. Trellis Optional. Bob Stillerman Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, 11/10/2024 Mark 12:28-34 Sermon Text| Bulletin Mark 12:28-34 12:28 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” 12:29 Jesus answered, “The first […]
A Better World
A Better World Bob Stillerman All Saints Sunday, 11-3-2024 1 John 3:1-3 Bulletin|Sermon Text 1 John 3:1-3 3:1 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know […]
Save Us!
Save Us! Bob Stillerman Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, 10/27/2024 Mark 10:46-52 Bulletin | Sermon Text Mark 10:46-52 10:46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 10:47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, […]
Words for the Table
Words for the Table Bob Stillerman World Communion Sunday, 10/6/2024 Mark 10:2-16 Bulletin | Sermon Text Words for the Table I’d like to offer a few reminders before we engage this morning’s text from Mark’s gospel. The systems of this world have codified a set of laws, policies, and other mechanisms that seek to perpetuate […]
Receiving the Cup of Others
Receiving the Cup of Others Bob Stillerman Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 9/29/2024 Mark 9:38-50 Sermon Text PDF | 92924 Bulletin Mark 9:38-50 9:38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.” 9:39 But Jesus said, “Do not […]