Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title: “Emmanuel” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  It is the first Sunday of Advent: a time which has already taken a lot of preparation, but is itself preparing for something greater.  This, as we sill see in just a bit, fits very neatly in this morning’s scripture.  But first, a brief…

Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title: “Now and Forever” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  I am glad to see so many of you at Creekside on a holiday weekend, and trust that your Thanksgiving was what you needed to feed your body and soul: busy, relaxing, low-key, or active — or whatever combination of those met…

Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title “Indescribable Gifts” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  I hope that some beautiful mid-November days and worship music about being gathered together and giving thanks have turned your thoughts toward thanksgiving.  The holiday we celebrate may be more about preparing our stomachs and our tastebuds, but that is not where the…

Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title “Prayers From Bus #40” by Guest Speaker Duane Grady Text Not Available

Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title “Getting Our Feet Wet” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  Thanks to Lodema for reading this text for us from the book of Joshua, with all its Perizzites, Girgashites, Jebusites, and what not.  It was an important part of the Lord’s proclamation to Joshua that all tribes were going to be…

Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title “Saved in the Cloud” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  I saw a cartoon the other day, Jesus is clipping coupons out of the newspaper; the caption reads “Jesus Saves.”  You can also find memes out there which say some version of “I spend; Jesus saves.”   Of course, saving is not…

Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title “We Belong to God” by Guest Speaker Janet Shaver Text Not Available

Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title “Whatever” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  It is nice to see so many of you here for worship — we know members have been traveling and many of you were right here for a lot of the afternoon and evening working at the Fish Fry.  Once again, when I was…

Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title “The Biggest Loser” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  This Sunday and next Sunday I will be preaching from the Paul’s letter to the Philippians.  It is a letter of thanks and encouragement to the church at Philippi, for the ways that they have supported Paul and his ministry.  It was…

Bulletin Scripture Sermon Title “All For One” by Pastor Rosanna McFadden Good morning!  It is good to be back with you, even though I had a lovely week away last month.  Today, as you have already heard, is World Communion Sunday or World Wide Communion Sunday.  This is a fairly recent observance in Christianity.  It…