Sermons
2008
Forgiven and Reconciled
Aug. 17, Rev. Ahrens
Reach Out and Grab Hold
August 10, Rev. Ahrens
Just Do It!
August 3, Rev. Tisher
What Is Heaven Like?
July 27, Rev. Cunningham
Surely The Lord Is In This Place, and I Did Not Know It
July 20, Rev. Tisher
When Religious Resistance Trumps Political Power
July 13, Rev. Ahrens
If I Were A Christian In America
July 6, Rev. Ahrens
Simple Compassion
June 29, Rev. Cunningham
A Crash Course For Spaceship Earth
June 22, Rev. Ahrens
The Race Matter June 15, Rev. Ahrens
Do The Right Thing
June 8, Rev. Ahrens
Listening Hearts
June 1, Rev. Ahrens
Be Opened April 27, Katherine Beckett
The God of Jesus April 20, Rev. Tisher
Covenanting For Justice
April 13, Wahu Kaara
Didn't We Feel on Fire? April 6, Rev. Ahrens
Is Doubting Faith Wrong If We Are Truly Seeking Truth For Our Lives? March 30, Rev. Ahrens
What Is Heaven Like? March 23, Rev. Ahrens
Who is Jesus? March 16, Rev. Ahrens
How Do I Know that the Life I Live and the Decisions I Make are According to God’s Will? March 2, Rev. Ahrens
What Are the Key Teachings in the Bible? February 17, Rev. Ahrens
How Do I Live My Faith In My Family? February 10, Rev. Ahrens
Why Repent? I'm UCC
Ash Wednesday, February 6, Rev. Ahrens
Clouds to Crowds February 3, Rev. Ahrens
Teach, Proclaim, Cure January 27, Rev. Ahrens
Judges in a Time of War January 20, Rev. Ahrens
The Rest of the Story January 13, Rev. Botts
A Light in the Darkness January 6, Rev. Tisher
 
2007
The Flowers of Winter December 30, Rev. Botts
Isaiah 9: For Unto Us a Child is Born Christmas Eve, 11:00 Service, Rev. Ahrens
Wrapped and Laid Down Christmas Eve, 7:30 Service, Rev. Ahrens
Refuse Evil, Accept Good December 23, Rev. Ahrens
The Dancing Desert, December 16, Rev. Ahrens
No Fighting, No Biting December 9, Rev. Ahrens
Learning War No More December 2, Rev. Ahrens
The End November 25, Rev. Botts
The Eleventh Hour November 18, Rev. Ahrens
Ten Things You Need to Know about Finance and Stewardship October 14, Rev. Ahrens
Forgiveness and Faith  October 7, Rev. Ahrens
Not Convinced? Try the Resurrected One!
September 30, Rev. Ahrens
Gladden Your Hearts September 23, Rev. Ahrens
The Pipe and the Cross September 16, Rev. Ahrens
Stepping Up With Jesus September 9, Rev. Ahrens
Beware and Risk September 2, Rev. Ahrens
Preparing for Life’s Lags and Celebrating Your Victories August 26, Rev. Ahrens
Trusting the Holy Spirit to Lead Us While Building a Broad Base of Support
August 19, Rev. Ahrens
Risking Honesty in Simple, Specific and Impossible Ways August 12, Rev. Ahrens
This is the Life! August 5, Rev. Botts
Listening to Friends While Praying to God July 29, Rev. Ahrens
Of Ultimate Concern July 22, Rev.Sarah Reed
Tee Off and Follow Through July 15, Rev. Botts
This Strangely Warmed Planet July 8, Rev. Ahrens
Yearning to be Free July 1, Rev. Ahrens
Welcomed Into Community June 24, Rev. Ahrens
Strange Tablemates June 17, Rev. Botts
The Future June 10, Rev. Phil Hart
One From Many June 3, Rev. Ahrens
Power When You Need It May 27, Rev. Botts
Who Will Carry the Torch May 13, Rev. Ahrens
What Dorinda Means to Us A Eulogy Delivered May 12 by Bill Lange
Love in Action May 6, Rev. Ahrens
Break Through April 29, Rev. Ahrens
A Reverence for Life April 15, Rev. Ahrens
The Sacrament of Rising From The Dead April 8, 11 a.m., Rev. Ahrens
Behold! April 6, Good Friday Sermon, Rev. Ahrens
The Sacrament of Giving Your Life April 1, Rev. Ahrens
The Sacrament of Touch March 25, Rev. Botts
The Sacrament of Coming Home March 18, Rev. Ahrens
The Sacrament of Repentance March 11, Rev. Ahrens
The Sacrament of Grieving March 4, Rev. Ahrens
In Sacred Space March 4, 9:00 service, Sarah Reed
Compassion as a Sacrament, February 25, Rev. Ahrens
Listening as a Sacrament, Ash Wednesday Feb. 21, Rev. Ahrens
Do and Hear - Keynote speech delivered by Rev. Ahrens on 2/12/07 at the 2007 Jewish Fund for Justice Annual Meeting in Santa Clara, CA,
WDJB February 11, Rev. Botts
Invited to Stay February 4, Rev. Ahrens
Love Really Matters
January 28, Rev. Ahrens

