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Pentecost 23 November 17th Mark Royster

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Pentecost 22 November 10th Tom Tumblin

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Pentecost 21 November 3rd 2019 Mark Royster

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Pentecost 20 October 27th “The Poured Out Life” Mark Royster

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Pentecost 19 October 20th Patrick Gardella

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Pentecost 18 October 13th 2019 Mark Royster “Loyalty and Gratitude”

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Pentecost 17 October 6th 2019 Joe Dongell “The End as New Beginning: Hope and Holiness as Friends”

Christ and Culture Teaching Session I “New bodies for What? God’s Macro-Restoration” 

 

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Pentecost 16 September 29, 2019 Tom Tumblin

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Pentecost 15 September 22, 2019 “What Does God Want?” Mark Royster

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Pentecost 14 September 15, 2019 “The Formation of Forgiveness” Patrick Gardella

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Pentecost 13 September 8, 2019  “It’s Never Too Late to Let Go” Mark Royster

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Pentecost 12 September 1, 2019 “His Present Presence” Mark Royster

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Pentecost 11 August 25th 2019 “Refuge in an Unstable World” Mark Royster

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Pentecost 10 August 18th 2019 “Defining Terms” Mark Royster

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Pentecost 9 August 11th 2019 Patrick Gardella

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Pentecost 8 August 4th 2019 “A Heart Rich Toward God” Mark Royster

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Pentecost 7 July 28 2019 “Communion with God” Mark Royster

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Pentecost 6 July 21st 2019 Canon Greg Goebel

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Pentecost 5 July 14th 2019 Mark Royster

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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost July 7, 2019 “Psalm 66” Patrick Gardella

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Third Sunday after Pentecost June 30, 2019  “Life in the Ego, Life in the Spirit”  Mark Royster

 

Trinity Sunday June 16 2019 Patrick Gardella

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Pentecost Sunday June 9 2019 Tom Tumblin

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Sunday After Ascension June 2 2019 Mark Royster  “A People For Himself”

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Sixth Sunday of Easter May 26th 2019 Mark Royster

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Fifth Sunday of Easter May 19 2019 Patrick Gardella

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Fourth Sunday of Easter May 12th 2019 Mark Royster

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Third Sunday of Easter May 5th 2019 Mark Royster

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Easter April 25th 2019  “What Should We Expect?” Mark Royster

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Maundy Thursday April 18th 2019 “What God Has Joined Together…” Mark Royster

Correction: At 11:40 in the message I said “horizontal” when I meant to say “vertical” when describing the Eucharist.  I hope this will clarify any confusion.

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Palm Passion Sunday April 14th 2019 Tom Tumblin

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Fifth Sunday of Lent April 7th 2019 “Gain and Loss”  Mark Royster

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Fourth Sunday of Lent March 31st 2019 “New Creation” Patrick Gardella

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Third Sunday of Lent March 24th 2019 “Fruitful through the Word” Mark Royster

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Second Sunday of Lent March 17th 2019 “Desire” Mark Royster

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First Sunday of Lent March 10th 2019 Archbishop Foley Beach

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Eighth Sunday After Epiphany 8 The Transfiguration March 3rd, 2019 Mark Royster

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Seventh Sunday After The Epiphany & Mission Sunday February 24th 2019 “Life in His Name” Mark Royster

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Sixth Sunday After The Epiphany February 17th 2019 Patrick Gardella

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Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany February 10th 2019 Mark Royster

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We apologize for the poor audio on this recording.

Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany February 3rd 2019 “A Reason to Live” Mark Royster

 

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Third Sunday After The Epiphany January 27th 2019 “Persons Called To Be A People” Mark Royster

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Services were cancelled on January 20th due to snow.

