Worship Sermons

The ninth sermon in Pastor Jim Clarke’s SLOW CHURCH series for Sunday, March 13, 2016 is titled, “Making Space for Strangers. The scripture is Luke 1:47-14. You may chose the audio version by clicking on this link https://soundcloud.com/cedar-cross-umc/making-space-for-strangers   or read the print version that follows. Since I went to […]

Here is Pastor Jim’s seventh sermon in the ten-part series, “Slow Church,” titled “Eternity in Disguise” for Sunday, February 28, 2016. You may listen to the audio of this sermon by clicking on this link: https://soundcloud.com/cedar-cross-umc/eternity-in-disguise or read the text that follows.   Thursday before last my wife Paula and I attended […]

Pastor Jim’s sermon for Sunday, March 6, 2016, Slow Church VIII: Bread For All. The scripture: Exodus 16:13-21 and Luke 9:10-17. Listen to the audio of his sermon at https://soundcloud.com/cedar-cross-umc/abundance-and-gratitudet or you may read the text that follows:   I have said a number of times that I don’t like movies […]

Pastor Jim’s sermon for Sunday, February 14, 2016 is part V: Love and Fragmentation in the ten-part series, “Slow Church.” The scripture: I Corinthians 12: 12-31. You may listen to the audio for this sermon by clicking on this link  https://soundcloud.com/cedar-cross-umc/love-and-fragmentation or you may chose to read the complete text that follows. […]

Pastor Jim’s sermon for Sunday, February 7, 2016 is part IV: The Culture of Impatience in the ten-part series, “Slow Church.” The scripture: James 5:7-12 and Luke 12:35-40. You may listen to the audio for this sermon by clicking on this link  https://soundcloud.com/cedar-cross-umc/the-culture-of-impatience or you may chose to read the complete […]

The third sermon in the series by Pastor James Clarke based on “Slow Church:  Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus” written by C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison. Scripture: Colossians 2:1-7 and Luke 8:4-8. Sunday, January 24, 2016 Did you know that monks take vacations? When I was at Mt. Angel Abbey […]

This is Pastor Jim’s second sermon in the series based on “Slow Church:  Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus” written by C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison The scripture: Genesis 12:1-9 and Matthew 5:13. Sunday, January 17, 2016. Listen to the sermon: I think we’ve all had the experience of smelling […]

This is the Introduction to a ten-part series of sermons by Pastor James Clarke based on the book, “Slow Church:  Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus,” written by C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison. (January 10, 2016) The scripture: Matthew 5:1-10 and Luke 6:20-26. In our youth group, there was a […]

The Pastor’s Sermon for December 20, 2015. Scripture: Luke 1:26-38, 46-56. Listen: I found a book in the library that interested me. The title is The Narcissist Next Door, by Jeffrey Kluger. I opened it – checked out the inside cover and it said: “Narcissists are everywhere.” This ought to be […]