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Sermons and Thoughts from Pastor Terri

I Believe...Even When Christmas is Over

1/4/2021

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Starting at the scripture reading
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I Believe Even When: Inviting Peace

12/21/2020

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Starting at the scripture reading
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I Believe Even When: Our Ode to Joy

12/13/2020

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Starting at the reading of the scripture.
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I Believe Even When: Sacramental Love

12/6/2020

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Starting at the prayer directly before the sermon on Isaiah 7 and Matthew 1.
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I Believe in the Sun, Even When ...

12/1/2020

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Starting at the Sermon. To start at the scripture reading, go to time mark 23:45
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Faithfulness in the Day-to-Day through Climate Care

11/16/2020

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Starting at right before the scripture reading.
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Who Was Transformed?

11/8/2020

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Starting at the scripture reading in Acts 8.
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Reasons to Serve

11/1/2020

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This recording starts at the scripture reading and (1 Samuel 25) then goes into the sermon.
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The Women Behind the Scenes

10/25/2020

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Beginning with the scripture reading.
Sermon by guest preacher, Bill Mefford.
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Let Your Light Shine!

10/18/2020

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Starting at the scripture reading.
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    Rev. Terri Jane Stewart, MDIV

    I am a life-long learner and always excited about exploring the Bible.  I am an elder in the Methodist tradition, have an MDIV from Seattle University along with Post-Masters Certifications in Pastoral Leadership and Spiritual Direction.

    I interpret the Bible by utilizing the Wesleyan Quadrilateral--starting with scripture, look at reason, experience, and tradition.  

    Starting with scripture, I learn, read, and understand the Bible to be written by people that are inspired by God and are trying their best to explain their encounter with the Divine.  

    In the reason category, we include:
    1. looking at the historical and cultural context,
    2. looking at the literary form of the writing along with the meaning of the words before us, delving into the ancient meanings of words in Greek or Hebrew or Aramaic--things we think we know. 
    3. Last, pulling what we learned forward to address our contemporary context in a way that makes faith alive and acknowledges that God is still speaking to us.

    It also includes our understanding of the world around us.  An acknowledgement that God created science, therefore science is a reliable gift from God.

    In the experience category, we could summarize it as our lives impacted by the Holy Spirit's movement through our personal history.  

    In the tradition category, we look at what our ancient ammas and abbas taught before us.  We take this into account but it is not the whole story.


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