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Oct 4 2024

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 […]

Sep 27 2024

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 […]

Sep 21 2024

Why Do You Want to Be So Great?

Why Do You Want To Be So Great? Bob Stillerman Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 9/22/2024 Mark 9:30-37 Sermon Text PDF Mark 9:30-37 9:30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it, 9:31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is […]

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Sep 13 2024

What’s With All the Sunshine?

What’s With All the Sunshine? Bob Stillerman Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost, 9/15/2024 Psalm 19 Sermon Text |Worship Guide Psalm 19 19:1 The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims God’s handiwork. 19:2 Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 19:3 There is no speech, nor are […]

Sep 8 2024

Newer Possibilities

Let me start by offering two phrases for us to consider this morning: Scope of Work and Power of Conviction. Scope of Work is a set of expected and agreed-upon parameters for an endeavor that someone undertakes. Hey, Neighbor, do you think you could help me move next weekend? Hello, Mr. Contractor, do you think you could help me paint a small room?

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Sep 1 2024

A Chorus of Creation

If you come over to my house after supper time, well really, anytime, but especially after supper time, all the talk is about animals and nature. My little girls want to know what God has created. And HOW fun it is to see the world through their eyes – people experiencing a giraffe, or a tree, or puffy clouds for the first time.