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January 2023


Sunday, January 29 – “As if”

View this recorded version of Sunday Worship from January 29, 2023. Bible Verses Micah 6: 1-8, I Corinthians 1:25-31 and Matthew 5 (the Beatitudes) Reflection: “As if” Sermon by Rev. Mark Goodman-Morris (see video above).

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1/25/23: Celebrations

btw, there are a number of spaces for Listening Post on Tuesday, Jan 31st. Please consider that if you have not yet participated. I ran short on time at the Quarterly meeting to fully celebrate the generous gifts of the FMMT & Bylaws Committee. So I will use this space to do so—please thank these »

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Sunday, January 22 – “People in Covenant”

View this recorded version of Sunday Worship from January 22, 2023. Bible Verses I Corinthians 1: 1:10-18 and Matthew 4:12-23 Reflection: People in Covenant Excerpts from the reflection by Rev. Dr. Fred Grewe: “I want… to try to explain to you a little bit about what Jesus may have meant when he said these words »

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1/18/23: 2022 in Review

If you have made any donations to our church in the past year, you recently received a statement of your giving (for those without an email, it will be coming). On a church-wide basis, we received $269k from 143 donors. With the statement, I sent out a list of some of what has been accomplished »

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Sunday, January 15 – “Can I Get A Witness?”

View this recorded version of Sunday Worship from January 15, 2023. Bible Verses Psalm 139: 1-18 and John 1: 29-51 Reflection: Can I Get A Witness? Excerpts from the reflection by Rev. Paula Sohl: “We have much more work to do in this country in addressing our history of racism and genocide. It is a »

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1/11/23: Thank You!

            With a huge thanks to Phil Eschtruth-Harrison and Carry Bailey, we have an upgraded WiFi at the church. This will solve any bandwidth issues we were having (impacting zoom church) and allow for additional devices to be added for a better experience. This then will allow us to upgrade our zoom church, which will »

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Sunday, January 8 – “The Source of Jesus’ Powers”

View this recorded version of Sunday Worship from January 8, 2023. Bible Verses Isaiah 42: 1-9 and Matthew 3: 13-17 Reflection: The Source of Jesus’ Powers Excerpts from the reflection by Rev. Dr. Fred Grewe: “What is it that really makes a Christian, Christian? I mean, how do we know what a Christian is? A »

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1/4/23: Coming Events

Happy New Year! It is way past time to thank the excellent preaching we so appreciated during our 6 months without paid clergy. Our 8 local clergy and one non-clergy filled the pulpit with inspiration, food for thought, affirmation, and hope. We will thank them on Sunday, Jan 8th, with a cake following the service »

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Sunday, January 1 – “The Work of Christmas”

View this recorded version of Sunday Worship from January 1, 2023. Bible Verses Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 and Matthew 25:31-46 Reflection: The Work of Christmas Excerpts from the reflection by Rev. Dr. Fred Grewe: “We ask that you would, at the beginning of this New Year, that you would give us eyes to see this year what »

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