Sermons
Please click on a link
to listen to a sermon (pdf transcripts are also available
in some cases). Your thoughts and feedback are always
welcome! Feel free to contact the minister by phone
(603-448-4281) or email.
Sermons Preached by the Rev. Stephen R. Silver
9/17/2023 - Exodus 14:19-31 “What Is ‘Living
Water’?”
9/10/2023 - Romans 13:8-14/Matt 18:15-20
“Some Rules for
Living”
9/3/2023 - Ex 3:1-15/Matt 16:21-28 “Is Seeing
Believing?”
7/30/2023 - Gen 25:19-34/Matt 13:31-33, 44-52
“Looking for Buried
Treasure”
7/23/2023 - Matt 13:24-30 “Wheat or Weeds?”
(no
recording)
7/16/2023 - Gen 25:19-34/Matt 13:1-9 “High-Yield
Investing”
6/25/2023 - Matthew 10:24-39 “Rocking the Boat”
6/18/2023 - Matthew 9:35-10:23 “Jesus’ Talent
Pool”
6/4/2023 - Matthew 28:16-20 “It’s a Mystery”
5/28/2023 - Acts 2:1-21 “A World on Fire”
5/21/2023 - Luke 24:44-53 “Up”
5/14/2023 - John 14:15-21 “Not Home Alone”
5/7/2023 - (Rev. Gordon Rankin, guest
preacher - no recording)
4/30/2023 - John 10:1-10 “God’s Got Your
Back”
4/23/2023 - Luke 24:13-35 “Walking, Talking, and Chewing
Gum”
4/16/2023 - John 20:19-31 “Believe Me”
4/9/2023 (Easter Sunday) - Matthew 28:1-10
“The Weirdest Story Ever
Told”
4/7/2023 (Good Friday) - Reflection
4/6/2023 (Maundy Thursday) - Homily
4/2/2023 (Palm Sunday) - Matthew 21:1-11
“I Love a Parade”
3/26/2023 - Ezekiel 37:1-14/John 11:1-45
“A Fresh Start?”
3/19/2023 - John 9:1-41 “Can You See?”
3/12/2023 - John 4:5-42 “Not Another Gated
Community”
3/5/2023 - John 3:1-17 “Fumbling in the
Dark”
2/26/2023 - Matthew 4:1-11 “Choices, Choices”
2/19/2023 - Matthew 17:1-9 “Stop Talking”
2/12/2023 - Matthew 5:21-37 “Our State of the
Union”
2/5/2023 - Matthew 5:13-20 “Good Salt”
1/29/2023 - Matthew 5:1-12 “Mission
Statements”
1/22/2023 - Matthew 4:12-23 “Career Change”
1/15/2023 - John 1:29-42 “Looking for
Trouble”
1/8/2023 - Matthew 2:1-12 “What Just
Happened?”
1/1/2023 - Matthew 2:13-23 “The Long Run”
12/25/2022 - John 1:1-14 “Word”
12/24/2022 - Christmas Eve
Meditation
12/18/2022 - Matthew 1:18-25 “Spare”
12/11/2022 - Matthew 11:2-11 “Hopey, Changey
Stuff”
12/4/2022 - Matthew 3:1-12 “Is Anybody Really
Listening?”
11/27/2022 - Matthew 24:36-44 “Almost Here...”
11/20/2022 - Luke 23:33-43 “Leading by
Example”
11/13/2022 - Isaiah 65:17-25 “Dream Big”
11/6/2022 - Luke 6:20-31 “Live Like a Saint”
10/30/2022 - Luke 19:1-10 “The Long and the Short of
It”
10/16/2022 - Luke 18:1-8 “Looking for
Justice”
10/9/2022 - Luke 17:11-19 “Faith in Surprising
Places”
10/2/2022 - Luke 17:5-10 “Let’s Be Honest
Here”
9/25/2022 - Luke 16:19-31 “Painfully
Clueless”
9/18/2022 - Amos 8:4-7 “What Do We Believe Is
Almighty?”
9/11/2022 - Exodus 32:7-14 and Luke 15:1-10
“Giving
Forgiveness”
9/4/2022 - Philemon 1:1-25 “Seeing Things
Anew”
8/28/2022 - Luke 14:1,7-14 “Preferred Seating”
8/21/2022 - Isaiah 11:1-10 and Galatians 3:23-29
“My Good Book
Report”
8/7/2022 - Luke 12:32-40 “Waiting for
God(ot)”
7/10/2022 - Luke 10:25-37 “The Neighbor Next
Door”
6/26/2022 - 2 Kings 2:1-2,6-14 “Blowin’ in the
Wind”
6/19/2022 - Luke 8:26-39 “A New Identity”
6/5/2022 - Acts 2:1-21 “The Winds of
Change”
5/29/2022 - Luke 24:44-53 “Where’s God?”
5/22/2022 - Acts 16:9-15 “People Helping
Out”
5/15/2022 - Revelation 21:1-6 “All Things Made
New”
5/8/2022 - Acts 9:36-43 “Men and Women at
Work”
5/1/2022 - Acts 9:1-30 “Pick of the
Litter”
4/24/2022 - John 20:19-31 “Believe Me.
Really.”
4/17/2022 - John 20:1-18 “Seeing Is
Believing”
4/15/2022 - Good Friday
Reflection
4/14/2022 - John 13:1-7, 31b-35 - Maundy Thursday
Homily
4/10/2022 - Luke 19:28-40 “Shouting Stones”
4/3/2022 - John 12:1-8 “An Open House”
3/27/2022 - Luke 15:1-3,11b-32 “Coming Home”
3/22/2022 - Ukraine Prayer Service (Meditation)
3/20/2022 - Luke 13:1-9 “Towering Inferno?”
