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Retired Pastor Steve Penner Preached this Sunday. Text of sermon is not available.

First Mennonite Church August 21, 2022 God’s Power Perfected in Weakness (He Had No Beauty) Text: Isaiah 53:1-6 Who has believed our message    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,    and like a root out of dry ground.He had no beauty or majesty to attract … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church August 14, 2022 God Taking Human Form Text: Luke 2: 4-7; John 1: 1-2; 14; 19: 1-6; 117-18; 28-30; 31b-34.[1] 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church August 7, 2022 In the Image and Likeness of God Text: Genesis 1:26-31 Today, I will start a short series on the theme: A Theology of the Human Body. And, please do not be offended or scared by this fancy title. Basically, what I intend to do here is to explore what … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church July 31, 2022 The God of Mercy and All Consolation Text: Lamentations 3:1-27 As I said last Sunday, part of the goal in preaching is to help the congregation gain biblical literacy, besides exploring contemporary ways to apply God’s Word. Today, besides the usual goal of preaching, which is to build and … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church July 24, 2022 A New Covenant Jeremiah 31:27-34 These days, the expression, “The days are surely coming . . .” has not been used to predict a better world. You hear the following expressions, “The days are surely coming when you cannot use certain words without being labeled ‘so and so.’” Or, … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church July 17, 2022 Still Praying While in Exile Text: Jeremiah 29:1-14 We should remember that in the ancient world, every people group or nation had its own god, and in many cases, a pantheon. Therefore, when these nations went to war, they considered it a war between their gods. The victors claimed … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church July 10, 2022 As Clay in the Potter’s Hands Jeremiah 18:1-12 The little song, “He’s got the whole world in His hands” captures the essence of this passage. Like clay in the hands of the potter, so was Israel and the whole world in the hands of the Great Creator God. The … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church July 3, 2022 Speaking Worthy Word Text: Jeremiah 15:15-21 Words, words, words. Words convey ideas. Words reveal what is in the heart and mind of people. Words have power, both to build and to destroy. Words spoken cannot be retrieved. Words are everywhere. We hear them from those who live in the … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church June 26, 2022 Text: Jeremiah 7:1-15 What Is at Stake in Worship? The situation in the tiny nation of Judah was not anywhere good at the time God sent Jeremiah to speak these words. Judah was at the brink of being completely overtaken by the invading Babylonian army, as would be a … [Read more…]