A Christmas Eve Sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Dec 24, 2024 Luke 2:1-20 Isaiah 9:2-7 Introduction to worship The winter solstice was a few days ago, and the days are imperceptibly getting longer. It makes sense that we talk about light during this season of short days and long nights.…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA December 22, 2024 Isaiah 40:1-11 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship here at Calvary. We’re glad you are here. This past spring, my husband and I, along with my mother in law, and some other friends, visited Morocco. One of the…
Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary Presbyterian Church. This is the second Sunday of Advent, the season in which we wait, watch, and prepare for the coming of Jesus. In today’s passage Isaiah will speak of the treasures of darkness. In the sermon, we’ll look at what he’s talking about,…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church December 1, 2024 Isaiah 52:1-10 Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to the church season of Advent. Advent is the 4 weeks before Christmas, and the start of the church calendar. Our church calendar year begins with preparation for the birth of Jesus, in whom we see…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA November 17, 2024 Introduction to Worship When people talk about exercising to strengthen their muscles, I think most of them think about lifting weights at the gym, or going for a run—doing that routine, habitual work that builds strength, endurance. If I decided today…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA November 3, 2024 Introduction to Worship: How is it with your soul? As you may have heard, there’s an election this week. No big deal, right? I have a low pitched hum in my head that pops up when I’m stressed, as if my…
Introduction to Worship As you may have already read in the bulletin, today is Reformation Sunday. Our prayer of confession, and other pieces in the service today date from the early years of the Reformation—back in the mid 16th century. Some of our music today was written by early Reformers as well. On this last Sunday…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA October 13, 2024 1 Samuel 1:9-11, 19-20; 2:1-10 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship here at Calvary Presbyterian Church, both those of you in person and those of you joining us online. We are glad for this time to be together. …
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA October 6, 2024 Introduction to Worship Today we’ll hear a story in the Bible about a time our ancestors decided to worship a golden calf they made instead of worshiping God, even though God had just delivered them out of slavery and was at…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA September 8, 2024 Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary for our Homecoming Sunday, as we begin our program year today with a big lunch after worship. Hope you can stay for that. Today also begins a new year in…
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