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August 22, 2010 Chris Tuttle Amos VI: Holding Fast
    Amos 9:1, 9-15
August 15, 2010 Chris Tuttle Amos V: Windows of Opportunity
   

Amos 8:1-6, 7-12

August 8, 2010 Chris Tuttle “Amos IV: Measuring Up”
    Amos 7:1-9

August 1, 2010

Betty Berghaus

"Do We Really Worship God?"

    Amos 5:14-24
July 25, 2010 Chris Tuttle “Amos II: Does God Cause Suffering?”
    Amos 3:1-12, Amos 4:1-5
July 18, 2010 Chris Tuttle

 “Amos: A Shepherd to the Nations”

    Amos 1:1-8
July 4, 2010 Betty Berghaus "Entitled!"
    II Kings 5:1-14, Luke 10:1-11
June 27, 2010   "Unity as Embodied Love"
    Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20; John 17:20-26
June 20, 2010 Chris Tuttle "The Strangeness of Our Proclamation"
    Luke 8: 26-39
June 13, 2010 Betty Berghaus "What Would Jesus Say About Priorities?"
    Galatians 5:1, 13-16, 22-25;  Luke 9:51-62
June 6, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Making Ordinary Time Extraordinary"
    I Kings 17:17-24; Luke 7:11-17
May 30, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Risking a Beloved Community"
    Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31; Romans 5:1-5
May 23, 2010 Senior High Youth Eight "Spirit Stories" by Senior High Youth
    Psalm 104:24-35; Romans 8:14-17; Acts 2:1-21
May 16, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Joining the Clown Parade"
    Acts 16:16-34
May 9, 2010 Betty Berghaus " A Worthy Woman"
    Psalm 67; Acts 16:9-15
May 2, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Keeping Your Promises in the Rain"
    Acts 11:1-18
April 25, 2010 Guest Preacher Jane Wilson "Mysterious Miracles"
    Psalm 23; Acts 9:36-43
April 18, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Being Fed So We Might Feed"
    John 21:1-19
April 11, 2010 Christi O. Brown "Scars of Hope"
    Psalm 118:14-29; John 20:19-31
April 4, 2010  Chris Tuttle "An Idle Tale?"
  Easter Sunday Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 24:1-12
March 28, 2010 Betty Berghaus "Walking to the Cross"
  Palm Sunday Philippians 2:5-11, Luke 19:28-40
March 21, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Finding the Center"
    Psalm 126, John 12:1-8
March 14, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Come in and Be Reconciled"
    II Corinthians 5:16-21, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
March 7, 2010 Christi O. Brown "Gardening and Bearing Fruit"
    Isaiah 55:1-13   Luke 13:1-9
February 28, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Knowing Where We Come From"
    Psalm 27    Luke 13:22-30
February 21, 2010 Betty Berghaus "Holy Temptations"
    Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16   Luke 4:1-13
February 14, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Homecoming"
    Luke 9:28-36, Job 42:1-6, 10-17
February 7, 2010 Chris Tuttle "Not the Only Thing in the World"
    Job 38: 1-38
January 31, 2010 SNOW!!! NO SERVICES
     
January 24, 2010 Betty Berghaus "In the Face of Suffering"
    Job 23
January 17, 2010 Chris Tuttle "First Comes the Silence"
    Job 1:1, 2:1-13
January 10. 2010 Chris Tuttle "Laughing as the Waves Roar"
    Psalm 29; Isaiah 43:1-7
January 3, 2010 Chris Tuttle "And we have seen his glory . . . . "
    Jeremiah 31: 7-14; John 1: 1-5, 10-14
December 27, 2009 Betty Berghaus After Christmas
    I Samuel 2: 18-20, 26; Luke 2: 41-52
December 20, 2009 Chris Tuttle Singing Our Praise
    Luke 1: 39-55
December 13, 2009 No sermon/ Musical Worship  
     
December 6, 2009 Chris Tuttle Pointing to the Lord
    Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3: 1-6
November 29, 2009 Betty Berghaus Are you Ready?
    Jeremiah 33: 14-16, Luke 21: 25-36
November 22, 2009 Chris Tuttle

Who Is In Charge, Anyway

   

