2013 Sermons


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January 6, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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January 6, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Changing Course: Going by Another Road
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January 6, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
“Jazz at Four” Sermon
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January 13, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
Not Over, Under, or Around, but Through
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January 13, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Tony Campolo
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January 13, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
One of the Most Important Things He Said
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January 20, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
“If the Spirit Is Willing”
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January 20, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
J. Herbert Nelson II
PCUSA Office of Public Witness
On Knowing Where Our Brothers (Sisters) Are!
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January 20, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
“Jazz at Four” Sermon
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January 27, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
The Inauguration of Jesus
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January 27, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Rutter’s “Mass of the Children” performed in place of sermon
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January 27, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
“Jazz at Four” Sermon
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February 3, 2013
8:00 a.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Seeing Our Salvation
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February 3, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Allan Boesak
The Love That Goes Too Far
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February 3, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
What Is Love?
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February 10, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
High Places
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February 10, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Sermon
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February 13, 2012
12:10 p.m.
Ash Wednesday
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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February 13, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Ash Wednesday
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
An Ash Wednesday Sermon
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February 17, 2013
8:00 a.m.
First Sunday in Lent
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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February 17, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
First Sunday in Lent
Lauren Artress
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February 17, 2013
4:00 p.m.
First Sunday in Lent
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
The First in a Series of Sermons on the Apostle Paul
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February 24, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Second Sunday in Lent
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
The Fox and the Hen
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February 24, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Second Sunday in Lent
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Anger for Lent
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February 24, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Second Sunday in Lent
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
Insiders and Outsiders
The Second in a Series of Sermons on the Apostle Paul
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March 3, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Third Sunday in Lent
Confirmation Class
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Reflections from Confirmands
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March 3, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Third Sunday in Lent
Walter Brueggemann
Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary
Lent as Alternative to Empire
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March 3, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Third Sunday in Lent
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
To Keep Us Together
The Third in a Series of Sermons on the Apostle Paul
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March 10, 2013
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Prayers Out of Our Weakness
The Fourth in a Series of Sermons on the Apostle Paul
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March 10, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
A Method in the Madness
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March 17, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
The Color of Faith
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March 17, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Love beyond Calculation
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March 17, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
The Fifth in a Series of Sermons on the Apostle Paul
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March 24, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:30 a.m.
Palm Sunday
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
A Tale of Two Cities
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March 30, 2013
8:00 p.m.
The Great Vigil of Easter
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Baptized into Death
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March 31, 2013
6:30 a.m.
Easter Sunrise
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
Coming Out Singing
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March 31, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:30 a.m.
Easter Sunday
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Roll the Stone Away
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March 31, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Look for the Living
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April 7, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Sacred Conversations
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April 7, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
Believe
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April 14, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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April 14, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Laurie Kraus
Coordinator, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
What Lies Beneath
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April 14, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Going Where You Do Not Wish to Go
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April 21, 2013
8:00 a.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
What It Means to Follow Christ
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April 21, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
J. Randall O’Brien
President, Carson-Newman University
Sometimes It Causes Me to Tremble
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April 21, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Neal Presa
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Foolish Zeal
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April 28, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
The Distinctions We Make
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April 28, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.and 4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek
Associate Pastor
Get Off the Train!
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May 5, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
In the Hyphenated Spaces
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May 5, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
That They May All Be One
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May 12, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
There’s Freedom, and Then There’s Freedom
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May 12, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Leaning In, Running Toward, and Standing Up
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May 12, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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May 19, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Windy City
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May 19, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
“Jazz at Four” Sermon
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May 26, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms
Minister for Children and Families
Hand to God
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May 26, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim
Associate Pastor
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May 26, 2013
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Does Church Matter?
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June 2, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
All in the Light
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June 2, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Craig Barnes
President, Princeton Theological Seminary
Giving Up the Limp
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June 2, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
The First in a Series of Sermons on Elijah
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June 9, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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June 9, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Journeying Saints
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June 9, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Look at All I’ve Done!
The Second in a Series of Sermons on Elijah

