Sermons
Sermon April 12, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
It is suggested by those who are considered experts that a sermon for Holy Humor Sunday should start with a joke. Right, a joke… let’s see if I can do this justice. Early one morning a minister of a small church in rural Manitoba woke up. Looking out the window, she saw that it was …Read more
Sermon April 5, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
Every Easter I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out creative, profound and earthshaking ways to share the Easter story with you, because you know pressure. What does it mean, what were the women thinking, how does it impact our lives in 2026, what are we supposed to think about this “resurrection” …Read more
Sermon March 29, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
Isn’t Palm Sunday the greatest? Parades, palm waving, a guy riding a donkey… to make things even better, there’s nothing traumatic or challenging about the scripture reading today, and we know all the hymns!! I mean life doesn’t get much better than this as far as Sunday morning at church goes! Except if there’s a …Read more
Sermon March 22, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
It was early morning when Jesus returns to the temple. The early time didn’t keep the people from gathering. Crowds form and as the people keep coming, Jesus sits on the stairs and starts to teach. He is well into it when the pharisees and scribes come pushing through the crowd, dragging a woman with …Read more
Sermon March 15, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
We tumble into our gospel lesson this morning in the midst of something. Jesus is in Judea, having tried to get away from the crowds yet again, but still managing to be surrounded. In the crowds this time are a couple of Pharisees who have some “really important” questions for Jesus about the law and …Read more
Sermon March 8, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
I would assume that most of you sitting here in the sanctuary are familiar with the story we just heard from Mark’s gospel. But maybe I shouldn’t assume that. Just in case the story isn’t one that you know well, let’s set the scene for the story so that we can dig into it a …Read more
Sermon March 1, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
You know, there’s a lot we don’t know about the story we heard this morning. What we do know is that all four of the gospels holds a version of the events, each with varying amounts of detail. It just so happens that the author of Luke decided to leave a great deal of information …Read more
Sermon February 22, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
Lent 1 – The Good News is so good it catches us by surprise I am pretty sure that you weren’t expecting to start Lent off with a wedding and a miracle. Usually we start Lent in the midst of the wilderness, wandering along side Jesus as he lives rough for forty days and is …Read more
Sermon February 15, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
I want you to picture Jesus…. Take a moment, close your eyes, bring up his image. I’m curious to know what image you hold of him. What’s it based on? Has it changed over time? Is it a picture you hold from when you were young or has it changed over time? Do you have …Read more
Sermon February 8, 2026 by Tricia Gerhard
We’ve spent the last couple of weeks watching videos after church (and one during church) that have focused on the history of this congregation. Celebrating 75 years is a big deal. But seeing those videos remind us how much things have changed for us as a community of faith. In the early years we had …Read more