Psalm 132:11-18     John 18:33-37  

November 15, 2009 Betty Berghaus Provoking Love
    Mark 13:1-8; Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25
November 8, 2009 Chris Tuttle An Anti-Stewardship Sermon
    Mark 12:38-44, Psalm 127
November 1, 2009 Chris Tuttle From Stench to Glory
    John 11:32-44, Revelation 21:1-5
October 25, 2009 Chris Tuttle A Most Important Reminder
    II Corinthians 9:10-15, Psalm 34:1-8,19-22
October 18, 2009 Nancy Rozak, Rebecca Mattern

Invited to Come, to Be and to Serve

    Deuteronomy 6: 4-9,  John 6: 1-14
October 11, 2009 Chris Tuttle

Having Eyes to Serve

(supporting document)
Urban Ministries of Durham Snapshot

II Corinthians 9:1-9, Luke 16:19-31

October 4, 2009 Betty Berghaus A Little Lower than the Angels
   

Psalm 8; Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12

September 20, 2009 Chris Tuttle

Singing Our Gratitude

    II Corinthians 8:8-15
September 13, 2009 Chris Tuttle Word Power
   

James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38

September 6, 2009 Chris Tuttle Making the Right Kinds of Distinctions
   

Psalm 125; James 2:1-13

August 30, 2009 Chris Tuttle Are You Religious?
    Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23; James 1:17-27
August 16, 2009 Betty Berghaus Wise Living
    I Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14;  Ephesians 5:15-20
August 9, 2009 Guest Preacher: Tully Fletcher What Else Does Micah Have to Say?
    Micah 1:1, 2:1-11, 6:6-15
August 2, 2009 Chris Tuttle Are You Really Full?
    Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35
July 26, 2009 Chris Tuttle Paying Attention
    Psalm 14; John 6:1-21
July 19, 2009 Betty Berghaus Where Do We Find God?
    II Samuel 7:1-17; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
July 12, 2009 Guest Preacher:
Christi O. Brown
Lift Up
    II Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19; Psalm 24
July 5, 2009 Chris Tuttle Traveling Light
    Psalm 48; Mark 6:1-13
June 28, 2009 Chris Tuttle Something in Our Voices
    Psalm 130; Mark 5:21-43
June 21, 2009 Chris Tuttle A Nice, Quiet Weekend at the Coast
    II Corinthians 6:1-13; Mark 4:35-41
June 14, 2009 Betty Berghaus The Lord Looks on the Heart
    I Samuel 15:34 – 16:13; Mark 4:26-34
June 7, 2009 Chris Tuttle Punctuating Our Lives
   

John 3:1-17; Isaiah 6:1-8

May 31, 2009 Chris Tuttle A Hope That Will Not Let Us Go
    Acts 2:1-21; Romans 8:22-27
May 24, 2009 Chris Tuttle An Ascension Commissioning
    Psalm 1; Acts 1:1-11
May 10, 2009 Betty Berghaus Connected to Christ
    I John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8
May 3, 2009 Chris Tuttle God's Promises Confirmed
    Ephesians 1:15-23; Psalm 139:1-14
April 26, 2009 Chris Tuttle A Study in Contrasts
   

Acts 3:1-10; Luke 24:36-48

April 19, 2009 Betty Berghaus After Easter: Where Do We Go From Here?
    John 20:19-31; Acts 4:32-35
April 12, 2009 Chris Tuttle The Story Isn't Over...
    Psalm 118:14-24; Mark 16:1-8
April 5, 2009 Chris Tuttle On Pouring Out
    Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 11:1-11
March 29, 2009 Chris Tuttle The Deepest Kind of Knowing
    Jeremiah 31:31-34; John 12:20-33
March 22, 2009 Chris Tuttle The Grip of Memory
    John 3:14-21; Numbers 21:4-9
March 15, 2009 Betty Berghaus From God:  How to Live (click for audio - experimental)
   