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First Sunday After The Epiphany January 13th 2019 Weller Head

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Epiphany 2019 January 6th 2019 Patrick Gardella

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First Sunday after Christmas December 30th 2018 “A New Relationship”  Mark Royster

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Fourth Sunday of Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols December 23rd 2018 “Epic Visits” Tom Tumblin

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Third Sunday of Advent December 16th 2018 “The Peace of God”  Mark Royster

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Second Sunday of Advent December 9th 2018 “Purifying the Sons of Levi” Mark Royster

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First Sunday of Advent December 2nd 2018 “The Future Is Already Present”  Mark Royster

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We do not have an audio recording of the sermon for November 25th, Christ the King Sunday.

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Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost November 18th 2018 “Finishing Well” Mark Royster

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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost November 11th 2018 “He is Watching You” Weller Head

 

Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost November 4th 2018 “Not Far From the Kingdom” Mark Royster

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Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost October 21st  2018 “Power and the Kingdom” Mark Royster

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Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost  October 14th 2018  Joe Dongell

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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 7th 2018  “It’s A Matter of the Heart”  Mark Royster

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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 30th 2018  “Speaking Evil”   Mark Royster

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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 23rd 2018 “Sowing in Peace a Harvest of Righteousness” Mark Royster

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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 16th 2018  Tom Tumblin

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Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 2nd 2018 “Standing Against the Schemes” Mark Royster

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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 19th 2018 “Walking Wisely in Evil Days” Mark Royster

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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost August 5th 2018 “Food That Remains”  John 6:24-35 Mark Royster

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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost July 29th 2018 “The Purpose of His Gifts” Eph 4:1-16 Mark Royster

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 22nd 2018 “No Longer Strangers and Aliens” Mark Royster

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 15th 2018 “The Plumb Line” Patrick Gardella

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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 8th 2018 “Contentment in Weakness” Mark Royster

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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 1st  2018  “Freely Give” Mark Royster

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We apologize for the diminished audio quality of this recording.

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 17th 2018 Tom Tumblin

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Third Sunday after Pentecost June 10th 2018 “Who Are My Mother and My Brothers?”  Mark Royster

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Second Sunday After Pentecost June 3rd 2018 “We Do Not Lose Heart” Mark Royster

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Trinity Sunday May 27th 2018 “Turning Aside”  Mark Royster

At the end of the message there is an instrumental meditation.  Here are the lyrics:

Lord I find You in the seeking
Lord I find You in the doubt
And to know You is to love You
And to know so little else
I need You  Oh how I need You

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Pentecost Sunday May 20th 2018 “Personal Pentecost?” Mark Royster

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The Seventh Sunday of Easter– Sunday after Ascension May 13th 2018 “Unwelcome Misfits” Mark Royster

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The Sixth Sunday of Easter May 6th 2018 “What is Love?” Mark Royster

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter Good Shepherd April 22, 2018 “Do You Know the Good Shepherd” Weller Head

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The Third Sunday of Easter April 15, 2018 “Walking in the Light”  Mark Royster

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Second Sunday of Easter April 8, 2018 “Living in Light of the Resurrection” Tom Tumblin

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Easter April 1, 2018. “Who Will Roll Away The Stone?”  Mark Royster

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Maundy Thursday 2018 March 29th “Celebration with a Shadow” Mark Royster

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Palm-Passion Sunday March 25th 2018 “The Trials and Tribulations of Jesus” Patrick Gardella

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Fifth Sunday of Lent March 18th 2018 “Covenant of the Heart” Mark Royster

A fun and insightful “riff” on the theme of the “right of refusal” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4baRTivL_fQ

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Fourth Sunday of Lent March 11th 2018 “Alive Together With Christ” Mark Royster

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Third Sunday of Lent March 4th 2018 “Fasting from a Surrendered Heart” John Oswalt

Adult Ed – Romans 6, 7, 8  John Oswalt

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Second Sunday of Lent February 25th 2018 “The Path of Life” Mark Royster

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First Sunday of Lent February 18th 2018 — We apologize, the sermon was not recorded. 

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Last Sunday of Epiphany February 11th 2018 “Jesus the Healer” Steve Seamands

The audio quality of this recording is damaged.  Please pardon the inconvenience.

