Sermons

Sermon February 9, 2025 by Tricia Gerhard

Valentine’s Day is coming up quick.  The season of love represented by cute cards, pretty flowers, and sweet candy/. A day to celebrate romantic love, and the love shared between friends, colleagues, classmates… really it’s just a chance to tell those special people in your life that you love them. Who can argue with that? …Read more

Sermon February 2, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard

“I have a dream…” I would suspect that most of us only need to hear those four words to know that we’re talking about a very specific moment in history. A moment in 1963 when 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC to show their government and the world that the segregation …Read more

Sermon January 26, 2025 by Tricia Gerhard

Sometimes the scripture we hear on a Sunday morning ends up hitting a little closer to home that usual. Our world is fraught with division at the moment and the divide seems to be growing at an unstoppable rate.  We know this scripture. We quote it offhandedly to remind folk of how important they are …Read more

Sermon December 15, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard

The other day I was looking at Christmas ornaments and one caught my eye. It was a cute little hand-crafted garbage dumpster painted to look like it was fire, with 2024 written on the side. What a strange ornament to hang on a tree during this season celebrating hope and joy! If you’re not familiar …Read more

Sermon December 8, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard

The other day a friend ordered her kids The Gen Z translation of the Bible.  It’s like a regular Bible but it is written in the words of Gen Z…if you have no idea what I’m talking about don’t fret.  I have no idea what I’m talking about either.  And while I hold no delusions …Read more

Sermon December 1, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard

My friends this morning I want to invite you to pause for a moment and think of someone that you deeply love and want nothing but the best for them.  It could be a grandchild, or a niece or nephew, or a dear friend, or a beloved elder… someone that you want to wrap in …Read more

Sermon November 24, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard

Have you ever known someone who is just a wee bit out of step?  You know, a family member or friend who enjoys marching to the beat of their own drum.  Who seems to be the odd one out more often than not and is totally fine with it.  If everyone is cutting their hair …Read more

Sermon November 10, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard

I want to share with you excerpts from two letters written by WW1 Soldiers. The first comes from Alexander Decoteau, a young man born on Cree Red Pheasant Indian Reserve near Battleford, Sk in November 1887.  He enlisted in April 1916 and died during the Battle of Passchendaele on October 30, 1917.  This letter is …Read more

Sermon November 3, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard

 I’ve had poetry on the mind this week.  Perhaps its because of how chaotic the world has been feeling. Between elections and global chaos and grandkids in school and people I love getting sick…it’s just a lot to sort through.  As a friend’s mother would say in her straight forward way: “Such is life…best just …Read more

Sermon October 27, 2024 by Tricia Gerhard

Introduction to Nightmare before Christmas The Nightmare before Christmas is a Halloween movie that’s a little spooky and a little heartwarming and a lot of fun… and like a lot of films out there, it gives us a chance to reflect on the deeper truths in life and faith.  The main character is Jack Skellington …Read more