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  3. 2015

NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 27, 2015

NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 27, 2015

December 23, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Luke

For many folks, by this Sunday Christmas is over! For them the decorations have started to come down and they are solely focused on the […]

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NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR ADVENT 4 – LOVE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2015

December 19, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Luke

This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Advent and the theme is Love. Most of us think of love as a feeling; but love is […]

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NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR ADVENT 3, SUNDAY, December 13, 2015 “THE SECRET TO LIVING WITH JOY”

December 12, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Uncategorized Luke

This Sunday is the Third Sunday of Advent and the theme is Joy. Liturgically this Sunday is called “Gaudete Sunday.” Gaudete is the Latin word […]

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NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT – A SEASON OF PEACE

December 4, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Uncategorized Luke

The First Sunday in Advent, when the theme was HOPE, began with apocalyptic images that are as non-Christmasy as can be imagined. Now in the […]

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NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2015 THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT – A SEASON OF HOPE

November 28, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Uncategorized Advent 1

This Sunday is the First Sunday in Advent and the theme is Hope. The assigned lectionary scriptures for this Sunday from Jeremiah and Luke offers […]

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NOTE FROM PASTOR JR FOR ‘CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY’ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015

November 20, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Revelations

You can’t turn on the TV and not see what seems to be continuous coverage of the terrorist attacks in Paris. In response, we have […]

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NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2015

November 13, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Uncategorized Hebrews

The lectionary Epistle text assigned for this Sunday is instructing us concerning “worshipping together” in a context that goes beyond what we commonly think of […]

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NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015

November 6, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Uncategorized Mark

Last week the assigned gospel text was a very familiar story; Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. In the sermon I talked about how we […]

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NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR ALL SAINTS DAY, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015

October 30, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Uncategorized Hebrews

This Sunday is All Saints Day. We will take a moment to remember those who have impacted our lives significantly, who are now dead but […]

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NOTE FROM PASTOR J R FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015

October 23, 2015 Posted By: pastorjrfinney Uncategorized

This week the assigned lectionary Gospel reading contains the story of the healing of the blind man, Bartimaeus. It’s a story recorded in Mark’s Gospel […]

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