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7-23-23

Today we discuss Psalm 139 and the the two kinds of people that dwell within each of us.
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Come to Me and Rest

We discuss resting in the work, not resting from the work.
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Welcoming Each Other in Christ

Today we welcome Dr. Nathan Howe as the new senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of Kent.
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Windows and Mirrors

We mark Rev. Douglas Denton’s last Sunday in the pulpit before his retirement.
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God Gives the Growth

We each build in our own way on the foundation of Christ; we each have a role to play in God’s church, and through it all it is God who “gives the growth”.
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Good Memories

The importance of remembering what God has done, to give us the proper orientation for our future. A prime example of this is the remembrance of Jesus’ sacrifice that we do in Communion.
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The Humble Are Exalted

In true humility, recognizing our need for God, we are lifted up in God’s grace.
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The Unfinished Life

Like Abraham or the disciples, everyone believer’s life is “unfinished,” in that we never arrive at a completion of all that we aim to be about. We find our fulfillment, however, in the place that we have in God’s everlasting purposes.
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Unsung Heroes

God works through ordinary people in extraordinary ways.  The examples in today’s Scriptures are Shiphrah, Puah, Jochebed, Miriam, and Pharaoh’s daughter.
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Press on to Know the Lord

We are urged throughout the Bible not to think we have “arrived” in faith but to keep pressing on to “know the Lord.”
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Temporary Visa

We need to recognize that we are sojourners on this earth, so that we ground our lives in the eternal, rather than being trapped in the trivialities or problems of the present.
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Youth Sunday

Today our teens present elements of the worship service.
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Wholeness in Christ

We are brought to spiritual wholeness through Christ.
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What We Will Be

The Biblical picture of what we will be in heaven.
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God Will Provide a Way

There are striking parallels between Abraham’s testing with Isaac and what happens on Mt. Calvary. When there seems no way out, God provides the way.
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In the Name of Jesus

We are called to pray and act in Jesus’ name, which means doing so in harmony with Jesus, in accord with Jesus’ empowerment and will.
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The Power that Sets Free

The power of Christ frees us from negative forces.
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Turning a Profit

We are called to decisive action, to live for God and use what we have for God’s purposes.
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He Came to Save, Not to Condemn

Jesus longs to “save” us. And that means Jesus approaches others, even though evil seems to define who they are, with the intent to offer mercy.
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The Power of Positive Attachment

Self-denial means being detached from things that are useless in order that you can be attached to Christ.
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The Vine and Its Branches

Fullness of spiritual life develops only as we are “connected to the vine” – joined with Christ.
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The Simple Joys of Living with Christ

We choose (if we are wise) to live a life enriched by God’s law and spiritual truths. Our lives become extraordinary when we welcome the spirit into our lives and live as Christ would have us live.
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How Important Are Our Differences?

Differences can tear us apart or, under the guidance of Christ, they can help us learn and grow together.
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An Agent of God

We are each to play a key role, under God’s inspiration, in answering the world’s needs
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Keeping On

God’s Spirit enables us to keep on in faith and service in spite of frustrations and threats and obstacles. This sermon was written by Dr. David Palmer and delivered by Rev. Douglas Denton.
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Keeping the Covenant

John Wesley’s covenant service prepares Methodists’ hearts and minds for the year of worship ahead.
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The Great God of Small Things

God in Christ works on the level of the small.
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Are You Ready?

Jesus teaches us to be receptive, to wait with patience, that we may be ready for the coming of God into our lives.
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Surprised by God

People were not expecting the nature of God’s appearance in Jesus – that God appeared not in might but in humility, vulnerability, and nearness
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Music Sunday 2022

Dr. Palmer, in three smaller sermonettes, discusses the importance of music in worship over the centuries.
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The Sinful Saints

Dr. Palmer examines how the saving grace of God can make even the most sinful among us saints in heaven.
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Love Gives the Best

Inspired by God’s goodness, we cheerfully give our best for God
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The Scales of God

This Consecration Sunday, Dr. Palmer discusses the importance of measuring oneself to God’s standard, and not man’s.
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