On Sunday - Past SermonsHere is a list of some past sermons by the Revs. Charles Ensley and Susan Bjork. Click the sermon below to read it. |
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- January 29, 2012 - "Teaching By Healing" (Bjork)
- January 22, 2012 - "Casting Nets" (Bjork)
- January 15, 2012 - "A Prophet's Calling" (Bjork)
- January 8, 2012 - "Spiritual Re-Gifting" (Bjork)
- January 1, 2012 - "For Lo, the Days Are Hastening On" (Ensley)
- December 25, 2011 - The Story Behind "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Bjork)
- December 4, 2011 - "Comfort On the Road to Christmas" (Ensley)
- November 27, 2011 - "Hope Is Born Anew" (Ensley)
- November 20, 2011 - "Thankful Hearts Gather Here" (Ensley)
- November 13, 2011 - "Risking Trust" (Bjork)
- November 6, 2011 - "They Live In Our Hearts" (Ensley)
- October 23, 2011 - "You Turn Us Back to Dust, O God" (Ensley)
- October 2, 2011 - "Count Yourself Blessed" (Ensley)
- September 25, 2011 - "Are You Thirsty?" (Bjork)
- September 18, 2011 - "Preaching the Word, 1,500 Times" (Ensley)
- September 11, 2011 - "Are We Better Off Ten Years Later?" (Ensley)
- September 4, 2011 - "Keeping It Together in the Church" (Ensley)
- August 28, 2011 - "Daily Faith" (Bjork)
- August 21, 2011 - "Who Does Jesus Say You Are?" (Ensley)
- August 14, 2011 - "Give a Dog a Bone" (Ensley)
- August 7, 2011 - "Who Taught You the Good News?" (Ensley)
- July 31, 2011 - "Acts of Compassion" (Ensley)
- July 24, 2011 - "Taking the Bridge to God" (Ensley)
- July 17, 2011 - "O Lord, You Know Me" (Ensley)
- July 3, 2011 - "An Immigrant Nation" (Ensley)
- June 26, 2011 - "A Wide Welcome" (Bjork)
- June 19, 2011 - "Who Cares About Fathers Anyway?" (Ensley)
- June 12, 2011 - "Blown Away By the Spirit" (Ensley)
- June 5, 2011 - "Asking On Their Behalf" (Ensley)
- May 29, 2011 - "It Is Better To Do Something . . ." (Ensley)
- May 22, 2011 - Narration on the Celebration of Bay Shore's Musical Instruments (Ensley)
- May 15, 2011 - "Driving With God Through the Darkest Valley" (Ensley)
- May 8, 2011 - "Recognizing Those Who Mother Us" (Ensley)
- May 1, 2011 - "The Transformation of Thomas" (Bjork)
- April 24, 2011 - "A World Turned Upside Down" (Ensley)
- April 10, 2011 - "Masterpieces and Masterworks for the Master" (Ensley)
- April 3, 2011 - "He Came As Light" (Ensley)
- March 27, 2011 - "Boasting in Our Sufferings" (Ensley)
- March 13, 2011 - "The Four-Minute Temptation" (Ensley)
- March 6, 2011 - "Glimpsing God" (Bjork)
- February 27, 2011 - "Today's Trouble Is Enough For Today" (Ensley)
- February 20, 2011 - "You Shall Be Holy" (Ensley)
- February 13, 2011 - "Love Divine" (Ensley)
- February 6, 2011 - "Salty & Shiny" (Bjork)
- January 30, 2011 - "Blessed are the Upside-Down" (Ensley)
- January 23, 2011 - "Whom Shall I Fear?" (Ensley)
- January 16, 2011 - "Where Are You Staying?" (Ensley)
- January 9, 2011 - "God Shows No Paritality" (Ensley)
- January 2, 2011 - "Where Is The Child?" (Ensley)
- December 5, 2010 - "Love Came Down at Christmas" (Ensley)
- November 28, 2010 - "A Prophet's Hope" (Bjork)
- November 21, 2010 - "Have We Lost Our Sense of Thanksgiving?" (Ensley)
- November 14, 2010 - "A Vital and Witnessing Congregation" (Ensley)
- November 7, 2010 - "Her Name Was Roberta" (Ensley)
- October 31, 2010 - "What If Martin Hadn't?" (Ensley)
- October 24, 2010 - "Why Go To Church? 4- Money Matters" (Ensley)
