Pastor April’s Christmas Eve Sermon – 12/24/12 I was overhearing a conversation between 2 people – one was a children’s minister who was preparing her young people for a live nativity – and no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t get the kids to do what they were supposed to do – and Read more
Advent Sermon -Week 4 – December 23, 2012 Text: Luke 1:39-55 Rev. Lucy Waechter Webb Today we find ourselves at the end of the season of Advent. The last Sunday in a string of Sundays that call us to anticipate and prepare for the joy of Christmas. By this point in the month of December Read more
The Season of Advent is this interesting time of year I’ve been struck by two things this week: - and I’ve also been struck by the stories I’ve heard in talking with people – stories of hope, stories of the ways God has worked in the past and in the present – stories of hope Read more
Last Sunday, we talked about the Gospel of Abundance – the idea that Jesus spent his ministry teaching about – that God’s kingdom is near and in God’s kingdom – there is enough. Enough love, enough compassion, enough money and resources and food and water – there is enough power to do what God is Read more
Did you know that by getting up this morning – by coming to church – you have chosen to do something revolutionary – something radical – something – that could be considered SUBVERSIVE? Rebellious? Now some of you might be reconsidering your decision to come to church this morning – And some of Read more
I have had the privilege in the last two weeks to spend some time with two women who are at the last stages of their lives. Both of them are at the end of a long battle with cancer and both of them have a lot on their hearts and minds as they enter into Read more
Rev. Lucy Waechter Webb Text: 1 Cor 3:4-17 Given that Buckeye Preview was scheduled for this weekend, I chose this particular text from Corinthians as an image for our role in young adult’s lives. It begins by talking about how Paul began the church in Corinth, and Apollos nurtured that community after the foundation was Read more
On a cold and rainy night in September, around 2am, it was closing time here at Summit for our late night pancake breakfast known as Jericho Road. As the rain turned into a downpour, about 15 college students gathered out in the Narthex trying to figure out how they were going to get home without Read more
Like many of you, I spent Tuesday night watching the Presidential debate. I listened to the questions, arguments, to the explanations and even to the back and forth snarky comments. And as I listened to the questions that were being asked by the undecided voters in the audience on a range of issues… there seemed Read more
At the corner of 12th and Indianola, you will find a large apartment building that houses students. This apartment building is much like many others in this neighborhood, but on the corner of the lot – there is a stone wall. If you didn’t know to look closely, you might miss them. The stones are Read more
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