Sermons from October 2025

Calling for Help

20th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, October 26, 2025Sermon: Calling for HelpAccompanying Scripture: Luke 18 : 9 – 14 Calling for Help Two men arrive at the Temple.They’ve come to pray.Did they only come to pray?Was this a needto be close to God?Or was it the Sabbath, andwere they coming to worship? Both men prayfrom the heart.The tax collectorholds a jobhe probably doesn’t wantbut needsbecause he can’t work elsewhere.He works for the Empire,collecting taxesfrom his own people.He is hated andconsidered…

Facing Giants in Life

19th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, October 19, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 7 Vocational HealthSermon: Facing Giants in LifeAccompanying Scripture: I Samuel 17 : 3 – 10, 41 – 50

Transforming How I See and Use Money

18th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, October 12, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 6 Financial HealthSermon: Transforming How I See and Use MoneyAccompanying Scripture: Luke 16:1-13 Transforming How I See and Use Money Luke 16:1-13 He was living high on the hog.Lavish feasts, extravagant travel; the kids went to the best schools.And he managed it all, not on his paycheck, but on the owner’s pocketbook. In short, he embezzled money.Eventually, the owner discovered it and fired him.The manager’s…

Facing the Fears that Ruin Relationships

17th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, October 5, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 5 Relational HealthSermon: Facing the Fears that Ruin RelationshipsAccompanying Scripture: Genesis 3 : 8 – 15 Facing the Fears that Ruin Relationships Genesis 3:8-15 It was perfect. In the second creation story, “God formed the man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.” (Gen 2:7) As we continue reading in…