Do Small Things, with Great Love

6/28/20 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Matthew 10:40-42 Pastor Sandy Selby             I moved to Akron thirty-nine years ago to work for…

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It is Not Pretty

Sermon 6-21-2020 Third Sunday after Pentecost Text: Matthew 10:24-39 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      You have heard the expression, I suppose, that proclaims, “It is not pretty.” That…

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Boasting in Suffering?

Sermon 6-14-2020 Second Sunday after Pentecost Text: Romans 5:1-8 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      It’s so wonderful to look out into the congregation and see you who are here in person…

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Requirements for Peace

Sermon 6-7-2020 The Holy Trinity 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      There is at least one command that Paul gives the Corinthians in today’s Epistle reading that…

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The Way of Oneness

Sermon 5-31-2020 The Day of Pentecost Text: Acts 2:1-21 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      When I think of Pentecost, I see red – literally – the color red comes to mind because there…

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An Ultimate Source of Reassurance

Sermon 5-17-2020 Sixth Sunday of Easter Text: John 14:15-21 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      Jesus’ reassuring words continue today. Last Sunday, we noted that as the disciples faced a…

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“Do not worry. Trust God. Trust me.”

Sermon 5-10-2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter Text: John 14:1-14 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      Imagine, if you will, a time like none other – a time when unexpected events are occurring, a…

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The Shelter of our Good Shepherd

Sermon 5-3-2020 Fourth Sunday of Easter Text: John 10:1-10 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      “Sheltering in place,” that is a common phrase now, but one that I had not heard until…

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