A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA January 1, 2023 Isaiah 43:16-21 2 Corinthians 5:16 and 17 How many of you are people who like to make resolutions at the New Year? A number of years ago, I got weary of not lasting past January 18 with my new me resolutions.…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA November 13, 2022 Micah 1:2-5; 6:1-8 Introduction to Worship: Today we are hearing from the Prophet Micah, who talks about what is required of us in our lives of faith. Before we look at what he says, let’s start with what Mary Oliver says…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA October 9, 2022 Exodus 19:3-7, 20:1-17 Introduction to Worship: Today, we’ll be hearing the 10 Commandments. Do you know what the ten of them are? Don’t worry. It isn’t a quiz. Some of them are about our relationship with God. Worship only God and…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA October 2, 2022 Exodus 14:5-7, 10-14, 19-29 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship. We’re glad you’re with us. Today we’ll be celebrating World Communion Sunday, when we acknowledge and celebrate that we are part of a global family of faith. And…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California Sept 18, 2022 Genesis 12:1-9, Genesis 15:1-6 Introduction Look toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them. That is God’s instruction to Abram in the story we’ll hear today. God is reminding him that he will be a…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Sept 11, 2022 Genesis 6:5-22; 8:6-12; 9:8-17 Introduction to Worship Today we begin our program year, our Homecoming Sunday, with the story of Noah and the flood. To our modern ears, it seems crazy to say that the entire earth was flooded. There is…
Genesis 3:8-13 1 Samuel 8:4-22 Our Lord’s Prayer sermon series continues this morning with “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”. I spent a fair amount of time this week wondering why I hadn’t generously let either Victor or Joann preach this one. We’ll talk both about the temptation part and the…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Aug 14, 2022 Matt 6:9-15 Matt 18:15-35 Today we are continuing our sermon series on the Lord’s Prayer. Last week, Joann spoke about asking God forgiveness. Today we get the other half of that sentence—where we talk about why we forgive others. So let’s…
1 Kings 17:8-16 A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA by Rev. Marci Auld Glass July 31, 2022 Our Lord’s Prayer series continues today. Today we’re exploring Give us this day our daily bread. To have daily bread is a simple thing. It means to have enough food to eat, to…
Part two of Lord’s Prayer Sermon Series, preached by Rev. Marci Auld Glass at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA July 24, 2022 Jeremiah 29:4-14 Proverbs 3:5-6 As we continue our exploration of the Lord’s Prayer, today we are looking at what is, for me, the toughest part. thy kingdom come, thy will be…
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