Weekly Sermon, Announcements & Events

First Mennonite Church May 16, 2021 Called to Live in Community Texts: Ephesians 2:14-15; Galatians 3:26-29 In his book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, Robert Putnam explores the increasing social void many people are experiencing today. There is a sense of emptiness regardless of the pervasive materialistic society that we are … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church May 9, 2021 We Are Called to Follow, Not Simply to Believe James 2:14-17 In a way, the proposition of my sermon last Sunday was to relocate ourselves from the world we knew, (not that it was any better) to new reality and context of the church today. We are aliens and … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church May 2, 2021 Called to Serve in Our Context (Here and Now) Texts: Jeremiah 29:4-14; 1Peter 2:1-12 The logic implied in my sermon title for this morning seems obvious. We can only be in one place at a time and we only have one life to live, thus our every interaction or … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church April 25, 2021 Called to Flourish in God’s Love Ephesians 3:7-19 At the beginning of this series I said that defining who we are as God’s people is broad in scope and deeply involving for us. Who we are as God’s people involves God working in us and through us, here and … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church April 18, 2021 Called to Be Fruitful Text: Colossians 1:1-14 Last Sunday, we took a closer look at how Paul presents Jesus Christ to the church of Colossae. According to Paul, Jesus is more than the savior of souls. His lordship is not confined over the church, only. The world and everything … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church April 11, 2021 The Christ Who Calls Us Text: Colossians 1:15-23 Beginning today, I want to start a short series, which I have titled: “Who are we, as God’s people?” Although the answer to the question, that is my title, can be a no-brainer; however, any quick and simple answer is also … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church April 4, 2021 He Will Go Wherever You Go Text: John 21:1-19 The Lord is risen! Happy Easter to each of you, once again. Compared with the birth story of Jesus, which only appears in Matthew and Luke report, the resurrection of Jesus and the empty tomb appear in all four Gospels. … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church March 28, 2021 Conversations Around the Last Supper Table John 13-14:7 Conversations around the dinner table can get quite intimate, serious, and most usually, become engraved in our memory. It’s around the table where we learn family stories and where we get good advice, all of which stays with us throughout our … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church March 21, 2021 Jesus Is Praying for You and Me John 17:1-26 Because we will be celebrating the Lord’s Supper next Sunday, I will skip John’s version of the Passover meal in chapter 13. We will reserve that account for next Sunday. Today we will look at the whole chapter of John, … [Read more…]

First Mennonite Church March 14, 2021 Jesus Tempted by the Devil Text: Matthew 4:1-11 Today, we will shift gears. I will start a new series of sermons focusing on Lent and ending with the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. We will begin this new series by considering the Temptation of Jesus according to Matthew’s … [Read more…]