Monthly Archives: September, 2024

September 29, 2024, A Matter of Stumbling Blocks, Mark 9:38-50 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. “If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea Jesus told …

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September 22, 2024, Enankalisamenos, Mark 9:30-37 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. There is a wonderful Greek word in the gospel reading today. The word is enankalisamenos and it’s found in verse 36 – “He took a child and put him in the midst of them. And he took him in his arms;” enankalisamenos …

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September 15, 2024, It Didn’t Work Out Like That, Mark 8:27-38 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

There is no recording of this sermon. The text is below. Most of us can remember times when our parents were upset with us. Maybe your Mom was mad because you didn’t clean your room. Maybe your Dad was in a towering rage because you used his tools and didn’t put them back where they …

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September 8, 2024, Being Beggars, Mark 7:24-37 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Today is the first of what will hopefully be monthly healing services. It’s been awhile, and we’re kind of feeling our way, to see what will be the most helpful way to organize ourselves. Our goal, certainly, is to have a service …

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September 1, 2024, What Is Purity of Heart? Mark 7:1-23 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

to listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below: To the people in our gospel reading – the Pharisees, Jesus, Jewish people in the first century – what did it mean to be defiled, or unclean? To be unclean meant to be unacceptable to God, not pure enough to approach him …

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