3/13/2022 - Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 “Stargazing”
3/6/2022 - Luke 4:1-13 “Arguing with
Satan”
2/27/2022 - Luke 9:28-36 “Eyewitness News”
2/20/2022 - Luke 6:27-38 “Can’t We All Just Get
Along”
2/13/2022 - Luke 6:17-26 / 1 Cor 15:12-20
“Back to Basics”
2/6/2022 - Luke 5:1-11 “Hook, Line, and
Sinker”
1/30/2022 - Jeremiah 1:4-10/Luke 4:21-30
“The Power and Peril of
Clichés”
1/23/2022 - Nehemiah 8:1-10/Luke 4:14-21
“Everybody Is
Needed”
1/16/2022 - John 2:1-11 “Do Whatever He Tells
You”
1/9/2022 - Luke 3:1-22 “Zero to Sixty”
1/2/2022 - Matthew 2:1-12 “Star Turn”
12/26/2021 - Luke 2:41-52 Reflection
12/24/2021 - Christmas Eve
Meditation
12/19/2021 - Luke 1:39-55 “Promises You Can Count
On”
12/12/2021 - Luke 3:7-18 “Rejoice!”
12/5/2021 - Luke 3:1-6 “The People That
Matter”
11/28/2021 - Luke 21:25-36 “Something’s
Coming...”
11/22/2021 - Matthew 6:25-33 Ecumenical Thanksgiving
Reflection
11/21/2021 - John 18:33-37 “Long Live the
King!”
11/14/2021 - Mark 13:1-8 “Creative
Destruction”
11/7/2021 - Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17 “Motivation”
10/31/2021 - Revelation 21:1-6a “All Things New”
10/24/2021 - Mark 10:46-52 “Ever Reformed”
10/17/2021 - Job 38:1-7,34-41 “Twenty Questions with
God”
10/10/2021 - Job 23:1-9,16-17 “Yo, God! I’m Talking to
You!”
10/3/2021 - Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 “What Are You Looking
At?”
9/26/2021 - Mark 9:38-50 “What Is Going On Here?”
(no
recording)
9/19/2021 - Mark 9:30-37 “Child’s Play”
9/12/2021 - Mark 8:27-38 “Who Do We Say We
Are?”
8/15/2021 (Rev. Beth Hilgartner, guest preacher) - 1Kings
2-3 and Ephesians 5:15-20 “Live Wisely”
8/1/2021 - 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a “J’Accuse!”
7/25/2021 - John 6:1-21 “Not Another Fish
Story”
7/18/2021 - 2 Samuel 7:1-14a “A House for God”
(no
recording)
7/11/2021 - Mark 6:14-29 “Promises,
Promises”
7/4/2021 - Mark 6:1-13 “Who Will You Listen
To?”
6/27/2021 - Mark 5:21-43 “The Meaning of Mark in Just 23
Verses”
6/20/2021 (Rev. Jo Shelnutt, guest preacher) - Job 38-40
(excerpts) “Conversation with a
Fault-Finder”
6/13/2021 - Children’s Sunday (no
sermon)
6/6/2021 - 1 Samuel 8:4-20 “Your Parents Were
Right”
5/30/2021 - John 3:1-17 “This Is What It’s All
About”
5/23/2021 - Ezekiel 37:1-14 “Dry Bones...
Again”
5/16/2021 - Acts 1:1-11 “Stand Up and Get
Going”
5/9/2021 - John 15:9-17 “Being a Friend”
5/2/2021 - Acts 8:26-40 “AAA for the Soul”
4/25/2021 - John 10:11-18 “Are You a Sheep or a
Shepherd?”
4/18/2021 - Luke 24:36b-48 “Not Another Ghost
Story”
4/11/2021 - John 20:19-31 “Reasonable Doubt”
4/4/2021 (Easter) - Mark 16:1-8 “Like a Rolling
Stone” (unavailable)
4/2/2021 (Good Friday) - Reflection
4/1/2021 (Maundy Thursday) - Homily
3/28/2021 (Palm Sunday) - Mark 11:1-11 “Dead Man Walking”
3/21/2021 - John 12:20-33 “Sightseeing” (unavailable)
3/14/2021 - John 3:14-21 “John’s Troublemaking
Verse” (unavailable)
3/7/2021 - Genesis 20:1-17 “Rules for Living”
(unavailable)
2/28/2021 - Mark 8:31-38 “Do-It-Yourself Theology”
(unavailable)
2/21/2021 - Mark 1:12-13 “Into the Wilderness”
(recording
only)
2/14/2021 - Mark 9:2-9 “On Being Transfigured”
(recording
only)
2/7/2021 - Mark 1:29-39 “What Are You Looking For?”
(recording
only)
1/31/2021 - Mark 1:21-28 “On Good Authority”
(recording
only)
1/24/2021 - Jonah 3:1-5,10/Mark 1:14-20 “Fish Tales” (recording
only)
1/17/2021 - 1 Samuel 3/John 1:43-51 “Called” (recording
only)
1/10/2021 - Genesis 1:1-5/Mark 1:4-11 “From the Top” (recording
only)
1/3/2021 - Matthew 2:1-12 “Hope or Fear?” (recording
only)
12/27/2020 - Luke 2:22-40 “What Do You See?” (recording
only)
12/24/2020 - Christmas Eve Meditation (recording
only)
12/20/2020 - Luke 1:26-38 “The Most Important
Conversation” Text/Recording
12/13/2020 - Isaiah 61:1-4 “Manifesto for Living”
Text/Recording
12/6/2020 - Mark 1:1 / Isaiah 40:1-2 “Good News”
Text/Recording
11/29/2020 - Mark 13:24-37 “Welcome to Advent!”
Text/Recording
11/22/2020 - Deuteronomy 8:7-18 “By the Grace of
God” Text/Recording
11/15/2020 - Matthew 25:14-30 “Buried Treasure”
Recording
11/8/2020 - Matthew 25:1-13 “Be Prepared”
Recording
11/1/2020 - Revelation 7:9-17 “Hope” Text/Recording
10/25/2020 - Matthew 22:34-46 “Love, Actually”
10/18/2020 - Matthew 22:15-22 “In God We Trust?”
