Sermons 2024​

December

​12.15.2024
“Power is Coming” - Week 3 JOY
Isaiah 12:2-6 Gospel: Luke 3:7-18
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
​12.8.2024
"Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord"
John 3:1-6
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
​12.1.2024
Decommissioning Service  of Organ
Psalm 96 and Luke 21:25-35
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
Rev. Dr. Gaylord Hatler, pastor emeritus / Rev. Dale Matherly, regional interim minister

November

11.17.2024
"Do Not Be Alarmed" Breakfast Church (no podcast available)
Mark 13:1-8
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
​11.10.2024
"Chosen Family"
Mark 12:38-44
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
​11.3.2024
All Saints Sunday
Mark 12:28-34
​Rev. Ryan Thrasher, guest pastor

October

10.27.2024
"Music Sunday"
Mark 8:22-26
directed Kim Schultz, Music Director featuring our Chancel Choir
​10.20.2024
"Time to Talk Like a Pirate"
James 3:1-12
Pastor Phillip Hayes, guest preacher
​10.13.2024   (no FB live or call in service available)
"Kin-dom"
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
10.6.2024
"Created for Relationships"
Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12
​Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor

September

​9.29.2024
"Community"
Mark 9:38-50
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor​
9.22.2024
"Wisdom"
Proverbs 31:10-31
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
​9.15.2024
"Son of Man"
Mark 8:27-38
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
9.8.2024
"Beyond the Valley of Elah"
1 Samuel 17:32-49
Pastor Phillip Hayes, guest preacher
​9.1.2024
"Sometimes We Miss the Point"
Mark 7:1-8. 14-15, 21-23
​Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor

August

8.25.2024
"Take and Believe"
John 6:56-69
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
​8.18.2024
"Eat Me, Drink Me"
John 6:51-58
​Rev, Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
8.11.2024
"Real Bread"
John 6:35,41-51
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
8.4.2024
"Hunger"
John 6:24-35
​Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor

July

7.28.2024
"Enough"
Mark 6:1-21
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
7.21.2024
"What's Left Out?"
Mark 6:30-34,53-56
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
​7.14.2024
"The Gospel is Not a Biography"
Mark 6:14-29
​Rev. Monica L. Banks
7.7.2024
"Where Does Jesus Come Home?"
Mark 6:1-13
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor

June

6.30.2024
"The Audacity of Faith"
Mark 5:21-43
​Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
​6.23.2023 ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
Acts 2:42-47
"A Reorienting of Community"
Rev. Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
​6.16.2024
Mark 4:24-36
"Sow Like a Weed"
Pastor Monica L. Banks, senior pastor
 6.9.2024 ​Pride Sunday
Luke 7:1-10
"Love Is Love"
Rev. Monica L. Banks, pastor
6.2.2024 Second Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 2:23-3:6
"Can't Shame the Healer"
​Rev. Monica L. Banks, pastor

May

​5.26.2024 Graduation Sunday
John 3:1-7
"Loving Lens"
Rev. Monica L. Banks, pastor
​5.19.2024 Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:1-21
"Hearing Through the Noise"
Rev. Monica L. Banks, pastor
5.12.2024 Installation Sunday for Rev. Monica L. Banks
Luke 14:15-34
"The Parable of the Great Dinner"
Rev. Teri Nilson Baird, guest officiant and Rev. Dale Matherly, CRMR Regional Interim Minster
​5.5.2024
Baptism Sunday
John 13:34
​Rev. Monica L Banks, Pastor

April

4.28.2024
"Leaving but Staying"
John 15:1-8
Rev. Monica L. Banks, pastor
4.21.2024
"The Difference a Shepherd Makes"
John 10:11-18
Rev. Monica L. Banks, pastor
​4.14.2024
"We Are The Church"
Ephesians 1:18-23 & 4:4-16
Rev. Dean Prophet, guest preacher
​4.7.2024
"When Jesus Enters In"
John 20:19-31
​Rev. Dean Prophet, guest preacher

March

​​3.31.2024 Easter Sunday
"Master Gardener"
John 20:1-18 (Mark 16:1-8)
Rev. Steve Sherman, guest preacher
​3.24.2024
"The Beginning of...the Beginning"
Mark 11:1-11
Rev. Dean Prophet
3.17.2024
"We Want To See Jesus"
John 12:20-33
​Rev. Dean Prophet
3.10.2024
"For God So Loves"
​John 3:14-21
Rev. Dean Prophet
3.3.2024
"A Zeal For Your House"
John 2:15-22
Rev. Dean Prophet

February 2024

2.25.2024
"Human or Devine?"
​Mark 8:31-38
​Rev. Dean Prophet
​2.18.2024
"Repent and Believe"
Mark 1:9-15
Rev. Dean Prophet, guest preacher
​2.11.2024
"Jesus Is Enough"
Mark 9:2-9
Rev. Dean Prophet, guest preacher
2.4.2024
​"Love Thy Neighbor" Luke 10:25-37
Working Fusion at Mill Street
Shelley Jensen, CEO and Founder; guest speaker

January 

​1.28.2024
"The J Factor"
John 1:1-18
Pastor Phillips Hayes, guest preacher
1.21.2024
"Jesus says, Follow Me"
Mark 1:14-20
Rev. Dean Prophet, guest preacher
1.14.2024
"Courage Over Fear (Be Strong and Courageous)"
Joshua 1:1-9
​Rev. Dean Prophet, guest preacher
1.7.2024
​"The Long Journey"
Matthew 2:1-12
Rev. Dean Prophet, guest preacher
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