Sermons from June 2025
Lift Every Voice – A Hymn Sing for Independence Day
Third Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, June 29, 2025 Sermon: Lift Every Voice – A Hymn Sing for Independence Day
Whats the Difference?
2nd Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, June 22, 2025Sermon: What’s the Difference?Accompanying Scripture: Galatians 3: 23-29 What’s the Difference? I’ve been wrestling with Paul this week. His letter to the Galatians sounds as if the Jewish Law is all bad. His writing strikes me as being a strict black and white scenario. Law is bad, Jesus is good. I had a rabbi for a few years who taught me about the law. Though I choose not to follow most of…
3 Gifts for Prebyterian Men on Father’s Day
Trinity Sunday, Morning Worship, June 15, 2025Sermon: “3 Gifts for Presbyterian Men on Father’s Day” by Rob SheaderAccompanying Scripture: Philippians 2:1-8 3 Gifts for Presbyterian Men on Father’s Day. by Rob Sheader KINDNESS SELFLESSNESS TIME Good morning and welcome to FirstPresbyterian Church on this Father’s Day. We welcome you either here in person or at home on-line, to this HOUSE OF GOD. This is a house where you can come at any time, without an invitation.A house that will welcome…
In a Moment
Pentecost Sunday, Morning Worship, June 8, 2025Sermon: “In a Moment” by Judah BrownAccompanying Scripture: Acts 2: 1-21 In a Moment A Pentecost Monologue by Judah Brown I stood at the edge.Not just the edge of the crowd—no—the edge of belonging.The sort of edge you don’t seeuntil you’re leaning too far forward,hoping someone, anyone, will pull you back in. Or push you off. They were talking.But not to me.But not like me. Their words curled around each other like smoke—foreign, fragrant,beautiful…
What Must I Do To Be Saved?
Seventh Sunday of Easter, Morning Worship, June 1, 2025Sermon: What Must I Do to Be Saved?Accompanying Scripture: Acts 16: 16-34 What Must I Do to Be Saved? He arrives at the jail, shaken by the fiercest earthquake he’s ever experienced. He’s already counting dead bodies in his head. Especially, Paul and Silas. There’s no way either of them could have survived. He unlocks the jail and discovers that the doors are ajar to his horror. This is his worst nightmare.…