Weekly Service
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| DATE | BULLETINS | SERMON AUDIO | LIVESTREAM VIDEO |
| February 5, 2023 | Watch Service | ||
| January 29, 2023 | “Reflecting The Sacred: Sacred Space” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| January 22, 2023 | Watch Service | ||
| January 15, 2023 | Watch Service | ||
| January 8, 2023 | Watch Service | ||
| January 1, 2023 | Watch Service | ||
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December 24, 2022 10:00PM |
Watch Service | ||
| December 24, 2022 8:00PM | Watch Service | ||
| December 18, 2022 | Watch Service | ||
| December 11, 2022 | “Reflecting The Sacred: Sacred Space” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| December 4, 2022 | “Reflecting The Sacred: Sacred People” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| November 27, 2022 | “Reflecting The Sacred: Sacred Time” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| November 20, 2022 | Watch Service | ||
| November 13, 2022 | Watch Service | ||
| November 6, 2022 | “Things To Good To Be True”— Rev. Dr. SanDawana Ashley | Watch Service | |
| October 30, 2022 | “JITQ: Where Is Your Faith?”— Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| October 23, 2022 | “JITQ: Why Do You Worry About Clothing?”— Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| October 16, 2022 |
“Mission Focus” Part Two — Rev. Dr. Rose Eileen Niles |
Watch Service | |
| October 9, 2022 | Watch Service | ||
| October 2, 2022 | “JITQ: How Many Loaves Have You?”— Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| September 25, 2022 | “Jesus Is The Question: Who Am I?”— Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| September 18, 2022 | “Not Everyone Can Be Mr. Rogers”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| “The Power of Remembrance”— Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | ||
| September 4, 2022 | “Fingerprints of the Creator: It’s Chaos Out There”— Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| August 28, 2022 | Fingerprints of the Creator: Genes – Passing on Information— Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| August 21, 2022 | “Fingerprints of the Creator: Bone , Our Framework”— Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| August 14, 2022 | “Fingerprints of the Creator: Skin, Our First Contact” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| August 7, 2022 | A Special Guest Message from Bonnie Chiappetta | Watch Service | |
| July 31, 2022 | A Special Guest Message from Jennifer Brady from Oasis, A Haven for Women and Children | Watch Service | |
| July 24, 2022 | “The Church in Acts: Stewardship” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| July 17, 2022 | “The Church in Acts: United by Faith/Networking” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| July 10, 2022 | “The Church in Acts: Service/Mission” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| July 3, 2022 | “The Church in Acts: Devoted and Articulate” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| June 26, 2022 | “The Church in Acts: Inclusiveness” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| June 19, 2022 | “The Church in Acts: Visibility” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| June 12, 2022 | “Giants Keep Coming” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| June 5, 2022 | “Pentecost Keeps Going” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| May 29, 2022 | Watch Service | ||
| May 22, 2022 | “Tunes and Improvisations” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| May 15, 2022 | “Commanded to Love” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| May 8, 2022 | “Our Good Shepherd” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| May 1, 2022 | “Easter in a Daze” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| April 24, 2022 | “Creation Groans in Travail” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| April 17, 2022 9:30am | “Easter Keeps On Going” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| April 17, 2022 8:00am | Watch Service | ||
| April 14, 2022 | Watch Service | ||
| April 10, 2022 | “You Have to Face It to Fix It: Facing Success” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| April 3, 2022 | “You Have to Face It to Fix It: Facing God’s No” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| March 27, 2022 | “What do you pack for an Exodus?” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| March 20, 2022 | Watch Service | ||
| March 13, 2022 | “You Have to Face It to Fix It: Facing What Life Brings” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| March 6, 2022 | “You Have to Face It to Fix It: Jesus Faces Temptation” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| February 27, 2022 | “Which One Are You?” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| February 20, 2022 | “Forgiveness” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| February 13, 2022 | “Prescriptions and Descriptions” — Rev. William Schram | Watch Service | |
| February 5, 2022 | “God Writes a Better Story” — Rev. Bruce Main | ||
| January 30, 2022 | “Carmel and Caesarea?” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| January 23, 2022 | “Jesus Mission Statement” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| January 16, 2022 | “A Time to Dream” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| January 9, 2022 | “Keep Repeating: Jesus Loves Me” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| December 26, 2021 | Meditation “Caroling with Alfred Burt” — Rev. Barbara Jo Piercy | ||
| December 24, 2021 | |||
| December 19, 2021 | |||
| December 12, 2021 | “Come Home to Joy”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| December 5, 2021 | “Come Home to Peace”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| November 28, 2021 | “Come Home to Hope”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| November 21, 2021 | “Death of Thanksgiving”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| November 14, 2021 | “Abundance, Gratitude and Generosity”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| November 7, 2021 | “Saints or Zombies” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| October 31, 2021 | “At Home with a Good Mystery”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| October 24, 2021 | “Ralph and the Demons”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| October 17, 2021 | “Bigger Than Both of Us”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| October 10, 2021 | “Not Out But In”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| October 3, 2021 | “A Life Worthy of the Calling to Communion (God’s Family)”— Rev. Samuel R. Enders | ||
| September 26, 2021 | “Body Parts and Body Wholeness”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| September 19, 2021 | |||
| September 12, 2021 | “1 SCATANA, 4 C’s, and 10,000 RAKs”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| September 5, 2021 | “Making Money off the Good Samaritan”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| August 29, 2021 | “Vengeance and Forgiveness”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| August 22, 2021 | “You Asked For It: Does God Expect Me to Be a Hero of the Faith?”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| August 15, 2021 | “You Asked For It: The Relevance of the 10 Commandments Today”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| August 8, 2021 | “You Asked For It: Is the Bible the Word of God or Just a Difficult Book?”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| August 1, 2021 | “You Asked For It: Good & Evil in Life”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| July 25, 2021 | “You Asked For It: Are Only 144,000 Chosen to be Saved?”— Rev. William Schram | ||
| July 18, 2021 | “Contagious Faith” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| July 11, 2021 | “Heroes of Our Journey” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| July 4, 2021 | |||
| June 27, 2021 | “Changing the World” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| June 20, 2021 | “An Instinct for the Center” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| June 13, 2021 | “Do, Be, Do, Be, Do” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| June 6, 2021 | “A Prayer for Friends” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| May 30, 2021 | |||
| May 23, 2021 | “What Does It Mean?” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| May 16, 2021 | “WIJD?: Preparing Us For the Future in a Different Way” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| May 9, 2021 | “WIJD?: Making Choices, Demonstrating Commitment” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| May 2, 2021 | “WIJD? Moving Us from Despairing to Declaring” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| April 25, 2021 | “WIJD? As a Shepherd” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| April 18, 2021 | “WIJD? Facing, Causing, Overcoming Doubt” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| April 11, 2021 | “Breath of Spirit, Breath of Joy” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| April 4, 2021 | “Easter as Reunion” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| April 3, 2021 | |||
| April 1, 2021 | |||
| March 28, 2021 | “The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| March 21, 2021 | “The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| March 14, 2021 | “The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| March 7, 2021 | “The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| Feb 28, 2021 | “The Seven Deadly Sins: Greed” — Rev. William Schram | ||
| Feb 21, 2021 | “The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust” — Rev. William Schram | ||