Sermons

  • Shake and Tell – Jeremiah 31:1-6 and Matthew 28:1-10
    Part 1 – Rev. April Fiet Early on a Sunday morning, before the sun had fully risen and illuminated the world, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary “went to see the tomb.” The stone that covered the tomb was massive. The two women knew there was no way they could move it, but they went
  • A Jesus Hangover – Isaiah 50:4-9a and Mark 11:1-10
    My favorite musical artist of all time is probably “Weird Al” Yankovic. I started listening to Weird Al somewhere around 1985, when I was about 9 years old. The first album I ever owned was his “Dare to Be Stupid” album on cassette tape. I think I still have that tape somewhere. From the first
  • When Me Becomes We – Ezekiel 37:1-11 and Mark 9:30-37
    Tiny Images is an early childhood center in Fairmont, Nebraska that has a unique location. Tiny Images is nestled inside an assisted living and nursing home facility. Multiple times a week, the teachers at Tiny Images take the children on a walk through the building, with the youngest kids being transported in four- or six-seat
  • Lose Yourself – 1 Samuel 16:1-13 and Mark 8:31-37
    After earning my Associate’s Degree from a local community college while living at home, I finally moved away from home for my junior year of college. Despite the fact that my sister was a fifth year senior at the same school, the move away from home into an entirely new environment was kinda scary. My
  • Pack Lightly – Exodus 17:1-7; Luke 9:1-6
    When I was a kid, my dad would make packing lists for my brother and me. While my parents bustled around the house making sure we had everything we needed for the trip, my brother and I knew it was our responsibility to pack our clothes and anything else we wanted to bring with us.
  • The Gravity of Prayer – Genesis 12:1-4 and Matthew 6:5-15
    When I was in middle school, I loved going with my friends to the county fair. We would eat some of the amazing (and not at all healthy) food, waste a lot of money on the carnival games, watch the horse races and tractor pulls and whatever musical performer they’d been able to get to