Sunday Bulletin - March 1

THIS IS GOD'S HOUSE - ALL ARE WELCOME

 “Meeting people at their point of need, Inviting all into a dynamic relationship with Jesus”


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Following the Captain

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SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, March 1, 2026

Dear Friends in Jesus –

Our Lenten Sundays will offer much hope and give us reason to take heart as we encounter the mysterious God who set aside privilege to reclaim those whom he loved into life, and unto death.

Throughout time there have been many descriptions of God’s people – some flattering, some not so. Through his core teaching Jesus tells us who and what we are:

  1. We are blessed, we are salty - flavorful and sustaining people,

  2. we are creatures of light, unashamed to shine.

Recognizing that the creator God cannot help but continue to create, we are charged with understanding our obedience in new ways as well.

I often mention our particularity at Second Church.

Next week we’ll be looking at a Particularity of Purpose. Then a Particularity of Obedience. This Sunday we Follow the Captain, the archegos, the pioneer and perfector of our faith who embraces us with open arms as we complete the race!

We are created, grown, equipped, and gathered together in this place for just ‘such a particular time as this.’

Let’s stride into this season and these chaotic times with chins up, heads held high, secure, not in our own righteousness, but in God’s love and purpose for each of us.

(BTW, let’s not keep this to ourselves. Invite a friend or someone whom you wish were!)

In anticipation –

 
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Sunday Bulletin - February 22

THIS IS GOD'S HOUSE - ALL ARE WELCOME

 “Meeting people at their point of need, Inviting all into a dynamic relationship with Jesus”


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Salt Shakin'

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SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, February 22, 2026

Dear Friends in Jesus –

We preachers are often accused of filling the air with “should,” “ought,” and “must”—preaching everything in the imperative mood. Sunday I have the opportunity to speak more in the manner of Jesus. I get to speak in the indicative mood. In Sunday’s Gospel Jesus doesn’t say, “you ought to be like light to the world.” Rather he says, “you are the light of the world.” He doesn’t say, “go out and try to add some savor to a bland, tasteless world.” Rather, Jesus boldly asserts, “you are the salt of the earth.”

Why do we spend time together in church? On most Sundays we’re in church listening, singing, sometimes breaking bread to bolster our faith. But, based on this Sunday’s Gospel from Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount, maybe we are here to strengthen our faith in each other and ourselves. Or more accurately, to recognize and awaken ourselves to the faith that Jesus has in us!

It's SPK Sunday and we welcome our preschool children and parents into worship. Jasmine Crowder will sing for Gospel Sunday, accompanied by Bill Gesin. And we'll enjoy good eats and fellowship after worship.

Get a start on 100% attendance for Lent :)

In anticipation –

 
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Sunday Bulletin - February 15

THIS IS GOD'S HOUSE - ALL ARE WELCOME

 “Meeting people at their point of need, Inviting all into a dynamic relationship with Jesus”


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It’s Good for Us to Be Here

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SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, February 15, 2026

This Sunday is… 

  • the Sunday the children sing.

  • our 3rd Annual Chili Cook-Off.

  • Transfiguration Sunday – engaging the mountain top presentation of Jesus, Moses and Elijah in the clouds, and narrative commentary from- GOD?

On this last Sunday of Epiphany (Christ’s revealing of God’s self) we will position ourselves for the privilege and discipline of Lent. We will delight as the children sing, savor fellowship and culinary aspirations, and the mystery of the transfigured Jesus God who transforms us!

Here’s a request, an invitation and suggestion: perfect attendance for Lent?! I would bet that the last "30 Year Perfect Attendance Pin" went to Bobby Jordan years ago, never to be replicated in these modern times for any number of reasons. Perfect attendance need not span decades; here is the chance to come to either worship service or Saturday morning Bible study and be rewarded with a spiritual pin of joyful attentiveness.

In anticipation –

 
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Sunday Bulletin - February 8

THIS IS GOD'S HOUSE - ALL ARE WELCOME

 “Meeting people at their point of need, Inviting all into a dynamic relationship with Jesus”


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Topsy-Turvy

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SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, February 8, 2026

Dear Friends in Jesus –

The Gospel writers Matthew and Luke each report significant sermons by Jesus – sermons that convey the tenets of his ministry. The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew) and the Sermon on the Plain (Luke) describe the topsy-turvy nature of our lives should we follow the way of Jesus.

