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2010 Sermons

Finding Life Despite Our Differences

A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on August 29, 2010.

Acts 11:1-9

Finding Life in Our Whole Lives

A sermon preached by Amy Roon on August 22, 2010.

John 1:1-5, Luke 1:26-45

Finding Life in Song

A sermon preached by Amy Roon on August 15, 2010.

Selected verses from Psalm 96, Psalm 102

Finding Life in a Broken Hearted World

A sermon preached by Catherine Foote on August 8, 2010.

Job 3:1-9, Isaiah 61:1-2

Finding Life in Sacred Symbols

A sermon preached by Catherine Foote on August 1, 2010.

Jeremiah 18:1-6, I Corinthians 11:23-29

Finding Life When People Have Hurt Us

A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on July 25, 2010.

Finding Life in the Bible

A sermon preached by Catherine Foote, Bruce Danielson and Eleanor Sundqvist on July 18, 2010.

Finding Life in Using Our Treasure

A sermon preached by Mike Little on July 11, 2010.

Finding Life in Saying No

A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on July 4, 2010.

Mark 6:7-13

Singing in My Soul

A sermon preached by Amy Roon on June 27, 2010.

Acts 10

All Because of You, I Am

A sermon preached by Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall on June 20, 2010.

Psalm 40

Singing in My Soul

A sermon preached by Catherine Foote on June 13, 2010.

Psalm 100; Psalm 108

Grounded in the Life That God Calls Me to Live

A sermon preached by the youth of our church: Kimmy Elias, Tim Johnson and Kevin Gray on June 6, 2010.

Psalm 27:1, 3-5, 11-14; Micah 6:8

Praying the Psalms: My Days Are Like an Evening Shadow
A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on May 30, 2010.

Psalms 139:1-2, 13; Psalms 102:1-13, 18-20

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Send Out Your Spirit 

A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on May 23, 2010.

Psalms 104; Acts 2:1-4

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Taste and See the Goodness of God
A sermon preached by Catherine Foote on May 16, 2010.

Psalms 34:1-8; Psalm 19:1-4, 7-10, 14

Soul Psalms

A sermon preached by Amy Roon on May 8, 2010.
Psalm 23

Longing for God

A sermon preached by Catherine Foote on May 2, 2010.
Psalm 42; Psalm 130

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Praying the Psalms: Thou Rising Morn, in Praise Rejoice

A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on April 25, 2010.
Psalm 145; Psalm 8

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Restoring or Sustaining

A sermon preached by Amy Roon on April 18, 2010.

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Authorized for Risk

A sermon preached by Dr. Walter Brueggemann on April 11, 2010.
Psalm 150; John 20:19-31; Acts 5:27-32

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Knowing Resurrection

A sermon preached by Catherine Foote on April 3, 2010.

Luke 24:13-27

Palm Sunday: The Way of the Crowd
A sermon preached by Amy Roon on March 28, 2010.

Luke 19:28-49

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Ezekiel: The Way of Life
A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on March 21, 2010.
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Luke 18: 31-34

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Isaiah of the Exile: The Way of Beauty

A sermon preached by Rev. Geoffrey Black, UCC General Minister and President 
     on March 14, 2010.

Isaiah 52:7-103; Luke 10:23-24

Isaiah of Jerusalem: The Way of the Holy

A sermon preached by Amy Roon on March 7, 2010.

Isaiah 6:1-13; Luke 4:31-37

Jeremiah: The Way of Truth

A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on February 28, 2010.

Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 12:1-3

Esther and Mordecai: The Way of Courage

A sermon preached by Amy Roon on February 21, 2010.
Esther 4:10-17

Elijah and the Widow: The Way of Marginality

A sermon preached by Catherine Foote on February 14, 2010

1 Kings 17:1-16; Luke 7:11-17

David and Bathsheba and the Way of Imperfection 

A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on January 31, 2010

1 Samuel 17:4-5, 8-10; 2 Samuel 11:2-5; 2 Samuel 23:3-4; John 15:4

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Ruth and Naomi and the Way of the Outsider 
A sermon preached by Catherine Foote on January 24, 2010

Ruth 1:1-22; Luke 5:27-31

Moses and Miriam: The Way of Language

A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz on January 17, 2010.
Exodus 4:10-12; Exodus 15:19-23; Luke 4:16-21

Abraham and Sarah: The Way of the Road
A sermon preached by Amy Roon on January 10, 2010.

Genesis 12:1-8; Luke 4:1-2

Living in the Light: What Wondrous Love

A sermon preached by Catherine Foote on January 3, 2010

Matthew 2:1-15

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