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April 15, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

Worship for April 18, 2021

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                              April 18, 2021 Luke 24:36b-48                                                                                          “Miracle Made Flesh”             A poem by William B. Jones entitled ‘Day One’ includes these lines: “slowly it dawns it has been undone,/bruised yet healing from wounding/wondering what next after this,/he rises and eases through walls.”  The poem ‘Day One’ is about the resurrection […]

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April 1, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

Easter Worship April 4, 2021

Rev. Danielle K. Bartz                                                                                              April 4, 2021 Mark 16:1-8                                                                                                               “Our Story” Every year I tell you the same thing: “We are an Easter people, and alleluia is our cry.”  St. Augustine, who originally penned those words, summed up what it means to be Christian in such a simple and yet profound way.  You have heard me say it before […]

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March 29, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

Good Friday 2021

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March 25, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

Worship for March 28, 2021

Mark 11:1-11                                                                                                                  “Save Us” Everyone thought things would be different now.  Everyone thought the tide had turned, the power had shifted, their salvation had arrived.  They shouted and waved palms and pushed their way to the front to catch a glimpse of the one they wanted to call King.  So convinced they were that […]

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March 17, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

Worship for March 21, 2021

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                            March 21, 2021 Based on John 12:20-33                                                          “We Wish to See Jesus: A Story” The crowd is over-whelming.  People jostling one another, shouting to their friends, loud laughter, children running around.  The air is filled with the dust kicked up by the feet of thousands of people and animals wandering the city.  The smell of food […]

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March 11, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

March 14, 2021 Worship

John 3:14-21                                                                           “Breaking the Rules” Professor Christopher Grundy was my preaching professor at Eden Seminary.  Amongst the other things he taught us, he emphasized three things a pastor should NEVER do while preaching. Engage in eisegesis.  Eisegesis is the practice of picking scripture to prove a point.  Most clergy are guilty of this practice every […]

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March 4, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

March 7, 2021 Worship

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                              March 7, 2021           John 2:13-22                                                                                                              #TheMoment Last weekend, National Public Radio asked its listeners to comment on their social media pages about the moment from 2020 they realized the pandemic was going to change everything.  Using the tag #TheMoment, thousands of people were sharing what it was that tipped […]

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February 25, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

February 28, 2021 Worship

Rev. Danielle K Bartz                                                                                       February 28, 2021 Mark 8:31-38                                                                                        “Economy of Abundance” When I was an adolescent I went to Arizona for the first time, the first of what would turn out to be frequent trips to visit family.  But that first trip was memorable, because as a girl from Minnesota, the desert was something so new […]

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February 18, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

February 21, 2021 Worship

Mark 1:12-13                                                                                                            “What If…” What if…I have been thinking about Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness wrong all along?  We hear this story at the start of Lent every year – a reminder that Jesus spent time in desolate isolation, being tempted by evil, for 40 days – so therefore we shouldn’t complain about […]

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February 17, 2021  |  By Rev. Danielle Bartz

Ash Wednesday 2021

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