Sermons on Genesis

The Gift of a Pandemic Lent – February 28

March 1, 2021
Rev. Joe Gaspar
Family
Genesis

Sunday School Activities Genesis 17: 1-8, 15-16 2nd Lent Here’s the thing about this scripture and others like it that speak of the covenant between God, the patriarchs of Israel and the promise of a land for the Hebrew people that was already inhabited. I can’t read these scriptures without thinking about what’s going on in that part of the world today. …

Confession and Grace-Black History Month 1-Feb. 7

February 7, 2021
Rev. Joe Gaspar
Family
Genesis

Sunday School Activities Genesis 1: 25-27 (February 7, 2021-5th Epiphany) Betty Pries is someone Heather and I have worked with for a couple of years now. Betty, among many other things is a leadership consultant who specializes in churches. She’s helped us develop our team ministry. Recently she wrote an article for her newsletter on churches and the work of anti-racism. It…

Haunted by Eden

March 1, 2020
Rev. Joe Gaspar
Family
Genesis

Haunted by Eden[1]—Genesis 2: 15-17, 3: 1-8 March 1, 2020- 1st Sunday in Lent Adam, Eve, the serpent and the apple—it is one of the seminal and best known stories in the bible. Ask someone that’s never set foot in a church to name a story from scripture it’s likely they’ll name this one. I think it’s been given too much importance. …