Sermons 2022 ​

December

12.24.2022
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
​Rev. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor
12.18.2022
""..."
Psalm 26, Isaiah 35:1-2 and Luke 1:39-56
Rev. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor
12.11.2022
Lessons and Carols
Isaiah 40:1-8; Zechariah 9:9-10; Isaiah 35:1-6, Isaiah 9:1-2, 6-7; Luke 1:26-28; Luke 2:1-7; John 1:1-14
Reve. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor
12.4.2022
"..yes..yes..."
Psalm 85:8-13, Isaiah 9:1-7; Luke 1:59-80
​Rev. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor

November

11.27.2022
"There Will Be Signs ...."
Psalm 25:1-10; Jeremiah 33:14-16; Luke 21:25-36
Rev. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor
11.20.2022
"The Greatest Gates of Praise"
Psalm 100
Pastor Philip Hayes, guest speaker
11.13.2022
"What does it mean to be a church? What is the purpose of this church?"
Psalm 24; Matthew 6:19-21
Rev. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor
11.6.2022
Remembering the Saints service
Psalm 78:1-4; Isaiah 6:1-8
Rev. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor

October

10.30.2022
Psalm 44:1-8; Hebrews 12:1-3
Rev. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor
10.23.2022
"Why do we do what we do - in our order of service"
​Psalm 100
Rev. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor
10.16.2022
Pastor Caryn's first Sunday at FCC
Psalm 121, Joshua 3:1-17  
Rev. Dr. Caryn Yoast, Interim Pastor         
"Repentance - It's Good for the Soul"
Luke 15:1-7
Dan Woods, guest speaker
"The Exponential Power of Community"
Luke 17:5-10
​Rev. Gaye Bosley-Mitchell, guest speaker

September

"If It's Repeated It Must Be Important"
Luke 16:19-21
Rev. Crystal Karr, guest speaker
"Jesus Presenters"
John 14:8-17
Pastor Phillip Hayes, guest speaker
"Even Greater Things"
John 14:7-14
Rev. Marsha Bishop, guest speaker
"A Call To Be Stone Catchers"
John 8:1-11
​Rev. Joan Bell-Haynes, guest speaker

August

​"Discipleship = Making Holes in Roofs Since 25 CE"
​Mark 2:1-12
Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
​"Creating Outsiders Threatens Us All"
Esther 3:1-11; 7:1-10
Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Protecting One's God-Given Dignity"
Esther 1:1-22
Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Is There Really Nothing New Under the Sun?"
Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 and 3:1-11
Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor

July

"One Precious Life"
Ecclesiastes 1:1-3; 8:16 - 9:10
Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
​"Hoping Against Hope"
Lamentations 3:22-24 and 1 Peter 1:3-6
Marsha Bishop, guest pastor
“Reading Ruth Against the Grain”
Ruth 1:14-18, 3:1-15
Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Being a Moabite from Moab"
Ruth 2:1-20 and 4:9-17
​Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Lines That Shape Our Lives"
Ruth 1:1-18
Rev. Phillip Hayes, guest speaker

June

"Holy Breath"
​Acts 2:1-21 and Philippians 4:4-7
Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Ghost Town Soul"
Lamentations 1:1-16
Pastor Phillips Hayes
"Community Over Conformity"
Lamentations 3:1-3, 17-33 and 5:1-3, 19-22  
​Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Trauma and Protest”
Lamentations 1:8-22 and 2:10-22
Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor

May

"Thinking Anew"
Acts 9:1-19a
Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Realizing Connections"
Acts 16:16-40
Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
​“Seed Pickers & Authentic Conversations” 
Acts 17:16-34
Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Pouring Out Our Lives"
​Philippians 2:1-13
​Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Giving Thanks During Times of Anxiety"
​Philippians 1:1-18a
Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senor Pastor
"Memorial Candle Light Service
​Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor

April

"Exposing Brokenness"
John 19:1-16a
Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Alone In the Crowd"
John 12:12-19; 19:16b-22
Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Last Words"
John 19:23-30
Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Holding On to Jesus"
John 20:1-18
Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor
"Showing Up with Wounds"
John 20:19-31
Rev. Jonathan Hall, Senior Pastor

March

John 10:1-18
"Meditation for Ash Wednesday"
Pastor Jonathan Hall, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
John 11:1-44
"Unbound and Free"
Pastor Jonathan Hall, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
John 13:1-17
"Washing Judas' Feet"
Pastor Jonathan Hall, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
John 18:12-27
"The Easiness of Anger vs. The Difficulty of Discipleship"
Pastor Jonathan Hall, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
John 18-28-40
"Choosing the Bandit"
Pastor Jonathan Hall, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

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