Exodus 20:1-17; Matthew 22:34-40

March 8, 2009 Chris Tuttle On Blessings and Name Changes   (click for audio - experimental)
    Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
March 1, 2009 Chris Tuttle A Color-Coded Response to Terror
    Genesis 9:8-17
February 22, 2009 Chris Tuttle The Thing Often Isn't the Thing 
    Psalm 50; Mark 9:2-9
February 15, 2009 Chris Tuttle Getting Stretched Out
    Mark 1:40-45; I Corinthians 9:24-27
February 8, 2009 Betty Berghaus The Source
    Isaiah 40: 21-31; Mark 1:29-39
February 1, 2009 Chris Tuttle The Awful Grace of God
    Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Mark 1:21-28
January 25, 2009 Chris Tuttle Reclaiming Repentance
    Mark 1:14-20
January 18, 2009 Chris Tuttle A Remarkable Invitation
    Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; John 1:43-51
January 11, 2009 Chris Tuttle On Telling a Good Story
    Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:4-11
January 4, 2009 Chris Tuttle The Word Made Flesh in You
    Jeremiah 31:7-14; John 1:1-5, 10-18
December 28, 2008 Betty Berghaus The Blessing of Jesus
    Luke 2:22-40; Galatians 4:4-7
Christmas Eve 2008 Chris Tuttle Opening Your Eyes - A Christmas Eve Meditation
     
December 21, 2008 Chris Tuttle Embracing the Hard Thing
    Isaiah 7:10-16; Matthew 1:18-25
December 7, 2008 Betty Berghaus Prepare the Way of the Lord
    Isaiah 40:1-11; Mark 1:1-8
November 30, 2008 Chris Tuttle Beginning at the Beginning
    Isaiah 64:1-9; Mark 13:24-37
November 16, 2008 Betty Berghaus Encouraging One Another
    Joshua 4:1-10; I Thessalonians 5:1-11
November 9, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Thanks!
    Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25; I Thessalonians 5:1-28
November 2, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Now in a Mirror Dimly; Then Face to Face
    Matthew 5:1-12; I Corinthians 13
October 26, 2008 Jack Walchenbach John Knox:  The Founding Father of Presbyterianism
    Deuteronomy 34:1-12; John 17:1-8
October 19, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Ralph Vaughan Williams:  A Salute to Excellence
    Exodus 33:12-23; Philippians 4:4-9
October 12, 2008 Betty Berghaus Will You Come to the Banquet?
    Exodus 32:1-14; Matthew 22:1-14
October 5, 2008 Betty Berghaus Keeping the Vineyard
    Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20; Matthew 21:33-26
September 28, 2008 Jack Walchenbach The Olympics of the Spirit
    I Corinthians 9:24-27
September 21, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Manna and Quail
    Exodus 16:2-15; Matthew 20:1-16
September 14, 2008 Betty Berghaus Forgiven and Forgiving
    Matthew 18:21-35
September 7, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Jonah:  A Whale of a Tale
    Jonah 1:1-7; 2:10; 3:1-5, 10; 4:1-11
August 31, 2008 Betty Berghaus The Call of God
    Exodus 3:1-15; Matthew 16:24-28
August 24, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Who Do You Say That I Am?
    Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20
August 10, 2008 Jack Walchenbach A Few Ways to Get Right with God
    Matthew 14:22-33; Romans 10:5-15
August 3, 2008 Betty Berghaus What Does God Provide?
    Genesis 32:22-32; Matthew 14:13-21
July 27, 2008 Betty Berghaus

Where is God When We Suffer?

   

Romans 8:18-39

July 20, 2008 Betty Berghaus Reaching for God
    Genesis 28:10-22; Romans 8:12-17
July 13, 2008 Jack Walchenbach A Sower Went Out to Sow
    Psalm 119:105-112; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
July 6, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Thank You, John Adams
    Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58; Matthew 11:25-30
June 29, 2008 Jack Walchenbach In Praise of Albert Schweitzer
    Luke 16:19-31
June 22, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Do You Think I Have Come to Bring Peace?
    Matthew 10:24-39
June 15, 2008 Betty Berghaus Walk With Your Neighbor
    Genesis 18:1-15; Romans 5:1-8
June 8, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Another Look at Faith and Works
    Genesis 12:1-9; Romans 4:13-25; James 2:14-26
June 1, 2008 Betty Berghaus Built With Faith
    Genesis 6:9-22, 7:24, 8:14-19; Matthew 7:24-29
May 25, 2008 Jack Walchenbach We Are What We Remember
    Deuteronomy 6:1-12; Matthew 6:24-34
May 18, 2008 Betty Berghaus Three In One
    Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 8; Matthew 28:16-20
May 11, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Babel and Pentecost
    Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-21
April 27, 2008 Tully Fletcher Saul's Story
    Numbers 15:37-41;  Acts 8:1-3, 9:1-9
April 20, 2008 Rebecca Mattern Too Young?
    Jeremiah 1:4-8; Luke 2:39-52
April 13, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time
    Psalm 23; John 10:1-10
April 6, 2008 Jack Walchenbach More Than A Memory
    Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19; Luke 24:13-35
March 23, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Jesus Stood Among Them
    Isaiah 25:6-9; John 20:1-21
March 16, 2008 Betty Berghaus From Parade to Cross
    Zechariah 9:9-10; Matthew 21:1-11
March 9, 2008 Betty Berghaus Back to Life!
    John 11:1-6, 17-45
March 2, 2008 Jack Walchenbach A Soliloquy According to the Man Born Blind
   

