Key Text, Title and Theme for Sermons

Proper 7 (12)    GRN    25-Jun-06    Luk    "Frankly, We Are Open"    Beginning with an open heart
Proper 8 (13)    WHT    02-Jul-06    Mark 5:21-43    "Ministry Interruptions"    Ministry touches us Here & Now.
Proper 9 (14)    GRN    09-Jul-06    Mark 6:1-13    "Shake the Dust Off Your Testimony"    Faithsharing wherever you go
Proper 10 (15)    GRN    16-Jul-06    2 Samuel 6:1+    "Dancing Before the Lord"    Worship is a joyful response
Proper 11 (16)    GRN    23-Jul-06    Psalm 23    "I Shall Not Want"    Wanting as God Knows I Need
Proper 12 (17)    GRN    30-Jul-06    John 6:1-21    "5 and 2 make 12(x)"    The Stuff we Have, God uses
Proper 13 (18)    WHT    06-Aug-06    Exodus 16:1+    "We are Hungry for Fleshpots"    The Bread provides for us
Proper 14 (19)    GRN    13-Aug-06    Psalm 34:1-8    "Try it, You'll Like it"    Invitaiton to daily praise
Proper 15 (20)    GRN    20-Aug-06    Proverbs 9:1-6    "You that are simple, turn in here!"    The Wise trust in God
Proper 16 (21)    GRN    27-Aug-06    Ephesians 6:10-20    "Suit Up"    A Call to faith in preparedness
Proper 17 (22)    WHT    03-Sep-06    James 1:17-27    "If Your Happy and You Know it.."    Let your faith responses shine
Proper 18 (23)    GRN    10-Sep-06    Proverbs 22:2    "The Haves and the Have Nots"    God creates us all, why judge?
Proper 19 (24)    GRN    17-Sep-06    Mark 8:27-38    "What My Approval Rating"    Who do people say Jesus is?
Proper 20 (25)    GRN    24-Sep-06    James 3:13-4:8    "How Well Do You Draw?"    Call to move toward God, action
Proper 21 (26)    WHT    01-Oct-06    Mark 9:38-50    "Living Spring Water"    Let your life make witness of Christ
Proper 22 (27)    GRN    08-Oct-06    Job 2:1-10    "The Bad Things, Good People Game"    Finding Faithfulness when all fails
Proper 23 (28)    GRN    15-Oct-06    Mark 10:17-31    "What's Your One Thing"    Learning Trust "1" thing at a time
Proper 24 (29)    GRN    22-Oct-06    Isaiah 53:4-12    "He Bore the Sins of Many"    Prophetic injustice is our salvation
Proper 25 (30)    GRN    29-Oct-06    Mark 10:46-52    "Law'd Have Mercy"    Going Home Whole/well
All Saints Day    WHT    05-Nov-06    John 11:32-44    "See How He Loved Him"    We weep when we think we've lost love
Proper 27 (32)    GRN    12-Nov-06    1 Kings 17:8-16    "Make Me a Little Cake"    God provides our daily needs
Thksgv    GRN    19-Nov-06    Matthew 6:25-33    Consider the Lilies and Give Thanks    Disciples are thankful and grateful
Reign of Christ    WHT    26-Nov-06    Revelation 1:4b-8    "Look the King is Coming"    Celebration of Christ as King
Advent 1    BLUE    03-Dec-06    Jeremiah 33:14-16    "A Branch Will Spring Up"    Anticipation of Justice and Safety
Advent 2    BLUE    10-Dec-06    Luke 3: 1-6    "Crying in the Wilderness"    Disciples proclaim light in dark places
Advent 3    BLUE    17-Dec-06    Isiah 12:2-6    "In the Presents"    Great is greatly in our presence
Advent 4    BLUE    24-Dec-06    Titus 3:4-7    "Our Gifts: Hope & Salvation"   
Christmas Eve    WHT    24-Dec-06    Luke 2:1-20    "Linus' Monolouge"    Be not afraid, Tell Christ's story
1  of Christmas    WHT    31-Dec-06    Luke 2:41-52    "I Must Be In My Father's House"    Disciples know Church as home
1 Sun of Epiph    WHT    7-Jan-07    Luke 3:15-17, 21-22    "Baptized with Spirit and Fire"    God is pleased to be with us
2 Sun of Epiph    GRN    14-Jan-07    John 2:1-11    "Stoned Water Jars"    God uses us for new purposes
3 Sun of Epiph    GRN    21-Jan-07    1 Cor 12:12-31a    "One Body, Many Parts"    Unity in Christ as church
4 Sun of Epiph     GRN    28-Jan-07    1 Cor 13:1-13    "Love cannot be artificial"    Really Loving, not just words
5 Sun of Epiph    GRN    4-Feb-07    Luke 5:1-11    "Out Where its Deep"    Trusting Jesus to lead us
