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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor

Get Serious

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 9:30-37 He sat down and summoned the Twelve. “So you want first place? Then take the last place. Be the servant of all.” (Verse 35)

More Trouble With Jesus

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 7:24-37 She said, “Of course, Master. But don’t dogs under the table get scraps dropped by the children?” (Verse 28)

Jesus Had a Learning Curve

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Matthew 15:21-28 Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)

Peeling Back the Onion

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 6:22-38 Jesus answered, "You’ve come looking for me not because you saw God in my actions but because I fed you, filled your stomachs — and for free." (Verse 26)

A House Without Walls

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Wherever he went, village or town or country crossroads, they brought their sick to the marketplace and begged him to let them touch the edge of his coat — that’s all. And whoever touched him became well. (Verse 56)

Jesus Was a Diva, and That's Okay

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 6:1-13 Don’t think you need a lot of extra equipment for this. You are the equipment. No special appeals for funds. Keep it simple. (Verses 8-9)

The Shalom of God

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 5:21-43 Jesus said to her, “Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you’re healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague.” (Verse 34)

Sit Down and Take a Breath

Second Sunday after Pentecost | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: Mark 2:23-3:6 Then Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made to serve us; we weren’t made to serve the Sabbath. The Son of Man is no yes-man to the Sabbath. He’s in charge!” (Verse 28)

The Long Goodbye

Seventh Sunday of Easter | Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor | Reading: John 17:6-19