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Sermons by the Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana

(unless otherwise noted)

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Journey to the Cross: The Last Week of Jesus' Life

Cursed -- February 17, 2013
Mark 11:12-22

We Become What We Behold -- February 24, 2013
Mark 14:12-25

The Last/First Supper -- March 3, 2013
Mark 14:12-25

Prayers in the Garden -- March 10, 2013
Mark 14:26-42

An Idol of the Idle -- March 31, 2013
Luke 24:1-12

We Must Obey God -- April 14, 2013
Acts 5:27-32

Answer Me These Questions Three -- April 21, 2013
John 21:1-19

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How to Wreck Your Life in Five Easy Steps

Step 1. Make It All About You -- January 6, 2013
Matthew 2:1-12

Step 2. Keep Score -- January 13, 2013
Isaiah 43:1-7

Step 3. Be Careful -- January 20, 2013
John 2:1-11

Step 5. Keep It To Yourself -- February 3, 2013
Jeremiah 1:4-10

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A Holy 'No' -- December 16, 2012
Luke 1:39-45, (46-55)

Word in the Wilderness -- December 9, 2012
Luke 3:1-18

Heads Up! -- December 2, 2012
Luke 21:25-36

Why Pray? -- November 18, 2012
I Samuel 1:1-20

Wholeness -- October 28, 2012
Mark 10:46-52

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Parables and Pop Culture: Comic Book Superheroes

I Am Iron Man -- July 8, 2012
Mark 6:1-13

What About Barsabbas? -- July 22, 2012
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26

Post Comes on Sunday, Too -- July 29, 2012
Jeremiah 1:1-10

Prayer and Other Defenses against the Dark Arts -- August 5, 2012
Romans 7:14-25

What's Real about Reality TV? -- August 12, 2012
2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33

May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor -- August 19, 2012
Matthew 5:1-12

Armored in Grace -- August 26, 2012
Ephesians 6:10-20

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Why We Worship

Water and Table: Understanding the Sacraments -- June 3, 2012
Luke 7:36-50      GPS: Grow, Pray, Study

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The Year of the Lord's Favor! -- May 20, 2012
Nehemiah 8:1-10, Luke 4:14-21

Throwing Off the Cloak -- May 13, 2012
Mark 10:46-52

Unless I see -- April 15, 2012
John 20:19-31

A Religion of Unachievement -- April 8, 2012 Easter Sunday
Mark 16:1-8   

A New Heart -- March 25, 2012
Jeremiah 31:31-34

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Call Waiting: What Should I Do With My Life?

Shine -- February 19, 2012
Mark 9:2-9   GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

Other sermon transcripts not available at this time. Please see our Podcast page above for sermon audio.

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Talking Tough: Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew

The Greatest Hardest Commandment -- October 23, 2011
Matthew 22:34-46

Don't Flaunt the Fringe! -- October 30, 2011
Matthew 23:1-12

Give Me Oil in My Lamp... -- November 6, 2011
Matthew 25:1-13

Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burnin' -- November 6, 2011
Matthew 25:1-13

Settling the Account -- November 13, 2011
Matthew 25:14-30

Good Goats -- November 20, 2011
Matthew 25:31-46

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Shift Happens: Faith at the Speed of Change

A Recipe for Change -- September 4, 2011
Exodus 12: 1-14      GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

When There's No Turning Back -- September 11, 2011
Exodus 14:19-31      GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

A Belly Full of Questions -- September 18, 2011
Exodus 16:2-15        GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study 

Our Iceberg is Melting (presentation by IPC transformation team) -- September 25, 2011
Exodus 17:1-7        GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

The 10 Best Ways to Live -- October 2, 2011
Exodus 20:1-20      GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

Anxieties R' Us -- October 9, 2011
Exodus 32:1-14     GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

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Postcards from the Bible: Series

Postcards from the Garden -- June 19
Genesis 2:4b-15   GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

