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Summer 2026 @ FPCA
Sunny days are here, and there are many ways to connect at FPCA this summer! Sunday Mornings Sermon Series: “One Nation, Under God, Revisited” begins Jun. 14 Over five weeks (Jun. 14–Jul. 12), our pastors will lead us in an...
Organizing Chaos
May 31, 2026 Organizing Chaos Genesis 1 Rev. Shannon Jordan Genesis 1: 1 When God began to create the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from...
In Words We Could Understand
May 24, 2026 In Words We Could Understand Acts 2:1-21 Not long after I was ordained in 2006, I was invited back to preach a homecoming service at the small Baptist church where I was baptized, and to the congregation where I...
Abide in Me and Bear Fruit
May 17, 2026 Abide in Me and Bear Fruit John 15:7-17 If you have ever wondered if life in Christ is mostly a list of things to do or do better, listen for the word of God. 7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask...
She Stays
May 10, 2026 She Stays Psalm 139, John 14:15-21 Rev. Caitlin C. T. Johnson When I was in my early twenties I spent a semester working at Horizon Hospice in Chicago. Horizon was the first hospice in Chicago, a non-profit that...
The Glory of Love
May 3, 2026 The Glory of Love John 13:31-35 Rev. David Germer Today’s second passage, like last week’s, might sound puzzlingly out of time with the liturgical year. It’s Easter season, but we’re back in Holy Week, in the...
We Wish to See Jesus
April 26, 2026 We Wish to See Jesus John 12:12-24 This is the Easter season, and we are a few weeks out from the cross. But today the scripture reading takes us back — to the days just before the arrest, before the trial,...
The Divine Stranger on the Road
April 19, 2026 The Divine Stranger on the Road Luke 24:13-35 This is the season of Easter and we are telling resurrection stories. You may have noticed something about these stories. Every one of them is unresolved. They all...
As If…
April 12, 2026 As If... John 20:19-31 Rev. Shannon Jordan Today’s passage continues the story that first Easter morning. I will begin at the verse that Patrick ended last week. I know that this is a familiar passage, and I...
Can This Be True?
Easter Sunday – April 5, 2026 Can This Be True? John 20:1-18 Can this be true? Disciples of Jesus and Christians in every age have wondered about the resurrection of Jesus. Can this be true? Was it a dream? Or just a story?...
On the Way to the Cross
March 29, 2026 On the Way to the Cross Matthew 26:6-13; 27:32; 20:20-21; 27:55-56 Today is Palm Sunday, a festival day. We have just come through the palm procession. Like the crowd on that day in Jerusalem, we shout...
There Will Be Treasure
March 22, 2026 There Will Be Treasure Luke 12, 13-22 & 32-34 Rev. David Germer [Proverbs 23:4-5] How’s that for pointed brevity! Only the author of Proverbs could make not getting what you think will satisfy you sound...