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Sermons
| Title | Subject | Delivered By | Date |
| World Communion Sunday 2018 | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, October 7, 2018 11:00 AM | |
| September 30, 2018 Sermon | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, September 30, 2018 11:00 AM | |
| September 9, 2018 Sermon | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, September 9, 2018 11:00 AM | |
| September 2, 2018 Sermon | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, September 2, 2018 11:00 AM | |
| August 12, 2018 Sermon | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, August 12, 2018 10:00 AM | |
| August 5, 2018 Sermon | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, August 5, 2018 11:00 AM | |
| Power and Accountability | This week tensions runs high as King David abuses his position of power! | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, July 29, 2018 10:00 AM |
| August 26, 2018 Sermon | Rev. Brian Copeland | Thursday, July 26, 2018 10:00 AM | |
| It's about compassion | We know Christ is moved by compassion into response. Do we allow ourselves the same opportunity? To be moved by compassion? What obstacles prevent us from this? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, July 22, 2018 10:00 AM |
| Behind the Miracle | Salvation from Shame | Rev. Dr. Jan Edmiston | Sunday, July 15, 2018 10:00 AM |
| The exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world | As Christians, we are called to celebrate a little Easter every Sunday. What does it look like for you to live everyday as if it were Easter? Would it change the way you interact with others? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, July 8, 2018 10:00 AM |
| Promotion of Social Righteousness | Blessed are you..., but woe to you... The beatitudes address social righteousness directly. In a nutshell, the hungry are fed, the poor are lifted up, the naked are clothed, those caught in poverty are freed to live as God intends for all of us to live. | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, July 1, 2018 10:00 AM |
| Preservation of the Truth | This week is the 4th Sunday in our look at the Great Ends of the Church, in which we will look at Preservation of the Truth. As we seek God's truth, we must set aside our own need for "personalized" truths. | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, June 24, 2018 10:00 AM |
| Maintenance of Divine Worship | This week, we will remember some questions. Who is welcome at the table? EVERYONE! Who should be overjoyed about this? You and I! The maintenance of Divine worship is the main topic for this week. | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, June 17, 2018 10:00 AM |
| The Shelter, Nurture, and Spiritual Fellowship of the Children of God | Sermon Series 2/6, The Great Ends of the Church | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, June 10, 2018 10:00 AM |
| The Proclamation of the Gospel for Humankind | Sermon Series 1/6, The Great Ends of the Church | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, June 3, 2018 11:00 AM |
| TRINITY SUNDAY | Father, Son, Holy Spirit. To be clear, there is only one God. The three persons, whom we experience through Holy Scriptures, are ways we come to know God as our Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, May 27, 2018 11:00 AM |
| The Rattling of Bones | This week's reading from Ezekiel finds him in the valley of dry bones. A desolate place, quiet and still. Until the bones begin to rattle! With the rattling of bones comes hope for life, for a future, for the all powerful God! Do you hear them rattling? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, May 20, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Nourishment | A tree prospers, or is nourished, with water, sunlight and soil. As Sunday is Mother’s Day, what maternal figure in your life has helped nourish your faith? In what ways do you use this to nourish others? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, May 13, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Psalm 23, God Provides, Protects and Perseveres | This message highlights the God providing, protecting and persevering with us. We are called to do no less for the gift God has given us, this wonderful world in which we live... | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, April 22, 2018 11:00 AM |
| You are witnesses of these things. | What do you keep most guarded in your life? How would it feel if Christ were to suddenly appear there today? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, April 15, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Peace be with you | Jesus breathing on the disciples saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” They are being prepared to be sent out. What do you do when you are preparing to go on a journey? What would it take to prepare you for a journey that Christ sends you on? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, April 8, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Reading Passion Sunday Mark 14:1-15:47 | Reading the entire story leading us through Good Friday | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, March 25, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Saved by the Grace of God or by Our Faith? | This week’s texts give us several illustrations to demonstrate God’s goodness toward us. Because of God’s goodness, not our own, we receive salvation. As you experience these texts this week, what does this awareness bring to your life? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, March 11, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Clear the way and welcome the oppressed! | We claim the Ten Commandments as part of our faith tradition, can you name them? How many are about our relationship with God? With each other? And why would Jesus cause such trouble at the temple? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, March 4, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Our Fears Limit Our Faith | This week’s lesson comes to us with a call to faith. God wills Abram to faith and Christ calls his followers to faith. From where did your faith first get sparked? Or recently get reignited? As we approach Sunday consider how you best nurture faith. | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, February 25, 2018 11:00 AM |
| What do I say after yet another school shooting!? | “When the Spirit drove him into the wilderness, he did not seek a way out. The Beloved Son accepted the company God gave him in the desert—Satan, wild animals, ministering angels—with no drama of preferring one to the other." ---Barbara Brown Taylor | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, February 18, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Grieving | Like Elisha, often, we are confronted with situations which are beyond our control. Elisha immediately begins to mourn, which is an appropriate response. Grieving when God’s reality and our reality does not align is perfectly normal. | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, February 11, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Authority | This week’s texts challenge us to revere God! Is it possible to truly revere God in today’s society? In today’s church? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, January 28, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Leave the boats and nets | Folowing Christ means reimagining priorities | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Speak for your servant is listening. | We must discern between our will and God's will. It is God's will that leads us toward a true calling. | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, January 14, 2018 11:00 AM |
| Nothing from nothing | Now John was clothed with camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, January 7, 2018 |
| Prepare the Way! | Who prepared the way for you? What are you doing now that you're here? For whom are you preparing the way? ...little voice in the balcony said UH-OH! <3 | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, December 10, 2017 11:00 AM |
| Hurry up and wait | 1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. God is faithful in all ways because of the fellowship God has called us to in Christ. What is your response to this news? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:00 AM |
| Children of the light | We are called 'children of the light' meaning that others would see faith, love and hope in us as we encourage and build up one another. Does this describe how others see you? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, November 19, 2017 11:00 AM |
| How did we get here? | This week Joshua is warning that our God is a jealous God. Can you think of one thing at the top of your list today that would spark God's jealousy? What can you do about that? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, November 12, 2017 11:00 AM |
| They do not practice what they teach... do we? | Learning begins in humility | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:00 AM |
| God made us | When you're stressed, keep your faith simple | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, October 29, 2017 11:00 AM |
| Unlikely allies | Idolatry can divide the heart | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, October 22, 2017 11:00 AM |
| Aaron messed up! | We are called to conform to the image of Christ | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, October 15, 2017 11:00 AM |
| Threatening establishment | What will he do to those tenants? | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, October 8, 2017 11:00 AM |
| Seek and work for God's good | Compassion, Humility, Seek and work for God's good pleasure | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, October 1, 2017 11:00 AM |
| Welcome Diversity | we live to the Lord | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, September 17, 2017 11:00 AM |
| Treated like a tax collector | Reconciling with an offender | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, September 10, 2017 11:00 AM |
| Purified by coals | Overcoming evils of the world through acts of compassion | Rev. Brian Copeland | Sunday, September 3, 2017 11:00 AM |
