Sermons Cast Your NetCall Me Isidore May 9, 2021In the days leading up to Pentecost, 2021, the saints at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights are exploring our connection with the ideas about and process involved with reconciliation. How do we know who we are? How do we hear each other? How will we act in this world? Our texts for May 9 included […]My Circus, My Monkeys May 2, 2021In the days leading up to Pentecost, 2021, the saints at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights are exploring our connection with the ideas about and process involved with reconciliation. How do we know who we are? How do we hear each other? How will we act in this world? Our texts for May 2 included […]A Day in the Life April 25, 2021On April 25, the saints at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights walked with Jesus through a day that was, to say the least, eventful. In doing so, we thought about some of the times when our own days seem to be interminable or unbearable. Our text was Matthew 9:9-26. To hear the sermon as preached […]Working It Out For Today April 4, 2021The Day of Resurrection – Easter Sunday!As the Church of Jesus Christ observes the second Easter of this pandemic, there is weariness throughout our culture. The saints at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights gathered on April 4 and joined in the proclamation of the resurrection and wondered what that might look like to a […]Looking for Judas April 2, 2021Maundy Thursday 2021 has me thinking a lot about Judas… The saints at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights have spent Lent thinking about the Beatitudes and what kind of people we want to be Post-Pandemic. This evening, we sat with Mark’s account of Gethsemane and wondered why we like to hate Judas so much. I […]Pursuers of Righteousness March 28, 2021The Christian observance of Lent began on Ash Wednesday, February 17. This year, the folks at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights will spend Lent considering the question, “When this (the pandemic, the struggle for racial reconciliation, the horrid winter, the political discord… fill in the blanks) is over, or at least a year or two […]The Peacemakers (Beatitudes #5) March 21, 2021The Christian observance of Lent began on Ash Wednesday, February 17. This year, the folks at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights will spend Lent considering the question, “When this (the pandemic, the struggle for racial reconciliation, the horrid winter, the political discord… fill in the blanks) is over, or at least a year or two […]The Pure in Heart (Beatitudes #4) March 14, 2021The Christian observance of Lent began on Ash Wednesday, February 17. This year, the folks at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights will spend Lent considering the question, “When this (the pandemic, the struggle for racial reconciliation, the horrid winter, the political discord… fill in the blanks) is over, or at least a year or two […]The Meek and Mild (Beatitudes #3) March 7, 2021The Christian observance of Lent began on Ash Wednesday, February 17. This year, the folks at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights will spend Lent considering the question, “When this (the pandemic, the struggle for racial reconciliation, the horrid winter, the political discord… fill in the blanks) is over, or at least a year or two […]Those Who Mourn (Beatitudes #2) February 28, 2021The Christian observance of Lent began on Ash Wednesday, February 17. This year, the folks at The First U.P. Church of Crafton Heights will spend Lent considering the question, “When this (the pandemic, the struggle for racial reconciliation, the horrid winter, the political discord… fill in the blanks) is over, or at least a year or two […]
