by Dan Chase | Feb 22, 2026 | Sermons
February 22, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 1; Luke 3:21; Luke 4:1-13 On the first Sunday of Lent, with Jesus in the wilderness, Rev. Derek van Gulden opens an old Kenya journal: a lay bishop who carried Jesse Jackson’s ‘Keep hope alive’ on his...
by Dan Chase | Feb 15, 2026 | Sermons
February 15, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 40:1-10; John 1:32-47 As Lent approaches, Rev. Derek van Gulden asks how we’d answer Jesus’ invitation, ‘Come and see’, and the congregation answers back. Drawing on a course on spirituality in...
by Dan Chase | Feb 8, 2026 | Sermons
February 8, 2026 · Rev. Dr. Liz Rice-Smith · Isaiah 58:1-9a; Matthew 5:13-20 With Rev. Derek away, Rev. Dr. Liz Rice-Smith turns the sermon time over to the congregation: a few minutes of silence, then anyone who wants to may step up and speak. Members, and a visitor,...
by Dan Chase | Feb 1, 2026 | Sermons
February 1, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Exodus 3:1-10; Matthew 25:31-40 On annual meeting Sunday, Rev. Derek van Gulden stands with Moses at the burning bush: this sanctuary is holy ground, and so is wherever you are. After the congregation stands still to feel the...
by Dan Chase | Jan 25, 2026 | Sermons
January 25, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Isaiah 58:6-11 With a blizzard on the way and the news feeling hopeless, Rev. Derek van Gulden turns to Micah’s call to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly, and to Isaiah’s promise that when we pour ourselves...
by Dan Chase | Jan 18, 2026 | Sermons
January 18, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Ephesians 4:1-6; John 1:43-51 On Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, Rev. Derek van Gulden walks through the marks of King’s beloved community, rooted in agape love and the image of God in every person, and admits it takes...
by Dan Chase | Jan 11, 2026 | Sermons
January 11, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Psalm 23; Matthew 11:28-30 When the news is relentless and the stress feels overwhelming, Rev. Derek van Gulden turns to Psalm 23 and Jesus’ easy yoke: God provides, but we still have to take part. Turn off the news for...
by Dan Chase | Jan 4, 2026 | Sermons
January 4, 2026 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12 On Epiphany, Rev. Derek van Gulden wonders what the Magi’s gold, frankincense and myrrh might mean for us now, and members of the congregation step forward as stargazers and a shepherd to...
by Dan Chase | Dec 28, 2025 | Sermons
December 28, 2025 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Luke 2:21-36 A young farmer in a snowed-in Vermont church once taught Rev. Derek van Gulden to keep it short, and this sermon does. Simeon and Anna join Mary and Joseph, the shepherds and the Magi in a line of unlikely...
by Dan Chase | Dec 24, 2025 | Sermons
December 24, 2025 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Isaiah 11:1-3, 6-9; Luke 2:1-19 In the Christmas Eve homily, Rev. Derek van Gulden hands the story to Malachi, cousin of Joseph, whose house in Bethlehem was so full of relatives that the only room left was downstairs with...