- October 10, 2010 - "Why Go To Church? 3- Reaching Out" (Ensley)
- October 3, 2010 - "A Holy Calling" (Bjork)
- September 26, 2010 - "Chasms or Bridges?" (Bjork)
- September 19, 2010 - "Why Go To Church? 2- Real People" (Ensley)
- September 12, 2010 - "Why Go To Church? 1- Community" (Ensley)
- September 5, 2010 - "God Knows You" (Ensley)
- August 29, 2010 - "Banquet Hospitality" (Bjork)
- August 22, 2010 - "Good News For Women" (Ensley)
- August 15, 2010 - "Surrounded By Witnesses" (Ensley)
- August 8, 2010 - "Where Your Treasure Is" (Ensley)
- August 1, 2010 - "Building Bigger Barns" (Ensley)
- July 25, 2010 - "Persistent Prayer" (Bjork)
- July 18, 2010 - "Mary, Mary, Quite Contemplative" (Ensley)
- July 11, 2010 - "A New Look at the Good Old Samaritan" (Ensley)
- July 4, 2010 - "Give to God the Things That Are God's" (Ensley)
- June 27, 2010 - "Passing the Mantle" (Bjork)
- June 20, 2010 - "85, and Not Yet Retired!" (Ensley)
- June 13, 2010 - "Oil and Evil in the World" (Ensley)
- June 6, 2010 - "Coming to the Table of the Lord" (Ensley)
- May 30, 2010 - "The Mystery of the Holy Trinity" (Ensley)
- May 16, 2010 - "That They May All Be One" (Ensley)
- May 9, 2010 - "A Mother's Inspiration" (Ensley)
- May 2, 2010 - "Esther . . . Continued" (Bjork)
- April 18, 2010 - "The Intrusion of Christ" (Ensley)
- April 11, 2010 - "Fear, Doubt, Forgiveness and Peace" (Ensley)
- April 4, 2010 - "The Best Is Yet to Be!" (Ensley)
- March 26, 2010 - "From Palms to Passion" (Bjork)
- March 14, 2010 - "The Prodigal" (Bjork)
- March 7, 2010 - "Fertilizer, Figs & Faith" (Bjork)
- February 28, 2010 - "Like a Mother Hen" (Bjork)
- February 21, 2010 - "Into the Wilderness" (Bjork)
- February 14, 2010 - "Love Isn't Just For Weddings" (Ensley)
- February 7, 2010 - "Meeting Jesus Face-to-Face" (Ensley)
- January 31, 2010 - "What Does the Lord Require?" (K. Sumpter, D. Winter, T. Stanton)
- January 24, 2010 - "One Body" (Bjork)
- January 17, 2010 - "Activated By the Spirit" (Ensley)
- January 10, 2010 - "Named in Baptism" (Ensley)
- January 3, 2010 - "Missing the Messiah By Nine Miles" (Ensley)
- December 6, 2009 - "Who Is Jesus For You?" (Ensley)
- November 29, 2009 - "Holidays, Holy Days, and Hollow Days" (Ensley)
- November 22, 2009 - "Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!" (Bjork)
- November 15, 2009 - "Anxious Prayers" (Ensley)
- November 8, 2009 - "Elizabeth's Gift" (Ensley)
- November 1, 2009 - "Memorialized or Raised From the Dead?" (Ensley)
- October 25, 2009 - "Healed & Called" (Bjork)
- October 18, 2009 - "Seated at the Headtable" (Ensley)
- October 4, 2009 - "But We Do See Jesus" (Ensley)
- September 27, 2009 - "When In Doubt, Pray!" (Bjork)
- September 20, 2009 - "Striving To Be Least" (Ensley)
- September 13, 2009 - "Talk Like A Christian" (Ensley)
- September 6, 2009 - "The Lord Is the Maker of Them All" (Ensley)
- August 30, 2009 - "Hearing and Doing" (Bjork)
- August 23, 2009 - "At Home With God" (Ensley)
- August 16, 2009 - "Seeking Wisdom From On High" (Ensley)
- August 9, 2009 - "Lies, Loose Lips, and Loopholes" (Ensley)
- August 2, 2009 - "Hungry for a Blessing" (Ensley)
- July 26, 2009 - "Abundance" (Bjork)
- July 19, 2009 - "Sabbath Rest; Vacations Too" (Ensley)
- July 12, 2009 - "Google Earth, and It's the Lord's" (Ensley)
- July 5, 2009 - "What's Good for America..." (Ensley)
- June 28, 2009 - "Finding the Faith to Reach Out" (Ensley)