The Moral Arc of the Universe January 14, Rev. Ahrens
A Star Is Born January 7, Rev. Ahrens
Wise Men, Wise Women January 1, Rev. Botts
 
2006
Love: Savior of the World December 24
It Happens Like This December 24 7:30 p.m.
Cross Road to Heaven December
24 11:00 p.m.
Joy: Comfort Station Straight Ahead December 17
Peace: Desert Road Ready for Business
December 10
Hope: A Branch in the Highway December 3
Endings and Beginnings, and All That’s Between, November 26
Divorce: Torn Asunder November 19
The Audacity to Believe November 5
The Eighth Day October 29
Leap to New Heights in Our Giving October 22
Into Thin Air October 8
For Such a Time as This October 1
Draw Near To God September 24
Faith AND Works September 10
Blessed are you, when . . . you are persecuted for righteousness sake Sept 3
Blessed are you, when . . . you are pure in heart and you make peace
August 27 Blessed are you, when . . . you are meek, you hunger for what is right, and act mercifully August 20
Blessed are you when . . . Your spirit is poor and you mourn August 13
Jamal, Dwayne, and Little Joe July 30
Jeff July 23
Sandy and Tom July 16
Shake Off The Dust July 9
Loving Lament July 2
Have a Little Faith in God July 25 - Elaine Fennel
One God, One Sling, One Stone June 18
Two Questions June 11
Feeling the Breath of God June 4, Dr. Donald Luck
Dumb Luck and Disappointments
May 28
What is to Prevent Me from Being Baptised? May 14
The Kindness of Justice - Sermon Preached at Temple Israel, May 12, 2006
The Paradox of Twin Truths April 23
In Your Easter Outfit April 16, 9:00
The Church of Ressurection April 16, 11:00
Austrailia: A Church Awakening April 2
South America:Liberation and Expectation March 26
North America: This Is Not Your Father's Faith Anymore March 19
Africa: Growth Beyond Imagining March 12
Asia. Billions of Believers? March 5
A Whole New World Ash Wednesday, March 1
Everyday Faith - 4 Sermons by the First Church Youth February 26
Homosexuality and the Church: A Way Forward February 19
Homosexuality and the Bible: The Last Prejudice February 12
Moral Dilemmas and Moral Solutions February 5

The Entwining of Church and State January 29
Terrorism, War and Peace January 22
Justice, Freedom and Faith for All
January 15
Adopted Into Faith Through Baptism
January 8
A Star Dancing in the Night
January 1

2005
God With Us December 25
Pondering December 24, 11:00 p.m.
Wandering December 24, 7:30 p.m.
Paving the Way
December 4, 2005
Returning November 27, 2005
Having the Moral Imagination to Answer Jesus' Questions November 20, 2005
The Saints of God November 6, 2005
Now and Here October 30, 2005
Entering the Land of Promise October 23, 2005
Who's Got the Power? October 16, 2005
God's Mind Was Changed October 9, 2005
The Joy of Good Fruit
October 2, 2005
The Labor Pain of Grace September 18, 2005
Move On September 11, 2005
God's Kingdom, Power and Glory Forever September 4
Responding to God's Guidance
August 28, 2005
Deliver Us From Temptation and Evil August 21, 2005
Give Us and Forgive Us
August 14, 2005
Your Will (Not Mine) Be Done August 7, 2005
Blessed Be Your Name July 31, 2005
When Life is a Pain in the Side July 24, 2005
The Story of Life July 10, 2005
American Heroes July 3, 2005

Dicipleship on the '10' Scale
June 26, 2005
To You Have I Committed My Cause June 19, 2005
A Graduate Epistle June 5, 2005
Walk the Talk May 29, 2005
The Spirit is Loose in the Church! May 15, 2005
W.W.M.D.
May 8, 2005
A Way out of 'No Way'
May 1, 2005
When Irresistible Force Meets Immovable Object
April 24, 2005
Holy Togetherness April 17, 2005
The Realness of Resurrection
April 10, 2005
Journey Ended, Journey Begun March 27, 2005, 9:00 Service
Resurrection as a Moral Value March 27, 2005, 11:00 Service
Passion as a Moral Value March 20, 2005
Forgiveness as a Moral Value March 13, 2005
Justice as a Moral Value March 6, 2005
Grace as a Moral Value
February 27, 2005
Love as a Moral Value
February 20, 2005
Generosity as a Moral Value February 13, 2005
Moral Values: Which Values and Whose Values?
February 9, 2005
Called Out
February 6, 2005
Blessed are the Peacemakers
January 16, 2005
Why Baptize?
January 9, 2005

 
2004
Thickly Settled December 24, 2004, 11:00 p.m.
Look Up December 24, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Curves Ahead
December 19, 2004