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[Sermon] Yes, Lord
When Jesus asks Martha if she believes, she doesn't offer a theological argument. She says simply: Yes, Lord.

Dr. Kempton Hewitt
4 days ago
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[Sermon] Seeing with the Heart
We live in a world that discards what is chipped, cancels what is complicated, and overlooks what is small.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Mar 15
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[Sermon] Washing Away the Labels
Labels shape how we see others—and how we come to see ourselves. Like dust that slowly gathers on a window, these labels accumulate until they obscure our true identity.
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[Sermon] In the Space Between
Faith rarely grows in comfort; it grows in the space between certainty and promise.
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[Sermon] The Illusion of Self-Sufficiency
Lent begins with an honest inventory of our shards. In the wilderness, we confront the deep human impulse to live out of sync with God.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Feb 22
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[Sermon] Dust, Honesty, and the Courage to Look at Death
Ash Wednesday confronts us with a hard truth: we cannot talk about life without talking about death.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Feb 18
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[Sermon] Recentered in the Light
The Transfiguration is not simply a miraculous spectacle—it is a spiritual compass.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Feb 15
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[Sermon] Be the Salt, Let the Light Shine
Pastor Hector invites us to reconsider why we are here—not just in worship, but in the world.
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[Sermon] The Beatitude Jesus and the Hopeless Unblessables
Guest preacher Jeff Tobin invites us to hear the Beatitudes not as abstract ideals, but as good news spoken to weary, struggling people.

Jeff Tobin
Feb 1
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[Sermon] The Immediacy of the Call
When Jesus calls the disciples, their response is immediate—they leave their nets, their boats, and even their family behind.

Rev. Kristy Daniels
Jan 25
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[Sermon] Behold the Sign
Jesus is named the Lamb of God, not as a transaction to settle a debt, but as a sign of God’s restoring and relational love.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Jan 18
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[Sermon] Grounded in the Waters
Jesus enters the Jordan carrying the weight of a hurting world and the expectations of a promised future.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Jan 11
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[Sermon] Another Road
Epiphany reveals that God’s new creation unfolds within a broken world, not apart from it.

Josh Judd-Herzfeldt
Jan 4
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[Sermon] Louder Than the Noise
In a season filled with noise—commercial, political, and emotional—Pastor Hector calls the church back to the true sound of Christmas

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Dec 24, 2025
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[Sermon] Under Construction: Trusting God’s Better Plan
Even when we feel unfinished or unsure, God remains present, guiding us step by step.

Mark Reay
Dec 21, 2025
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[Sermon] What Do You Fear, My Child?
John’s question to Jesus is not a failure of faith—it is an act of courage in the face of crushing uncertainty.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Dec 15, 2025


[Sermon] Fear, Silence, and the God Who Breaks In
The world of Herod is one where fear is currency and silence is survival.

David Horton
Nov 30, 2025
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[Sermon] A Kingdom Not of This Chaos
Pastor Hector explores how Christ’s kingship stands apart from the political systems and power struggles that shape our world.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Nov 23, 2025
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[Sermon] Living in God’s Ahorita
On this penultimate Sunday of the church year, Pastor Hector invites us to consider the divine "ahorita"—God’s mysterious and often frustrating sense of time.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Nov 16, 2025


[Sermon] Equal to Angels
All Saints isn’t a day for the perfect or serene; it’s for the messy, clumsy, and still-trying among us.

Dr. Kempton Hewitt
Nov 9, 2025
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