10/11/2020 - (Outdoor Service) Exodus 32:1-14
“Holy Cow!”
10/4/2020 - Exodus 20:1-20 “Law or Love?” (pdf
only)
9/27/2020 - Matthew 21:23-32 “Says Who?” (pdf
only)
9/20/2020 - (Outdoor Service) “Lemons or Lemonade?”
9/13/2020 - Matthew 18:21-35 “To Infinity and Beyond”
(pdf
only)
9/6/2020 - Exodus 12:1-14 “The Importance of Ritual”
(pdf
only)
8/30/2020 - Matthew 16:21-28 “The Hard Truth” (pdf
only)
8/23/2020 - Matthew 16:13-20 “A Vote of Confidence”
(pdf
only)
8/16/2020 - Genesis 45:1-15 “A Matter of Perspective”
(pdf
only)
8/9/2020 - (Outdoor Service) “Back to School”
8/2/2020 - Genesis 32:22-31 “Wrestling with the Almighty”
(pdf
only)
7/26/2020 - Genesis 29:15-28 “Bait and Switch” (pdf
only)
7/19/2020 - Genesis 28:10-22 “Climbing the Ladder”
(pdf
only)
7/12/2020 - Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 “Some Pitfalls of Gardening”
(pdf
only)
7/5/2020 - Mark 3:20-30 “A House Divided” (pdf
only)
6/28/2020 - Matthew 10:40-42 “Just Reward” (pdf
only)
6/21/2020 - Matthew 10:24-39 “Matthew’s Dumpster Fire”
(pdf
only)
6/14/2020 - Galatians 5:22-26 “Fruit of the Spirit”
(pdf
only)
6/7/2020 - Matt 28:16-20 / 2 Cor 13:11-13
“Love Incarnate” (pdf
only)
5/31/2020 - Acts 2:1-21 “Dreaming Dreams, Seeing
Visions” (pdf
only)
5/24/2020 - Acts 1:6-14 “The Joy of Waiting”
(pdf
only)
5/17/2020 - Acts 17:22-34 “It’s All Greek to Me”
(pdf
only)
5/10/2020 - John 14:1-14 “Room for You and Me”
(pdf
only)
5/3/2020 - Psalm 23 “Meaning-Making” (pdf
only)
4/26/2020 - Luke 24:13-35 “A Long, Strange Trip”
(pdf
only)
4/19/2020 - John 20:19-31 “Peace Be With You”
(pdf
only)
4/12/2020 (Easter Sunday) - John 20:1-18
“Moment of Discovery”
(pdf
only)
4/10/2020 (Good Friday) - Psalm 22:1-5 “Why?” (pdf
only)
4/9/2020 (Maundy Thursday) - John 13:1-17, 31b-35
“Love One Another” (pdf
only)
4/5/2020 (Palm Sunday) - Matthew 21:1-11
“Who Is This?” (pdf
only)
3/29/2020 - John 11:1-45 “The Light and the Dark”
(pdf
only)
3/22/2020 - John 9:1-41 “Perfect Vision” (pdf
only)
3/15/2020 - John 4:5-42 “The Other Side of the Coin”
(pdf
only)
3/8/2020 - John 3:1-17 “Night Shift”
3/1/2020 - Matthew 4:1-11 “Don’t Tempt Me”
2/23/2020 - Matthew 17:1-9 “Peaks and Valleys”
2/16/2020 - Matthew 5:21-37 “How to Be a Law-Abiding Citizen of the
Kingdom”
2/9/2020 - Matthew 5:13-20 “Sticking Out Like a Sore
Thumb”
2/2/2020 - Matthew 5:1-12 “The Grammar of God”
1/26/2020 - Matthew 4:12-23 “Thanks for All the
Fish!”
1/19/2020 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Sermon:
“God’s Justice for All”
(pdf
only)
1/12/2020 - Matthew 3:13-17 “Do Your Job”
1/5/2020 - Matthew 2:1-12 “MacGuffins at the
Manger”
12/24/2019 - Luke 2:8-16 Christmas Eve Homily / pdf version
12/22/2019 - Romans 1:1-7 “First Things First”
12/15/2019 - James 5:7-10 “How Long Will This
Take?”
12/8/2019 - Romans 15:4-13 “Dreaming of One
Future”
12/1/2019 - Romans 13:11-14 “It’s Time to Wake Up”
11/24/2019 - Hebrews 13:9-16 “Give ’Til It Feels
Good”
11/17/2019 - Isaiah 65:17-25 “Hope Beyond Hope”
(Part1)(Part2)
(Note: This sermon was
interrupted by a fire drill.)
11/10/2019 - Haggai 1:15b-2:9 “The Golden Age”
11/3/2019 - Luke 6:20-31 “Life in the Cloud”
10/27/2019 - Luke 18:9-14 “Look in the Mirror”
10/20/2019 - Luke 18:1-8 “An Honest Judge”
10/13/2019 - Luke 17:11-19 “The Outlier”
10/6/2019 - Luke 22:7-20 “Why We Do What We Do”
9/29/2019 - Luke 16:19-31 “You Still Don’t Get
It”
9/22/2019 - Luke 16:1-13 “Surely, You Mean Someone
Else”
9/15/2019 - 2 Peter 1:3-8 “Alphabet Soup”
9/8/2019 - Luke 14:25-33 “Letting Go”
9/1/2019 - Luke 14:1,7-14 “Where’s My Seat?”
8/25/2019 - Luke 13:10-17 “Sabbath Healings”
7/14/2019 - Luke 10:25-37 “Won’t You Be My
Neighbor?” (unavailable)
7/7/2019 - 2 Kings 5:1-14 “In God We Trust”
6/23/2019 - 1 Kings 19:1-18 / Luke 8:26-39
“Doubting Is Believing”
6/16/2019 - John 16:12-15 “Do the Math”
6/9/2019 - Genesis 11:1-9/Acts 2:1-21 “Talking Nonsense”
6/2/2019 - John 17:21 “Who Are We?”
