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…

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 Pastor Bill Chadwick | May 29, 2020 Service for Pentecost Sunday May 31, 2020  Acts 2:1-4 Dear Friends: We gather in the name of love, the love that God has for each of us and for the world, and the love that we have for one another.  God is love. It is Friday…

Sermon by Pastor Bill Chadwick | May 24, 2020 Psalm 103: 8-13; Matthew 18: 21-22 Two weeks ago we looked at the first part of the Lord’s Prayer.  We continue today starting with “Give us this day our daily bread.” Some commentators try to spiritualize the idea of bread here, declaring that since Jesus called…

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…