“The Refiner’s Fire: Punishment or Promise?” Malachi 2.17-3.7 Rev. Rosemary Noga Welton It’s been a long summer, and here we are at the last Sunday of minor prophets. We’ve learned about: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and the last book, Malachi. Today, we end our series with the
August 26, 2018 Judges 4 and 5 (Judges 4:4-23) ‘Hidden Figures and Super Heroes – Deborah – Lessons in Leadership’ The Rev. Martha M. Shiverick When I turned 35 I began swimming again. I started it on a doctor’s suggestion, but found that I really enjoyed the activity and where many people hate getting wet,
It has been a great summer learning about the Minor Prophets and the women of the Hebrew Scriptures and I am amazed each week how wonderful our tent of trees is decorated by the liturgical arts group and how they are able to bring to life these people from ancient Israel. Counting this morning, we
Abigail and Bathsheba – two women, one God Elder Karen Collier – August 12, 2018 Thank you Missy, for giving me this opportunity to do something I never thought I would do. The church culture I grew up in limited women to teaching children, cooking food for pot lucks, and taking care of babies in
Preaching on Eve is a bit overwhelming. Next to Mary, the mother of Jesus, she is the most written about woman in the Bible so the amount of literature from which to study is over whelming. Even if you are not a person who reads the Bible, everyone knows the story. It is easy for
Except for last Sunday when, as Auntie Mame said, ‘we needed a little Christmas’, our summer’s sermon series has and will continue through Labor Day, to be a study of the Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures (the books found at the end of our Old Testament) and the Women of the Old Testament. These
(This ‘sermon’ is based on the book, The 13th Gift which is a true story written by Joanne Huist Smith. Because she wrote it in the first person and it is her story, I turned it in to a letter from her to me, so that I could represent the integrity of the book in
Hidden Figures and Super Heroes Minor Prophets and Major Women – Esther & Vashti Elder Allison Anderson, July 8th, 2018 The story of Esther begins with the brief history of Xerxes’ first wife, Vashti. King Xerxes was the King of Persia, with an empire that was as vast as it was wide. As we begin
The anthem the choir sang as an introit this morning, named Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory has been in and out of several of the last Presbyterian Hymnbooks. You might remember it as being called The Battle Hymn of the Republic, but battle hymns are not in vogue these days and many people requested
Now before I begin, I want to let you know that I am not going to read the scripture passage until the end of my sermon so don’t get nervous and think that I forgot it!!! It’s just that the passage is the last chapter in the Book of Hosea and to read the ending