Category: Sermons

Watch on YouTube 3rd CANDLE LIGHTING | JOY Isaiah 58:9-12 New International Version 9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression,    with the pointing finger and malicious talk,10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry    and satisfy the needs ...

Watch on YouTube 2nd CANDLE LIGHTING | PEACE Ruth 1, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12[1] [1] By Rev. Melissa Krabbe, preached at United Presbyterian Church of Sterling, KS on December 8, 2024. I love that the story of Ruth starts like a fairytale. Once upon a time… Once upon a time, a man named Elimelech took his wife Naomi ...

Watch on YouTube 1st CANDLE LIGHTING | HOPE Luke 1:26-38 Common English Bible Jesus’ birth foretold 26 When Elizabeth was six months pregnant, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a city in Galilee, 27 to a virgin who was engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 When the angel came ...

Watch on YouTube 2024 Thank offering Sunday with Special guest: Rylee Jones: Rylee is a sophomore at Sterling College majoring in Elementary Education. She is the granddaughter of our own Marge Jones. She’ll be sharing about her mission trip to Ghana. 2 Corinthians 9:11–12 NRSV Ghana Africa Mission TripJason Boley, Selena Granillo, Jenise Nelson, Kaylie Fenwick, Dru Lindsey, ...

By Rev. Melissa Krabbe Mark 12:38-44 NRSV This past week I was up in Nebraska City, NE at the Arbor Day Foundation’s retreat center at a conference on storytelling for pastors. As you might expect, we worshipped together at the beginning and end of each day, and the liturgy and scripture readings all centered around ...