Happy Easter, friends! I hope wherever you are you are home, safe and proclaiming the Good News of Christ's resurrection. It was bittersweet to not be able to worship in person this morning, but I really do believe that now is the time to lean

4.5.2020 - Laying Down Our Palms For Christ

Apr 5th, 2020 26m 50s

Hi friends! It's so crazy to think that, back when all this started, our plan was to be back in church by this Sunday! My office admin actually called me not long after we moved to virtual worship and asked if she should cancel the palms and I

3.29.2020 - Jesus Wept. So Can We.

Mar 29th, 2020 57m 28s

Hi Friends, It is hard to believe, but this is week three of our virtual worship. I actually moved my livestream home this week. I am still preaching through the lectionary Lenten texts. This morning was the story of the resurrection of Laza

3.22.2020 - There Is Still Light

Mar 22nd, 2020 33m 40s

Hi friends, It is hard to believe that only a week has passed since our first virtual worship service. It feels like a lifetime has gone by, with information and and situations changing so quickly. We have extended our suspension of in-person

3.15.2020 - Hope In God's Promise

Mar 15th, 2020 26m 17s

In these times of social distancing, I am grateful for the ability to connect with people through online presence. While it does not replace in-person community (and I know there are those who do not have access that we still need to call!) it

This Is The World That Jesus Came Into

Mar 10th, 2020 15m 29s

Hi friends! I know we are living through crazy and surreal times right now. We, like churches all across the country (and world!), are taking extra precautions right now to protect our community against the Corona Virus. We are following guid

3.1.2020 - Our Time In The Wilderness

Mar 3rd, 2020 13m 32s

We kicked off our Lenten season on Sunday in the wilderness with Jesus. I'm back on the lectionary for the time being and we are going to preach through the Gospel thread during Lent. I decided not to talk about temptations this year in looki

2.23.2020 - It Is Good For Us To Be Here Today

Feb 25th, 2020 11m 29s

Hi friends! Happy Shrove Tuesday! We had our big Mardi Gras celebration at the church on Sunday - it was so much fun! Decorations, brass, food and a mocktail bar - it doesn't get better than that! Our Ash Wednesday Worship service is at 7PM t

2.16.2020 - What The Local Church Can Do

Feb 18th, 2020 14m 46s

Finishing up our glance at 1 Corinthians, we came off a wonderful evening of show tunes at RCC and then gathered for worship on Sunday morning. It was a great weekend to finish up this sermon series, think about what local churches are capable

2.9.2020 - Let's Talk About Love

Feb 11th, 2020 14m 28s

No, not the Celine Dion song, although you better believe I listened to it while I was writing my sermon this week! This scripture was actually the catalyst for this sermon series looking at 1 Corinthians in the first place. I wanted to explor

2.2.2020 - Appointed Into The Body Of Christ

Feb 4th, 2020 13m 44s

The deacon leading worship on Sunday came into my office before church and was commenting on how much he loves this scripture. Honestly, it's always been one of my favorites! It's wonderful as it stands alone, but then, when you think about t

We Are All In This Together

Jan 28th, 2020 13m 23s

We continued our five-week journey through 1 Corinthians this week by looking at the fourth chapter in its entirety. One of the things I love about doing scripture-based sermon series (as opposed to theme-based, which is what we did in Advent

1.19.2020 - United to Tell This Story

Jan 22nd, 2020 14m 36s

Hi friends! We started a sermon series on Sunday looking at pieces of 1 Corinthians. It's not my ideal - I really love looking at scripture in a linear and continual way - but we have five weeks before the Transfiguration and beginning of Lent

1.12.2020 - Remembering That We Are All Worthy

Jan 14th, 2020 13m 27s

Last year I had some major FOMO when all my friends were preaching Baptism of Christ and doing amazing remembrance of baptism liturgies and I was on the Year of Mark and didn't get to join in on the fun. It didn't work out this year that I was

My Affirmation Journey

Jan 7th, 2020 10m 43s

Hi friends and Happy New Year! Like so many other churches, we have adopted the "star word" tradition at RCC to coincide with Epiphany. This is the 4th year we have done it, so my sermon is brief, as we invite people from the congregation to s

12.24.2019 - This Magical, Malleable, Life-Changing Story

Dec 30th, 2019 10m 19s

Hi friends! I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! Here is my sermon from our 9PM service on Christmas Eve. Happy New Year! Enjoy ... -Sarah

12.15.2019 - Sharing The Good News Of God's Love

Dec 17th, 2019 14m 52s

Hi Friends! We finished up our Advent sermon series on spiritual practices this week by looking at evangelism through the story of the shepherds and the angels. This is my last Advent sermon - our Christmas pageant is this Sunday. I will be

12.8.2019 - Relational Hospitality

Dec 10th, 2019 13m 54s

Hi friends! I cannot believe that Christmas Eve is TWO weeks away. This season is flying by and I am trying to soak it up and enjoy time with my family, while also enjoying all of the wonderful things we do at church, as well! Sunday was our s

12.1.2019 - Say "Yes!" To God

Dec 4th, 2019 9m 25s

Hi friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We capped off our Thanksgiving weekend with a wonderful Hanging of the Greens service in worship on Sunday and then a hugely successful Giving Tuesday two days later. (If you are interest

11.24.2019 - Walking The Walk

Nov 25th, 2019 12m 10s

Hi friends! We finished up our sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount this week with a beautiful Thanksgiving worship service, which included a baptism and a beautiful cornucopia on the altar. I used my sermon not only as an opportunity to

11.17.2019 - Living Faithfully Now

Nov 18th, 2019 17m 56s

Hi friends! I took a week off from preaching, but not from our sermon series. Last week the passage in the Sermon on the Mount was the "ask, seek, knock" and "the golden rule" - which was not at all planned, but timed perfectly with our annual

11.3.2019 - How We Rise Up

Nov 5th, 2019 8m 2s

Hi Friends! We are coming off an amazing bazaar weekend at the church. We raised $17,000! When I first started in Rehoboth, we would typically raise $10,000-$12,000 and that number has slowly been rising over the past few years. Last year we c

10.27.2019 - How Can We Not Worry?

Oct 29th, 2019 14m 28s

Hi friends! This sermon kind of took a different direction than I thought it was going to, but things kept happening throughout the week pushing me to look at the scripture in a different way. To give some background, I shared with the congreg

10.20.2019 - Shout It From The Mountaintop

Oct 22nd, 2019 16m 30s

Hi friends! Sunday was my annual stewardship sermon, although Bruce told me last night that he didn't feel like it was so much a stewardship sermon as it was a sermon on why I love the church so much. But that totally ties into why I give to t

10.13.2019 - Are We God-Serving Or Self-Serving?

Oct 15th, 2019 14m 42s

Hi friends! This sermon should not have been a hard one to preach, but the timing of it falling the same week our stewardship packets were mailed made it much more challenging! I had one thing in mind, but ended up scrapping it and taking a d