March 9, 2025
Scripture: Luke 4:1-15
Sermon: ”God on the Move” Lenten Sermon Series
Message One: God Moves…into The Desert
Jesus, full of the Holy Spiri,t returned from the Jordan and was led by The Spirit into dessert, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. When the devil has finished all this tempting, he left Jesus until an opportune time, and Jeus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit.” Luke 4:1-2a, 13-14 NIV
February 23, 2025
Scripture: Luke 6:27-38
Sermon: “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” Part Two
“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted…” Isaiah 6:1 NIV
“’But I tell you who hear me; Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
And you will be Sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.’” Luke 6:27-28, 35B NIV
The New Hope School, Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania
February 16, 2025
Scripture: Psalm 1, Luke 6:17-26
Sermon: “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”—Part One
“Looking at His disciples, Jesus said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for your is the kingdom of God…but woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your reward.’” Luke 6:20, 24 NIV
February 9, 2025
Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8, Luke 5:1-11
Sermon: “Encountering the Divine”
“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted…” Isaiah 6:1 NIV
February 2, 2025
Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10
Sermon: “Precious, Important, and Able”
“The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb, I chose you, before you were
born I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.’” Jeremiah 1:4-5 NIV
January 19, 2025
Scripture: Isaiah 62:1-5
Sermon “Never-Ending”
“The Master of the Banquet called the bridegroom aside and said, ‘Everyone brings out the choice wine first, and then thecheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink—but you have saved the best until now’” John 2: 9 B-10 NIV
January 12, 2025
Sermon: “Something Greater”
Scripture: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Jesus was baptized…and, as he was praying, Heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my son, whom I love; with you am well pleased.’” Luke 3:21b-22 NIV
January 5, 2025
On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.” Luke 2:21 NIV
Scripture: Luke 2: 21-28
Sermon: "Not a Bad Way to Start"
December 29, 2024
Meditation Title: “The Spirit of St. Nicolaus”
Christmas Eve Service
December 24,2024
December 15, 2024
Scripture: Luke 3:7-16, Philippians 4:4-7
Sermon: “In a Rapture of Distress”
“And John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him. ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee form the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.’” Luke 3:7-8a NIV
December 8, 2024
Sermon: “Suffering Amid The Joy”
Scripture: Matthew Chapter 2:1-23 (Progressive Reading)
When the magi has departed, an angle of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. ‘Get up,’ he said, ‘take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. So Joseph got up, took and the child and his mother during the night…”
December 1, 2024
Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-16 Luke 12:25-36
Sermon: Looking Forward with Hope
“And Jesus told them this parable: ‘Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and knowthat summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the Kingdom of God is near.’” Luke 21:29-31 NIV
November 24, 2024
Scripture: Genesis 12:1-5; Hebrews 12:1-3, 13:20- 21
Sermon: The Hero’s Journey
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles,and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him, endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV
November 10, 2024
Scripture: Genesis 4:1-16
Sermon: Results, Responses—and Responsibilities
“And so, Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?’” Genesis 4: 5b-7a NIV
November 3, 2024
Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14
Meditation: The Longest Sentence
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
In love, He predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jeuss Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will.” Ephesians 1:3, 5 NIV.
October 27, 2024
Scripture: Genesis, Chapters 2 and 3 (selected verses)
Sermon: “The Choice that Matters”
“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining knowledge. She took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them wereopened and they realized they were naked…” Genesis 3:6-7a NIV
October 20, 2024
Scripture: Luke 17:11-19
Sermon “Being Different”
Reverend Dr. Tom Harmon, Executive Presbyter, Beaver Butler Presbytery, Preaching
“And Jesus asked, ‘Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?’” Luke 17:17-18 NIV
"Ten Lepers Healed," Brian Kershisnik, American Artist , Oil on Paper, 1997
October 6, 2024
Scripture: Genesis 3:8-15
Sermon: “A Glimpse of Redemption”
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” Genesis 3: 15 NIV
by August Rodin (detail) with “The Thinker,” also by Rodin, in background. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