Adult Education, “Obstacles to Healing” Steve Seamands

Epiphany 5 February 4th 2018 “Discipling Right Where We Are” Mark Royster

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Epiphany 4 January 28th 2018 “The Challenge of Transformation Together” 1 Cor 8,  Mark Royster

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Epiphany 3 January 21st 2018 “Waiting Upon the Lord–Psalm 130” Tom Tumblin

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Epiphany 2 January 14th 2018, “Knowing Our Bodies Belong to Jesus” 1 Cor 6:9-20  Mark Royster

David Foster Wallace’s 2005 Commencement Address at Kenyon College may be a stimulating companion to this sermon. Click here.

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Epiphany 1 & The Baptism of our Lord, January 7th 2018, “The Baptism of Delighted Love” Mark Royster

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The sermon for December 31st was not recorded.

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Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols December 24th 2017 “How to Lose Christmas” Mark Royster

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Advent 3 December 17th 2017 “Preparing for the Wedding” Mark Royster

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Advent 2 December 10th 2017 “Fulfilling Isaiah 40” Mark Royster

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Advent 1 December 3rd  2017 “Called and Calling” Mark Royster

This song was may be a helpful companion to this message.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJJJkiRukY

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Christ the King November 26th 2017 “Unconscious Obedience” Mark Royster

Audio quality of this recording is poor.  We apologize for the back ground hum.  In attempting to scrub it our with the audio editor we lost some voice clarity as well.

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Pentecost 24, November 19th 2017 “The Burden of Blessings” Mark Royster

Pentecost 22, November 5th 2017 “Pastoral Identity and Purpose” Mark Royster

Pentecost 21 October 29th, 2017 Dr Timothy Tennent — Audio for this sermon was damaged.  Dr Tennent preached the same sermon the following week at St Andrews.  Here is a link to that recording.

Pentecost 20 October 22, 2017 “Turning from Idols” Mark Royster

Pentecost 19 October 15, 2017 “The Place of Peace” Mark Royster

Pentecost 18 October 8, 2017 Tom Tumblin

Pentecost 17 October 1, 2017 “Life Worthy of the Gospel Together” Mark Royster

Pentecost 16 September 24, 2017 “Seeing the Reason Jesus Came” Stan Key

Pentecost 15 September 17, 2017 “The Heart of Forgiveness” Mark Royster”

Pentecost 14 September 10, 2017 “The Call of the Watchman” Mark Royster

Pentecost 13 September 3, 2017 “Our Bodies Living Sacrifices, Part 1”  Mark Royster

Part 2: “The Key to Healthy Community”

Pentecost 12 August 27, 2017 Confirmation and Holy Communion Bishop Francis Lyons

Pentecost 10 August 13, 2017 “Communion of the Impossible” Mark Royster

Feast of the Transfiguration August 6th 2017 Mark Royster

Pentecost 8 July 30th 2017 was not recorded.

Pentecost 7 July 23rd 2017 Tom Tumblin

Pentecost 6 July 16th 2017 Isaiah 55 Mark Royster

Pentecost 3, June 25, 2017, Babatunde Oladimeji “Farewell Sermon”

Pentecost 2, June 18, 2017, Mark Royster “Rejoicing In Suffering”

Trinity Sunday, June 11 2017 Joel Peterson

Pentecost Sunday 2017 Rev Mark Royster “From ‘With’ to ‘In'”

Trinity Sunday 2017 Rev Joel Peterson

Sunday After Ascension 2017 Rev Mark Royster “Unity in the Father and the Son”

Sixth Sunday of Easter 2017 Rev Babatunde Oladimeji

Fifth Sunday of Easter 2017 Rev Mark Royster “He who has seen me has seen the Father”

Fourth Sunday of Easter 2017 Rev Mark Royster – “The Character of the Caller”

Third Sunday of Easter 2017 Dr Joe Dongell

Dr Dongell gave two teaching sessions during an extended Adult Ed hour.

