Sermons for Special Days & Occasions
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All Saints
Isaiah 25:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 32-12:2, Monumental Faith (London)
Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Kegel)
Matthew 5:1-12 Here and There (Wicher)
Matthew 5:1-12 & Revelation 7:2-4, 9-17, The Wedding Picture (Hoffacker)
Matthew 5:3-10 True Happiness (Gerhardy)
Matthew 25:31-46 What Would the Saints Do? (Molin)
Luke 6:20-31 Jesus' Third Way (Hoffacker)
John 11:32-44; Hebrews 12:1-2, The Final Word (London)
John 11:38-44 Life in Place of Death (Gerhardy)
John 11:38-44 More Powerful than Death (Gerhardy)
Revelation 7:2-4, 9-17 & Matthew 5:1-12, The Wedding Picture (Hoffacker)
Revelation 7:9-12 A Great Crowd ( Gerhardy)
Revelation 7:9-12 Who Are These? (Stevenson)
Revelation 7:13-17 A Glimpse of Heaven (Gerhardy)
Revelation 21 The Right Side of Heaven (Donovan)
Revelation 21:1-7 Imagining Heaven (Bowen)
Anniversary of a Congregation
Psalm 90:1-12 The Best Birthday Party Ever (Leininger)
Annunciation
Isaiah 7:10-16 A Virgin Shall Conceive (McLarty)
Luke 1:26-38 When the Angel Leaves the Room ( Hyde)
Luke 1:39-55 The Song of Divine Triumph (Hoffacker)
Ascension
Luke 24:50-53 Who Do You Look Up To? (McLarty)
Luke 24:49-53 & Acts 1:11 Desire for God (Hoffacker)
Acts 1:6-14 Surviving the Moment (London)
Acts 1:11 & Luke 24:49-53 Desire for God (Hoffacker)
Acts 1:1:14 God Down on His Knees to Us (Hoffacker)
Acts 1:1-11 Scripting the Transformation (Butler)
Ephesians 1:19-22 Ascension Power (Gerhardy)
Ash Wednesday
Psalm 51:1-17 Good News in the Ashes (Leininger)
Psalm 51 If... Then... (Molin)
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 An Excuse to Be Better (Leininger)
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 And When You Fast (McLarty)
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Not If, But When (McLarty)
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Becoming a Place of Resurrection (Hoffacker)
Baptism
Matthew 3:13-17 Downward Mobility (Hoffacker)
Matthew 3:13-17 To Fulfill All Righteousness (Hyde)
Matthew 3:13-17 Renew Your Baptism (McLarty)
Matthew 3:13-17 Praying Our Way Out of a Pickle (Wigmore)
Mark 1:4-11 Listening to the Right Voice (Hoffacker)
Mark 1:4-11 Mistaken for Jesus (Hoffacker)
Mark 9:30-37 Play and Contemplation (Hoffacker)
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Obedience (Hyde)
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Not Water Only (Kegel)
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Terms of Endearment (Leininger)
2 Corinthians 5:17 No One Is Too Young (Gerhardy)
Philippians 2:1-13 Learning to Laugh at Death (Hoffacker)
Christmas
Isaiah 9:1-7 For Unto Us a Child Is Born (McLarty)
Mark 1:1-8 Do You Have the Christmas Spirit? (Wagner)
Luke 2:1-14 Christmas Colors (Zingale)
Luke 2:1-20 Mary's Story (Sanders)
Luke 2:1-20 The Eternal Houdini (Hoffacker)
Luke 2:1-20 Straight to Bethlehem (Molin)
Luke 2:1-20 Good, But Not Safe (Hoffacker)
Luke 2:1-20 When Heaven Came Down (Hyde)
Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Peace (Kegel)
Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Season (Wigmore)
Luke 2:1-20 Christmas: Not a Day but a Season (Bedingfield)
Luke 2.1-20 O Holy Night (McLarty)
Luke 2:1-20 Good News of Great Joy (Brettell)
John 1:1-14 Christmas According to John (Wigmore)
John 1:14 God Has a Word for You (Gerhardy)
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 God's Bypass of Elites (Bowen)
Titus 2:11-14 All I Want for Christmas (Leininger)
Citizenship
1 Timothy 2:1-7 Pray for Those in Public Office (McLarty)
Communion Sunday
See "World Communion Sunday" below.
