“Just how many peoples and cultures and nations have shaped the story of our faith going back thousands of years.'“
Acts 8:26-40
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
Worship Service • May 2, 2021
Worship Service • April 25, 2021
“Jesus—the Good Shepherd—will not desert us. We never bear the burden alone.”
John 10: 11-18
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service • April 18, 2021
“What fills us with joy? What do we individually find ourselves clinging to when recovering from loss and disappointment?”
Luke 24:13-35
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service • April 11, 2021 • Sunday After Easter
“Doubt … and how we might even be able to benefit from it.”
John 20:19-29
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
SUNDAY AFTER EASTER
Worship Service • April 4, 2021 • Easter Sunday
“Christ’s resurrection … why we should ponder it and ‘take it all in’”
Mark 16:1-8
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
Guest musicians: Ben Baird and Lily Baird Young
EASTER SUNDAY / first “in-person" service since spring 2020
Worship Service • March 28, 2021 • Palm Sunday
“How unrealistic expectations can get the better of us.”
Matthew 21: 1-11
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
PALM SUNDAY
Worship Service - March 21, 2021 - Fifth Sunday in Lent
“The disciples’ expectations of Jesus—and the reality they did not want to accept.”
Matthew 16:21-26
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Worship Service - March 14, 2021 - Fourth Sunday in Lent
“What is means to ‘take up the cross’ and follow Jesus”
Luke 9:18-27
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
Guest musician: John Doolittle
FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT / ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Worship Service - March 7, 2021 - Third Sunday in Lent
“Being present” (and always be aware of Christ’s presence) despite the craziness and distractions of the world.”
Luke 10: 38-42
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
Worship Service - Feb. 28, 2021 • Second Sunday in Lent
"Living in God's Covenant”
Rev. Judy Davis
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 & Acts 11: 25-29
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Worship Service • Feb. 21, 2021 • First Sunday in Lent
“The challenge to us is to replace the anger and hatred in our hearts with empathy, grace and love.”
Luke 10:25-37
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
Lenten Reflection • Feb. 17, 2021
Worship Service • Feb. 14, 2021 • Transfiguration Sunday
“Transfiguration On a Hill: Then Back to Real Life:
2 Kings 2 & Mark 9:2-9
Guest preacher: Elder Jim Guida
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY / VALENTINE’S DAY / LUNAR NEW YEAR
Worship Service • Feb. 7, 2021
“The power of music”
Psalms 150
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
Worship Service • Jan. 31, 2021
“Nothing can separate us from the love of God.”
Romans 8: 31-39
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service • Jan. 24, 2021
“Healing hands”
Mark 1: 29-34
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist:Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service • Baptism of the Lord Sunday • Jan. 17, 2021
“Baptism signals the start of repentance and renewal—turning away from sin and toward the teachings and examples set by Jesus.”
Mark 1: 4-11
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
BAPTISM OF THE LORD SUNDAY / MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE
Worship Service • Three Kings Day • Jan. 10, 2021
“Going a different way”—the story of the three “wise men”
Matthew 2:1-12
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
The “three wise ones”: Paul, Janice and John Douglas
EPIPHANY / THREE KINGS DAY
Worship Service • Christmastide • Jan. 3, 2021
“We are given a choice each and every day to live into our faith and work on behalf of the God of love.”
Matthew 2: 13-23
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service • Sunday After Christmas • Dec. 27, 2020
“Reasons for us to praise God despite the fact that ‘we are closing out a year that has given us more adversity than any other year in memory.’”
Psalm 148
Guest preacher: Elder Jim Guida
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko