by Rev. Scott Summerville Jesus said unto him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37 Matthew 18 [1] At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” [2] And calling [...]

by Rev. Scott Summerville Mark 8:22–26 They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him he [...]

by Rev. Scott Summerville Psalm 65 II Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 King David was the second and the greatest king of Israel. Roughly nine hundred years before the time of Jesus he conquered his enemies and united the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. He established Jerusalem as the capital city of his kingdom, and he [...]

by Rev. Scott Summerville II Samuel 11:26- 12:10, John 6:1-14 When our son was a little guy, maybe four or five years old, and his sister was seven or eight, he would sometimes notice when she was going into the shower, and he would just happen to lie down on his back outside the bathroom [...]

by Rev. Scott Summerville And Jesus could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And he was amazed at their unbelief. Mark 6:5-6 ________________________ Have you ever felt powerless? Someone does something that hurts you or hurts them. You tell yourself you [...]

Rev. Scott Summerville 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan. (He ordered that The Song of the Bow be taught to the people of Judah; it is written in [...]

Rev. Scott Summerville Once a year we recognize our choirs. Last Sunday we recognized the Junior choir. Today we will recognize our other two choirs. You may be surprised to learn that we have a total of three choirs; perhaps you thought they were only two – the Junior and the Senior. Ah… you are [...]

Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost There is an ancient Jewish festival, the Festival of Weeks; or Shovuot. It was the day the first fruits of the wheat harvest were presented to God. God was honored as the source of rain and of the fruitfulness of the earth. The Festival of Weeks came to be known by a [...]

Memorial Day Weekend by Rev. Scott Summerville This week we lost a dear friend, Muriel. She was a regular at the Wednesday discussion group. For five years she made lunch for me every Wednesday. That makes me a biased observer of her qualities, but she was a remarkable person. From the time she got her [...]

By Rev. Scott Summerville Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because [...]