"In the Beginning" (May 31, 2026 - Genesis 1:1-2:3 and Luke 18:15-17 )
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Look No Further" (May 10, 2026 - Acts 17:22-31 and John 14:15-21)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Each Day Is a Journey" (April 3, 2026 - Acts 7:55-60 and John 14:1-14 )
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Whose Afraid of the Risen Christ?" (April 12, 2026 - John 20:19-31)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Go: A New Way Begins" (Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026 - Galatians 2:16-21 and Matthew 28:1-10)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Love: Even When It's Hard" (April 2, 2026, Maundy Thursday - John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Shout: Make Your Voice Heard" (March 29, 2026, Palm Sun. - Matt. 21:1-11 & Matt 27:15-23)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Weep: Let It All Out" (March 22, 2026 - John 11:1-45)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Listen: The Truth Will Make You Free" (March 8, 2026 - John 8:31-38)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Ask: There Are No Dumb Questions" (March 1, 2026 - John 3:1-17)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Resist: Something Better Awaits" (February 22, 2026 - Matthew 4:1-11 )
Pastor Ryan Downing
"An Invitation" (February 15, 2026 - Luke 14:7-14)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"A Calling Story" (January 25, 2026 - 1st Corinthians 1:10-18 and Matthew 4:12-23)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Like a Dove" (January 11, 2026 - Genesis 8:6-12 and Matthew 3:13-17)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Handle With Care" (Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"May It Be So" (Dec. 14, 2025, 3rd Sunday of Advent - Luke 1:46-55, Psalm 146, Matthew 11:2-1 1)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Awaken" (November 30, 2025, 1st Sunday of Advent - Isaiah 2:1-5 , Psalm 57, Matthew 24:36-44)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"The Way of Peace" (November 23, 2025 - Luke 1:68-79 and Luke 23:33-43)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"God of the Living" (November 9, 2025 - Job 19:23-27a and Luke 20:27-38)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Everyday Saints" (All Saints Sunday, November 2, 2025 - Psalm 46 and Mark 9:33-37)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"No Gift Too Small, No Dream Too Big" (Stewardship Sunday, 10/26/25 - Psalm 84:1-7 & Luke 18:9-14)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Between Struggle and Hope" (October 19, 2025 - Genesis 32:22-31 and Luke 18:1-8)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Daily Bread" (July 27, 2025 - Exodus 16:1-21 & Mark 6:30-44)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Spirit of Truth" (June 15, 2025 - Romans 5:1-5 and John 16:12-15"
Pride Sunday and Pentecost Message (Shared Ministry Sunday)
Jon Trouten
"What Keeps You Together?" (June 1, 2025 - Psalm 100 and John 17:20-26)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Keeping His Word" (May 25, 2025 - Psalm 67 and John 14:23-29)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"All Means All" (May 11, 2025 - Isaiah 56:1-8 and Acts 8:26-39)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Do You Love Me for Who I Am?" (May 4, 2025 - Acts 9:1-6 and John 21: 1-19)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Another Idle Tale?" (April 20, 2025 - Easter Sunday - Psalm 118:17, 21-24 and Luke 24:1-12)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Jesus Wept" (April 13, 2025 - Palm Sunday - Psalm 118:19-23 and Luke 19:29-48)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"This Too Is Salvation" (April 6, 2025 - Psalm 84:1-4, 10-12 and Luke 18:31-19:10)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Just Within Reach" (March 30, 2025 - Psalm 41:1-3 and Luke 16:19-31)
Pastor Ryan Downin
"The Hungers" (March 23, 2025 - Psalm 32 & Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"In the Moment" (Macrh 9, 2025 - Luke 10:25-42)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"The Golden Rule" (February 23, 2025 - Luke 6:27-38 )
Pastor Ryan Downing
"This Is Not a Drill" (February 9, 2025 - Isaiah 6:1-8 and Luke 5:1-11)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Passing Through" (February 2, 2025 - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 and Luke 4:22-30)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"A Merciful Body" (January 26, 2025 - 1st Corinthians 12:12-26 and Luke 4:14-21)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Where Do We Begin?" (MLK Sunday, January 19, 2025 - Amos 1:1-2; 5:14-15, 21-24 & Matthew 22:15-22)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Remember Your Baptism" (Sunday, January 12, 2025 - Isaiah 43:1-7 and Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 )
