Jesus' well known story of the "Good Samaritan," challenges us to consider if we are willing to show mercy when it is inconvenient or unpleasant. We are further challenged to open our eyes beyond those we normally look to as examples of compassion and mercy, to learn what it means to love God and love people.

In this sermon we are encouraged to consider seven responsibilities of church membership: prayer, grow, love, worship consistently, serve, give, and participate in decision making.

This sermon challenges us to consider the cost of discipleship - of following Jesus. It reminds us that following Jesus draws us into the presence of God - the presence of love and life. Our guest preacher this week is the Rev. Dr. Michael Knowles.

In this sermon we are invited to ask the question: How do we know if a thing done in the name of Jesus is truly of Jesus?

As the disciples argue about who among them is the greatest, Jesus reminds them that they are called to welcome the least (Luke 9:46-48). In this sermon we are asked what it means to be welcoming and who the "least" are in our city.

When a man asked Jesus' disciples to heal his son, they could not do it. (Luke 9:37-45) In this sermon we ask why they could not do it and consider what it means to have too little faith.

While he was praying, on a mountaintop, in the company of Moses and Elijah, Jesus's glory was witnessed by three of his disciples and they were forever changed because of it. In this sermon we are invited to join the disciples in their experience of Jesus' transfiguration as written in Luke 9:28-36.

In this sermon Jesus asks his disciples the crucial question: Who do you say I am? We are asked a follow-up question: How is he making you different? Our guest preacher this week is Rev. David McCleary.