- June 21, 2009 - Who's Your Father? (Ensley)
- June 14, 2009 - "Seeds" (Bjork)
- June 7, 2009 - "Who Will Serve For Us? (Ensley)
- May 31, 2009 - "Music and the Spirit" (Bjork & Ensley)
- May 24, 2009 - "Elijah! God's Sometimes Fearful Prophet" (Ensley)
- May 10, 2009 - "Vineyards, Mothers, and Pruning Children" (Ensley)
- May 3, 2009 - "Always There" (Ensley)
- April 26, 2009 - "A Stirring Presence" (Bjork)
- April 19, 2009 - "Peace and Pain" (Ensley)
- April 12, 2009 - "The Rest of the Story" (Ensley)
- April 5, 2009 - "Preparers of the Way" (Ensley)
- March 22, 2009 - "Only Part of the Story" (Ensley)
- March 15, 2009 - "Angry at the Altar" (Ensley)
- March 8, 2009 - "An Everlasting Covenant" (Ensley)
- March 1, 2009 - "God of Rainbows" (Bjork)
- February 22, 2009 - "Trouble Getting to Jesus" (All sermons below by Ensley)
- February 15, 2009 - "Less Pity; More Anger"
- February 8, 2009 - "Frenetic Activity"
- January 25, 2009 - "Called to Follow"
- January 18, 2009 - "Searched and Known"
- January 11, 2009 - "Is It 'I Was Baptized' or 'I Am Baptized'?"
- January 4, 2009 - "By Another Road"
- December 7, 2008 - "Quiet at Christmas"
- November 30, 2008 - "The God Who Came Down"
- November 23. 2008 - "Giving Thanks When Times Are Tough"
- November 16, 2008 - "This Is No Time For Talents"
- November 9, 2008 - "Be Prepared"
- November 2, 2008 - "How Are Mourners Blest?"
- October 26, 2008 - "Love Is More Complicated Than It Appears"
- October 19, 2008 - "What's In Your Wallet?"
- October 5, 2008 - "We Are the World"
- September 28, 2008 - "Regard Others As Better Than Yourselves"
- September 21, 2008 - "Strange Mathematics of the Gospel"
- September 14, 2008 - "Forgiveness is Tough, But Someone's Gotta Do It"
- September 7, 2008 - "Onward, Christian Soldiers!"
- August 31, 2008 - "Coach Paul's Pep Talk"
- August 24, 2008 - "Sitting on the Sidewalk; Sleeping on the Porch"
- August 17, 2008 - "Strength for Today; Hope for Tomorrow"
- August 10, 2008 - "Those Who Bring Good News"
- June 29, 2008 - "The Tapestry of the Church"
- June 22, 2008 - "Buried with Christ in Baptism"
- June 8, 2008 - "Teaching in the Temple, and at Church"
- June 1, 2008 - "Not Only to Hear, But to Do"
- May 25, 2008 - "Their Last Full Measure"
- May 4, 2008 - "Thanks in the Midst of Suffering"
- April 27, 2008 - "Where's Your Moral Compass?"
- April 20, 2008 - "Make a Joyful Noise"
- April 6, 2008 - "Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread"
- March 30, 2008 - "Seeing is Believing; Believing is Seeing"
- March 23, 2008 - "Who Were You on Easter Morning?"
- March 9. 2008 - "Weep With Those Who Weep"
- March 2, 2008 - "Can't Anyone See That He Can See?"
- February 24, 2008 - "Woman at the Well; Water and Redemption"
- February 17, 2008 - "No Greater Love"
- February 10, 2008 - "Away With You, Satan!"
- February 3, 2008 - "Blessings for the Downtrodden"
- January 27, 2008 - "Finding Jesus... For the First Time"
- January 20, 2008 - "Following Jesus, Led By the Spirit"
- January 6, 2008 - "Not the End of the Journey, But the Beginning"
- December 23, 2007 - "The Christmas Offering"
- December 16, 2007 - "Waiting for Christ (-mas)
- December 2, 2007 - "The Symphony of the Christian Year"
- November 25, 2007 - "Son of Man, or Son of God?"
- November 18, 2007 - "Praise to God: Demanded, or Freely Offered?"
- November 11, 2007 - "Forgive . . . Again and Again . . ."
