2017 Sermons

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Audio of sermons and choir anthems before July 30, 2017 can also be found on our YouTube Channel

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January 1"Something New" Darryl Searuggs, Student Associate Pastor
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January 8 "I Thought YOU Had Him!!  Three Lessons from Jesus in the Temple" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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January 15 "The Corinthian Christians and Us: 1. 'Called to Be Saints Together' - A Reflection for Martin Luther King, Jr., Sunday" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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January 22 "The Corinthian Christians & Us 2. Foolishness" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor
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January 29 "The Corinthian Christians and Us 3. The Foolish Way of Justice" Chris Dorsey, President of H.E.L.M.

February 5 "The Corinthian Christians and Us 4. '...Not the Spirit of the World'" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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February 12 "The Corinthian Christians and Us 5. Paul: Apostle, Dietitian, Horticulturist" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor
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February 19 "The Corinthian Christians and Us 6. Paul: Apostle and General Contractor" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor
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February 26 "A God Outside of Time" Hana Bustillos, Lay Associate Pastor 
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March 5 "Questions Every Christian Asks 1.  Do I Matter?" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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March 12 "Questions Every Christian Asks 2. Who Is God?" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor
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March 19 "Questions Every Christian Asks 3.  Who Is Jesus?" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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April 9 - Palm Sunday, "Questions Every Christian Asks 6.  What About Suffering?" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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March 26 "Questions Every Christian Asks 4. What About When I Die" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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April 2 "Questions Every Christian Asks 5. How Can I Be Happy?" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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April 14 - Good Friday, Preached at the Downtown Community Thanksgiving Service, by Sr. Pastor Chuck Blaisdell 
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April 16 - Easter, "Questions Every Christian Asks 7.  Is There Hope?" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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April 23 "Proof Power Peace" Lynn Smith, Licensed Minister of Visitation 
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April 30 "The World of I Peter and Us: 1.  More Precious Than Gold" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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May 7 "The Word of I Peter and Us: 2.  No Good Deed Goes...." Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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May 14 "The World of I Peter and Us: 3.  Once You Were..." Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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May 21 "The Whole World in God's Hands" Gaylord Hatler, Senior Pastor Emeritus 
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May 28 "The World of I Peter and Us: 4.  Anxiousness and Assurance" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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June 4, 2017 - Pentecost, "To EACH" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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June 11 "A Summer Road Trip Through the Psalms 1.  Getting Ready" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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 June 18 "A Summer Road Trip Through the Psalms 2.  Getting On the Road" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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June 25 "A Summer Road Trip Through the Psalms 3.  Getting Re-Routed" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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 July 2 "Celebrate Life!" Darryl Searuggs, Student Associate Pastor 
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July 9 "Make Our Way" Hana Bustillos, Lay Associate Pastor 
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July 16 "A Summer Road Trip Through the Psalms 4. Getting Fed" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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July 23 "A Summer Road Trip Through the Psalms 5. Getting Lost" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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July 30 "A Summer Road Trip Through the Psalms 6. Getting Surprised" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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August 6 "A Summer Road Trip Through the Psalms 7.  Getting There" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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August 13 "Paul Said That???  A Summer Sermon Mini-Series 1. Dancing with the One that Brung You." Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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August 20 "Paul Said That???  A Summer Sermon Mini-Series 2. Even Them?" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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August 27 "Paul Said That??? A Summer Sermon Mini-Series 3. Even Us?" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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September 3 "Very Few Say This" Gaylord Hatler, Senior Pastor Emeritus

September 17 "Not Fake News - Who, What, When, Where, Why 1.  God, That's Who! " Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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September 24 "Not Fake News - Who, What, When, Where, Why 2. Where? In the Midst of Our Aquatics" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor
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October 1 - World Communion Sunday "Not Fake News - Who, What, When, Where, Why 3. Why? To Eat, To Eat" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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October 8 "What Society Stigmatizes, God Calls Beautiful" Ned Breslin, CEO of the Tennyson Center for Children

October 15 "Not Fake News: Who, What, When, Where, Why 4. When?  When New Kings Arise" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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October 22 "'In the End is Our Beginning': Reflections on a Time of Transition 1. 'Together Here'" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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October 29 "'In the End is Our Beginning': Reflections on a Time of Transition 2. On Giving Your Heart & Not Wasting Time" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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November 5 - All Saints Sunday, "In the End is Our Beginning":
Reflections on a Time of Transition 3. Encourage. Encourage. Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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November 12 "'In the End if Our Beginning'": Reflections on a Time of Transition 4. No One. No One." Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor ​
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November 19 "Sharing In The Gospel" Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor-Elect

November 26 - Chuck Blaisdell's Final Sunday, "'In the End is Our Beginning': Reflections on a Time of Transition 5. Of Two-Fingered Waves, Looking to the Hills, and Fish from the Sky" Chuck Blaisdell, Senior Pastor 
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December 3 "Being You as Nothing Seems to Be" Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor

December 10 "Unexpected Hope" Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor

December 17 - Special Music and Sermon Narration, 
"Brother Heinrich's Christmas-A Fable with Music" Chancel Choir; Joyce Hanagan, oboe; Alex Viera, bassoon; Carol Wilson, piano
Narrated by Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor

December 24 - Christmas Eve Service, "Nobody Is Forgotten" Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor

December 31 "Being Comfortable in Our Own Skin" Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor