Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | August 16, 2020 Matthew 15: 21-28 I volunteered for a couple of years as an emergency room chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. My job was to be a pastoral presence for the friends and relatives of people who came into the emergency room. One night…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | August 9, 2020 John14: 1-14 I am the youngest of four siblings. My siblings and I remember when we were children and often when our family was dining at a restaurant, the wait staff would say, “My, how well behaved these children are.” The observation was likely meant…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | August 2, 2020 Matthew 14: 13-21 You can teach people to share, but you cannot legislate generosity.  How we learn to share and how we actually share is an illustration of the true nature of our common bonds – family systems, friendships, community and religious groups. Like most…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | July 26, 2020 Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52 In Scotland, there is a room in every Church of Scotland called the “Vestry.” Things of importance were stored in the vestry. Things of value were stored in the vestry. There was a locked vault and a safe. It’s the room…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | July 19, 2020 Matthew 13: 24-30 When I was growing up, the girl next door was named Teri. Teri and I were friends and there were seasons in life where we off and on. We were in the same 8th grade classroom. I was a typical 8th grade…

Sermon by Pastor Bill Chadwick | July 12, 2020 2nd Corinthians 5:17-20 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to God through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to God’s self in Christ, not…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | July 5, 2020 Romans 12 Recently my son Elliott came up to Duluth to do some landscaping work for us. I handed him my keys so that he could get into the garage and he pointed out to the grandsons my key fob. A small metal plate inscribed…

Sermon by Pastor Bill Chadwick | June 28, 2020 Ecclesiastes 3:1-7;  Luke 10:38-42 How do preachers decide what to preach on?  Often the world gives us our topic, witness Covid 19 and the murder of George Floyd and its aftermath.  Sometimes of course, it’s a special holiday.  Often we follow the three-year schedule of scripture…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | June 21, 2020 This Sunday we are observing Father’s Day. I thought that this week I would take a step back from the issues that have weighed so heavily upon us so far in 2020 and offer up something more in heart- warming frame of mind as opposed…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | June 14, 2020 Psalm 27 Five years ago, Lindsay and I went on a southern road trip. We visited some of the places where she lived when she was growing up. One town we stayed in for a few days was Starkville, Mississippi. It’s the home of Mississippi…