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Hearing God's Call and Saying "Yes!"

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The paradox of saying yes to God is that it can be at once deeply fulfilling and utterly terrifying. Think of poor Samuel who was faced with sharing some really bad news with Eli first thing the next morning, before he had had a chance to even begin to internalize what it meant that God had spoken to him. But God was with him that first morning, and throughout his life. I truly believe if we are responding to a call from God, then God will help us do what needs to be done.

Listen to or read Sharon’s entire sermon by clicking “Read More.”

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Calling Us By Name

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Grant that when we hear God’s voice, we may know who's calling us, and then follow. Like animals who know their caregivers, or children who know their parents’ voices, like siblings, friends, or lovers who instantly turn at the sound of their names and the unique voices of those speaking, Jesus lovingly and longingly calls out our names, beckoning us into relationship with God.

Listen to or read Ryan’s entire sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter by clicking “Read More.”

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Conversing with God

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Listen to or read Bingham’s entire sermon for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany by clicking “Read More.”

Over the past few weeks we have been hearing a good bit about call, God's call to us. Two weeks ago we prayed in our opening Collect to follow God's call: Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Then we went on in our Epistle to hear Paul talk about different calls we might have. Some are called to be apostles, some are called to be teachers, some are called to healers, etc. all with the idea that there are different calls within the church and are all an important part of the Body of Christ.

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Open to God's Call

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Listen to or read Deacon Nancy Crawford’s entire sermon by clicking “Read More”

The first of the two recommended readings from the Old Testament is today’s reading of Jeremiah’s call from God. And while my classmate, Tracey and I, at our ordination to be deacons, would have preferred a Scripture reading of a young girl answering God’s call, we found Jeremiah’s humble reluctancy fitting to our calls to ordained ministry, where we, too, each felt like an unprepared child.

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Listening for God's Call

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The theme from the lessons today is about call. We heard from Isaiah, “Heads up. Listen up. God called me when I was in the womb, and He named me.” From the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, “Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God.” The Gospel is St. John’s account of the call of the first close followers of Jesus. Two of St. John the Baptist’s close followers peel off and go and follow Jesus. One of them is St. Andrew, who then goes and recruits his brother, Cephus—Peter. The stories are about different calls and different ways to be called.

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Inadequate for Ministry? Who Cares?! God sure doesn't! - August 21, 2016 - 14th Sunday after Pentecost

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Some of you might be saying to yourself, what does this have to do with me? I'm not too young. Maybe you are thinking the opposite: "I am too old." Well, this isn't just true for the young, Jeremiah's call story is a particular story for a particular person with particular objections, but it is a story that repeats itself over and over again with a different set of particulars. God calls, the person objects for some very good, logical reason, but God moves forward with them anyway.

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