Sermons
Hope: What Do You Expect
April 15, 2018 | Rev. Dr. Lorne Bostwick
Series: Easter Season 2018
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Many are saying that the mainline protestant church is dying. The loss of hope is a common theme in America today. It was a reality for those walking the Road to Emmaus also. Truth is that resurrection and life is the design and will of God and death will not have the last word. We need to live with the conviction of this truth.
We Live By Faith
October 29, 2017 | Lorne Bostwick
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Today is Reformation Sunday and the 500th Birthday of the Reformation. We look at the life and ministry of Martin Luther and the role the gift of faith played in his life. Many of the great witnesses to faith struggled. Many did not know the fulfillment of the hope they carried in their hearts but they lived and ministered faithfully, sure that God would accomplish God's salvation. We need to live empowered by the same gift today as we struggle against unlikely odds.
Presbyterians and Public Education
September 17, 2017 | Rev Lorne Bostwick
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Jesus sums up the commandments in two; Love God with heart and soul and mind and the second is like it, love your neighbor. The inseperable connection between love of God and Love of neighbor defines humanities' covenant relationships. In particular loving God is expressed in three related parts of the human experience - body, MIND, and Spirit. Today's sermon has its focus on the mind and our covenant obligation for public education. Presbyterians have a long tradition of supporting public education rooted in our love of neighbor as a fulfillment of our covenant responsibilities.
Lessons in Sowing
July 16, 2017 | Rev Lorne Bostwick
Series: Lessons in Sowing
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The church is worried that it will die. It is concerned about the future. Young people are just not interested in the church. The parable of the sower reminds us that our job is to faithfully sow the seed. The harvest is up to God. We don't have to persuade. We have to love. How about we leave the church's future in God's hands and be busy with sowing as much love as we can.