5/26/2019 - John 14:23-29 “Where Were We?”
5/19/2019 - John 13:31-35 “Glory and Love”
5/12/2019 - John 10:22-30 “What We Say Matters”
5/5/2019 - John 21:1-19 “Another Chance”
4/28/2019 - John 20:19-31 “Prove It”
4/21/2019 (Easter) - John 20:1-18 “The Dream Come True”
4/19/2019 (Good Friday) - John 19:16b-42
4/18/2019 (Maundy Thursday) - John 13:1-17
4/14/2019 (Palm Sunday) - Luke 19:28-40 “Cognitive Dissonance”
4/7/2019 - John 12:1-8 “Something New”
3/31/2019 - Luke 15:1-3,11b-32 “Forgiven”
3/24/2019 - Luke 13:1-9 “We’re All Going to
Die!”
3/17/2019 - Luke 13:31-35 “Free to Choose”
3/10/2019 - Luke 4:1-13 “Who’s on Trial Here?”
3/3/2019 - Luke 9:28-43a “Listen Up!”
2/24/2019 - Luke 6:27-38 “Heavy Lifting”
2/17/2019 - (guest preacher; no recording)
2/10/2019 - Luke 5:1-11 “Drop Everything!”
2/3/2019 - Luke 4:21-30 “The Truth Hurts”
1/27/2019 - Luke 4:14-21 “It Means What I
Say...”
1/20/2019 - Romans 12:1-8 “To the Mountaintop”
(pdf
only)
1/13/2019 - Luke 3:15-22 “The Shape of Water”
1/6/2019 - Matthew 2:1-12 “Looking for Love in All the Right
Places”
12/24/2018 - Christmas Eve Homily
12/23/2018 - Luke 1:39-55 “Mary, Mary, Quite
Contrary”
12/16/2018 - Luke 3:7-20 “What Should We Do?”
12/9/2018 - Luke 3:1-6 “Preparing a Way”
12/2/2018 - Luke 21:25-36 “What Signs Are You Looking
For?”
11/25/2018 - Joshua 4:4-7 “Past as Prologue”
11/11/2018 - Deut 4:9-14; John 15:9-17 “The Armistice: Why
Remember?”
11/4/2018 - Luke 18:9-14 (Dr. Randall Balmer, Guest
Preacher) “The Pharisee’s Lament”
10/28/2018 - Matthew 22:15-22 “This. Is. Not.
Normal.”
10/21/2018 - Job 38:1-7,34-41 “A Bit of Perspective”
10/14/2018 - Job 23:1-17 “Raging at God”
10/7/2018 - Job 1:1, 2:1-10 “Evil Is Real”
(unavailable)
9/30/2018 - James 5:13-20 “Is Anybody Listening?”
(unavailable)
9/23/2018 - Joshua 4:1-9 (Dr. Margaret Bendroth, Guest
Preacher for Anniversary Sunday) “Telling Stories” (pdf
only)
9/16/2018 - Mark 8:27-38 “What Were You
Expecting?”
9/9/2018 - Mark 7:24-37 “Surprised”
9/2/2018 - Mark 7:1-23 “Telling It Like It Is”
8/26/2018 - Ephesians 6:10-20 “Armed and Ready”
8/12/2018 - John 6:35,41-51 “Who Are You?”
8/5/2018 - John 6:24-35 “Wonder Bread”
7/29/2018 (Praise in the Park) - John 6:1-21
“A Day at the Beach”
6/24/2018 - 1 Samuel 17:32-49 “What’s Going on Here?”
6/17/2018 - Romans 13:1-7 “Are You Serious?”
6/10/2018 - Luke 18:15-17 Children’s Sunday
Sermon
6/3/2018 - Mark 2:23-3:6 “Are We Pharisees?”
5/27/2018 - John 3:1-17 “I Believe...”
5/20/2018 - Ezekiel 37:1-14 “Dry Bones”
5/13/2018 - Luke 24:44-53 “Where’d He Go?”
5/6/2018 - John 15:9-17 “BFF”
4/29/2018 - 1 John 4:7-21 “God Is Love. So What?”
4/22/2018 - John 10:11-18 “Wanted: Shepherd”
4/15/2018 - Luke 24:36b-48 “What We Proclaim”
4/8/2018 - John 20:19-31 (50th Anniv of MLK
Assassination) “The Road from Memphis”
4/1/2018 (Easter) - Mark 16:1-8 “It’s Not a Joke”
3/25/2018 - Mark 11:1-11 “Just Visiting?”
3/18/2018 - John 12:20-33 “Please Answer the
Question”
3/11/2018 - John 3:14-21 “God So Loves the
World”
3/4/2018 - John 2:13-22 “‘Gentle’ Jesus, ‘Mild and
Meek’”
2/25/2018 - Mark 8:31-38 “Profit and Loss”
2/18/2018 - Mark 1:9-15 “Into the Wilderness”
2/11/2018 - Mark 9:2-9 “Up and Down”
2/4/2018 - Mark 1:29-39 “Run for Your Life”
1/28/2018 - Mark 1:21-28 “Who’s Talking?”
1/21/2018 - Mark 1:14-20 “Gone Fishin’”
1/14/2018 - 1 Samuel 3:1-20 “Questioning the Call”
1/7/2018 - Matthew 2:1-12 “Looking for Answers”
12/31/2017 - Luke 2:22-40 “Not Such Bit Players”
12/24/2017 - Luke 2 Christmas Eve
Meditation
12/24/2017 - 2 Samuel 7:1-11,16 “House of God, House for
God”
12/17/2017 - John 1:6-8,19-28 and Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11
“Are We Really Ready for
This?”
12/10/2017 - Mark 1:1-8 “Who Is This Guy?”
