Because we are a community with a strong focus on study, service and community, we deeply appreciate challenging weekly sermons on these topics. (We call them “Promptings.”)
Below is a sampling of sermons offered in recent weeks by our talented and devoted preachers, Jessica Moore and Carl Hilton VanOsdall, as well as others who join us as guest preachers.
December 14, 2025
Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall
“Even in Our Fear, We Are Called Foreward”
A number of folks that I’ve talked to in the last few weeks
have told me that they wish there were either a “fast forward” or better yet a “skip” button
hidden somewhere that they could press to just jump right over
this whole Christmas season. It can be so painful, so many of us feel…
due either to grief, a recent or years ago loss of loved ones,
or due to loneliness at this age and stage of life,
or due to the “state of things” in our nation, our world. The list goes on!
December 7, 2025
Rev. Jessica Moore
“When We’re Running Out of Hope, God is at Work”
Last week was the beginning of Advent, a time of hopeful anticipation- we watch, wait, and listen for the incarnation of God in our world through the birth of Jesus. Who doesn’t love Advent? Usually.
November 30, 2025
Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall
“Hope Amidst Fear”
We’ll begin with the first eight words from Luke:
“During the rule of King Herod of Judea,” because we could skip right past them to the rest of Zechariah story, but we’d miss the whole backdrop against which the story is told.
November 23, 2025
Rev. Jessica Moore
“Grace is Not Meritocracy”
Christ Church, Presbyterian 