Postcards from the Valley -- June 26 (Debbie McKune)
Psalm 23, 1Samuel 17, Ezekiel 37   GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

Postcards from the Desert -- July 17 (Debbie McKune)
Exodus 17: 1-7, Mark 1: 9-13      GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

Postcards from the Mountain -- July 24, 2011
Luke 9: 28-36        GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

Intergenerational Worship Service -- July 31, 2011 
GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

Postcards from the Sea -- August 14, 2011 (Debbie McKune)
Mark 4:35-41

Postcards from the Tower -- August 21, 2011
Hakakkuk 2:1-4

Postcards from the City -- August 28, 2011
Revelation 21:1-6     GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

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How the Spirit Works -- June 12, 2011 (Pentecost)
I Corinthians 12:1-13

He Ascended into Heaven -- June 5, 2011
Acts 1:1-11

Intergenerational Worship Service -- May 29, 2011

Milk, Stones, People -- May 22, 2011
I Peter 2:2-10

Hearing Voices -- May 15, 2011
John 10:1-10

A Tale of the Body -- May 1, 2011
I Corinthians 12:12-31a

They Did Not Understand -- April 24, 2011
John 20:1-18

The Crowds Along the Way -- April 17, 2011
Matthew 21:1-11

Waiting and Watching -- April 10, 2011
Psalm 130

Blind from Birth -- April 3, 2011
John 9

Saved by Stones -- March 27, 2011
Exodus 17: 1-7

For God So Loved the World -- March 20, 2011
John 3:1-17

You Will Be Like God -- March 13, 2011
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 

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Christian Spirituality for Busy People: Series

Back to Basics -- January 9, 2011
James 2:14-26

'Seven' Yourselves: The Practice of Sabbath -- January 16, 2011 
Exodus 31:12-17    GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

On a Mission: The Practice of Service -- January 23, 2011
Matthew 5:13-20    GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

The Practice of Prayer -- January 30, 2011 (intergenerational worship service---no sermon)
Matthew 6:5-15   GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

Don't Drop the Net, Use It: The Practice of Vocation -- February 6, 2011
Matthew 4:18-25   GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

The Practice of Blessing -- February 13, 2011
Matthew 5: 1-12    GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? -- February 20, 2011
Luke 19:1-10  (Debra McKune)  GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

The Practice of Testimony -- February 27, 2011
Psalm 40:1-11  GPS Guide: Grow, Pray, Study

The Practice of Love -- March 6, 2011
Matthew 5:38-48 (No GPS)

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Love All -- December 19, 2010
Matthew 1:18-25

Give More -- December 12, 2010
Matthew 11:2-11 
(no sermon---message was a retelling of the book The Quiltmaker's Journey by Jeff Brumbeau

Spend Less -- December 5, 2010
Isaiah 11:1-10

Worship Fully -- November 28, 2010
Isaiah 2:1-5

Famous Last Words -- November 21, 2010 
Luke 23:33-43

The Anti-Stewardship Stewardship Sermon -- November 14, 2010
Luke 18: 9-14

For Thus Says the Lord of Hosts -- November 7, 2010
Haggai 2:1-29 (Debbie McKune)

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What's Love Got to Do with It: Creating Functional Families & Communites of Peace

The Seven Habits of Highly Toxic People -- September 12, 2010
Galatians 5:1, 13-23a

No is a Complete Sentence: Setting Healthy Boundaries -- September 19, 2010
Exodus 18:13-27

Dealing with Bullies; Speaking the Truth in Love -- September 26, 2010
Matthew 18:15-22

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God's Greatest Hits: Old Classics with a New Twist

Spiritual RLS -- June 6, 2010
The Road to Emmaus: Luke 24:13-35

Just As He Was -- June 13, 2010
Stilling of the Storm: Mark 4:35-41

An Excellent Spirit -- June 20, 2010
Daniel in the Lion's Den: Daniel 6

Yes, But... -- June 27, 2010
The Syrophoenician Woman:Mark 7:24-30

Security -- July 4, 2010
Ruth and Naomi: Book of Ruth 1:8-18, 3: 1-5, 4: 13-17

Lost and Found -- July 18, 2010
Jesus in the Temple: Luke 2:41-52

For Such a Time as... This? -- July 25, 2010
Esther, Part I: Esther 1:10-2:4, 8; Esther 4

