Sermons from January 2019

“Customary Practice” A sermon based on Luke 4:14-21

January 25, 2019
Rev. David Oliver-Holder
Luke

Delivered on Sunday, January 27th, 2019 by David Oliver-Holder Next Sunday, this congregation held its annual meeting of the corp. Like most congregations, and all Presbyterian ones, we meet annually to report on the fiscal aspects of the past year. This church has done this, I would assume, just about every year since its founding in 1856. And I anticipate that it…

“The Life of the Party” A sermon based on John 2:1-11

January 18, 2019
Rev. David Oliver-Holder
John

Delivered on Sunday, January 20th, 2019 By David Oliver-Holder A wedding ceremony as the symbol of God’s grace, as an image of what God wants to happen in the word, as the scene of an epiphany, a revelation of God. It’s almost too much to be believed. Someone has written that “Weddings are accidents waiting to happen.”[i] I have not yet seen,…

“He Came Among His Own” A sermon based on Luke 3:15-22

January 11, 2019
Rev. David Oliver-Holder
Luke

Delivered on Sunday, January 13th, 2019 By David Oliver-Holder Welcome to the Season after Epiphany. Gone are the trees of Advent and Christmas, the lights, the ornaments, and those seasons’ music. All packed away. With the arrival of January 6th, we begin a new season, with signs and showings, revelations, epiphanies. For our Orthodox sisters and brothers, January 6th is Christmas Day,…

“An Alternative” A sermon based on Matthew 2:1-12

Delivered on Sunday, January 6th, 2019 By David Oliver-Holder I greet you all in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Happy New Year! Although Christians have already begun our new liturgical year with the First Sunday of Advent, for many folks the first of January marks an important turning point. Some of us watched the ball drop in New…