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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology

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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church, Church Identity 2022

Serving in This Place

May 29, 2022
We're a church that serves beyond. What does that mean? It means doing the work of Jesus outside the doors of the church, and being bold to try and change…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Acts 1:1-11
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Church Identity 2022

Caring in the Unknown

May 22, 2022
Paul writes about the tomb dedicated to an unknown (really an unnamed) god in Athens. How often do we treat those around us in church as unnamed and unknown?
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Acts 7:22-34
Service Type: Sunday Worship
A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church, Church Identity 2022, Plague Year

Exploring Progressive Christian People

May 15, 2022
In a world beset by unstable institutions and changing bedrocks and assumptions, we need a faith that teaches us how to adapt and change to meet the challenges of different…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Peter 1:3-9
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Church Identity 2022, Plague Year, Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church

The Exploration of Progressive Praxis

May 8, 2022
Progressive Christian Theology means learning from the stories in the Bible that life is complicated and messy, and that the only thing in front of us is to understand the…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Romans 6:5-11
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Church Identity 2022

Welcoming New Lives

May 1, 2022
Even before Pentecost, Jesus told his disciples that they'd have to do the work of building his ministry in the world. As a welcoming church family, we recognize that the…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Acts 1:6-8
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Church Identity 2022, Plague Year

Welcoming Questioning

April 24, 2022
The story of Thomas's encounter with the risen Christ shows us not only what our own reactions to good news can often look like, but the hope that there is…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: John 20:19-31
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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