One Gold Scepter at a Time -- August 1, 2010
Ester, Part II: Esther 5:1-8; ch. 7-8:8

I Can Resist Anything But Temptation -- August 8, 2010
Jesus' Temptation: Luke 4:1-13

Jonah and the Beanstalk -- August 15, 2010
Jonah: Jonah 1-4

Among the Reeds -- August 22, 2010
Baby Moses: Exodus 2:1-10

Musings from Martha and Mary -- September 5, 2010
Mary and Martha: Luke 10:38-42, John 11, John 12:1-8

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Suffering, Endurance, Character, Hope -- May 30, 2010
Romans 5:1-5

A Different Kind of Pentecost Story -- May 23, 2010
Genesis 11:1-9

Shaking the Foundations -- May 16, 2010
Acts 16:16-34

He Ascended into Heaven -- May 9, 2010
Acts 1:1-14

The Opposite of Faith - May 2, 2010
Acts 11:1-18

Be Realistic... Expect a Miracle -- April 25, 2010
Acts 9:32-43

Doubt Your Faith, Have Faith in Your Doubt -- April 11, 2010 
John 20: 19-31  

Leiros! -- April 4, 2010 
Luke 24:1-12 

God's Surprise Party -- March 21, 2010 
Isaiah 43:16-21  

How Does It End? -- March 7, 2010 
Luke 13:1-9 

Lost and Found -- February 28, 2010 
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 

Into the Wild -- February 21, 2010 
Luke 4:1-13

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People with a Purpose: The Church and Its Mission

pdfPart 1: IPC is a Welcoming Christian Community -- January 10, 2010
Luke 14:7-14, Genesis 18:1-15

pdfPart 2: Thankful for God's Grace... -- January 17, 2010 
Exodus 32:7-14

pdfPart 3: Enlivened by the Holy Spirit... -- January 24, 2010 
Ezekiel 37:1-14 

pdfPart 4: We aspire to Demonstrate... -- January 31, 2010
Matthew 5:13-16, 13:31-33

pdfPart 5: ...The Inclusive and Expansive Love of Jesus Christ to Neighbors Near and Far -- February 14, 2010
Luke 10:25-37, I Timothy 2:1-7

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Advent 2009 Series: The Practices of Advent

pdfThe Practice of Waiting -- November 29, 2009
First Sunday of Advent, Psalm 25:1-10

  pdfThe Practice of Letting Go -- December 6, 2009
Second Sunday of Advent, Luke 3:1-6

pdfThe Practice of Making Joy -- December 13, 2009
Third Sunday of Advent, Philippians 4:2-7

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pdfIs It a What or a Who? -- November 22, 2009

pdfPray As If No One's Watching -- November 15, 2009 

pdfThe Widow's Might -- November 8, 2009 

pdfYou Will See the Glory of God -- November 1, 2009 

 

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 Sermons from the Rev. Lisa D. Kenkeremath.  Click on the item to read.

pdf The Voice of Authority - February 1, 2009

pdf An Epiphany Meditation - January 4, 2009

pdf Meditation for Christmas Eve - December 24, 2008

pdf Imagining Salvation - December 21, 2008

pdf The Light Coming Into the World - December 14, 2008

pdf Repent! - December 7, 2008

pdf Giving Up on God - November 30, 2008

 pdf Giving in to Grace  - November 2008 

pdf What Do You See When You Look at the World? - November 23, 2008

pdf Emmaus:  Meeting Our Risen Lord - Berry French (Larrick Scholar) - March 30, 2008

pdf Enough - Berry French (Larrick Scholar) - February 3, 2008