Sermons from May 2023

Sermons from May 2023

SHARED gIFTS

Shared Gifts 1 Corinthians 12:12; Numbers 11:24-30 Pentecost Sunday,  May 28, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa I’d like to begin with a story about a delivery person, and I will explain why in just a minute.  The story goes as follows: “Around 2004/2005, I lived alone in New Jersey without a car. I ordered from the local pizza place pretty much every other night. Delivery was usually done by someone in a beaten up car, or…

The Last Thing He Did Was Bless

The Last Thing He Did Was Bless Luke 24:51 Sunday, May 21, 2023  The Seventh Sunday of Easter at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction: after graduation, a new chapter for a person Across the country people will be graduating from high school or college or something similar and it is almost always the end of a chapter and the start of a new chapter in a person’s life.  For high schoolers, it is the end of taxpayer…

Hearing the Voice of God

Hearing the Voice of God Sunday, May 14, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa 1 Samuel 1:8-18; Luke 1:35-38  The Sixth Sunday of Easter     Introduction I started putting together this sermon with the idea that I would feature two women in the Bible who heard the voice of God, and hopefully draw some inspiration from them that we can relate to our own life experience.  What I found is that attitude is vital when it…