Sermons
The Jesus Koans
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
During Lent, our theme of covenant has taken us in various directions. Michelle shared the Jeremiah text with the children in Children’s Church. Michelle showed them how you can write […]
Create Covenant
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Good morning friends. It seems hard to start right in on covenant when a broken covenant is the elephant in the room. This country is reeling from yet one more […]
A Word of Hope for Grasshoppers and Exiles
Speaker: Rachel Cornwell
Isaiah 40:21-31 21Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22It is […]
Holy Sight
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
This week finds us still in the liturgical season of Epiphany. Epiphany begins the week after Christmas and is traditionally celebrates the visit of the wise ones to the young […]
Call and Response
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Call. It is a word that I used to dread, especially in seminary. It was expected that we understood our call, that we could explain our call. I wasn’t even […]
The Vulnerability of the Magnificat
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
I love Mary’s Magnificat. Bach’s setting is a particular favorite, though one might ponder how the short song of a “humble servant of God” ends up as a glorious half […]
The Hovering Spirit
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of […]
Sheep in the Royal Reign: Christ the King/Christa the Queen/Christus the Royal Sunday
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
In this season of gratitude, I am grateful for another chance to listen to and wrestle with and learn from and a familiar text from the gospel of Matthew. I […]
Aut Visum Aut Non
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Our theme this year at HMC is focused around building connections. We are on the lookout for ways to connect with ourselves, each other, and God. During the month of […]
Heart and Soul, Mind and Strength, Neighbor and Self
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Last week, at the congregational retreat, we did activities that invited us to use our bodies, minds and spirits. We will soon get a few pictures on the website and […]