9.21.25 - Message: Farmer God
This Sunday launches my fall preaching theme of "Abide: Lessons from the Vineyard." On my sabbatical, I spent a lot of time in vineyards and...
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9.14.25 - Return from Sabbatical
I am very excited to welcome back our beloved pastor, Jenny Warner! During service, Jenny and I will have a conversation about her sabbatica...
9.7.25 - Message: This Is The Day
Nate Milheim will be the guest preacher this Sunday and his sermon is titled, "This is the Day" and the scripture of focus is Psalm 118:21-2...
8.31.25 - Message: The Word Became Flesh—Life as a New Creation
The sermon for this Sunday is titled, "The Word Became Flesh—Life as a New Creation" and the scriptures of focus are John 1:1-5; 9-14, 1 Cor...
8.24.25 - Message: Seeing in Stories
This Sunday, we are fortunate to have Naomi Kinsman as our guest preacher. Naomi will be preaching a sermon titled, "Seeing in Stories", and...
8.17.25 - Message: A Message of Hope
Reverend Deborah Lewis-Virges, pastor of Saint Mark AME Zion Church, will be our guest preacher and she will be delivering a sermon titled "...
8.10.25 - Message: Creation and Labor—The Sacred Rhythm of Sabbath and Rest
This Sunday will be the fifth sermon of our summer sermon series and it is titled "Creation and Labor—The Sacred Rhythm of Sabbath and Rest"...
8.3.25 - Message: Creation & Care of the Earth
The sermon titled, "Creation and Care of the Earth", will explore the origins of humanity's fraught relationship with creation and find that...
7.27.25 - Message: Creaturely Life and the Fall (Genesis 3)
The sermon for this Sunday is titled "Creaturely Life and the Fall". In this sermon, we will uncover the meaning of what it means to be a cr...
7.20.25 - Message: Becoming Childlike in God's Loving Gaze
What does it mean to become like a child in the eyes of God? In Matthew 18, Jesus places a child before his disciples and says, “Unless you...
7.13.25 - Message: Inheritance
“The passage from Ephesians tells us we, all of us, as a people, and indeed the entire cosmos, have redemption in Jesus Christ. Despite ever...
7.6.25 - Message: Joy as the Act of Resistance
Psalm 5 invites us to rejoice, to sing for joy, even in the midst of evil, wickedness, lies, and destruction. Mary Oliver's poem, "Don't Hes...
6.29.25 - Message: The Human Creature in Relationship
In the sermon, "The Human Creature in Relationship", we will explore what it means to be a human creature. As a creation of God, we are made...
6.22.25 - Message: Practicing Presence
Last Sunday we successfully began our summer sermon series, "Origins: The Story of God, Humanity, and Creation", and located ourselves as mo...
6.15.25 - Message: The Story of Us: Reading Genesis in Context
Our summer series, Origins: The Story of God, Humanity, and Creation, will be focused on the book of Genesis, the remarkable story of God an...
6.8.25 - Message: Pentecost
Pentecost is a high day in the story of the church – not just because of the original moment of the Holy Spirit's arrival, but because every...
6.1.25 - Message: I Want You to Be
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5.25.25 - Message: What Are We Called to Let Go Of?
Real community asks us to put aside our preferences in order to build a community that truly reflects the love of Christ. In the early churc...
5.18.25 - Message: Spoken Into Creation
VPC is committed to being a place of welcome for everyone. We are always seeking new ways to spread our arms wider to the world. Over the ye...
5.11.25 - Message: There's Always Room for One More
There’s Always Room for One More, Revelation 7:9-17 The writer of Revelation imagines a community of people from all nations and ages gather...