2011 Sermons
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January 2, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
Redeeming by Redreaming
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January 2, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Sermon
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January 9, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
Purpose and Personhood
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January 16, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
The Radiant Star
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January 23, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
More than Just Tagging Along
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January 23, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
When Light Comes
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January 23, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
My Mother, Brothers, and Sisters . . . Are Watching the Bears-Packers Game
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January 30, 2011
8:00 a.m.
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate
The Folly of Faith or Who’s the Fool?
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January 30, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
J. Barrie Shepherd
Minister Emeritus, First Presbyterian Church,
New York City
Certain Uncertainties
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January 30, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
A Finger Pointing to God
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February 6, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Sarah A. Johnson, Minister
Called
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February 6, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Blessed Are You
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February 6, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
Sermon
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February 13, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Salt of the Earth . . . Light of the World
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February 13, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Sermon
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February 20, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
A New Morality
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February 20, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
With Dirty Hands and an Open Heart
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February 27, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Unforgettable
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March 6, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
Our Transfigured Vision
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March 9, 2011
Ash Wednesday
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Metanoia
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March 13, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Confirmation Class
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Confirmation Sermons 2011
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March 13, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
A Full and Faithful Life 1. Practicing
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March 13, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Letting Go
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March 20, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
A Full and Faithful Life 2. Praying and Forgiving
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March 20, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
Questions around the Table
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March 27, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
From Burden to Blessing
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March 27, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
A Full and Faithful Life 3. Looking Around . . . Not Worrying
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April 3, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
What It Takes to See
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April 3, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
A Full and Faithful Life 4. Asking, Searching, Knocking
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April 3, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Becoming the Body of Christ
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April 10, 2011
8:00 a.m.
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate
Going with Life
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April 10, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Kerri N. Allen, Pastoral Resident
Jazz Service Sermon
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April 17, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Adamant Young Man
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April 17, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Palm Sunday Sermon
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April 24, 2011
Easter Sunrise
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
With Us Always
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April 24, 2011
Easter
8:00, 9:30, and 11:30 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Let Us Walk through the Door
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April 24, 2011
Easter 4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Easter without Jesus
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May 1, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Kerri N. Allen, Pastoral Resident
Grip of Resurrection
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May 1, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Confirmed and Always Being Confirmed
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May 1, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Women at the Tomb
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May 1, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Candlelighting Vespers
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
Rowing Home to God
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May 8, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
Encounters of the Risen Christ
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May 8, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Thoughts of Hope
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May 8, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Reflecting on the Death of the Wicked
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May 15, 2011
8:00 a.m.
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate
Born to Lose
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May 15, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Offering Abundance
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May 15, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Christ Encounters of the Third Kind
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May 22, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
The Sanctity of Table-Waiting
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May 22, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
Prophets of a Future Not Our Own
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May 29, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
No Greater Love
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June 5, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Kerri N. Allen, Pastoral Resident
Ascending
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June 5, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Don’t Just Stand There Looking Up
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June 12, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Pentecost Hyperconnectivity
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June 19, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
Where Heaven Meets Earth
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June 19, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
The Beginnings of Tolerance
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June 19, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Every Story Has a Beginning
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June 26, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Rising in Darkness
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June 26, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
When Outsiders Become Insiders
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July 3, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Prisoners of Hope
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July 3, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Sweet Land of Liberty
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July 10, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Christian Economics
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July 17, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
Time Will Tell
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July 17, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
The Risky Business of Preaching and Listening to Sermons
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July 17, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Senior High Leaders and Youth
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Reflections on Work Camp 2011 in Detroit
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July 24, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
With Sighs Too Deep for Words
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July 24, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
A New (sub)Version
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July 31, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
Waiting for Clark Kent
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July 31, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
The Imperative of Compassion
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July 31, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Dreams
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August 7, 2011
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
A High View of God
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August 14, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Show Your Scars
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August 14, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Sins of Our Fathers and Mothers
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August 21, 2011
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.
Calum I. MacLeod
Executive Associate Pastor
Simon, You Rock!
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August 28, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Stop, Look, and Listen
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August 28, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Hold Fast to What Is Good
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August 28, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Sermon
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September 4, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
This Could Get Awkward . . .
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September 4, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Living in the Midst of Exile
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September 11, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Remember
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September 11, 2011
7:00 p.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
A Community Service of Commemoration
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September 18, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Whining to God
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September 18, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
To Be a Christian
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September 25, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
Striking Water from Rock
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September 25, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Holy Waste
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October 2, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
In Remembrance of Him
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October 9, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Rise and Follow
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October 16, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Matt Helms, Pastoral Resident
Learning to Let Go
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October 16, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Doubters Welcome
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October 16, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Sweatshirts and Baseball Caps: Which Team Is Yours?
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October 23, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Letting Loose
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October 23, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
The Gift of a Wise Heart
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October 30, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan Pastor
Stewardship, Reformation, and Amazing Grace
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November 6, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Hardy H. Kim, Associate Pastor
Oil for Our Lamps
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November 6, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor
Keeping Company
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November 13, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Two Loves
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November 13, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
How Would It Look If God Was in Charge?
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November 20, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Thanksgiving
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November 20, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
Abundance: Far More Than We Can Ask or Imagine
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November 27, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
The Yearning
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November 27, 2011
4:00 p.m.
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor
Now Is the Time!
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December 11, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Judith L. Watt, Associate Pastor
He Had to Become Like Us in Every Respect
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December 18, 2011
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
The Gift
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December 24, 2011
Christmas Eve
6:00 p.m.
Adam H. Fronczek, Associate Pastor
Christmas Eve Meditation
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December 24, 2011
Christmas Eve
8:30 and 11:00 p.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Christmas Eve Sermon
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December 25, 2011
Christmas Day
11:00 a.m.
John Buchanan, Pastor
Christmas Day Meditation
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