Date: May 14, 2023

Bible Text: Luke 15:25–32 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

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Date: December 11, 2022

Bible Text: Isaiah 9:6 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

Praise God

Date: November 6, 2022

Bible Text: Revelation 21:1–6 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

November 1 is All

Date: August 14, 2022

Bible Text: Exodus 11–15 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

This month of August Christine Hides and I are standing in the stories of God from the Old Testament. The stories from the Pentateuch, the Torah, the first five chapters of the Bible. Maybe you call it the stories of Abraham, all the way through where the

Date: August 7, 2022

Bible Text: Genesis 12–15, 24 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

Many of our stories of scripture take place in the desert, and since we cannot bring the entire desert to our Sanctuary this morning, I brought you a piece of the desert, so we can welcome the story and promise of God. People only go into

Date: June 12, 2022

Bible Text: Luke 8:26–39 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

When Silvi and I took the IMPACT mission trip to Nassau, Bahamas in 2014, we worked with the All Saints Camp, a refuge for men, women, and children diagnosed with HIV or AIDS. The camp is located on a high ridge, with small houses lining the top

Date: May 15, 2022

Bible Text: John 13:31–35 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

It is the season of Easter—this springtime season which asks us to draw near to the resurrected Christ. This feels easy enough today: the whole world feels resurrection-adjacent as we emerge out of winter. Thank God for these beautiful warm spring days, everything green, and verdant. Today’s scripture

Date: May 8, 2022

Bible Text: John 10:22–30 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

Christine Hides and I are in the middle of an Easter sermon series called “A Collective Murmuration,” drawing on the metaphor Julie Danilek and Mignon Dupepe used for this year’s Outreach Benefit: A Murmuration of Hope. Today’s sermon, A Murmuration of Love, extends that theme. The stunning sunset

Date: May 1, 2022

Bible Text: John 21:1–19 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

Christine Hides and I are preaching an Easter sermon series called “A Collective Murmuration.” Murmuration is the word given to the swooping, diving, fluttering flock of starlings at dawn and dusk. “No one is in the lead, everyone is in the lead,” coming to agreement

Date: April 24, 2022

Bible Text: John 20:19–31 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster

This scripture passage takes place on Easter Evening, after Mary and the others have encountered Jesus in the garden, the tomb open and empty, the mystery of the risen Christ. So that evening, the disciples gather, still uncertain and afraid. Here is their story from John chapter