Sermons on Psalms
God’s Word
Sunday January 31 2021God’s WordMatthew 4: 1-4; Psalm 119:97-105 NRSVRev Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch MATTHEW 4:1-4 NRSV1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. 3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live…
STILL Better Together WK 4
May 10 2020 Gathering Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead UsRev Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch WelcomeRev Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch Song of PraiseYes I Will (CCLI 7105442)Resonate Hymn of PrayerSavior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us (CCLI 24078)UMH 381, Verses 1-4Chancel Choir/Orchestra Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer Rev Jessica Wright Children’s TimeApril Kwan/Trish Morehead Gratitude MomentRev Jessica Wright Song of GratitudeYou Are My ShepherdDaybreak Scripture Reading Psalm 23 NRSVRuth Swingle 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.2 He makes me lie…
Study: Growing In The Word
March 8 2020Study: Growing in the WordPsalm 119:103-105; 2 Timothy 3: 16-17Rev Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch, preaching
Worship & Prayer: A LIving Hallelujah
The WalkMarch 1 2020Worship and Prayer: A Living HallelujahPsalm 100Rev Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch, preaching
Punching Holes In the Darkness
Fourth Sunday of AdventDecember 22, 2019LIGHT FOR THE PATH: PUNCHING HOLES IN THE DARKNESSREV. MARY BETH HARDESTY-CROUCHPsalm 27:1, John 1: 1-5, 14 NRSV
Walking in Darkness
Second Sunday of AdventDecember 8, 2019LIGHT FOR THE PATH: WALKING IN DARKNESSREV. MARY BETH HARDESTY-CROUCHPsalm 27:1, Isaiah 9:2-7 NRSV We can’t fully embrace the light without having experienced the darkness. We’ve all known darkness, both cosmic and personal. Having known and experienced the darkness shapes who we are but it doesn’t define our future. God is sovereign and God holds the future and God lights the Path into His future. 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great…
Light For The Path
Light For The PathPsalm 27:1; Genesis 1:1-5Rev. Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch First Sunday of AdventCommunion SundayDecember 1, 2019 It all began in darkness and chaos. And then without warning, God spoke and suddenly light flooded the cosmos, clearly separating and defining the difference between darkness and light. Light gives shape and purpose and identity and hope.
Desert Island Scripture: Psalm 46
Desert Island Scripture: Psalm 46Sunday October 13 2019Rev Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch, preaching
Is God Really Listening To Me?
Sunday September 29You Asked: Is God Really Listening to Me?John 15:7; Psalm 22: 1-2; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-9Rev Mary Beth Hardesty-Crouch, preaching
In the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Psalm 33:6-22
Giving Up Gossip
Ephesians 4:29; Psalm 34:13; Proverbs 10:18