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I Am, So You Can: I am the Good Shepherd
Meg Peery McLaughlin I Am, So You Can: I am the Good Shepherd March 16, 2025 John 10: 11-18 Prayer for Illumination Holy God, You are who you are. You will be who you will be. Right now, we pray that you’ll speak and that by your Spirit we can quiet every other noise...
I AM, So You Can: The Light
Jarrett McLaughlin “I AM, So You Can: The Light" March 9, 2025 John 8:1-16 Cold Open: Today we kick off a new Sermon Series for the season of Lent. We’re calling it “I AM, So You Can.” It’s based on the Seven “I Am…” saying in the Gospel of John – one for each of the...
Youth Sunday Sermons
Youth Sunday Sermons March 2, 2025 Caroline Vandersea This past summer, I was a counselor at Camp Seafarer for 9 weeks. I’ve been going since the age of 6, but this was my first summer on staff. Over the course of those nine weeks, I had three sets of campers, but...
Stories Jesus Told: The One about the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Meg Peery McLaughlin Stories Jesus Told: The One about the Pharisee and the Tax Collector February 23, 2025 Luke 18: 9-14 Prayer for Illumination Tell us a story, Lord Jesus. And hold us close when it rattles us with your truth. Your Spirit is here and we are...
PCM Sunday
PCM Student Sunday February 16, 2025 Matthew 18:10-14 Macie Fitzgerald’s sermon: Good morning. It’s an honor to represent PCM this morning. I’m Macie, one of four seniors preaching this morning. I came to PCM my freshman year and have spent the past three years in...
Stories Jesus Told: One Sower, Four Soils and a Whole Lot of Seed
Stories Jesus Told: The One about Yeast and Flour
Meg Peery McLaughlin Stories Jesus Told: The One about Yeast and Flour February 2, 2025 Matthew 13: 33 Prayer of Illumination: Tell us a story, Lord Jesus. And hold us close when it rattles us with your truth. Your Spirit is here and we are listening. Amen. ...
A Life Worth Living: The Odd Life
Jarrett McLaughlin A Life Worth Living: The Odd Life Luke 4:16-30 January 26, 2025 Cold Open: While I was studying theology in Richmond, a classmate of mine gave a sermon in Watts Chapel. He was making a point about the brevity of life – how our time is limited. He...
A Life Worth Living: Measuring Up
Meg Peery McLaughlin A Life Worth Living: Measuring Up January 19, 2025 Matthew 3: 13-17 Your bulletin says our text is Matthew 3: 1-17, and that is the text, But I cannot read it without adding the next phrase in the story, from Matthew 4. It’s kind of like how there...