Archive for September, 2009

September 27 the 17th Sunday after Pentecost

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Sermon Text: Mark 9:38-50
Sermon Title: “The Truth, Love, and Grace”
Sermon Notes: Beyond the harsh vividness of images Jesus uses, what do we see but the grace of God? God’s grace is on the move, and we can be on the way with it, or we can get in the way of it, and that will make all [...]

September 20 the 16th Sunday after Pentecost

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Sermon Text: Psalm 1
Sermon Title: “Choices/Circumstance? Either/Or?”
Sermon Notes: Psalm 1 is an apparent celebration of biblical wisdom literature’s affirmation that God will reward or punish people for their living in the circumstances of their living. At deeper levels, however, the psalm suggests both that circumstance is a matter of consequence and that the joy of God’s [...]

Book Club: Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

“Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith” by Anne Lamott will be our first read this fall. Book and bean will have used copies for purchase and the book is also available from Amazon.com.
Please join us Wednesdays, 6:15 P.M., at Book and Bean starting Sept. 23.
Review from Randomhouse.com:
Anne Lamott claims the two best prayers she [...]

Social Networking Comes to TLPC

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

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September 13 the 15th Sunday after Pentecost

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Sermon Text: Mark 8:27-38
Sermon Title: “Know me?”
Sermon Notes: Jesus embraces the implications of his identity and insists that disciples have to do the same. At Caesarea Philippi, Mark’s Gospel affirms that the more we get to know Jesus, the more we know how much more he knows us. The more real our relationship with Jesus gets, the more [...]