Pastor Ryan Downing
Christmas Eve Message 2024
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Love" (4th Sunday in Advent, December 22, 2024 - Psalm 36:5-12 and Luke 1:46-55)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Joy" (3rd Sunday in Advent, December 15, 2024 - Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 and Luke 1:39-45)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Peace" (2nd Sunday in Advent, December 8, 2024 - Psalm 46 and John 14:15-27)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Hope" (1st Sunday in Advent, December 1, 2024 - Isaiah 40:21-31 and Mark 1:1-8)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Embracing Emptiness" (November 10, 2024 - 1 Kings 17:8-16 and Mark 12:38-44)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"To Love Your Neighbor Is To Love God" (All Saints Sun., Nov. 3, 2024 - Ruth 1:1-18, Mark 12:28-34)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Imagine Together" (October 27, 2024 - Isaiah 55:1-3, 6-13 and Matthew 7:7-11)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Hello? Hello? Anyone Out There?" (October 13, 2024 - Job 23:1-9, 16-17 and Mark 10:17-31)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Come to the Table" (Oct. 6, 2024, World Communion Sunday - Deut. 10:12-13, 17-22 & Mark 10:13-16)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Sustainable Spirit" (September 29, 2024 - Galatians 6:1-10 and Mark 9:38-50)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Like the Mountain" (September 8, 2024 - Isaiah 35:4-7a, Psalm 125:1-2, and Mark 7:31-37)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Shared Labors" (September 1, 2024 - Genesis 1:1-31, Exodus 2:23-25, Luke 4:16-19)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Live Wisely (Or How Even Jerry Springer Has a Little Wisdom to Share" (August 18, 2024 )
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Just Be" (August 11, 2024 - 1 Kings 19:4-8 and Ephesians 4:25-5:2)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Resisting Christian Nationalism: The Jesus Way" (July 28, 2024 - John 6:1-15)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Let Our Hearts Break" (May 5, 2024)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"A Freeing Silence" (Easter Sunday - March 31, 2024)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Awakening in Silence" (March 24, 2024)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Opening to Silence" (March 10, 2024)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Being in Silence" (March 3, 2024)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Weaving the Silence" (February 25, 2024)
Pastor Ryan Downing
Christmas Eve Message 2023 - December 24, 2023
"O Mortals" (January 15, 2023, Martin Luther King Sunday - King's Last Words and Micah 6:1-8)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"You Will Find a Child" (December 24, 2022, Christmas Eve)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Blessed Assurance" (November 13, 2022 - Isaiah 65:17-25 and Luke 21:5-19)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Lord of the Living" (November 6, 2022, Reformation Sunday - Psalm 27:7-14 and Luke 20:27-38)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Full Circle" (October 9, 2022 - Psalm 118:21-29 and Luke 17:11-19)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Lost and Found" (September 11, 2022 - Psalm 14 and Luke 15:1-10)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Choosing Creation" (September 4, 2022 - Deuteronomy 30:15-20 and Luke 14:25-33)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Through Their Eyes" (August 21, 2022 - Isaiah 58:9b-14 and Luke 13:10-17)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Faith and Pride in Diversity" (June 19, 2022 - June Shared Ministry Sunday)
Mark Holbrook
"Holy Laughter" (June 12, 2022 - Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 and Matthew 9:35-10:10)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"Saved for What?" (June 5, 2022 - Pentecost - Acts 2:1-21)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"No More Wasted Prayers" (May 29, 2022 - John 17:20-26)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"No to White Supremacy, Yes to the Supremacy of God's Love" (May 22, 2022 - John 14:23-29)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"New Creations" (Faith UCC Creation Care Sunday - May 1, 2022/Reading - 2 Corinthians 5:16-21)
Pastor Ryan Downing
"A Simple Joy" (Easter Sunday - April 17, 2022/Reading - John 20:1-18)
Pastor Ryan Downing