Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | July 4, 2021 Micah 6:6-8 & Ephesians 4:25-32 The statement, “I love my country,” seems to have become a perilous thing to say of late. But I do and I always have. That love, like any love, has changed over the years. It has ebbed and flowed…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John Mann | June 20, 2021 Mark 4:35-41 People will say, “How can you believe in a God who allows suffering?” The idea being that if God is love, then why allow bad things to happen. But what would God do if God were to do something? Would it be the…

A Fresh Look at an Old Sunday School Lesson Sermon by Pastor Bill Chadwick | June 13, 2021 I Samuel 17 and 18 How many of you have heard the story of David and Goliath?  Of course, it is one of the best-known stories in the Bible.  However, I don’t believe I have ever preached…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | June 6, 2021 Mark 3:20-35 The writer of Mark’s Gospel told the story of Jesus with a sense of urgency. Folks in that early Christian community believed the end of the world was close at hand. Jesus was supposed to come back at any moment. They had…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | May 30, 2021 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Matthew 28:16-20 There’s a historical museum in the town of Baker City, Oregon. Among the various artifacts are photos from the past. One photo shows a chalkboard with names written on it – each name a signature.  A group of young men…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | May 23, 2021 Act 2: 1-21 When I was in high school there was a teacher named Mrs. Armstrong. She was a fairly good teacher and she wanted to relate to young people. But she went about it the wrong way. She tried to speak our language;…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | May 16, 2021 Mark 6: 1-13 Whether we stay in one place our whole lives or move around, we are on a journey. We all travel from birth to death. And we travel from death to redemption. You and I cannot change death. But God can redeem…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | May 9, 2021 John 15: 9-17 Around ten years ago, my brother Joe organized a family history project. He wants future generations of our family to have a record of their ancestors. He asked me and my siblings  to write some reflections on our lives.  I wrote…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | May 2, 2021 John 15: 1-8 There was a church pastor who served on a presbytery committee. When the committee assignment was over with, the minister was heard to say, “Now I can get back to working my normal 70 hours a week.”  It was said with…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | April 25, 2021 John 10: 11-18 When I was a young lad, my brothers and sister and I took four toothpicks and broke one of them so that it was shorter than the rest. We set the toothpicks on the coffee table in the living room and…