Confirmation
Psalm 26:3 Our Confirming God (Gerhardy)
Psalm 37:5 Give Yourself to the Lord (Gerhardy)
Matthew 7:13-15 Chutes, Ladders, and the Kingdom of God (Molin)
2 Timothy 2:1b Be Strong (Gerhardy)
Disasters & Troubled Times
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Easter Sunrise
John 20:1-18 Easter Sunrise (Donovan)
Easter
Matthew 28:1-10 Celebrate Easter the Way Jesus Did (Hoffacker)
Matthew 28:1-10 Easter Is Life (Gerhardy)
Matthew 28:1-10 Four Truths and a Lie (Molin)
Matthew 28:1-10 Go to Galilee (McLarty)
Mark 16:1-8 Roll Away the Stone (Tremmel)
Mark 16:1-8 And Are We Yet Alive? (McLarty)
Mark 16:1-8 Why Galilee? (Hyde)
Mark 16.1-8 Unbelievable (Butler)
Luke 24:1-12 Habeas Corpus ( Hyde)
Luke 24:1-12 Hard to Believe (Leininger)
Luke 24:1-12 Just a Stone's Throw to Life (Molin)
Luke 24:1-12 What Does the Empty Tomb Mean? (Brettell)
Luke 24:1-12 He Is Risen! (Gerhardy)
Luke 24:1-12 Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead? (McLarty)
John 20:1-18 Escaped Prisoners (Hoffacker)
John 20:1-18 Passion, Proof and Purpose (Molin)
John 20:1-18 Easter Joy (Kegel)
John 20:1-18 What I Learned at Sam's (Amon)
John 20:1-18 When Is Easter This Year? (McLarty)
John 20:1-18 The First Sunday after the First Full Moon (Hyde)
John 20:1-18 Called by Name (Butler)
John 20:1-18 In the Bulb There Is a Flower (Kegel)
John 20:1-18 The Eyes of Easter (Wigmore)
John 20:1-18 Called by Name (Bedingfield)
1 Corinthians 15 Empty Tomb – Full Life (Bowen
1 Corinthians 15:12-19 Baptized into Easter (London)
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Does the Resurrection Make a Difference? (Anders)
Colossians 3:1 Easter Makes a Difference (Gerhardy)
Epiphany
Matthew 2:1-12 What Our Gifts Say About Us (Molin)
Matthew 2:1-12 Follow the Star (Leininger)
Matthew 2:1-12 Almost Missing the Messiah (Entrekin)
Matthew 2:1-12 A Light to the Nations (Kelley)
Matthew 2:1-12 An AHA Moment (Bedingfield)
Matthew 2:1-12 We Three Kings (Hoffacker)
Matthew 2:1-12 Twists, Turns, and Detours Along the Way (McLarty)
Farewell Sermon (Pastor)
Philippians 3:1-11 Upon Every Remembrance (Bowen)
Father's Day
Matthew 10:24-39 A Strange Sense of Family (Hyde)
Luke 15:11-32 Jesus' Father (Hyde)
Luke 15:11-32 Jesus Tells about a Father (Wigmore)
First Communion
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 The Grace of God (Brettell)
Funerals
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Good Friday
Isaiah 53:6 Were You There? (Gerhardy)
John 18:1 – 19:42 A Moral Portrait of Jesus (Hoffacker)
John 18:33-38 The Truth (Hyde)
John 19:28-30 Everything is Complete! (Gerhardy)
John 19:30 What "It" Is (Hyde)
John 19:30 Dying into God (Hoffacker)
Romans 5:8-10 Saved by the Cross
Graduation
Psalm 1 Prosperity, Now and Forever (Wagner)
John 17:6-19 In a Different World (Wagner)
Holy Cross
Psalm 98:1-8 Sing to the Lord a New Song (McLarty)
Psalm 98 Make a Joyful Noise (Wagner)
John 3:14-21 Bronze Serpent or Exalted Savior? (McLarty)
John 3:14-21 The Gospel in Miniature (Kegel)
John 3:14-21 The Night Visitor (Molin)
John 3:14-21; Numbers 21:4-9 On Leaving It to the Snake (Hyde)
John 3:14-21; Numbers 21:4-9 Lift High the Cross (Brettell)
1 Corinthians 1:18 God's Foolishness (Gerhardy)
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Bow Down to Reach High (Donovan)
1 Corinthians 1:18-24 Riding the Donkey in Life (Bowen)
Holy Name
Luke 2:15-20 Naming Jesus (Bedingfield)
Luke 2:15-21 The Name of Jesus on Our Lips (Hoffacker)
Independence Day (July 4), U.S.
