A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church on Aug 20, 2023 Gen 2:1-3 John 15:9-17 Introduction to Worship Good morning. We are in the second week of our sermon series on Sabbath. I invite you to think back on this past week. How’d you do with rest? Were you able to set aside any time? …
Introduction to Worship Today we begin a sermon series on the rhythms of sabbath. Rest is an important element to life, yet we often try to postpone it. We de-prioritize it. Yet it is written into the very code that makes our bodies work. Find your pulse. Feel your heart beat. After each beat, your…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church on Aug 6, 2023 John 9 Introduction to Worship: Good morning. Today in worship we’ll be exploring the journey of our call. How God has brought us through particular experiences to be where we are today. And how God is even now, dreaming for us a future that…
While I was out of town last week, protesters showed up and disrupted worship at Calvary. They came to a Bible study and started yelling terrible things at participants. They yelled at people trying to enter the sanctuary for worship. We received good support from the SF Police Department, and positive media coverage, which led…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California July 9, 2023 Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary. My name is Marci Glass and I’m one of the pastors here. We are glad you are joining us, whether in person or online. We are in the second week…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA July 2, 2023 Introduction to Worship Good morning. Today we are beginning a sermon series about how God calls us. Often in the church, you might hear your pastors talk about our call stories, and how we ended up becoming ministers, and finding our…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church June 18, 2023 Philemon Introduction to Worship We are continuing our Short and Sweet sermon series. Today is the Letter of Philemon. And hearing it all, from the salutation to the close, we get the reminder that Paul wrote letters—actual letters—to people he knew and loved and some…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA June 4, 2023 2nd John Intro to Worship Today we begin a sermon series called Short and Sweet, and we’ll read the three shortest books in the Bible. Today we’ll read 2nd John. But it continues a theme from the 1st letter of John.…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA May 14, 2023 Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to worship. Today is Mother’s Day, which is not a liturgical holiday, not a church holiday, per se. And it is a complicated day. It will not be the focus of worship, but it…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA May 7, 2023 Introduction to Worship Today we begin a sermon series on the book of Romans, which is my favorite letter Paul wrote to the churches. It contains my favorite chapter in the whole of scripture. And it is a book where Paul…
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