Bulletin Scripture “Looking Toward Heaven” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  It is good to be back with you this morning.  This Sunday, in case anyone is counting, is the seventh and last Sunday of the Easter season — Easter was six weeks ago.  A lot has happened at Creekside and with Creekside leadership in…

Bulletin Scripture “One Good Word” by Guest Speaker Missy Schrock, Center for Healing and Hope Before I get started with my sermon, I want to Say a few things about the connection between Center for Healing & Hope and Creekside Church of the Brethren because it goes back to before the turn of the century…

Bulletin Scripture “Living Stones, I Presume” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  It is good to be together as god’s people this day.  And though my strongly held belief is that ministry is what we do going forward from this moment, sometimes it can be helpful to remember what we have done before — not…

Bulletin Scripture “Abundantly” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  We are three weeks away from Easter Sunday, a Sunday which the lectionary — the three year cycle of Bible readings — observes as Good Shepherd Sunday.  Sheep herding is an ancient business; one which still goes on today in places all around the world.  I…

Bulletin Scripture “Hearts on Fire” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  I trust we’ve all recovered from Holy Humor Sunday, but I hope you are continuing to find joy in this Easter season.  We are still celebrating the resurrection and remembering what it was like for believers to encounter the risen Christ. I mentioned on…

Bulletin Scripture “Joy Full” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  Thanks to Tim for leading worship this morning on short notice, and continued prayers for Rick Rodgers as he recovers at Elkhart General.  The great reversal of Easter is kind of a narrative pratfall for the forces of death and evil.  When hope is gone…

Bulletin Scripture “Fear and Great Joy” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed.  It just makes be happy to hear you say it.  Thank you.  There is so much that is so good about Easter Sunday all the ways and all the people who observe it at Creekside.  From…

Bulletin Scripture “Palm Sunday Meditations” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Meditation 1   Matthew 21:1-11 Palm Sunday is a wonderful Sunday of the church year, one which I look forward to for the corporate worship experience of waving palms—and especially of seeing children waving psalms—and for the personal joy of hearing a roomful of people sing or…

Bulletin Scripture “Preaching to Bones” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  It is the fifth Sunday of Lent — out of six. It hardly seems possibly that we are just two weeks away from Easter.  I know that this bewilderment for me is because I have been traveling away from Creekside and been sick in…

Bulletin Scripture “The Gospel Neural Network” by Guest Speaker Bryan Jackson Text NOT Avaialable