Nick shares aspects of his personal spiritual journey in the setting of the story of the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well.The sculpture of Stephen Broadbent was des...Read More
We present this year four Gospel stories from John centered about the conversation of Jesus with others: Today: Nicodemus March 12: The Samaritan Woman March 19: The Man Born Blind March 25: Martha an...Read More
Pastor Nick shares this First Sunday in Lent passage from Matthew 4:1-11 in the light of the powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Asbury University these recent weeks. Check out these links for m...Read More
The image of a trapeze expresses the two parts of each Beatitude: a surrendering and letting go, and then a taking hold of what comes our way as a pathways to the Kingdom. The Hebrew Scriptures: Isaia...Read More
The Gospel: John 1:29-42 The Lamb of God takes away the sin of the world: he removes that sin and replaces it with his powerful, unconditional love which we now carry in our hearts....Read More
Just as a puppet must depend completely on the ventriloquist for words and movement, so do we need to be available for the Spirit of Jesus to speak through us from the silence. Recommended: “The...Read More
Sermon: ““Melchie Shares Joy and Faith” This camel shares his story of being a descendent of his great, great, great (an yet more ancestors!)Melchie, the camel that carried Melchior as he fo...Read More
View the videos of our Christmas Eve Service, 2022. Featuring this sermon “The Christmas Bunny” from Martin Bells’ book, “The Way of the Wolf: The Gospel in New Images.” ...Read More
The YouTube video was edited, due to partial distortions in the audio; the sermon which was cut before it was completed. The audio of the sermon is below the worship video....Read More
The Magnificat of Mary in Luke 1:46-55 celebrates what we are all called to be: bearers of Jesus–making him magnified by the Spirit’s presence within us....Read More
From the depth of the darkness, from the wilderness within, comes the call to refashion our lives to be in sync with the joyful Kingdom of God....Read More
Be blessed with the joy, laughter and immensity of God’s love for us, this final week of the church year—Christ the King and Thanksgiving Sunday....Read More
The beatitudes of St. Luke offer us a complete circle of love: from those who are easy to love, to those more difficult: our enemies. The circle if complete when we never stop loving....Read More
Due to transmission difficulties, the YouTube video did not record sound. The video further froze during the sermon. The audio for Lisa Riccardi’s children sermon was imported into the video. It...Read More
Special celebration of the reception of Dr. Michael Cinelli and his family into our church. Doctor’s wife, Jane and daughter Madelyn were baptized. The full service, and the sermon are posted he...Read More
For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands. 2 Timothy 1:6 Scroll to the bottom for Alphabytes through Nov. 20, 2022 with links to the...Read More
The story of the Dishonest Manager in Luke 16:1-13 suggests that we consider the wide-angle wise view of the Owl, or the narrow constricted, conniving, clever gaze of the fox....Read More