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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
5 days ago
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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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[Sermon] The Company of the Imperfect
All Saints isn’t a day for the perfect or serene; it’s for the messy, clumsy, and still-trying among us.

David Horton
Nov 1, 2025


[Sermon] Faith That Refuses to Let Go
Like the widow who would not give up, we are called to a faith that persists—to pray, to act, and to love boldly in a weary world.

Rev. Salvador Cosio
Oct 18, 2025


[Sermon] The Posture of Gratitude
When one healed leper turned back to give thanks, he discovered that gratitude is not a polite response but a transformed way of living.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Oct 11, 2025


[Sermon] Faith That Works Through Love
Jesus reminds the disciples that even faith the size of a mustard seed is enough to move deep-rooted things.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Oct 4, 2025


[Sermon] The God Who Still Burns Bright
When Moses turned aside to see the bush that burned without being consumed, he encountered the God whose presence endures through every season of life.

Jeff Tobin
Sep 27, 2025


[Sermon] The Bow, the Dove, and the Small Signs of Hope
When Noah released the dove, it returned carrying only a single olive leaf—yet that small sign was enough to remind him of God’s promise.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Sep 13, 2025


[Sermon] At the Table of Humility
In this week’s “Conversations on the Road” Pastor Hector sits down with Mark Larson to reflect on Jesus’ teaching about humility at a banquet table.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Aug 30, 2025


[Sermon] Being the Light of the World
This week’s “Conversations on the Road” features a dialogue between Pastor Hector and Jake Lindstrom as part of Jake’s Affirmation of Faith journey.

Hector Garfias-Toledo
Aug 23, 2025
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[Sermon] The Fire That Transforms
In today’s gospel, Jesus speaks of fire, division, and urgency—words that unsettle rather than comfort. Rev. Salvador Cosio explores how this fire is not about destruction but about transformation: reshaping our identity in baptism, gathering us into true belonging in Christ’s body, and sending us into the world with purpose.

Rev. Salvador Cosio
Aug 16, 2025
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[Sermon] The Gospel Can't Fit in a Barn
With urgency and grace, Kevin calls out the greed that clings to buildings and traditions while inviting listeners to imagine a church courageous enough to let go.

Kevin Beebe
Aug 2, 2025
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