Monthly Archives: November 2009

Sermon – November 29, 2009: A Good Ending

As a culture we seem to have an unending fascination with The End. Lots of folks try to predict and or depict what is going to happen. What do people of faith believe? A recent movie entitled “2012″ predicts that the world will come to a fiery and cataclysmic end on December 21, 2012. What [...]

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Sermon – November 22, 2009: Building in the Closing Costs

On this final week of our renovation campaign, Imagine: Building God’s Way, we are faced with two choices: fear or faith.  How will we respond to God’s dream for St. Mark’s?  How will we respond to God’s dream for each one of us?  Each one of us has a part to play, a gift to [...]

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Read Sermon – November 22, 2009: Building in the Closing Costs

Sermon – November 15, 2009: Building that Makes a Difference

On this third week of our renovation campaign, Imagine: Building God’s Way, we remember those places of our personal spiritual growth, the people, the programs, the spaces that were sacred and holy to each one of us. Remember that we are called to keep buildings in proper perspective, for the building that lasts is in [...]

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Sermon – November 8, 2009: Building A Life of Faith

Guest speaker Pat Luna issues a challenge to think about what it means to give sacrificially.  Mark 12:41-44
Building A Life of Faith

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Sermon – November 1, 2009: Building On A Firm Foundation

Barbara Brown Taylor writes, “Generally speaking, the saints are not distinguished by their goodness. They are distinguished by their extravagant love of God. This seems to suggest that saint-making is more God’s business than our own. There really are ordinary men and women whose love of God has led them to do extraordinary things, which [...]

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Read Sermon – November 1, 2009: Building On A Firm Foundation