Adult Ed Part 1 April 30, 2017 Dr Joe Dongell “Love & the Means of Grace”

Adult Ed Part 2  April 30, 2017  Dr Joe Dongell “The Means of Grace vs Paganism”

Second Sunday of Easter 2017 Dr Tom Tumblin

Easter 2017

Palm-Passion Sunday 2017  – Rev Mark Royster

Lent 5 2017 – Rev Mark Royster

Lent 4 2017 – Rev Mark Royter

Lent 3 2017 – Rev David Brannen

Lent 2 2017 – Rev Mark Royster

Lent 1 2017 – Rev Mark Royster

Epiphany Last 2017 – Rev Babatunde Oladimeji

February 19th 2017 – World Mission Sunday

World Mission Sunday 2017- Rev Patrick Gardella

February 12th 2017 – The Sixth Sunday of Epiphany

Epiphany 6 2017 – “Invitation to Inner Transformation” – Rev Mark Royster

Thanks to Yvonne for recommending this song as a companion to the message.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ-fghqc8Oo

February 5th, 2017 – The Fifth Sunday of Epiphany

Epiphany 5 2017 – “Intentional Foolishness” – Rev. Mark Royster

Messages for January 22 and 29 were not recorded.

January 15, 2017 – Second Sunday of Epiphany

This message was preached by Rev Mark Royster at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Versailles, KY.

Epiphany 2 2017 at St Andrew’s – Rev Mark Royster

This message was preached by Rev Babatunde Oladimeji at St. Peter’s

Epiphany 2 2017 – Rev Babatunde Oladimeji

January 8, 2017 – First Sunday of Epiphany & Baptism of Our Lord

Lessons: Isa 42:1-9 Ps 89:1-29 or 89:20-29 Acts 10:34-38 Mt 3:13-17

Epiphany 1 2017 – “A Vision for Our Life Together” Rev Mark Royster

January 1, 2017 – Holy Name

Holy Name 2017 – Rev Weller Head

Christmas Day, 2016

Christmas Day 2016 – Rev Babatunde Oladimeji

December 24th – Christmas Eve

Lessons: Is 9:1-7 Ps 96 Titus 2:11-14 John 1:1-14

Christmas Eve 2016 – “God’s Saving Grace to All People” Rev Mark Royster

December 18th – The Fourth Sunday of Advent – Service of Lessons and Carols  (not recorded)

December 11th – The Third Sunday of Advent

Lessons: Is 35:1-10 Psalm 146 James 5:7-12 Mt 11:2-19

Advent 3 2016 “Why Didn’t Jesus Just Say Yes” Rev Mark Royster

December 4th – The Second Sunday of Advent

Lessons: Is 11:1-10 Ps 72:1-15(16-19) Rom 15:1-13 Mt 3:1-12

Advent 2 2016 Rev Weller Head

November 27th – The First Sunday of Advent

Lessons: Is 2:1-5 Ps 122 Rom 13:8-14 Mt 24:29-44

Advent 1 2016 Rev Babatunde Oladimeji

November 20th – The Feast of Christ the King

Lessons: Jer 23:1-6 Ps 46 Col 1:11-20 Lk 23:35-43

“The Kingdom and the Cross”  Rev Mark Royster

November 13th — The 26th Sunday After Pentecost

Lesson: Mal 3:13-4:6

“Think on His Name” Dr Joe Dongell

November 6th Message was not recorded

October 30th — The 24th Sunday After Pentecost

Lessons: Isa 1:10-20 Ps 32 2 Thess 1:1-12 Lk 19:1-10

“Jesus Seeks and Saves the Lost”  Fr Mark Royster

October 23rd — The 23rd Sunday After Pentecost

Lessons: Jer 14:(1-6)7-10,19-22, Ps 84, 2 Tim 4:6-18, Lk 18:9-14

“Repentance in This Election Year” Fr Mark Royster

October 16th 2016 22nd Sunday After Pentecost “Prevailing with God” Fr Babatunde Oladimeji

Due to technical difficulties the October 9th sermon was not recorded.