- November 4. 2007 - "Rest in Peace"
- October 7, 2007 - "Laborers at the Harvest"
- September 23, 2007 - "Comfort, O Comfort My People"
- September 16, 2007 - "Episcopacy, Apostolicity, and the One True Church"
- September 2, 2007 - "Who's At Your Table?"
- August 19, 2007 - "So Great A Cloud of Witnesses"
- August 12, 2007 - "Searching For a Faith to Live By"
- August 5, 2007 - "How Much Is Too Much?"
- July 29, 2007 - "When Praying Doesn't Always Get What You Ask For"
- July 8, 2007 - "Bear One Another's Burdens"
- July 1, 2007 - "Freedom in Christ"
- June 10, 2007 - "Pathways to the Christian Faith"
- May 27, 2007 - "Surprised By the Spirit"
- May 13, 2007 - "Those Who Love Me"
- May 6, 2007 - "I'm Supposed to Love Whom?
- April 29, 2007 - "A Shepherd in the Suburbs?"
- April 22, 2007 - "Why Are You Here?"
- April 8, 2007 - "Good News For Non-Believers!"
- April 1, 2007 - "A Red Carpet Entrance to Holy Week"
- March 18, 2007 - "Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling"
- February 25, 2007 - "TEMPTED"
- February 18, 2007 - "Seeing Jesus"
- February 11, 2007 - "Blessings and Woes, Promise and Peril"
- February 4, 2007 - "A Surprising Catch"
- January 28, 2007 - "A More Excellent Way"
- January 21, 2007 - "All One Body We"
- January 14, 2007 - "Wonder at the Wedding"
- January 7, 2007 - "We Have Seen the Light"
- December 31, 2006 - "Unto Us, A Child"
- December 24, 2006 - "God So Loved the World"
- December 3, 2006 - "Dear Abby and Advent Hope"
- November 26, 2006 - "Thy Kingdom Come"
- November 19, 2006 - "The Lord Has Done Great Things For Us"
- November 12, 2006 - "What We Give For God's Work"
- November 5, 2006 - "Recognizing Today's Saints"
- October 1, 2006 - "Singing Our Praise and Praying Our Needs"
- September 24, 2006- "Understanding Jesus"
- September 17, 2006 - "How Long Will You Love Being Simple?"
- September 10, 2006 - "Secret Blessing; Public Telling"
- September 3, 2006 - "The Sublime Song of Love"
- August 27, 2006 - "Do You Have To Be In Church?"
- August 13, 2006 - "If There's Eternal Life, Where's Heaven?"
- August 6, 2006 - "It's Not About Us"
- July 30, 2006 - "Getting What You Need When You Need It"
- July 9, 2006 - "Sufficient Grace"
- June 25, 2006 - "Trusting A Sleeping Jesus"
- June 18, 2006 - "Advice From A Father"
- June 11, 2006 - "What Do Our Youth Believe?"
- May 28, 2006 - "Lest We Forget"
- May 14, 2006 - "Da Vinci Code or Christ Code?"
- April 30, 2006 - "People Who Are Loved Behave Differently"
- April 16, 2006 - "Recognizing the Risen Christ"
- April 2, 2006 - "Sometimes There's Just No Escaping It"
- March 26, 2006 - "When God Loves Us Anyway"
- March 19, 2006 - "Girl Scout Cookies in Church"
- March 12, 2006 - "God's Providence, or Good Luck?"
- January 22, 2006 - "The God of Second Chances"
- January 15, 2006 - "Who Knows You?"
- January 8, 2006 - "A Camel On the Roof"
- January 1, 2006 - "Child of Hope"
- December 4, 2005 - "Comfort at Christmas"
- November 27, 2005 - "Between Now and Not Yet"
- November 20, 2005 - "Invisible But Essential Thanksgivings"
- November 13, 2005 - "Deborah: Brave Dame of the Bible"
- November 6, 2005 - "Grieving With Hope"
- October 16, 2005 - "From Centerfold to Chief Janitor"
- October 9, 2005 - "Rejoice In the Lord Always"
- October 2, 2005 - "Short Rules For Easy Living"
- September 18, 2005 - "Who Are You?"
- September 11, 2005 - "9/11 & Katrina: God's Place In All of This"
- September 4, 2005 - "All the Commandments In One"
- August 14, 2005 - "How Very Good It Is"
- August 7, 2005 - "Weathering the Storm"
- July 31, 2005 - "More Than Enough"
- June 26, 2005 - "Who is the United Church of Christ?"