Sermons from 2026
Daybreak
As is our Communion Sunday tradition, the sermon this week will be a first person story. This Sunday we’ll spend time with Jacob from Hebrew scripture. He was a true character with a story to tell!
Old and New
We are deep into a section of Matthew’s gospel that offers us a party of parables! This Sunday we’ll look for God in common things like seeds, yeast, fields, pearls and more. How do these ordinary things reveal the extraordinary aspects of the Divine?
To Weed or Not to Weed
This week our scripture passage is the parable of the wheat and the weeds. Who wants a weedy garden? And shouldn’t we pluck out the weeds – catch them early – when we see them?
A Sower Went Out to Sow
This week our scripture passage is Jesus’ Parable of the Sower. It’s one of Jesus’ many parables that challenges us to consider how God’s goodness and grace get planted in the world and when/how/why the things of God grow! What seeds need to be sown? What difference does the soil make? And what qualities are called for in the Sower?
Life Long Learning
“To what can I compare this generation?” the text begins. Through the lens of a first-person second career Religion Major, this text is opened up with the hopes of living more faithfully, seeing more clearly, loving God more deeply all while getting an “A” on Life’s Midterm Exam. In Matthew is Jesus really asking us this question now? Today? At the same time our country is celebrating her semi quincentennial? Our work, our Life Long work is answering this question.
Assuming Righteousness
What have you felt like you needed to give up? Today we ponder a passage that depicts Abraham as having been asked to sacrifice his son.
Beyond Imagination
Today Pastor Lori and Lay Leader, Ken B., share inspiration and updates from our California-Pacific Annual Conference. This year’s theme is “ASTONISH.”
Called in the Spirit
While women have been integral to ministry since the beginning of time, it wasn’t until 70 years ago that women, in Methodist tradition, gained full clergy rights. This week we will celebrate that milestone, mindful that the Spirit calls whom the Spirit calls.
Finding Jesus
This Sunday we experience Jesus through the lens of Matthew the tax collector. Jesus found him sitting at his tax collector booth. But what did Matthew discover about what it means to find Jesus as he witnessed Jesus’ interactions with those in need?
Everywhere
This Sunday we celebrate Trinity Sunday, which is not simply an opportunity to learn about a doctrine of the church, but more importantly, it’s a chance to contemplate the invitation to be in relationship with the Divine who, with an abundance of love and grace, interacts with us in a whole myriad of different ways.