October 2nd 2016 20th Sunday After Pentecost “God’s Kairos Moments” Rev. Dr. Thomas Tumblin

September 25th 2016 19th Sunday After Pentecost “Preparing for Final Judgment” Dr. Timothy Tennent

September 18th 2016 18th Sunday After Pentecost “Invitation into the Heart of the Father” Fr. Mark Royster

Sept 11th 2016 17th Sunday After Pentecost, Fr. Babatunde Oladimeji

Sept 4th 2016 16th Sunday After Pentecost, “Hate Your Family? Surely Not” Fr. Weller Head

August 28th 2016 15th Sunday After Pentecost “An Acceptable Worship” Fr. Mark Royster

August 21st 14th Sunday After Pentecost “An Unshakable Kingdom” Mark Royster

August 14th 13th Sunday After Pentecost “Running the Race” Mark Royster

Linda’s Testimony

July 24th, 10th Sunday after Pentecost 2016 “Life in the Kingdom of Our Redeemer” Mark Royster

July 17th, 9th Sunday after Pentecost 2016  Babatunde Oladimeji

July 10th, 8th Sunday after Pentecost 2016 Rev Dr Tom Tumblin

July 3rd, 7th Sunday After Pentecost 2016 — This sermon was not recorded.

June 26th, 6th Sunday after Pentecost 2016 “The Absolute Adequacy of the Cross” Mark Royster

June 19th, 5th Sunday after Pentecost 2016 Babatunde Oladimeji

June 12th, 4th Sunday after Pentecost 2016 Sean Cornell

June 5th, 3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2016 “Unity through the Cross” Mark Royster

May 29th, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2016 “The Danger of Jesus Plus” Mark Royster

May 22 1st Sunday after Pentecost 2016 “A Transforming Vision for Uncertain Times” Mark Royster

May 15 Pentecost Sunday 2016 “From With to In” Mark Royster

May 1 Sixth Sunday in Easter 2016 – “Sit with Me on My Throne”  Steve Seamands

Steve Seamands Adult Ed “Sit with Me on My Throne”

April 24 – Fifth Sunday in Easter 2016 – “God Does the Heavy Lifting” Joe Dongell

Joe Dongell Adult Ed “The Means of Grace”

April 17 – Fourth Sunday in Easter 2016 “Life In the Shepherd King” Mark Royster

April 10 – Third Sunday in Easter 2016 Mark Royster

April 3 – Second Sunday in Easter 2016 Tom Tumblin

Apologies. The recording missed the first few seconds of the message.

Easter Day 2016 Mark Royster

2-28-16 Weller Head Lent 3

2-21-16 Mark Royster Lent 2

2-14-16 Mark Royster Lent 1

02-07-16 Mark Royster

1-31-16 Sean Cornell

01-24-16 Mark Royster

1-17-16 Babatunde Oladimeji

01-10-16 Mark Royster

12-27-15 Rev Peter Mathews

September 27, 2015 Mark Royster

August 30, 2015 Mark Royster

July 5, 2015 Mark Royster

June 28, 2015 Fr Mark Royster

June 21st Sermon was not recorded.

June 14, 2015 Fr Tunde Oladimeji

June 7th message was not recorded.

May 31, 2015  Mark Royster

May 24, 2015  Tom Tumblin

May 17, 2015 Mark Royster

April 12, 2015 Mark Royster

Easter Sunday April 5, 2015 Mark Royster

Maundy Thursday Homily April 4, 2015 Sean Cornell

Lent 4 March 15, 2015 Mark Royster

Lent 2 March 1st, 2015 Mark Royster

Epiphany 4 February 1st, 2015 Mark Royster

Epiphany 1 January 11th, 2015 Mark Royster

Christmas 2 January 4th, 2015 Timothy Tennent

Pentecost 18 October 12 2014 Mark Royster

Pentecost 17 Octpber 5 2014 Mark Royster

Pentecost 16 September 28 2014.  This sermon was not recorded.

Pentecost 15 September 21, 2014 Mark Royster

Pentecost 14 September 14, 2014 Mark Royster

Pentecost 13 September 7, 2014 Mark Royster

Pentecost 12 August 31, 2014 Mark Royster

Pentecost 11: This sermon was not recorded.

