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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
Plague Year, Shine Curriculum

Giving Thanks, in the Midst of Uncomfortable Parallels

November 22, 2020
As we head into Thanksgiving week, the story of the Israelites coming to their promised land and finding it inhabited resonates. As we see the complications in the story of…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Joshua 1:1-9
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Plague Year, Shine Curriculum

In the Desert, with Purpose

November 15, 2020
At the foot of Mount Sinai, the people Israel saw the model of our relationships with one another, based on mutual love and obligation. In this time, our mutual obligation…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Exodus 19:1-8
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Plague Year, Shine Curriculum

Divine Retribution

October 25, 2020
The final escape from Egypt by the Israelites came at a terrible cost. The scripture tells us that the cost is not what should be celebrated, but the escape. Every…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Exodus 12:11-27
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 2 (2019-20)

Lost and Found

November 24, 2019

Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: 2 kings 22:10-23:3
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 4

The War on Thanksgiving

November 19, 2017
As we rewrite our national lives to erase opportunities to give thanks, pause. Look around, relieve y0ur anxiety that you are not enough. You are a loved child of God.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Isaiah 9:1-7
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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