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Deut. 10; Heb. 11: Matt. 5 - O Beautiful for Patriot Dream (Hoffacker)
Galatians 5:13-15 Fully Free (Bowen)
Installation Service
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John 21:10-17 An Installation Sermon (Donovan)
John the Baptist
Malachi 3:1-4 24 Carats (Kegel)
Luke 3:7-18 What Should We Do? (Hoffacker)
Luke 3:7-18 Find a Need and Fill It (Hoffacker)
John 1:6-8, 19-28 Straight Paths in a Crooked World (Molin)
Laity Sunday
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Matthew 11:1-17 New Traditions (Baldwin)
Maundy Thursday
Exodus 12:1-14 Christ Our Passover (Hoffacker)
John 13:1-17 The Christian Calling (Leininger)
John 13:1-17, 34-35 A New Commandment (McLarty)
John 13:1-7, 34-35 A Further Humbling (Hoffacker)
John 13:34-35 To Love as Jesus Loves (Gerhardy)
Memorial Day (U.S.) - Remembrance Day (UK)
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2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 Past Present Tense (Bowen)
Memorial/Funeral Services
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Mother's Day
Proverbs 31 To Mother.... With Admiration and Love (Carlson)
John 14:15-21 If You Love Me (Strayhorn)
John 15:1-8 Cut to the Quick (London)
2 Timothy 1:1-10 The Essential Mother (Bowen)
New Year's Eve/Day
Matthew 24:36-44 Happy New Year (Bedingfield)
Luke 13:6-9 Another Year of Grace (Gerhardy)
Hebrews 11:8-10 Learning to Live as a Transient
Palm-Passion Sunday
Isaiah 50:4-9a Called to Remember (Bedingfield)
Matthew 21:1-11 Humility Rules (Wagner)
Matthew 21:1-11 Who Is This? (Anders)
Matthew 26:36-44 Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer (McLarty)
Matthew 26:26-30 The Upper Room - A Place of Communion (Haferman)
Matthew 27:11-54 A King on a Donkey –– A God on a Cross (Donovan)
Matthew 27:11-54 Beneath The Shadow of the Cross (Strayhorn)
Mark 11:1-11 The Street Sweeper (Zingale)
Mark 11:1-11 A Lesson in Humility (Wagner)
Mark 11:1-11 Sunday's Coming!! (Leininger)
Mark 11:1-11 And When You Think It's All Over (London)
Mark 11.1-11 The Lord Has Need of It (McLarty)
Mark 14:32-42 Asleep at the Wheel (Butler)
Mark 15:1-47 An Unexpected Encounter (Hoffacker)
Mark 15:16-21 The End Is Still to Come (Gerhardy)
Mark 15:21-47 And When You Think It's All Over (London)
Luke 19:28-40 How Can We Sing Hosannas (Stevenson)
Luke 19:28-40 Faithful Followers and Fickle Friends (McLarty)
Luke 22:14 - 23:56 The Ultimate Removal from Community (Hoffacker)
Luke 23:36-43Safe at the End (Gerhardy)
Philippians 2:5-11 What Would Jesus Ride? (Anders)
A Pastor's Farewell Sermon
Philippians 3:1-11 Upon Every Remembrance (Bowen)
Pentecost
Genesis 11:1-9 A Name for Ourselves (Kegel)
Ezekiel 37:1-14 Open Windows (London)
John 7:37-39 Are You Thirsty? (Stevenson)
John 14:1-27 Don't Be Afraid (McLarty)
John 14:8-17 Promises, Promises (Hyde)
Acts 2:1-11 Finding Our Own Voices (Hoffacker)
Acts 2:1-11 As Simple as Breathing (Hoffacker)
Acts 2:1-21 The Gift of Fire (Leininger)
Acts 2:1-21 When the Fire Grows Cold (McLarty)
Acts 2:1-21 Time to Deliver (Hyde)
Romans 8:12-17 Life as Suffering (Bowen)
Romans 8:14-17 Led by the Spirit (Gerhardy)
Romans 8:22-27 When We Don't Know How to Pray (Anders)
Romans 8:24-25 Hope versus Despair (Bowen)
1 Corinthians 12:7 Unity in the Spirit (Gerhardy)
Presentation
Malachi 3:1-4 24 Carats (Kegel)
Luke 2:22-40 A Pattern Far Better (Hoffacker)
Remembrance Day (UK) - Memorial Day (U.S.)
