Sermons & Newsletter Articles

Pentecost

On Sunday, May 28th – Pentecost Sunday – the Rev. Pauline Standley (“Pastor Polly”) presided at Two Churches. While her sermon is not available in written form, you can watch a podcast of it (or the entire service is you wish) on our Facebook page at: facebook/hcealc . The sermon begins at about the...

That We May Be One

Year A Acts 1:1-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… In Genesis…  we learn about God being in relationship with the first humans…  about God coming into the Garden…  walking in the Garden…  about giving us some guidelines…  guidelines which would at least help...

Holding On and Letting Go

Year A Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:7-18 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… From today’s Psalm…  Blessed be God…  who has not rejected my prayer…  and whose love has not been withheld from me… We live lives of holding on and letting go…  sometimes the letting go is easy...

I AM as God Is

Year A Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… In the very first line of this morning’s Gospel…  Jesus says…  Do not let your hearts be troubled…  but many of our hearts have been troubled…  and not just only this morning…  for some of...

Not Alike But Alike

Those who know Sesame Street, know the song “One of These Things is not Like the Others.” It’s a fun way of teaching children to recognize differences and similarities, to discern patterns, and exceptions to those patterns. To learn about sizes, colors, shapes, numbers, animals, you (just about) name it. It’s not designed to...