Sermons from September 2024

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9-22-2024 “What Do We Get Here?” Mark 9:30-37 Pentecost XVIII

The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor  © 2024, Dr. Tamilio Who is the greatest?  This is what the disciples argued about one day, and Jesus called them on it.  Jesus tells them that whoever wants to be first must be a servant of all.  He uses a child — one that had no status […]

9-15-2024 “What’s with this Satan Stuff?” Mark 8:27-38 Pentecost XVII

The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor  © 2024, Dr. Tamilio After Jesus asks the disciples who they think he is, Peter gives the correct answer.  But then, once Jesus tells them what will happen next — that he “must undergo great suffering and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes […]

9-8-2024 Prayer for the New School Year

Lord God, We come before you this day planted firmly in our faith and our hearts full of wonder as we imagine how your Word will nourish us this morning and move us to fully embrace our calling as your disciples. With the summer behind us — a time of rest and rejuvenation — we […]

9-8-2024 “Happy New Year” Pentecost XVI

The Rev. Dr. John Tamilio III, Pastor © 2024, Dr. Tamilio Here we are: a new program year for our church.  There are so many opportunities for us: opportunities to think outside the box, opportunities to grow.  I do not mean that we have to do things differently for the sake of doing them differently, […]