12/3/2017 - Mark 13:24-37 “Keep Watch, Stay Awake”
(recording
unavailable)
11/26/2017 - Matthew 25:31-46 “Last Judgment”
11/19/2017 - Acts 4:32-5:6 “Drop Dead!”
11/12/2017 - Joshua 24:1-3a,14-25 “Let’s Make a Deal”
11/5/2017 - Joshua 3:7-17 “Boundary or Bridge?”
10/29/2017 - Romans 1:14-17 “Reformation
Reflections”
10/22/2017 - Matthew 22:15-22 “Caesar or God”
10/15/2017 - Exodus 32:1-14 “It’s Complicated”
10/8/2017 - Exodus 20:1-20 “The Ten Commandments: Do We Really
Care?”
10/1/2017 - Matthew 21:23-32 “What Do You Think?”
9/24/2017 - Exodus 16:2-15 “Is That All?”
(Rev. Silver on sabbatical,
May-Sept 2017)
5/14/2017 - John 14:1-14 “How Can We Know the
Way?”
5/7/2017 - Acts 2:42-47 “A Church for the Ages”
4/16/2017 (Easter) - Matthew 28:1-10 “It’s Easter. Don’t Be
Afraid!”
4/9/2017 - Matthew 21:1-11 “But Wait, There’s
More...”
4/2/2017 - Ezekiel 37:1-14 “Built to Last”
3/26/2017 - 1 Samuel 16:1-13 “What Do You Want to
Find”
3/19/2017 - Exodus 17:1-7 “What to Do With Lemons”
(recording
unavailable)
3/12/2017 - Genesis 12:1-4 “Roadside Assistance”
3/5/2017 - Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 “This Is No Time to Pass the
Buck”
2/26/2017 - Matthew 17:1-9 “Taking a Risk”
2/19/2017 - Matthew 5:38-48 “Law for Living”
2/12/2017 - Matthew 5:21-37 “Free to Choose”
2/5/2017 - Matthew 5:13-20 “Sacred Seasoning”
1/29/2017 - Micah 6:1-8 and Matthew 5:1-12
“Present Tense”
1/22/2017 - Exodus 20:1-6 and 32:1-14 “American Idol”
1/15/2017 - Isaiah 49:1-7 “A Light to the
Nations?”
1/8/2017 - Matthew 2:1-12 “Foreign Affairs”
12/25/2016 - Matthew 2, Luke 2, John 1 “All of the Above”
12/24/2016 - Luke 2:1-20 “What’s New?”
12/18/2016 - Isaiah 7:10-16 “Give Me a Sign”
12/11/2016 - Isaiah 35:1-10 “Foolproof”
12/4/2016 - Isaiah 11:1-10 “Crazy Man”
11/27/2016 - Matthew 24:36-44 “Expect the Unexpected”
11/20/2016 - 2 Samuel 6:12-19 “Sing to the Lord”
11/13/2016 - Isaiah 65:17-25 “Dare to Dream”
11/6/2016 - Haggai 1:15b-2:9 “Now What?”
10/30/2016 - Luke 6:20-31 “The Sanctity of Time
Travel”
10/23/2016 - Luke 18:9-14 “Get Off the High
Horse”
10/16/2016 - Luke 18:1-8 “Approaching the Bench”
10/9/2016 - Luke 17:11-19 “Thankworthiness”
10/2/2016 - Luke 17:5-10 “You Can Do It!”
9/25/2016 - Luke 16:19-31, “Go to Hell!”
(listen) / (read-pdf)
9/18/2016 - Luke 16:1-13 “Time for a Haircut”
9/11/2016 - Lamentations 1:1-5 “Fifteen Years On”
8/21/2016 - Luke 13:10-17 “Give It a Rest”
8/7/2016 - Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 “Living Faith”
7/31/2016 - Luke 12:13-21 “What Really Matters”
7/24/2016 - Genesis 18:20-32 “Let’s Talk”
6/26/2016 - Luke 9:51-62 “Undivided Attention”
6/19/2016 - Genesis 1:26-27, “Created Equally in God’s
Image: A Reflection on Orlando” (listen) / (read-pdf)
5/29/2016 - Luke 7:1-10 “Outside Looking In”
5/22/2016 - John 16:12-15 “The New Math”
5/15/2016 - Acts 2:1-21 “God Is Red”
5/8/2016 - Acts 16:16-34 “O Brother, Where Art
Thou?”
5/1/2016 - Revelation 21:1, 22-22:5 “Sacred Geography”
4/24/2016 - Revelation 21:1-6 “We’re Just Guests Here: A Sermon on Caring
for God’s Creation”
4/17/2016 - Psalm 23 “The Old Words Are Best of
All”
4/10/2016 - Acts 9:1-20 “What Do You See?” (The Conversion of St Paul
by Benjamin West)
4/3/2016 - John 20:19-31 “Peace Be With You”
3/27/2016 - Easter Sunday - Luke 24:1-12
“Idle Tales”
3/25/2016 - Good Friday - John 19:16b-42
“At the Cross”
3/24/2016 - Maundy Thursday - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
“When He Had Given
Thanks”
3/20/2016 - Luke 19:28-40 “In and Out”
3/13/2016 - John 12:1-8 “Guess Who’s Coming to
Dinner”
3/6/2016 - Luke 15:1-3,11b-32 “I Want My Fatted
Calf!”
2/28/2016 - Luke 13:1-9 “Lousy Theology”
2/21/2016 - Luke 13:31-35 “All Roads Lead to...”
2/14/2016 - Luke 4:1-13 “Let’s Make a Deal”
2/7/2016 - Luke 9:28-36 “Peak Performance”
1/31/2016 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
1/24/2016 - Nehemiah 8:1-10 "Book of Wonders"
1/17/2016 - Exodus 3:7-12 "Special Delivery"
1/10/2016 - Luke 3:21-22 "H2O"
1/3/2016 - Epiphany - Matthew 2:1-12 "A Different Way"
12/27/2015 - Congregational Carol Sing (no
sermon)
12/24/2015 - Christmas Eve - Luke 2:15-18
"Christmas Traditions"
12/20/2015: - Luke 1-46b-55 (The Magnificat)
"The Most Powerful Woman in the
World?"
