Bulletin Revelation 21:1-6a “All Things New” by Rosanna McFadden Good morning, and happy new year!  I hope you are mostly recovered from the celebrations of the past few weekends as we turn the corner into 2022. The passage which Diane just read for us is a significant one for me, for a number of reasons. …

Bulletin Titus 2:11-14 “Who’s Holding the Baby” by Rosanna McFadden Good morning! I am so glad to be continuing our worship from Christmas Eve on Friday, and to once again wish you a merry Christmas. The gifts may all be unwrapped and you are now getting through the leftovers of Christmas dinner, but the baby…

Bulletin Luke 1:39-45 “Love” by Rosanna McFadden Good morning! Welcome to this fourth Sunday of Advent, the last Sunday before Christmas: all of our Advent candles are now lighted, and on Christmas Eve we will light the Christ candle to celebrate Christ’s birth, and that he lives among us. Because Christmas is still nearly a…

Bulletin Luke 1:46-55 “Joy” by Rosanna McFadden Good morning! It is the third Sunday of Advent and we have lit the candle for Joy. Although practice varies from place to place, the candle for Joy is traditionally pink or rose-colored to represent a lighter, more joyful, version of the purple or deep blue candles than…

“Peace” by Rosanna McFadden Isaiah 11:6-9 Good morning! It is the second Sunday of Advent and a week closer to our celebration of the birth of Jesus. I want to try to set the stage for you with a metaphor, and see if this can help to give us some context this morning. I don’t…

“Hope” by Rosanna McFadden Jeremiah 33:14-16 Good morning. Welcome to this first Sunday of Advent. You may have already figured out what the theme of this Sunday is, and I hope you can carry it with you this coming week as you light your own Advent candles and find the scripture verses on your Advent…

“Lifted Up” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Good morning! This is Thanksgiving Sunday: it is also the last Sunday of the church year, known as Christ the King Sunday or Eternity Sunday. Of course, you can make the case — and I plan to pretty shortly — that every Sunday should be Thanksgiving…

“Indescribable” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden 2 Corinthians 9:11-15 Good morning! This is the second Sunday of November and the second week of the three-week series Grateful. If you have been reading or sharing the Grateful devotional journals, this morning’s text is taken from this past week’s readings on Giving. The readings for the first week…

“Sow and Sow” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden 2 Corinthians 9:6-10 Good morning! It is good to be back with you, and great to have an extra hour to sleep in and prepare for the day. Tim and I had a relaxing week away in Florida; a perceptive person asked me about the fall colors on…

“Learning to Fear” by guest speaker Carrie Eikler Psalm 34:9-14