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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
Plague Year

Putting Faith into Action

November 14, 2021
The core challenge of the Good News to people from the earliest days of the church has been: what does faith look like?
Passage: James 2:14-16
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 2 (2019-20), Plague Year

Caring in the Name of Christ

May 10, 2020
Paul complaining about division in Christianity is a little funny to careful readers, but his warning to avoid tribalism in our thinking is sound.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
Service Type: Sunday Worship
500th Anniversary of the Reformation, Narrative Lectionary Year 4

Reformed and Reforming

October 29, 2017
Solomon's exploitation of labor and subjects split the kingdom. Pope Leo X's exploitation of distant Catholics split the church. But as we Protestants stripped down sanctuaries in a move toward…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Kings 5:1-13
Service Type: Sunday Worship
500th Anniversary of the Reformation, Narrative Lectionary Year 4

Reforming Powers and Prophets

October 22, 2017
[audio mp3="https://www.ankenyucc.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2017/10/Reforming-Power-and-Prophets.mp3"][/audio] One of the unexpected consequences of the Reformation is the rise of national churches. This sometimes leads us to forget that Kings, Queens, Presidents, any individual leader will…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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