In the Gospel of Mark, we read the story of Jesus surrounded by a crowd of folks, and the rather unlikely ones who have come to him for healing. Why did they come to Jesus? Do we come to Jesus in the same hopes? Reflect on the meaning of The Healing Presence with Pastor Lib. Mark 5: 21 – 43.
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Read Sermon – June 28, 2009: The Healing Presence
Sometimes when we get old, we get crabby. We forget how teenage boys have hollow-leg hunger. We tend to value garden flowers above the laughter and frolic of young people playing water games and laughing and showing us that it is the present moment that holds value, laughter that holds promise and fellowship that becomes [...]
Read When One Gets Old
We wrap up our week of “Studio GO!” Vacation Bible School at St. Mark’s with one final game show: “FEAR or FAITH? Which will you choose?” Join our contestants as they encouter the storms of life, and have to make a decision – will they choose to respond with fear, or with faith? (This recording [...]
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Read Sermon – June 21, 2009: Fear or Faith
What can we learn about the kingdom of God from the parables of Jesus? In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus tells us that the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, and it is our job to scatter the seed. It is God who causes it to grow! In today’s sermon, Pastor Ben encourages [...]
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Read Sermon: June 14, 2009 – Because You Never Know
The holy conferencing of the people called Methodists in the North Carolina Annual Conference comes to a close today with the setting of the appointments for the coming year. The various worship services, music, reports, voting, speeches from the floor are always something to behold.
But for this Methodist pastor, the high point of the conference [...]
Read And Are We Yet Alive?
