This morning as we gather for worship, our youth are in Germantown at the Philadelphia Project putting their hands and backs to the work of repairing homes and rebuilding lives. As we gather to worship, I remember two things. These youth came to these understandings of lived faith here in this place – for which we should be proud. And our youth…
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Sermons by Reverend Monica Guepet (Page 23)
This morning, we continue our series on being created to be generous. Last week, we explored how from the beginning, God created us in the very image of God, and that one of the overwhelming characteristics of God is God’s generosity. Last week, I gave you a challenge to ask God how God is inviting you to be more generous. This week,…
This morning, we continue our series on being created to be generous. Last week, we explored how from the beginning, God created us in the very image of God, and that one of the overwhelming characteristics of God is God’s generosity. Last week, I gave you a challenge to ask God how God is inviting you to be more generous. This week,…
This morning, we begin a new series of sermons entitled Created to be Generous. We will take the next five weeks to explore what it means to be generous in community, openly, good works, as saints, and as givers. In the first chapter, in the first book of the Bible, in two verses, we learn the most incredible revelation about our own…
We have been in a series of sermons about creation. The first glimpse we have of God is in creation. The Bible begins with telling us who God is and who we are to God, while God has sleeves rolled up and is creating. We talked about the God of the sky, who is transcendent, above and over all of creation. We…
It was a quiet April morning. The kind of morning where spring has not fully been realized yet, at least not in the mountains. It was simultaneously silent and noisy. I was travelling in a group of about five people, but none of us spoke that morning. It was as if we somehow knew we were on holy ground. We each seemed…
Standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon. Laying on your back taking in the stars. Sitting wrapped in a blanket watching the sunrise against the earth. Moments like that are filled with wonder and awe. Moments in which words are few and the experience in which emotions are more ample than thoughts. Creation speaks forth…
Have you ever heard the phrase, ‘labor of love’? Did you know that it is a biblical phrase? From 1Thessalonians 1:3, “Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father.” And Hebrews 6:10, “For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and…
This is our last Sunday in the series of Psalms as the songbook of Israel and our summer songs pointing to the character of God. I hope you have had as much fun as I have looking at some modern summer songs alongside the psalms. Like the psalms, we have learned about the character of God and the circumstances of God’s people. …
This month, we have been exploring some popular summer hits alongside the songs of the psalms. The book of psalms was the songbook for ancient Israel, long before it was passed around in written form. It was sung from home to home and as they were traveling from place to place. The psalm songs taught the people about the character of God…