Sermons (Page 8)

August 22, 2021 “Freefall and ‘Big M’ Miracles”

“The miraculous is not extraordinary but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread.” –Wendell Berry Our guest preacher this Sunday was Rev Scott Quinn. Scott is Executive Director of the Marin Interfaith Council. He was ordained a Lutheran minister and an Interfaith minister, and was an educator and spiritual director at an…

August 8 2021 “Be Healed!”

For all the wonders of modern medicine, human healing is sometimes every bit as mysterious as it was in Biblical times. Starting from two familiar gospel stories of healing (Mark 5:21-43) Pastor Jeffrey goes on to relate just such a case from his own family. “When you pray, you are not starting a conversation from…

July 18 2021 “Homeward Bound”

This was our annual “Pillow Sunday,” when FCCSR members donate a small mountain of new pillows for the clients of Homeward Bound of Marin, a local non-profit that has developed a number of successful programs for housing the homeless and equipping them with the skills to turn their lives around. This year, Mary Kay Sweeney,…

July 4 2021 “Welcome Home”

This was a very special Sunday:  After 16 months of video services, Zoom meetings and outdoor services, we were finally able to worship together again in our modest, but much-loved sanctuary. To mark the occasion, Pastor Jeffrey preached a wide ranging sermon on homecoming, from Jesus’ spectacularly unsuccessful attempt to return to his home in…

June 27 2021 Gay Pride Sunday

Michael Meehan and his partner Jamie Cline are long-time members of FCCSR, and they have raised their four terrific kids from elementary school to college as part of our family. In this sermon, Michael traces a straight line between the Pride movement’s message of all-inclusive acceptance and the same message in scripture. (Luke 10:25-37;  Galatians…