“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
“The power of music”
Psalms 150
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
“Nothing can separate us from the love of God.”
Romans 8: 31-39
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
“Healing hands”
Mark 1: 29-34
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist:Natalya Amelchenko
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Jesus's birth and its relevance to today”
Matthew 1: 18-25.
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT
“God continues to guide and transform us through difficult and confusing situations.”
Luke 1: 26-38
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT
“Readying our hearts and lives to receive the Son of God”
Matthew 3:1-12
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT
“We not only remember and commemorate the birth of Jesus … but look ahead to the time when he will return, bringing peace and justice to all.”
Mark 13: 24-37
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianis: Natalya Amelchenko
FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT
“Taking time—in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic—to inventory our lives and experiences. When we give thanks, we do see the world with clearer vision.”
Jonah 2:1-10
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
THANKSGIVING SUNDAY / PLEDGE DEDICATION SUNDAY
“Churches should remain places where we feel a sense of wholeness and peace, rather than of stress and burden.”
Isaiah 43:18-21 & Matthew 25:14-30
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
“In these post-election days, more than ever are we called by God to find creative ways to get along with one another.”
Mark 12:28-31
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
“Faith in God during trying times, including loss of loved ones.”
Matthew 5: 1-12
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
ALL SAINTS OBSERVANCE
“Being a Presbyterian … calls for embracing an open, questioning, learning and forgiving approach to life.”
Luke 18: 9-14
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
REFORMATION SUNDAY
“Both trust and faith require us to let go of the need to be in control.”
Psalm 28
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
“The Fairer Text: The Important. Role of Women in the Bible”
Philippians 4:1-9
Guest preacher: elder Jim Guida
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
Guest vocalist: Glena Jue
