Sunday, February 23rd at 10am – In the Sanctuary & streamed Live
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Message: They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love
Text: Luke 6: 27-38
Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you; bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you.
We may feel that to follow this teaching is to try something which is totally beyond our capacity, that it would require a tremendous amount of will-power. In the Old Testament, hatred of evildoers is presumed to be the right attitude to have. But Jesus is extending love to the enemy and the persecutor. This is the core of Jesus’ teaching, which he himself practiced.
The Golden Rule, which is sometimes expressed as “Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you,” is expressed here in positive terms. Jesus says: “Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you…the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
To put Jesus’ teaching into effect is not a matter of strengthening our will to do something very difficult, but to change our conventional thinking at the deepest level, to see things His way.
Once we do that, it becomes much easier.
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Sunday, February 9th, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Word for Children: Doris Jigba
Text: Luke 5: 1-11
Anthem: “Deep Waters” — Chancel Choir; Zoë Garcia, soloist
Special Music: “That I Was Awake” — Zoë Garcia, Will Rand
Sermon: “At Your Command, I Will” — Rev. Dr. Daniel Gbundema
Sunday, February 2nd, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Word for Children: Pastor Theon
Text: Luke 4: 21-30
Anthem: “A-Ain’a That Good News” — Chancel Choir
Gift of Music: “New Horizons” — Carillon Handbell Choir
Sermon: “Rejected but Resolved” — Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III
Sunday, January 26th, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Word for Children: Daelene Groff
Text: 1 Samuel 7: 12 & Isaiah 43: 16-21
Anthem: “Umoja Tunaimba (United We Sing)”
— African Fellowship Choir & Chancel Choir
Sermon: “A New Thing” — Rev. Richard Corson Read Sermon
Offertory: “Tumekuja Kuimba (We Have Come to Sing)” — African Fellowship Choir & Chancel Choir
Sunday, January 19th, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Word for Children: Carey Steffee
Text: John 2: 1-11
Anthem: “Glory to You, O Christ” — Chancel Choir
Sermon: “The First Sign: Revealing God’s Abundance“
— Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III
Sunday, January 12th, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Word for Children: Daelene Groff
Text: Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22
Anthem: “Come to the Water” — Chancel Choir
Sermon: “Baptismal Identity: Living as God’s Beloved“
— Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III
Epiphany Sunday, January 5th, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Word for Children: Admire Akapo
Text: Matthew 2: 1-12
Anthem: “Goin’ to Bethlehem” — Chancel Choir
Sermon: “Detours & Dreams: Walking in God’s Purpose“
— Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III
Sunday, December 29th, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Word for Children: Pastor Theon
Text: Luke 2: 41-52
Sermon: “Finding Jesus: A Search for Understanding“
— Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024— Christmas Eve Service
View online on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2
Prelude: “Wind thru the Olive Trees” — Carillon Choir, Harp, Organ
Lighting of the Advent Candles: the Tugbawa Family
Special Music: “O Little Town of Bethlehem” — Sunny Cui, Harp; Organ
Anthem: “How Quietly” – Chancel Choir
Homily: Rev. Dr. Daniel Gbundema
Special Music: “Carol of the Bells” – The Reunion Ringers
Homily: Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III
Anthem: “Were You There on that Christmas Night?” – Chancel Choir
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Gift of Music: “Alleluia, He Comes to Us” – Carillon Handbell Choir
Lighting of the Advent Candles: the Aspiras Family
Word for Children: Sia Mahoney
Text: Luke 1: 39-45 (46-55)
Anthem: “Go, Tell It on the Mountain” — African Fellowship Choir
Sermon: “The Joy of Expectation“ — Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III
Sunday, December 15th, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Gift of Music: “Thankful” – Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus (SVGMC)
Lighting of the Advent Candles: the Gbundema Family
Word for Children: Jenni Martin
Text: Luke 3: 7-18
Gift of Music: “Chantons Noel,” & “Love is Christmas” — SVGMC
Sermon: “The Heart of the Problem: the Problem of the Heart“ — Rev. Alyss Swanson
Gift of Music: “Let There Be Peace on Earth” — SVGMC
Sunday, December 8th, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Lighting of the Advent Candles: the Dellaporta Family
Word for Children: Admire Akapo
Text: Luke 3: 1-6
Anthem: “Comfort, Comfort, Now My People” — Chancel Choir
Sermon: “Expectation for What?“ — Rev. Daniel Gbundema
Sunday, December 1st, 2024 — View online on YouTube
Lighting of the Advent Candle: the Smith Family
Word for Children: Sia Mahoney
Text: Jeremiah 33:14-16 & Luke 21:25-36
Anthem: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” — Chancel Choir w Zhou Yi, cello
Sermon: “The Days Are Coming: A Promise Fulfilled“ — Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III
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