6 Sun of Epiph    GRN    11-Feb-07    Luke 6:19-26    "Woe! Lessons of Blessing"    With every blessing is a caution
Transfiguration    WHT    18-Feb-07    2 Cor 3:12-4:2    "Behind the Veil"    Seeing God, thru Christ, knowing Truth
Lent 1    PRPL    25-Feb-07    LK 4:1-14    "It's Tempting"    Beginning to face temptation
Lent 2    PRPL    4-Mar-07    Philippians 3:17-4:1    "Good Citizenship"    Our highest citizenship is in heaven
Lent 3    PRPL    11-Mar-07    LK 13:1-9    "Life's Not Fair"    Lion King/ God works by grace in a broken world
Lent 4    PRPL    18-Mar-07    2 Cor 5:16-21    "ME? An Ambassador"    Representatives for the Republic
Lent 5    PRPL    25-Mar-07    John 12:1-8    Nardly Enough    Giving Gifts to Christ are costly
Palm Sunday    WHT    1-Apr-07    Luke 19:28-40    "The Lord has Need of Your Truck"    Plans of praise unfold the Message
Easter Sunday    WHT    8-Apr-07    Luke 24:13-49    "Stay With Us"    Having Christ and Spirit Too
Easter 2    WHT    15-Apr-07    John 20:19-31    "Behind Closed Doors"    Disciples may hide, but God comes to us
Easter 3    WHT    22-Apr-07    John 21:1-19    "Fish For Breakfast"    An invitation for restoration
Easter 4    WHT    29-Apr-07    Rev. 7:9-17    "Dressed from Success"    Whose that dressed in white?
Easter 5    WHT    6-May-07   John 13:31-35   "IF, you have love for one another"    Conditional Identity, Unconditional Love
Easter 6    WHT    13-May-07    John 5:1-9    "I Want to Get into the Pool"    Healing: Take me to the water's edge
Easter 7    WHT    20-May-07    Rev 22    "I Am, Coming Soon"    Promise to be ready
Pentecost    RED    27-May-07    Rom 8:14-17    "United in a Divided Inheritance"    Join heirs with Christ, common ministry
1 Post Pent    WHT    3-Jun-07    Rom 5:1-5    "Dis-appointment"    God the Father, Son & Spirit are our hope
2 Post Pent     RED    10-Jun-07    Luke 7:11-17    "In Nain Fear"    Those in Christ, Live.
3 Post Pent    RED    17-Jun-07    Luke 7:36-8:3    Nardly Welcome    Touched by sinners, Christ transforms hearts
4 Post Pent    RED    24-Jun-07    Gal 3:23-29    Designs by Chirstâ„¢    Grace: The new fashion for faith
5 Post Pent    RED    1-Jul-07    Gal 5:1, 13-25    "Meet the Christians"    fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these
6 Post Pent   RED   8-Jul-07  Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20  "Kingdom Evidence"    Where do we see residue of the kingdom near us?
7 Post Pent    RED    15-Jul-07   Luke 10:25-37  "Dad's Dying and Whose God the Will"    Do I love Daddy or Daddy's Things?
8 Post Pent    RED    22-Jul-07    Gen 18:1-10a    "If I Knew You Were Coming"    God Provides what we cannot
9 Post Pent    RED    29-Jul-07    Luke 11:1-13    "Pray like you eat"    Prayer is taught by example and practice
10 Post Pent    WHT    5-Aug-07    Ecc 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23    "So What"    What if our work ethic is wrong?
11 Post Pent    GRN    12-Aug-07    Psalm 33:12-22    "Happy is the Nation"    Our hope is in the Lord.
12 Post Pent     GRN    19-Aug-07    Jer 23:23-29    "Closer Than You Think"    God holds us accountable, shape up
13 Post Pent    GRN    26-Aug-07    Luke 13:10-17    "Work'n on Sunday"    Literal: Sat is the sabbath. Sun=4 Worship.
14 Post Pent    WHT    2-Sep-07    Jer 2:4-13    "A Wealth of Poverty"    Rich in things yet poor in God
15 Post Pent    GRN    9-Sep-07    Luke 14:25-33    "Counting the Cost"    Lessons in Wisdom and Prepareness
16 Post Pent    GRN    16-Sep-07    Luke 15:1-10    "One Tenth of a Tither"    Our focus is on the Lost, not the Found
17 Post Pent    GRN    23-Sep-07    Amos 8:4-7    "Deeds of Deceit"    What is the cost of poverty and who pays?
18 Post Pent    GRN    30-Sep-07    1 Tim 6:6-19    "The Money Trap"    How much is enough?
19 Post Pent    WHT    7-Oct-07    Luke 17:5-10    "Seeds of Faith"    What we ought to do