Category: Faith
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Annual Report: Gestational Promise, Liminality, and Possibility
Note: this was submitted as a part of the annual report to the congregation for Colonial Church as a part of our Annual Meeting for 2021. What a year this has been! Last year at our annual meeting the Comcast internet service went down…we were in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, still in the…
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Loving God’s Earth: A Theology of Creation (Session 1)
A Theology of Creation Sundays from 11:00am – 12:00pm via Zoom (beginning April 11th) Zoom ID: 541-870-2251 Join us for a class exploring theology and Creation. This five-week study will explore biblical, theological, and ethical resources for loving God and creation. 1. Intro & Overview (4/11) 2. A Biblical Theology of Creation, Part 1 (4/18) 3. A…
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Finding Rest (A Sermon on Matthew 11:28-30)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on February 14, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens. And I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you…
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Kids’ Sermon: Climbing Trees
When Pastor Sara was a kid she loved climbing trees and her brother, Luke, loved playing with balls. Do you like playing outside? Do you know that God made all of the trees and the wind and the sun? And God loves you and wants you to know you are loved! Do you hear God…
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Turning to the Wilderness (A Sermon on Luke 4:1-10)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on February 28, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he…
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Monday Meditation #45: Spiritual Practices
To kick off our Lenten journey, in this Monday Meditation I invite the community to consider the power of practices and share a few that have helped me participate in the Lenten journey of turning.
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Kids’ Sermon: YOU!!
Join with Pastor Sara as we talk about what makes us unique! What’s your name? What’s your favorite color? What’s your favorite food? What’s your favorite thing to do? If you could do or be anything, what would you be? You are wonderful JUST AS YOU ARE so we can be BIG people of Love…just…
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Gathered for the Neighborhood (A Sermon on Ephesians 3:1-10 & 14-21)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on February 14, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. This is the reason that I, Paul, am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles. For surely, you have already…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 