Conditions of poverty, grief, suffering and insult are to be born knowing that there is plenty, joy, comfort and favor in a life of steadfast dedication in bearing the mysteries of God. Do we dare believe? Do we dare discount? These times demand we choose.

We are stewards under orders.

In anticipation –

 
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Snapshot for an Icy Weekend

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No 10:30 in person worship service on Sunday, February 1, 2026

Dear Friends in Christ –

Good evening.

After consideration and consultation I wanted to inform you of the decision to cancel ‘in person’ worship for this coming Sunday. All forecasts point to seriously icy conditions on the roads & bridges. Should you arrive, there is the danger of ice leading from the parking lot to the portico and over the stone to the portico.

I will record a message to be shared during our regular worship time. I’m proposing we share communion on Feb. 8th and our chili cook off will be held on Feb. 15th. There's still time to perfect the recipe! So…
 
This first Sunday of February I intended for us to engage the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount – Jesus sharing primarily with his disciples as the multitudes have gathered just down the slope.

Jesus tells them of the topsy –turvy reality he has come to teach, embody and entrust to them. Both testaments bore the message and in it lies our key to navigating and surviving these times… with purpose and joy!

We’ll engage that next week. This week, I’ll share some thoughts from Nadia Boltz-Weber that speak to this incongruous life with which we are blessed. 
  
Face to face, eyes on the screen, or prayers converging, we will position ourselves together for the grace of God. 

Best love in Jesus –

 
 
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Winter Weather Watch

Dear Ones,

With inclement weather expected from Saturday evening through Sunday morning, we are closely monitoring conditions and are already considering alternatives.

As always, we encourage everyone to use their best judgment when deciding whether to travel in uncertain conditions and to prioritize their own and their family’s safety.

Please watch for a weather update on Saturday here on our website, email, Facebook, and Instagram.

Face to face, eyes on the screen, or prayers converging, we will position ourselves together for the grace of God. 

 

Sunday Bulletin - January 25

THIS IS GOD'S HOUSE - ALL ARE WELCOME

 “Meeting people at their point of need, Inviting all into a dynamic relationship with Jesus”


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Foolishness?

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SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, January 25, 2026

Dear Friends in Jesus –

"A story is told about a wealthy early colonial Virginian who asked his Anglican rector if it was possible to find salvation outside of the Church of England. The rector wrestled with the question, because he knew it was within the realm of possibility that those who were not Anglican might go to heaven, but he did not want his socially elite parishioner to be socializing with Christian riffraff of all sorts. So after pondering the question deeply, the rector replied. ‘Sir the possibility about which you inquire exists, but no gentleman would avail himself of it.'" 

– Walter Russell Read, God and Gold


Corinth was a city at the crossroads. It was quite literally a crossroad for travelers, for commerce, for ideas. It had been destroyed by Rome in 146 BC and rebuilt by Julius Caesar about a hundred years later. It had no "old money". It had a bunch of strivers - folks who would glom onto others for status: “I was baptized by Apollo!” “Well I was baptized by Cephas!”

In Verse 11, Paul appeals to believers to be united in Christ, speaking the same thing and having no divisions or factions. Being perfectly aligned in mind and judgment, emphasizing harmony and a single purpose within the church.

What about for us? We who struggle and strive. We who look for the advantage or the ‘in’?

Paul reminds them – and us – that we proclaim the one who endured public, shameful crucifixion, loving us to death. What greater love? What other status do we need, desire or deserve? No need to answer.

Let’s gather this coming Sunday aligned in mind and judgment to acknowledge and live into our single purpose – heralds and harbingers of the love of Jesus.

What we get to do!

In anticipation,

 
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Sunday Bulletin - January 18

THIS IS GOD'S HOUSE - ALL ARE WELCOME

 “Meeting people at their point of need, Inviting all into a dynamic relationship with Jesus”


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