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Jonah 3:1-10 God's desire for a universal salvation is a nearly unbelievable truth. In this third Sunday in Trey's four-part series on Jonah, we find Jonah in Nineveh proclaiming their upcoming demise. The message is rooted in justice; they deserved to experience the wrath of God. But they listened to what Jonah had to say. They lament, they repent and God relents. Too often we don't take the time…
Jonah 1:17-2:10 Pastor Trey continues his series on the story of Jonah. We pick up with Jonah praying from inside the belly of the fish. When Jonah prays this prayer he prays it from the position of someone experiencing the pits. He's not just conceptualizing this. It's not a philosophical entreaty for Jonah. He is in the deepest pit imaginable to a human. Likely one of the reasons that fear-based…
Jonah 1:1-17 This Sunday Pastor Trey launches into a new series on the story of Jonah. God's desire for global salvation is a nearly unbelievable truth. We are invited to reflect on the first chapter of Jonah through this lens of expansive salvation. When we look at Jonah, we see that God can work salvation through wayward people and stormy conditions. This salvation is not a get out of hell free…
1 John 4: 7-16 It is very hard to live in the love Christ called us to when we dislike people or they treat us poorly. Trey Ferguson reminds us in this week's sermon that as Paul said, amongst the enduring virtues of faith, hope, and love - love is the greatest. Love is patient, kind, not rude or arrogant, not seeking its own advantage, never holding grudges, and enduring all things. God's love…
Isaiah 40: 28-31 Our world is full of great cause for alarm. AI potentially running amok, climate change, politics, war - take your pick. Hope in the face of these concerns is a precious commodity. However, the context of this week's scripture reminds us that the prophets also lived during troubling times as well. When faced with oppressive powers or oppressive times, we are faced with a choice.…
Scripture: Genesis 221:1-14 The story from Genesis is about Abraham taking his son Isaac up to the mountain to be sacrificed. But Abraham being willing to sacrifice his son is craziness! Who has been rendered expendable in our zeal for God? When we're driven by a desire to be faithful to God and go too far, real people pay the price. Typically, the most vulnerable among us: widows, orphans,…
We were excited to have so many guests join us for Pastor Trey's installation service! This morning Trey preached from Romans 6:3-11 . Death is the great equalizer. Making sense of death is the impetus behind a great deal of faith systems and cultural narratives around the world and throughout history. Even in the incarnation of Jesus, Jesus receives a death sentence. In entering the story of…
Matthew 9:35-10:1 On Trey's first official Sunday as RMC's new pastor, he spoke about the radically inclusive, ever-expanding Kingdom of God. Jesus proclaims the good news not to draw people into religion, but to construct new ways of belonging. Today's passage says that when Jesus saw the crowds he had compassion for them. Compassion is not only the awareness of distress or suffering of another…
Acts 2:1-13 RMC's soon to be pastor, Trey Ferguson, preached on Pentecost Sunday, reflecting on the arrival of the power of the Holy Spirit that empowered his followers to preach the Gospel to multitudes of people in their own heart languages, no Duolingo required. In the upper room their must have been a deep sense of anticipation, waiting on the arrival of God's invitation to a partnership with…
Scripture: Luke 10:25-42 Guest speaker Chris Rice brought the message this Sunday. Every age has its signature affliction, according to Byung-Chul Han. Ours is the age of the burnout society. We're in captivity to our activity. The story of the good Samaritan is about allowing our lives to be interrupted by the stranger by the side of the road. The story of Bethany is about our lives being…
Scripture: Acts 16:14-40 Susan shared the story of Paul and Silas being jailed in Philippi. They were charged, beaten and imprisoned after the owners of a fortune telling demon-possessed slave girl lost their revenue from her when Paul cast out her demon in name of Jesus Christ. When you mess with people's source of money, you're asking for trouble! Even when in prison, however, Paul and his…
