Feb 19, 2012 Posted by Church Member

“Glimpses”

Transfiguration Sunday Duane M. Harris February 19, 2012 Text:  Mark 9:2-9 Title: “Glimpses”             Every weeknight, RSTLNE are the letters given the winning player in the final round on Wheel of Fortune.  Every winner is given the same letters night after night, week after week.  Each winner, however, gets to choose three additional letters.  The object, of course, is to attempt to... read more

Feb 12, 2012 Posted by Church Member

“Holy Disobedience”

6th Sunday after Epiphany   Duane M. Harris   February 12, 2012   Text:  Mark 1:40-45   Title:  “Holy Disobedience”   I.       The condition of leprosy.  Who are the lepers in our world?             It wasn’t something they understood.  They didn’t know what caused it or what cured it.  There was no society bearing its name working to provide funding... read more

Feb 5, 2012 Posted by Church Member

“Have You Forgotten?”

5th Sunday after Epiphany   Duane M. Harris   February 5, 2012   Text: Isaiah 40:21-31   Title: “Have You Forgotten?”   I.  The experience of feeling forgotten by God             They were worn out!  Exhausted!  Homes gone.  Their Temple destroyed.  The government dismantled.  People were missing, maybe dead, maybe taken somewhere else as the conquerors... read more

Jan 29, 2012 Posted by Church Member

“Unbridled Praise!”

4th Sunday after Epiphany Duane M. Harris January 29, 2012  Text: Psalm 111 Title: “Unbridled Praise!”           When I was serving in Owosso, a young man and woman came to the church to be married there.  Over the course of the premarital counseling time I learned that he worked for NASA.  He’s a computer scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.  The Goddard Space Flight Center... read more

Jan 22, 2012 Posted by Church Member

“A Moment and a Lifetime”

3rd Sunday after Epiphany   Duane M. Harris   January 22, 2012   Text: Mark 1:14-20   Title: “A Moment and a Lifetime”             Rev. Doug Mercier was the dean of the bishop’s cabinet some years ago.  He spoke on the conference floor beginning with a story.  The setting was a saloon in a dusty town in the old west.  The place packed with people when suddenly... read more