Pentecost 10 August 17 2014 Babatunde Oladimeji

Pentecost 9 August 10 2014 08-Weller Head

Pentecost 8 August 8 2014 Mark Royster

Pentecost 7: Sermon not available.

Pentecost 6 July 20 2014 Tom Tumblin

Pentecost 5 July 13 2014 Mark Royster Romans 8:1-11

Pentecost 4 July 6 2014 Mark Royster “Romans 7 and the Victory of Christ”

Pentecost 3 June 29, 2014 Mark Royster “Romans 6: Living in Christ”

Pentecost 2 June 22, 2014 Mark Royster “Preparing for Romans 6”

Trinity Sunday June 15, 2014 Mark Royster “Becoming a Disciple”

Pentecost Sunday June 8, 2014 Peter Matthews “Receiving the Holy Spirit”

Easter 6 June 1, 2014 Jackie Royster “The Hidden Ministry of Intercession”

Helen Roseveare–The Cost of Declaring His Glory

This message was given at Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship’s Urbana Conference 1979.

Easter 5 May 18, 2014  Mark Royster “A Chosen People”

Easter 4 May 11, 2014 Peter Matthews “Jesus is Life Abundant”

Easter 2 April 27, 2014 Mark Royster “Receiving Forgiveness”

Easter  April 20, 2014 Mark Royster “Living Witnesses to the Resurrection Life”

April 6, 2014 Mark Royster Lent 5 “Life in the Spirit

March 30, 2014 Phil Carder Lent 4 “Lenten Light”

March 23, 2014 Mark Royster Lent 3 “The Desert School of Trust”

Text PDF Lent 3 The Desert School of Trust

March 16, 2014 Babatunde Oladimeji Lent 2 “God’s Call”

March 9, 2014 Mark Royster Lent 1 “Temptation”

March 2, 2014 Mark Royster Transfiguration Sunday

February 23, 2014 Babatunde Oladimeji “People of Integrity”

February 16. 2014 Jonathan Lawson. Epiphany 6

February 9, 2014  Mark Royster, Epiphany 5: “Salt & Light”

February 2, 2014 Mark Royster, Candlemas: “Our Promise Keeping God”

January 26, 2014 Babatunde Oladimeji, Epiphany 3:

January 19, 2014 Mr. Jonathan Lawson, Epiphany 2: “Behold the Lamb of God…”

January 12, 2014: Rev. Mark Royster, Epiphany 1: “Where is the Fire?” [Sermon was not recorded]

January 5, 2014 Rev. Mark Royster, Christmas 2/Epiphany: “Heart of Worship”

December 29, 2013 Christmas 1 Rev. Babtunde Oladimeji: “Sacrifices of Christmas”

December 22,2013 Advent 4 Rev Mark Royster: “The Obedience of Faith”

December 15, 2013 Advent 3 Rev Weller Head: “Are You The One?”

December 8, 2013 Services Cancelled for Snow

December 1, 2013 Advent 1 Rev Babatunde Oladimeji: “The King is Coming”

November 24, 2013 Rev. Mark Royster: “Christ the King”

November 17, 2013 Mr. Jonathan Lawson: “Christ, A Costly But Secure Foundation”

November 10, 2013 Dr.David Bell: “A Challenge for the New Yeart

November 3, 2013 All Saints Day, Mark Royster: “Hope, Inheritance, and Resurrection Power”

October 27, 2013 Babatunde Oladimeji

October 13 and 20: Sermons not available.

October 6, 2013 Mark Royster: “Last Words to Timothy and to Us”

September 29, 2013 Mark Royster: “Key to Contentment”

September 22, 2013 Babatunde Oladimeji: “Investing in the Future”

September 15, 2013 Mark Royster: “Sinners Saved From What?”

September 9, 2013 Jackie Royster :Women’s Fall Dessert “Be Thou My Vision”

September 8, 2013 Mark Royster: “Stark Alternatives”

September 1, 2013 Phil Carder: “In the Wilderness”

August 25, 2013 Mark Royster: “Jesus Speaks to Our Asthenia”