On November 13, 2011, Rev. Paul Goodrich will preach a sermon entitled “God Only Knows” based on the following text. Contemplate it’s meaning for you and our church over the coming days in preparation for worship.

Matthew 6:14-21

14 “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; 15 but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16 “And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (NRSV)

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All Saints Sunday, November 6, 2011 was a special day as we remembered loved ones in our church family who entered the church triumphant in the past year and as we shared in Holy Communion.

Church member, Klint Newton, shared “Your Church at Work,” by telling of his personal work in better understanding what and how God wanted him and his wife, Melissa, to give to the church.  That, along with Rev. Paul Goodrich’s sermon, “Its Far More Beneficial Than We Think,” based on James 5:7-11, is included in the following audio and video.

On All Saints Sunday, November 6, 2011, Rev. Paul Goodrich will preach a sermon entitled “It’s Far More Beneficial Than We Think” based on the following text. Contemplate it’s meaning for you and our church over the coming days in preparation for worship.

James 5:7-11

7 Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.  9 Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors! 10 As an example of suffering and patience, beloved, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Indeed we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. (NRSV)

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For October 30th, 2011, The Rev. Paul Goodrich uses the famous love passage in 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 to talk about love in the form of a question, “Who Needs It?” Click below to listen, watch or download today’s sermon.

On October 30, Rev. Paul Goodrich will preach a sermon entitled “Who Needs It?” based on the following text. Contemplate it’s meaning for you and our church over the coming days in preparation for worship.

I Corinthians 13:1-7

1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (NRSV)

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For October 23, 2011, the Rev. Paul Goodrich uses Philippians 3:12-14 upon which to base his sermon, “Where Would You Be?” Click on a link below to listen, watch or download today’s sermon.