12/13/2015 - Luke 3:7-20 "Great Introductions"
12/6/2015 - Luke 3:1-6 "Crazy Like A Fox"
11/29/2015 - Luke 21:25-36 "What Happens in Advent
..."
11/22/2015 - Matthew 6:19-21 "Hide and Seek"
11/15/2015 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
11/8/2015 - Romans 8:35-39 "Enduring Spirit: A Reflection for Native
American Sunday"
11/1/2015 - Revelation 21:1-6a and John 11:32-44
"Saints Alive!: A Reflection for All Saints
Day"
10/25/2015 - Into the Whirlwind: Sitting With Job 4 - Job
42 "Anatomy of a Happy
Ending"
10/18/2015 - Into the Whirlwind: Sitting With Job 3 - Job
38:1-7, 34-41 "How Will You Make Yourself
Known?"
10/11/2015 - Into the Whirlwind:Sitting With Job 2 - Job
23:8-9 "God, Where Are You?"
10/4/2015 - Into the Whirlwind: Sitting With Job 1 - Job
1:1, 2:1-10 "Who Do You Trust?"
9/27/2015 - James 5:13-20 "The Open Door of
Prayer"
9/20/2015 - Mark 9:30-37 "Get in Line"
9/13/2015 - Mark 8:27-38 "Words of
Encouragement"
9/6/2015 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
8/30/2015 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
8/23/2015 - Listening to the Word: Paul's Letter to
Philemon (Questions for
Reflection)
8/16/2015 - Listening to the Word: The Book of
Jonah (Questions for
Reflection)
8/9/2015 - John 6:35, 41-51 and Ephesians 4:25-5:2
"Wonder Bread"
8/2/2015 - John 6:24-35 "The Fab Four: John - The
Mystic"
7/26/2015 - Praise in the Park - No Sermon Available
7/19/2015 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
7/12/2015 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
7/5/2015 - Abraham Lincoln, Theologian
(Lincoln’s
Second Inaugural Address: read-pdf)
6/28/2015 - Luke 1:1-4 "The Fab Four: Luke - The
Historian"
6/21/2015 - Amos 5:21-24, “Confessing America’s Original
Sin: A Response to the Shootings at Emmanuel AME in
Charleston, S.C.” (listen) / (read-pdf)
6/14/2015 - Matthew 5:13-20 "The Fab Four: Matthew - The
Insider"
6/7/2015 - Children's Sunday - Acts 11:19-30 "A Great Place to
Meet"
5/31/2015 - Mark 11:12-25 "The Fab Four: Mark - Rebel With A
Cause"
5/24/2015 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
5/17/2015 - Job 39:26-30 "Green-Letter Bible"
5/10/2015 - John 15:9-17 "What A Friend!"
5/3/2015 - Acts 8:26-40 "The Man With No Name"
4/26/2015 - Psalm 23 "Churchill Was Right"
4/19/2015 - Luke 24:36b-48 "Applied Resurrection: On Friendship, Death,
and New Life"
4/12/2015 - John 20:19-31 and Acts 4:32-35
"Can You Believe It?"
4/5/2015 - Easter Sunday - Mark 16:1-8 "The Future Has
Arrived"
4/3/2015 - Good Friday - Psalm 22 "A Good Friday
Reflection"
4/2/2015 - Maundy Thursday - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
"A Maundy Thursday
Reflection"
3/29/2015 - Palm Sunday - Mark 1:1-11 "Why Are You Doing
This?"
3/22/2015 - Jeremiah 31:31-34 "The New Deal"
3/15/2015 - John 3:14-21 "In or Out?"
3/8/2015 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
3/1/2015 - Mark 8:31-38 "Have I Got A Deal For
You!"
2/22/2015 - Mark 1:9-15 "Into the Wild"
2/15/2015 - Mark 9:2-9 "That's Inconceivable!"
2/8/2015 - Mark 1:29-39 "What Time Is It?"
2/1/2015 - Mark 1:21-28 "Action Reaction"
1/25/2015 - Mark 1:14-2 "Catch and Release"
1/18/2015 - 1 Samuel 3:1-20 "Who's Calling?"
1/11/2015 - Mark 1:4-11 "Seal of Approval"
1/4/2015 - Matthew 2:1-12 "Unexpected Visitors"
12/28/2014 - Congregational Carol Sing (no
sermon)
12/24/2014 - Luke 2:1-14 "A Christmas
Reflection"
12/21/2014 - Luke 1:26-38 "Enunciating
Annunciation"
12/14/2014 - Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 "Homecoming"
12/7/2014 - Isaiah 40:1-14 "Breaking News: From the Rivers of Babylon to
Staten Island, New York"
11/30/2014 - Mark 13:24-37 "Staying Awake"
11/23/2014 - 2 Corinthians 9 6-15 "Giving with Heart and
Soul"
11/16/2014 - Isaiah 5:1-2 "On the Centenary of the Great War:
Aftermath"
11/9/2014 - Amos 5:18-24 "On The Centenary of the Great War: The Great
War - A Holy War?"
11/2/2014 - Deuteronomy 20:1-4 "On The Centenary of the Great War: A
Reflection"
10/26/2014 - Matthew 22:34-46 "¡Hola! Greetings from San Jose
Villanueva"
10/18/2014 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
10/12/2014 - Genesis 12:1-3, “God of Israel: A Response to
the Proposed NH-UCC Conference Resolution on the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” (listen) / (read-pdf)
10/5/2014 - Exodus 20:1-20 "Carved in Stone?"
9/28/2014 - Matthew 21:23-32 "Reasonable Questions"
9/21/2014 - Matthew 20:1-16 "A Fair Wage"
9/14/2014 - Romans 14:1-12 "One Big Happy Family"
9/7/2014 - Matthew 18:15-20 "Do We Have a Quorum?"