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2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 Past Present Tense (Bowen)
Reformation Sunday
EXEGESIS:
SERMONS:
Psalm 46:1 Our Mighty Fortress (Martin)
John 8:31-36 The Truth Will Make You Free (Schoonover)
John 8:31-36 Life-Changing Discoveries (Selbo)
John 8:31-36 Knowing God Personally (Haferman)
John 8:31-36 Reformation Day (Haferman)
John 8:31-36 Quo Vadis, Domine? (Kadel)
John 8:31-36 The Freedom God Gives Us (Dohrmann)
John 8:31-36 The Truth Will Make You Free (Donovan)
Romans 3; John 8:31-36 Reformation: Major Transition (Robb)
Romans 3:19-28 Reformation Day (Klingensmith)
Romans 3:23-24 Fragile Grace (Gerhardy)
Ephesians 2:8-10 Grace and Obedience (Gerhardy)
Stewardship
1 Kings 17:8-16 Giving Our Best: It's the Least We Can Do (Butler)
Isaiah 5:1-7 The Unexpected Harvest (Hoffacker)
Matthew 6:19-34 Hotwired to the Heart (Donovan)
Matthew 21:33-46 Stewards of the Planet (Bedingfield)
Matthew 23:1-12 Stewardship through Service (Strayhorn)
Matthew 25:14-30 Multi-Talented (Bedingfield)
Mark 2:13 Followers and Would Be Followers (Anders)
Mark 12:41-44 A Living Theology of Good Stewardship (McLarty)
Mark 12:38-44 The New Math (Molin)
Mark 12:38-44 The Widow Who Gave Her Last $1.21 (Vaughan Smith)
Mark 12:41-44 A Widow's Offering (Entrekin)
Mark 12:38-44 The Widow's Might (McLarty)
John 2:1-10 Party Hearty (Entrekin)
Acts 4:32- 35 One Heart and Soul (Anders)
2 Corinthians 1.18-20 Say Yes! (London)
2 Corinthians 9:7 We Seek Not Yours But You (Anders)
2 Corinthians 9:6-10 A Theology of Offering (McLarty)
Terrorism
John 10:22-30 In Response to the Virginia Tech Shootings (Guernsey)
John 14:21-27 Fearful (Hyde)
Romans 8:22-39 In the wake of 9/11 (Briner)
2 Corinthians 5:14-21 Where Were You on 9/11? (McLarty)
Thanksgiving
Psalm 100 I'm Thankful For... (Leininger)
Psalm 100 Praise God from Whom.... (Entrekin)
Psalm 100; 1 Thess. 5:16-18 Celebrating All Circumstances (Donovan)
Psalm 118 Simple Gifts (McLarty)
Matthew 6:25-34 Gratitude, Not Platitudes (Strayhorn)
Luke 17:11-19 Attitude of Gratitude (Kegel)
Luke 17:11-19 Don't Forget to Say Thank You! (McLarty)
Luke 17:11-19 Dead Men Walking (Gerhardy)
Luke 17:11-19 Returning Thankfully (Donovan)
Luke 17:11-19 Writing Your Thank You Notes (Hoffacker)
2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Thanks Be to God (Wagner)
Philippians 4:4-8 The Springs of Gratitude (Bowen)
Revelation 1:4-8 Thanks Be to God (Wagner)
Transfiguration
Exodus 34:29 & 2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4:3 Chains of Love (Anders)
Matthew 17:1-9 Wonderfully Scared (Hoffacker)
Matthew 17:1-9 Transfiguration (Sylvester)
Matthew 17:1-9 The Preview (Hyde)
Mark 9:2-9 Manifestation and Mission (Hoffacker)
Luke 9:28-43 A Redeemed Face (Hoffacker)
Luke 9:28-43 It's Better Higher Up! (Tilleraas)
Trinity Sunday
Genesis 1:1 -2:3 The Creator Loves Pizzazz (Kegel)
Genesis 1:1 -2:3 Something from Nothing (Donovan)
Psalm 8 God the Boggler (Leininger)
Psalm 8 Our Mysterious Yet Personal God (Gerhardy)
Isaiah 6:1-8 Partners with God (Donovan)
Matthew 28:16-20 A Curious Community (Butler)
Matthew 28:16-20 Taking Seriously the Great Commission (McLarty)
Matthew 28:16-20 Following Orders (Leininger)
John 3:1-17 The Gospel at Night (Hyde)
John 3:1-17 Losing Your Religion (Howard)
John 3:1-17 The Beauty Steals Inward (Hoffacker)
John 3:1-17 Nick at Night by Bill Wigmore
John 3:1-17 & Exodus 3:1-6 The Cure for Our Pride (Hoffacker)
John 16:12-15 To Tell the Truth (Wagner)
John 16:12-15 He Will Guide You (Kegel)
Romans 5:1-5 Bragging on God (Hyde)
Romans 5:1-5 What Is This Trinity? (Brettell)
Romans 8:12-25 The Gospel According to Annie (Stevenson)
Troubled Times
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Unity
John 17:20-26 One (Hyde)
John 17:20-26 What Jesus Is Praying For (Hoffacker)
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Same Mind, Same Purpose (Kegel)
1 Corinthians 12:7 Unity in the Spirit (Gerhardy)
Weddings
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World Communion Sunday
Matthew 26:26-30 The Upper Room - A Place of Communion (Haferman)
Mark 12:41-44 A Living Theology of Good Stewardship (McLarty)