Sermons from August 2023
Shiphrah and Puah
We are grateful to Rev. Casey Thompson for serving as our guest preacher on August 27, 2023. Recently senior pastor of Wayne Presbyterian in Philadelphia, Rev. Thompson has moved to the DC area and will soon serve at First Presbyterian in Springfield. He and Pastor Becca co-authored a book called Cultivated Ministry, a resource for Presbyterians on congregational effectiveness. He helped found The Common Place, an educational outreach center in Southwest Philadelphia that has been a model in the denomination…
Filled
Ephesians 3:16-21 I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that…
Learning to Walk
Matthew 14:22-33 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land, for the wind was against them. And early in the morning he came walking toward them on the sea. But when the…
Nothing But
Matthew 14:13-21 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they…