Pick Up Your Mat and Listen

by Dan Chase | May 25, 2025 | Sermons

May 25, 2025 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Revelation 22:1-5; John 5:1-9 Jesus asks a man who has waited thirty-eight years by the healing pool whether he wants to be well, then simply tells him to pick up his mat and walk. Rev. Derek van Gulden remembers shipmates...

Mother’s Day in the Midst of Eastertide

by Dan Chase | May 11, 2025 | Sermons

May 11, 2025 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Proverbs 3:13-20; John 21:1-14 On Mother’s Day, Rev. Derek van Gulden remembers a seminary assignment to draw God (the result had long curly hair) and a childhood morning when a friend’s grandmother told the story of...

Known in the Breaking of the Bread

by Dan Chase | May 4, 2025 | Sermons

May 4, 2025 · Rev. Derek van Gulden · Luke 24:13-35 On a communion Sunday, Rev. Derek van Gulden keeps it brief: Luke’s road to Emmaus says it all, and the first communion he took at eighteen changed something he is still figuring out. Pay attention to that...