Sermons

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.

August 23, 2026

Rev. Jessica Moore

“Immoveable Force”

You may remember the story of Jacob from a couple of weeks ago. “Jacob” becomes “Israel” after wresting with the divine all night long. Jacob’s favorite son is Joseph, his twelfth child, but his first with his beloved wife Rachel.  

August 16, 2026

Rev. Jessica Moore

“Wake Up!”

Hmmm! Sometimes you just have to wonder—what? Dogs? Crumbs? Did I hear that right? What just happened here?

August 9, 2026

Rev. Carl Hilton VanOsdall

“Where/How Do We Hear It?”

There Elijah was, having completed a “Run for His Life” forty-day sojourn 

Starting Line: Beersheba, Finish Line: Mt. Horeb. 

Drawn, perhaps, to that same mountain

where Moses had his own encounter with God some +/- 600 years before, 

resulting in the receipt, notably, of the Ten Commandments.

August 2, 2026

Rev. Jessica Moore

“Life’s Long Struggle”

I usually like to preach on the Gospel lesson; this week’s lectionary Gospel reading is the feeding of the five thousand. It’s a classic! The lesson is straightforward – there is enough for everyone! God’s love is abundant! Wonderful! But some weeks feel a little less abundant than others; some weeks it’s all we can do to get out of bed, and sometimes we tire of positive messaging….I don’t want to write in my gratitude journal today, thank you very much!