8/17, 24, 31 - Guest
Preachers (sermons not
available)
8/10/2014 - Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 "Origin Stories: On Superheroes and
Scripture"
8/3/2014 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
7/27/2014 - Praise in the Park (sermon not
available)
7/20/2014 - Genesis 28:10-19a "Everything is Awesome"
7/13/2014 - Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 "Seeds and Weeds"
7/6/2014 - Deuteronomy 10:17-21 and Matthew 5:43-48
"The First Liberty"
6/29/2014 - Romans 6:21-23 "At The Fork In The
Road"
6/22/2014 - Matthew 10:34-39 "Josef's Story or 'I Bring Not Peace But a Sword'
Explained" (NY Times Article -
PDF)
6/15/2014 - Genesis 1:1-2:4a "The Stories People
Tell"
6/8/2014- Acts 2:1-21 "A Mighty Wind"
6/1/2014 - Acts 1:6-14 "What Are You Looking
At?"
5/25/2014 - Guest Preacher (sermon not available)
5/18/2014 - John 14:1-14 "A Difficult Text"
5/11/2014 - Acts 2:42-47 "Church: Noun or Verb?"
5/4/2014 - Luke 24:13-35 "Hearts on Fire: A Communion User's
Manual"
4/27/2014 - John 20:19-31 "The Last Word"
4/20/2014 - Easter Sunday - Matthew 28:1-10
"Tested and Triumphant"
4/18/2014 - Good Friday - Psalm 22 "Midnight"
4/17/2014 - Maundy Thursday - John 19:13-16
"The Church's Original
Sin"
4/13/2014 - Palm Sunday - Matthew 21:1-11
"House of Cards"
4/6/2014: - John 19:25b-30 "Where Are You? Part 4:
Loss"
3/30/2014 - Job 31:35-40 "Where Are You? Part 3:
Suffering"
3/23/2014 - Jonah 3:10-4:3 "Where Are You? Part 2:
Resentment"
3/16/2014 - Ruth 1:19-22 "Where Are You? Part 1:
Abandonment"
3/9/2014 - Matthew 7:21-29 "Authority Figure"
3/2/2014 - Matthew 6:24-34 "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
2/23/2014 - Matthew 5:28-28 "Subversive, Not
Subservient"
2/16/2014 - Matthew 5:21-37 "Now For the Hard Part
..."
2/9/2014 - Matthew 5:13-20 "What Will They See?"
2/2/2014 - Matthew 5:1-12 "The Future is Now"
1/26/2014 - Matthew 4:12-23 "Risky Business"
1/19/2014 - John 1:29-42 "A Spiritual Rorschach
Test"
1/12/2014 - Matthew 3:13-17 "Promises, Promises"
1/5/2014 - Matthew 2:1-12 "Look Again: Recollections of a
Magus"
12/29/2013 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
12/24/2013 - Luke 2:1-14 "Christmas Eve
Meditation"
12/22/2013 - Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 "Look at Me"
12/15/2013 - Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 "What Are We Waiting
For?"
12/8/2013 - Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 "The Candidate"
12/1/2013 - Psalm 122 "Are We There Yet?"
11/26/2013 - Deuteronomy 26:1-11 "Once In A Lifetime: A Thanksgiving
Reflection"
11/24/2013 - Deuteronomy 26:1-11 "Q"
11/17/2013 - Sirach 35:12-17 "The Return on Your Investment: A Stewardship
Sermon"
11/10/2013 - Haggai 1:15b-2:9 "What Do You See?"
11/3/2013 - Luke 19:1-10 "The Company He Keeps"
10/27/2013 - Genesis 22:1-19 "History of our Faith in Three Objects - 3:
The Binding of Isaac in Stained Glass and our
Relationship with God" (Stained Glass
Window: image)
10/20/2013 - Ezra 1:1-11 "History of our Faith in Three Objects - 2:
The Cyrus Cylinder and the Return of the
Exiles" (The Cyrus Cylinder:
image)
10/13/2013 - Luke 1:39-56 "History of our Faith in Three Objects - 1:
The Duccio Madonna and Child and the
Magnificat" (Duccio’s Madonna and
Child: image)
10/6/2013 - Luke 17:5-10 "Gone to Seed"
9/29/2013 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
9/22/2013 - Luke 16:1-13 "Do The Hustle"
9/15/2013 - Luke 15:1-10 "We Are The One
Percent"
9/8/2013 - Jeremiah 18:1-11 "Modeling Clay"
9/1/2013 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
8/25/2013 - Jeremiah 1:1-10 "I Want YOU!"
8/18/2013 - Hebrews 11:29-12:2 "Heartbreak Hill"
8/11/2013 - Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 "The Show-Me State"
8/4/2013 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
7/28/2013 - Guest Preacher (sermon not
available)
7/21/2013 - Luke 10:38-42 "Get Over Yourself"
7/14/2013 - Luke 10:25-37 "Closer Than We Think"
7/7/2013 - "Calvin Coolidge, Congregationalist”
(listen) / (read-pdf) / (photo)
6/30/2013 - 2 Kings 2:1-14 "What Do You See?"
6/23/2013 - Confirmation Reflections - Steve Silver, Emma
Petersson, Eric Petersson
6/16/2013 - 1 Kings 21:1-21a "I Know What's Mine"
6/9/2013 - Luke 7:11-17 "True Greatness"
6/2/2013 - Luke 7:1-10 - "Why Bother?"