Psalm 23; John 9:1-41

February 24, 2008 Betty Berghaus One Woman's Testimony
    John 4:5-42
February 17, 2008 Jack Walchenbach After Hours
    Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-17
February 10, 2008 Jack Walchenbach When Did Jesus Die?
    Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11
February 3, 2008 Jack Walchenbach The Glory on the Mountain
    Exodus 24:12-18; Matthew 17:1-9
January 27, 2008 Jack Walchenbach Our Light and Our Salvation
    Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 4-9; Matthew 4:12-23
January 13, 2008 Jack Walchenbach When John Baptized Jesus
    Isaiah 42:1-9; Matthew 3:13-17
January 6, 2008 Betty Berghaus The Newborn King
   

Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12

December 30, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Because He Came
    Isaiah 63:7-9; Matthew 2:13-23
December 23, 2007 Betty Berghaus She Shall Bear A Son, Immanuel (God with us)
    Isaiah 7:10-17, Matthew 1:18-25
December 9, 2007 Jack Walchenbach What Did You Go Out to See?
    Isaiah 11:1-10; Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 7:18-28
December 2, 2007 Paul Ransford The Advent of Holy Surprises
    Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Matthew 24:36-44
November 25, 2007 Paul Ransford Help!  I've Fallen, and I Can't Get Up!
   