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June 16, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
Matters of the Heart
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June 16, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Laird Stuart, Guest Preacher
God’s Justice
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June 16, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
One of the Worst Stories I Know . . .
The Third in a Series of Sermons on Elijah

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June 23, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Practical Instructions
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June 23, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Preaching to the Choir
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June 23, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Not Quite an Ending
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June 30, 2013
8:00 a.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Don’t Look Back
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June 30, 2013
9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 4:00 p.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss
Associate Pastor
Our Heart’s True Home
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July 7, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
The Great Reversal
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July 7, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
It’s Not [Just] about You
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July 14, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Neighbor Come Near
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July 14, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
When I Needed a Neighbor
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July 14, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
And Who Is My Neighbor?
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July 21, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
Blessed Are the Organized
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July 21, 2013
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Distractions
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July 28, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms
Minister for Children and Families
Are You There God? It’s Me, Abraham
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July 28, 2013
9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Forgiveness
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August 4, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
More, More, More
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August 4, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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August 4, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
Treasure Map
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August 11, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms
Minister for Children and Families
Made of Faith
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August 11, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Really?
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August 11, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
The Substance of Hope
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August 18, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Since We Are Surrounded
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August 18, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
The Perseverance of Faith
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August 25, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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August 25, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Ali Trowbridge
Former Associate Pastor
Lean on Me
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August 25, 2013
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Seven Days a Week
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September 1, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
When History Is Made
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September 1, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
In Search of Living Water
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September 1, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
Masters and Slaves
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September 8, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Carrying the Cross
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September 8, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Intentional Discipleship
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September 8, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
The First in a Series of Sermons on Luke
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September 15, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
Home
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September 15, 2013
9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Searching for the Lost
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September 22, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
A Costly Demonstration
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September 22, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Living Stones
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September 22, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
The Hardest Parable to Understand
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September 29, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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September 29, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
Not as Planned
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September 29, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
What We’ve Heard All Along
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October 6, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms
Minister for Children and Families
Across the River
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October 6, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
The Road to Emmaus
The First in the "Texts for Life" series

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October 6, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
Remember Where You Came From
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October 13, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
Feeling Enlarged
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October 13, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Jeremiah’s Temple Sermon
The Second in the "Texts for Life" series

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October 13, 2013
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Finding Your Place
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October 20, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Equipped by Truth
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October 20, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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October 20, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Finding Strength in Unexpected Places
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October 27, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
At Day’s End
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October 27, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Patrick Daymond
Former Pastoral Resident
Faith to Endure
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October 27, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
The Necessity of Lament
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November 3, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms
Minister for Children and Families
Climbing Down
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November 3, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
The Samaritan Woman at the Well
The Third in the “Texts for Life” Series

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November 3, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Farm to Table
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November 10, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Keep On Keeping On
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November 10, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
The Hymn to Love
The Fourth and Final Sermon in the “Texts for Life” Series

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November 10, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Rebuilding Our Lives
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November 17, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
It’s Right Outside Our Door
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November 17, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Keep On Keeping On
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November 24, 2013
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
From Wonder to Wisdom
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November 24, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
The First Christians?
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December 1, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Hardy Kim’s sermons are not available.
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December 1, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Waking Up
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December 1, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Why Advent?
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December 8, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
John, Did You Know?
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December 8, 2013
9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Returning to Bethlehem
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December 15, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Are You the One?
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December 15, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Dual Citizenship
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December 15, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Ugly Times and Beautiful Things
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December 22, 2013
8:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Stretched
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December 22, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
The Gift
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December 22, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Beyond Genealogy
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December 24, 2013
8:30 and 11:00 p.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Christmas Eve 2013
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December 29, 2013
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Edwin Estevez, Pastoral Resident
Learn to Count
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December 29, 2013
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
In the Midst of Nightmares
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