5/26/2013 - (sermon not
available)
5/19/2013 - (sermon not
available)
5/12/2013 - John 17:20-26, “Great Slogans”
(listen) / (read-pdf)
5/5/2013 - Acts 16:9-15 "Here, There,
Everywhere"
4/28/2013 - Revelation 21:1-6 "Get Out of Jail Free"
4/21/2013 - Psalm 23 - "Running With God"
4/14/2013 - John 21:1-19 & Ephesians 5:25-33
"Be Ye Kind One to Another"
- Guest
preacher: The Rev. Dr. Richard R. Crocker
4/7/2013 - Revelation 1:4-8 "Caution: Easter in
Progress"
3/31/2013 - Easter Sunday - Luke 24:1-12
"A Bucket List for the
Christian"
3/29/2013 - Good Friday - John 19:17-42 "Here is The King"
3/28/2013 - Maundy Thursday - John 13-17, 31b-35
"Love as Service, Service as Love"
3/24/2013 - Palm Sunday - Luke 19.28-40 "Omega to Alpha"
3/17/2013 - John 12:1-8 "Bang for the Buck"
3/10/2013 - (sermon not
available)
3/3/2013 - Luke 13:1-9 "The Fine Print"
2/24/2013 - (sermon not
available)
2/17/2013 - Luke 4:1-13 “Knowing Your Price”
(read-pdf)
2/10/2013 - Isaiah 6:1-13 "Calling Cards"
2/3/2013 - (sermon not
available)
1/27/2013 - (sermon not
available)
1/20/2013 - John 2:1-11 "Life of the Party"
1/13/2013 - Isaiah 43:1-7 "Under Water"
1/6/2013 - Matthew 2:1-12 "What Are You Looking
For?"
12/30/2012 - Luke 2:41-52 "The Forgotten Man"
12/24/2012 - Luke 2:1-20 "Bridges: A Christmas Eve
Meditation"
12/23/2012 - Luke 1:39-45 "Jump for Joy!"
12/21/2012 - Isaiah 40:1-4 "A Meditation for a Blue Christmas
Service"
12/16/2012 - Luke 3:7-18 "Action, Reaction"
A sermon on gun violence
and how the church might respond
12/9/2012 - Luke 3:1-6 "#JohntheBaptist"
12/2/2012 - Luke 21:25-36 "Welcome to Advent"
11/25/2012 - John 18:33-37 "The Church's Original Sin: A Reflection on
the Church and Anti-Semitism"
11/18/2012 - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 "Priceless: A Reflection on
Stewardship"
11/11/2012 - Isaiah 2:1-15 "11:00, 11/11: A Meditation for Armistice
Day"
11/4/2012 - Mark 12:13-17, “Faith & Politics, Church
& State” (listen) / (read-pdf)
10/28/2012 - Mark 10:46-52, “What Do You Want?”
(listen) / (read-pdf)
JESUS: THEN AND NOW - A Five-Part Series on Jesus
Pt 5: 10/21/2012 - Hebrews
13:1-8, 15-16, “Past, Present, Future” (listen) / (read-pdf)
Pt 4: 10/14/2012 - Mark 15:16-32, “Hail to the
Chief” (listen) / (read-pdf)
Pt 3: 10/7/2012 - Mark 5:25-34, “The Doctor Is In”
(listen) / (read-pdf)
Pt 2: 9/30/2012 - Matthew 13:1-23, “Back to School with
Jesus” (listen) / (read-pdf)
Pt 1: 9/23/2012 - Matthew 1:18-25 & Luke 2:1-7, “Mrs.
Jesus” (listen) / (read-pdf) (St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
East Window: Image 1 Image 2)
9/16/2012 - Mark 8:27-38 "The Paradox of Grace"
9/9/2012 - Kick-off Sunday - Mark 10:13-16
"Growing Younger"
9/2/2012 - Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 "Down and Dirty"
7/1/2012 - Micah 9:9-11 "Is America a Christian
Nation?"
4/29/2012 - Acts 4:5-12 "Confidence"
a sermon about faithful
discipleship and our response to
violence
11/13/2011 - Luke 12:32-34 "Things We Don't Talk About in Church:
Money"
11/6/2011 - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 "Things We Don't Talk About in Church:
Sex"
10/30/2011 - Romans 14:7-12 "Things We Don't Talk About in Church:
Death"
10/16/2011 - Amos 7:7-17, “Things We Don’t Talk About in
Church: Politics” (listen) / (read-pdf)
9/11/2011 - Matthew 18:21-35 "Freedom from Fear"
a sermon on the tenth
anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001
7/3/2011 - Isaiah 58:1-12, “Lebanon at 250”
(listen) / (read-pdf)
A reflection on the
occasion of Lebanon's 250th
birthday
6/29/2011 - Matthew 10:40-42, “Strangers Welcome.
Really.” (listen) / (read-pdf)
A sermon about marriage
equality
5/8/2011 - Luke 24:13-35, “What a Long, Strange Trip It Has
Been” (listen) / (read-pdf)
A sermon about Steve's
faith journey
4/24/2011 (Easter) - John 20:1-18 "Surprised By Hope"
Selected
Sermons Preached By Guest Preachers
10/23/2011 - Matthew 13:47-50 "Claimed by a High Commitment"
- Rev. Dr. James
W. Crawford
5/22/2011 - Acts 7:55-60 "Christianity's Unique Claim"
- Rev. Richard
R. Crocker
Selected Past Sermons Preached By Steve
Silver
Genesis 1:26-30 "Who's Minding The
Store?"
a sermon about
stewardship of the environment
Micah 6:1-8 "The Gospel at Gettysburg"
(July 4, 2010)
1 Kings
1-21a "Guess What? You're In
Charge!"
John
20:19-31 "Community: More Than A
Buzzword"
Matthew 5:38-48 "The Road Less
Traveled"
Luke 4:1-13 "The Candy Bomber"
Luke 9:28-36 "Coming Up Next"
Luke 14:1, 7-14 "Guess Who's Coming to
Dinner?"
Luke 19:1-10 "Go Climb a Tree"
Luke 24:1-12 "Much Ado About
Nothing"
Acts 4:32-5:11 "Drop Dead
Serious"
a sermon about
stewardship of the community
2 Timothy 2:8-15 "The Gospel in Just 11 Words"
