View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon April 7, 2013 Unity: One Response to God’s Easter Promise by Brent CharetteChurch Engagement Minister,Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church Eastern Canada Scripture Readings: Psalm 118: 1-4, 19-24, John 20:1-18
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon EASTER SUNDAYMarch 31, 2013 Since by one of us, came death… by Jeff Taylor focus passage for the sermon: 1 Corinthians 15: excerpts Well this is quite a turn of events! Just a few days ago we gathered here in grief; but today God has turned our mourning into dancing. It’s hard to imagine the exhilaration Jesus’ followers must have felt, once they got past the confusion and uncertainty about…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon Sixth Sunday of Lent: PALM SUNDAYMarch 24, 2013 Every Knee Must Bend by Marilyn Zehr
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon Fifth Sunday of LentMarch 17, 2013 Crazy Extravagance: Shameless Foolishness that Makes all the Difference by Lori Unger Texts: Psalm 126, Isaiah 43:16-21, John 12:1-8 Likely you’ve already heard the story of a woman who anoints Jesus’ feet with costly perfume and wipes it away with her hair. Well, maybe you know the story in Luke of the woman who bathes Jesus’ feet with her tears and wipes THEM away with…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon Fourth Sunday of LentMarch 10, 2013 God’s judgment and God’s mercy converse by Marilyn Zehr Text: Luke 13:1-9 Sometimes the scripture texts for the week set up a clear and comfortable parallel. A consistent theme emerges within them and it is clear what I should emphasize in my sermon. This week a theme did emerge in two of the texts – that of Judgment and the question of God’s…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon Second Sunday of LentFebruary 24, 2013 What to do when there is no peace by Marilyn Zehr Texts: Genesis 15, Luke 13, Philippians 3 We have great scripture texts this week and in some ways I call them great because they stretch me in ways I don’t always like to be stretched. The texts for this week include passages from Genesis, Philippians and Luke, besides Psalm 27. In Genesis 15: Abram…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon First Sunday of LentFebruary 17, 2013 Of Shame and Grace by Aldred H. Neufeldt Texts: Luke 4:1-13; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Let me begin with a confession. It’s about my initial reaction to this year’s Lenten theme – Ashamed no more. I was positive on the idea that we explore our experience with feelings of shame and how that influences our relationship with God. What I wasn’t so happy about…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon Radiance February 10, 2013 By Marilyn Zehr Texts: Psalm 99, Luke 9:28-36, 2 Corinthians 3:12 – 4:2 The story of the transfiguration of Jesus has always been one of the most puzzling texts of our gospels for me. In the footnotes of the NRSV we read, “This account recalls an intense religious experience, the exact nature of which is uncertain. The aura of unnatural brilliance is associated with mystical…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon Texts: Leviticus 23:1-3, Psalm 103: 8 – 13 Two sermonettes, February 3, 2013 Richard Ratzlaff, Outgoing Chairperson From Committee Member to Martyr Scriptures: Acts 6: 1 – 7 The title of my mini-sermon this morning is ‘From Committee Member to Martyr.’ It is not intended to be a description of what happens to volunteers at TUMC, and it’s certainly not a description of how I feel about my year as chair of…
View Archived Sermons Listen to this Sermon What is Sweeter than Honey? by Marilyn Zehr January 27, 2013 Texts: Psalm 19, Luke 4:14-21 Today I begin with a riddle, What is sweeter than honey, revives the soul, makes a person wise, gives joy to the heart and enlightens the eyes? What is perfect, sure, right, clear and true and righteous altogether? According to Psalm 19 the answer to this riddle is: the law of the Lord. The Psalmist uses…