Worship

Sermon September 16, 2012 – Who Am I?

James 3: 1- 12 The letter of James shows one of the church’s early pastors skillfully going about his work of confronting, diagnosing, and dealing with areas of misbelief and misbehavior that had turned up in congregations committed to his care. Deep and living wisdom is on display here, wisdom both rare and essential. Wisdom […]

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About our music programs

Windsor Park United currently has 3 music programs: The Worship Choir is our adult choir.  This group leads the singing in worship on Sundays from September to June.   Practice times are on Thursday evenings from 7:45-9:15 p.m. with longer practices before Christmas and Easter. The Joyful Noise is our children’s choir that practices on Sunday […]

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A study in contrasts

Today’s readings are a wonderful example of how confusing contradictory scripture can be. Song of Solomon 2: 8-13 We are about to hear a passage that has nothing to do with the law or sacred history. The people who collected the books of scripture into what we have as the Bible argued for centuries about […]

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Sermon – I’m not perfect and that’s okay with God.

Many Bible scholars call the reading from 2 Samuel assigned for today’s worship as ‘sanitized’. Skipping verses 6-8 significant. These verses speak about David’s brutal capture of Jerusalem to make it his capital once he became king of Israel and Judah. Most of us carry our Sunday School picture of David in our heads: a […]

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Sermon

Have you ever been so sick that you have felt desperate? Have you ever been so frustrated with the situation that you will do anything to force a change? The flip side of these questions is to ask ourselves what it means to be well, to feel whole, and to trust. What does it take […]

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Seedy Beginnings

Scripture Reading – Mark 4: 26-34 In the reading from Mark we find that Jesus addresses his disciples and the crowds in parables. In our reading this morning Jesus uses parables to explain about the ‘kingdom of God’. 26Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man 27who then goes […]

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Scripture & Sermon

I have been very blessed to be here at Windsor Park United. One of the things I like best is that Sharon challenges me to think in new ways. Today is one of those days, so we will be doing something different, at least for me. Alex will do the reading and the meditation will […]

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