Sermons - 2007

December 30        
Traditional/Contemporary
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Looking Back; Looking Ahead"
Isaiah 63:7-9
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December 24 (Christmas Eve)
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
Christmas Eve Message
Luke 2:1-20
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Rev. Frank Rahm 
"Beautiful Words"
Luke 2:1-20
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December 23        
Tradional Worship
Rev. Kathy Knight
"Emmanuel: God With Us"
Matthew 1:18-25
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Rev. Frank Rahm
 "Light"
John 1:1-18
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December 16       
Traditiional Worship
Chancel Choir & Orchestra Selections
    from Handel's Messiah
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Contemporary Worship
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Child"
Luke 1:46-55
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December 9        
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"You're Not Alone"
Isaiah 11:1-10
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Rev. Frank Rahm
"Walk"
Romans 15:4-13 
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December 2       
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"Old Light on New Possibilities"
Isaiah 35:1-10
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Rev. Frank Rahm
"Salvation Is Nearer"
Romans 13:11-14
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November 25     
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"The End Is the Beginning"
Luke 1:1-4
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Rev. Kathy Knight
"Christ As King"
Luke 23:33-43
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November 18   
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
 "A Prayer-Song for Thanksgiving"
Isaiah 12
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November 11    
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"The Ultimate Gift:
    Through Revelation to Re-Formation"
Nehemiah 8:1, 2-12
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 Contemporary Worship
Rev. Frank Rahm
"God of the Living"
Luke 20:27-38
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November 4        
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"The Ultimate Gift:
   Through Congregational Care"
Ruth 1:16-18
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 Contemporary Worship 
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Hospitality of the Heart and Hearth"
Luke 19:1-10
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October 21
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"The Ultimate Gift: Through Missions"
James 1:16-18; 2:14-18
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Rev. Frank Rahm
"Quicker Than Arguing"
Luke 18:1-8
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October 14        
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"The Ultimate Gift:
   To and Through Children and Youth"
Exodus 3:7-12
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Contemporary Worship
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Seeing Is Believing; Believing Is Seeing"
Luke 17:11-19  
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 October 7
Traditional Worship
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Heal the Brokenness in Our World"
Matthew 26:20-30
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Rev. Frank Rahm
"Heal the Brokenness in Our World"
Matthew 26:20-30
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September 30
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"Life Coaches"
1 Timothy 6:6-19
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September 23
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"Who's In?  Who's Out?"
Matthew 13:24-30
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Contemporary Worship
Rev. Frank Rahm
"The Power Play"
John 1:1-18
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September 16
Traditional Worship
 Margaret Bryan, Lay Leader
 "Doing the Lord's Work: What Does it Mean
    to be a United Methodist Lay Member?"
Luke 15:1-10
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September 9      
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"Doing Church from the Extreme Center"
1 John 4:7-11
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Contemporary Worship
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Every Hour Every Day Discipleship"
Luke 14:25-33
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September 2       
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
 "Being Humble; Helping the 'Humbler'"
Luke 14:1, 7-14
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Contemporary Worship
Rev. Frank Rahm
"An Up-Down World"
Luke 14:1, 7-14
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August 26 
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"Somewhere Between Disinterest and Paranoia"
Ephesians 6:1-4 ; 1 Timothy 4:12
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August 19       
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"Faith and Science:
    Face to Face with Ultimate Mystery"
Genesis 1:1-2;Isaiah 55:8-9
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August 12    
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Dressed For Action"
Luke 12:32-40
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August 5     
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson, with communion liturgy
"Being Psalm-Honest with God:  Kill Them All,
    Let God Sort them Out"
Psalm 137
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 Contemporary Worship
Rev. Kathy Knight
"Your Obituary"
Luke 12:13-23
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July 29        
All Worship Services
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"Real Christianity: Simple Faith, Struggling Faith"
Romans 14
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July 22        
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"An Unappealing Hunch: 
   Choices, Consequences, Grace"
Romans 3:21-26, 5:1-2, 6-8
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 Contemporary Worship
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Handwriting on the Wall"
Daniel 5:1; 5-12
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July 15       
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"Christianity and Other Faiths:
    Claiming Jesus, Respecting Others"
John 3:16-12; Acts 17:22-23
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Rev. Frank Rahm
"Oooh...I Didn't Want to Hear That!"
Amos 7:7-17
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July 8 
Traditional Worship
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson
"Heartache, Help & Hope:
    Life is Tough, God is Good"
Matthew 9:35-36; 11:28-30
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Contemporary Worship
Rev. Frank Rahm
"A Simple Task"
2 Kings 5:1-14
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July 1
Rev. Wes Magruder
"Hunger and Thirst"
Acts 8:23-39
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June 24
Rev. Kathy Knight
"Not Richard!"
Galatians 3:23-29
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June 17
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Straight Up Good News"
Galatians 2:15-21
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June 10
Rev. Susan Bryan
"Have You Found Jesus?"
Galatians 1:11-24
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June 3
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Made Right"
Romans 5:1-5
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May 27
Rev. Frank Rahm
"Amazed and Astonished"
 Acts 2:1-21
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May 20
Rev. Dennis Wilkinson with additional comments
   from Youth Directors John Scott & Julie Weaver
"God After High School" 
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