Sermon by Pastor Bill Chadwick | June 7, 2020 This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. I miss seeing all of you. We are encouraged at the gradual opening of venues. Let me remind you that we will continue to be online through June. The…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | May 17, 2020 John 14: 15-21 The text for today is pretty much just one word: If.  The setting is John’s portrait of Jesus – he’s talking to his followers about his impending death. He frames it in terms of a departure. But he assures them he’s not…

Sermon by Pastor Bill Chadwick | May 3, 2020 Psalm 23 Psalm 23 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.2     He makes me lie down in green pastures;he leads me beside still waters;3     he restores my soul.He leads me in right paths    for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,    I…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | April 26, 2020 Isaiah 43:1-7 When I sat down for an interview with the vacancy committee at St. James’ Parish Church in Glasgow, they may have wondered what planet I had stepped off of. I was sort of wondering what planet I had landed upon.  People around the…

Sermon by Pastor Bill Chadwick | April 19, 2020 I think of myself as a pretty positive person generally.  I hope others perceive me that way, though I am not entirely sure.  I have a friend a little older than I am who has a T-shirt that reads: “I never thought I’d be a crabby…

Worship by Pastor Bill Chadwick | April 12, 2020 Welcome Christ is risen!  He is risen indeed! Welcome to folks from both churches and others from around the world. I had a delightful phone chat with Jan Cottrell the other day. She had just come inside from being out in her yard raking and wheelbarrowing. …

Dear Friends, Today, April 9, is Maundy Thursday. It is not “Monday Thursday,” as I thought when I was a child. Nor is it Maunday Thursday, as it is so often misspelled, but Maundy Thursday. The word “maundy” comes from the Latin mandatum, which means commandment, referring to Jesus’ command to love one another. In…

Sermon by Pastor Bill Chadwick | April 5, 2020 Luke 19:29-40 Natalie is the only person I know personally who has experienced Covid-19.  Natalie was a little girl in the congregation I served 20 years ago. Today Natalie is 26 and living in South Korea teaching English.  Natalie was infected with Covid-19, was hospitalized, received…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | March 29, 2020 A few weeks ago, I told Lindsay to keep an eye for the bear that was seen close to her bus stop. Here in Duluth we live in bear country. The bears are waking up from their winter slumber. I appreciate seeing bears from a…