Category: Traditional

March 29, 2026

Traditional – Palm Sunday 2026 | Rev. Michael Bowman

Scripture Reference – John 12:12-16 (NRSVUE): The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord— the King of Israel!” Jesus found […]

March 23, 2026

Traditional – Hungry Hearts: Hungry for a Compassionate Community | Rev. Maggie Dunaway

Scripture Reference – John 11:30-37 (NRSVUE): Now Jesus had not yet come to the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to […]

March 18, 2026

Traditional – Hungry Hearts: Hungry for a Fresh Start | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference – John 3:14-21 (NRSVUE): And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not […]

March 11, 2026

Traditional – Hungry Hearts: Empty Rituals, Living Presence | Rev. Robert Mercer

Scripture Reference – John 2:13-22 (NRSVUE): The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, with the sheep and the […]

March 3, 2026

Traditional – Hungry Hearts: Hungry for the Limelight | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference – Mark 9:2-9 (NRSVUE): Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling bright, such as no one on earth could brighten them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who […]

February 23, 2026

Traditional – Hungry Hearts: Owner of a Lonely Heart | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference – Mark 1:9-15 (NRSVUE): In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him. And a voice came from the heavens, “You […]

February 19, 2026

Ash Wednesday: Even Now | Rev. Michael Bowman

Scripture Reference – Joel 2:1-2; 2-16 (NRSVUE): Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain!Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness!Like blackness spread upon the mountains, a great and powerful army comes;their like […]

February 15, 2026

Traditional – The You You Thought You Knew: You Are More Than What You Have | Rev. Michael Bowman

Scripture Reference – Matthew 4:8-10 (NRSVUE): Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for […]

February 10, 2026

Traditional – The You You Thought You Knew: You Are More Than What You Do and What They Say | Rev. Mike Holly

Scripture Reference – Matthew 4:3-7 (NRSVUE): The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” Then the devil took […]

February 2, 2026

Traditional – Children’s Sunday

Scripture Reference – Matthew 19:14 (NRSVUE): but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”