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Sermon: Amanda Lewis, January 20, 2019

Category: Epiphany / Speaker: Rev. Amanda Lewis
January 20, 2019

Sermon Amanda Lewis  January 20, 2019 Sermon January 20 (2) Bennett and I just celebrated our first wedding anniversary last month. We had a tiny family ceremony, there were just 20 of us there together,...

Sermon: Amanda Lewis, January 13, 2019

Category: Epiphany / Speaker: Rev. Amanda Lewis
January 13, 2019

Sermon  Amanda Lewis  January 13, 2019  Sermon January 13 2019 updated (2) Psalm 29 is a fitting text for today. And not just because Baptism of the Lord Sunday this psalm calls us to remember...

No Room for Another King

Category: Epiphany / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
January 06, 2019

But if we’ve read attentively, we remember that Matthew’s gospel tells us that Jesus will do what we cannot. Jesus will not avoid Jerusalem and its empire that strikes out against him. Jesus will walk...

Parents Just Don’t Understand

Category: Christmas / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
December 30, 2018

But if Jesus is to the do work that must be done, and we are to join him in that pursuit, then we like Mary, must allow Jesus to be obedient to God’s demands above...

Make Haste

Category: Christmas / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
December 24, 2018

Make Haste Luke 2.1-20 12-24-2018 Make Haste A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Christmas Eve 2018 Luke 2:1-20 Walking through the aisle at Lowes a few weeks ago, I noticed some stellar inflatable...

Grateful

Category: Advent / Speaker: Rev Tillie Duncan
December 23, 2018

GRATEFUL Tillie Duncan Luke 1:39-50 Dec. 23, 2018 GRATEFUL (1) I’m reading Tim Conway’s memoir, What’s So Funny? As a high school student, he played football in spite of his small stature. One evening he...

Homily: Debbie Kidd, December 23, 2018

Category: Advent / Speaker: Rev. Debbie Kidd
December 23, 2018

Dec 23 Sardis – Single (2) Sardis – December 23 During this time at Sardis where we have wanted to hear from ‘different voices’ this Christmas season, I am taking a bit of a different...

Do This With Joy

Category: Advent / Speaker: Rev. Mary Apicella
December 16, 2018

12.16.2018 Lk 3 7_18_ Phil 4 4_7 (1) I think of all the church seasons, Advent is my favorite. Advent has a mood about it that appeals to me as I’ve gotten older, lived more,...