Jeremiah 23:1-6; Matthew 19:19; Mark 12:28-31; Luke 10:25-28

November 18, 2007 Betty Berghaus Giving Thanks to God in all Circumstances
   

Isaiah 65:17-25; Luke 21:5-19

November 11, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Giving Beats Getting
    Acts 20:32-38
November 4, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Treading Where The Saints Have Trod
    Hebrews 11
October 28, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Reflecting on Our Worship
    Isaiah 6:1-8;Luke 2:41-50
October 14, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Hello, I'm Your Bible
    Deuteronomy 6:1-13; John 1:1-14
October 7, 2007 Jack Walchenbach On Praying for All the Saints
    Acts 10:23b-48; Ephesians 6:18-23
September 30, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Differing Gifts, One Spirit
    Psalm 91:1-16; Luke 16:19-31; Ephesians 4:1-16
September 16, 2007 Jack Walchenbach When All Seems Lost
    I Kings 19:1-18; Luke 15:1-10
September 9, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Who Will Tell the Children?
    Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; Matthew 28:11-20; II Timothy 1:1-7
August 26, 2007 Paul Ransford Right or Righteous
    Luke 13:10-17
August 19, 2007 Betty Berghaus Turn to God
    Isaiah 5:1-7; Luke 12:49-59
August 5, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Jesus and the Cheated Brother
    Hosea 11:1-11; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21
July 29, 2007 Betty Berghaus Teach Us to Pray
    Luke 11:1-13
July 22, 2007 Betty Berghaus A Famine of God's Words
    Amos 8:1-12; Luke 10:38-42
July 15, 2007 Jack Walchenbach How Much is Tomorrow Worth?
    Isaiah 39:1-8; Luke 9:46-48
July 8, 2007 Jack Walchenbach The Center and Circumference of the Faith
    Acts 2:1-21
July 1, 2007 Jack Walchenbach The Promise of America
    Genesis 12:1-8; John 8:31-36
June 17, 2007 Betty Berghaus Godly Behavior
    I Kings 21:1-10; Luke 7:36-50
June 10, 2007 Tully Fletcher Start with a Story
    Psalm 146:1-10; Galatians 1:13-24
June 3, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Spirit and Forms:  Friends or Foe?
    Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; John 16:12-15; Revelation 1:1-11
May 27, 2007 Betty Berghaus One Language, One People
    Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-13
May 20, 2007 Paul Ransford The Humility of Historical Privilege
    Psalm 97; John 17:20-26 
May 13, 2007 Jack Walchenbach When Music is Prayer
    Psalm 137:1-6; Matthew 26:26-30
April 29, 2007 Betty Berghaus Well Wishes
    Acts 9:36-43
March 18, 2007 Betty Berghaus The Lost Are Found
    Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
March 11, 2007 Jack Walchenbach One More Chance
    Isaiah 55:1-9; I Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-19
March 4, 2007 Jack Walchenbach No Cross, No Crown
    Luke 13:31-35
February 25, 2007 Betty Berghaus Tempted Like Us
    Luke 4:1-13
February 18, 2007 Betty Berghaus The Face of God
    Exodus 34:29-35;  Luke 9:28-36
February 11, 2007 Jack Walchenbach Never Again To Die
    Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 6:17-26; I Corinthians 15:12-20
February 4, 2007 Jack Walchenbach The Significance of the Supper
    Isaiah 6:1-8; John 13:1-17, 31b-35; I Corinthians 11:23-26
January 28, 2007 Jack Walchenbach God's Call
    Jeremiah 1:4-10; Luke 4:21-30; I Corinthians 13:1-13
Christmas Eve Homily Jack Walchenbach Manger Power
    Luke 2:7
December 24, 2006 Betty Berghaus Christmas Ponderings
    Micah 5:2-5a; Luke 1:39-45; 2:15-20
December 10, 2006 Paul Ransford Be Prepared!
    Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 3:1-6; Philippians 1:3-11
December 3, 2006 Jack Walchenbach Understanding the 'Ah' of Things
    Genesis 28:10-22; Luke 21:25-36; I Thessalonians 3:9-13
November 26, 2006 Jack Walchenbach Crown Him With Many Crowns
    2 Samuel 23:1-7; John 18:33-37; Colossians 1:9-20
November 19, 2006 Jack Walchenbach In Everything, Give Thanks
    Deuteronomy 26:1-11; I Thessalonians 5:12-18
November 12, 2006 Betty Berghaus We CAN Give Gratefully
    Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17; Mark 12:38-44
September 24, 2006 Betty Berghaus Not the Ways of the World!
    Selections from Proverbs 31; Mark 9:30-37
September 10, 2006 Paul Ransford Hands on Heads, Hearts in Hands
    Proverbs 10:1-16; I Timothy 3:1-12
August 27, 2006 Paul Ransford The Posture of Compassion
    I Kings 8:22-30; Mark 1: 45-50
August 20, 2006 Paul Ransford What Do You Want?
    I Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14
August 6, 2006 Betty Berghaus Receive the Bread of Life
   

John 6:22-40

July 30, 2006 Betty Berghaus Food From Heaven
   

John 6:1-21

July 16, 2006 Tully Fletcher Indiana Jones and the Ark of the Covenant
   

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-21; Psalm 24:7-10

July 2, 2006 Betty Berghaus What Would Jesus Do With Interruptions?
    Mark 5:21-43
June 25, 2006 Haywood Holderness Thanks Be to God!
    Philippians 1:3-11 
April 2, 2006 Betty Berghaus Pontius Pilate
    Mark 15:1-20
March 19, 2006 Paul Ransford The Final Week, Part III
    Mark 14:53-65
February 5, 2006 Paul Ransford Who Moved the Cheese?
     Ezekiel 47:1-6; Matthew 18:1-5
January 29, 2006 Betty Berghaus Growing Church Leaders
    Mark 1:21-28
October 30, 2005 Betty Berghaus The Lost Art of Humility
   

Matthew 23:1-12

September 4, 2005 Betty Berghaus Relationship Is Everything!
    Matthew 18:15-20; Romans 13:8-14
July 24, 2005 Betty Berghaus Enduring Love
    Genesis 29:15-28;  Romans 8:26-39
May 29, 2005 Betty Berghaus Wise & Foolish
    Matthew 7: 21-29
May 1, 2005 Paul Ransford So, Why be a Christian?
    Acts 12:4
April 10, 2005 Betty Berghaus A Doubting Faith
    John 20:24-29
March 13, 2005 Paul Ransford Dry Bones
    Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:6-11
February 27, 2005 Betty Berghaus Saving Waters
    Exodus 17:1-7, John 4:5-42
February 13, 2005 Paul Ransford In the Wilderness
    Matthew 4:1-11
January 23, 2005 David Edwards Who Am I?
    Matthew 8:31-38
December 19, 2004 Rebecca Hylander Bethlehem Today
     

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