Category: Sermon

  • The Hear Of The Church And so I always thought it was so funny driving past all of these churches to get to Sunday service when probably none of them had more than 30 people. And they probably weren’t that big when they split either. But congregations are prone to conflict that can become nuclear,…

  • Fairhaven Sermon 3 3 2024 0:00 /1083.144 1× In this week’s sermon, Rev. Dylan Parson reflects on his formative summer as a pastoral intern across three small churches in North Carolina, emphasizing the profound lessons learned in community, faith, and service before his seminary studies. He vividly describes his experiences, particularly at Pleasant Valley, a…

  • Transformation Through Faith – The Story of Lawrence of Arabia The Bible does not tell us, by the way, a whole lot about Abram’s background, other than to say that he was from Ur of the Chaldees. Ur was, back in those days, about 200 miles southeast of where Baghdad is today. So imagine this.…

  • Fairhaven Sermon 2 25 2024 0:00 /1084.296 1× Summary In this week’s Lenten sermon by Rev. Peg Bowman, she delved into the theme of being a “desert people” – individuals who leave their former lives behind to follow God’s call with newfound loyalties in His kingdom. Ancient Israelites, like Abram, embarked on desert journeys to…

  • Embracing Spiritual Wilderness And there’s a reason then that Jesus drives, that the Holy Spirit drives Jesus into the wilderness at his baptism. It’s this necessary step before he embarks on active ministry, proclaiming the coming of the kingdom. There’s a reason that Jesus always is fleeing into what the Bible translates as a deserted…