The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28, titled “The Princess Dress and the Name of Jesus” on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2014.…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Ephesians 3:14-21, titled “Church: The Incubator for Miracles” on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2015.…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Luke 10:38-42, titled “Looking for the Better Part” on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2016.…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Genesis 32:22-31, titled “Go Get Your Blessing” on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2017.…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Associate Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Luke 10:25-37, titled “The Neighborhood of God” on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2018.…

The Rev. Brooke Dooley, our Associate Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 4:35-41, titled “Weathering the Raging Storm” on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2020.…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Judges 7:2-8, 19-23, titled “Water-Lapping World Changers” on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2021.…

The Rev. Brooke Dooley, our Associate Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on John 10:11-16, titled “Helpers” on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2022.By pastor4x

Our Youth Group, recently back from their mission trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, reflect on their experiences and a reading of Luke 19:1-10, The First Nations Version on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded messages that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this message originally recorded in 202…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message titled "Image Bearers in Anxious Times" reflecting on 1 Peter 5:5b-10, on this Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. For more information about our church and our mission, please visit friends-ucc.orgBy pastor4x

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Romans 12:1-8, titled “Scattered for Spiritual Worship” on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2014. For more information abou…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56, titled “The Day I Met Ice Cube” on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2015. For more information about o…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Luke 10:25-37, titled “We Need To Live” on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2016. For more information about our church and…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, reflects on Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52, with an interactive congregational discussion: “Ask The Pastor” on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2017. For more in…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 4:21-34, titled “We Who Believe in Freedom” on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2020. For more information about our…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Judges 6:11-18, 36-40, titled “The Importance of Reminders” on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2021. For more information …

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Luke 12:13-21, titled “Dude, We're the Point!” on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2022. For more information about our chu…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Romans 8:12-25, titled “Our Beloved Lot in Life” on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2023. For more information about our c…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message titled "Jesus is our Peace" reflecting on Ephesians 1:3-14, on this Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. For more information about our church and our mission, please visit friends-ucc.orgBy pastor4x

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on 2 Kings 5:1-14, titled “Have You Had Leprosy Lately?” on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2016. For more information about…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Isaiah 56:1-8, titled “Jubilee Spirituality: Celebrating God's Kin-dom” on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2017. For more…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 6:1-13, titled “Let the Wounds Speak” on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2018. For more information about our church…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 4:1-20, titled “God is Change” on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2020. For more information about our church and …

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Acts 14:8-18 on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2021. For more information about our church and our mission, please vis…

The Rev. Phil Hodson, Guest Preacher, delivers a message reflecting on Psalm 65:11, titled “Pick Three” on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2022. For more information about our church and our mission,…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23, titled “Seeds of Hope” on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2023. For more information about our c…

Lay members Megan Alvear and Michael Kennedy, deliver member-driven "Sharing the Good News" messages reflecting on II Corinthians 12:2-10 and Mark 6:1-13, respectively, on this Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. For more information about our church and our mission, please visit friends-ucc.orgBy pastor4x

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message titled "Reach Out and Touch Someone" reflecting on Mark 5:21-43, on this Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. For more information about our church and our mission, please visit friends-ucc.orgBy pastor4x

The Rev. Brooke Dooley, our Associate Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30, titled “Be a Gosh-darn Goldfish” on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2023. For more information abou…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Genesis 18:1-15, titled “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2022. For more information about …

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Luke 14:1-6, titled “Jesus is the Question” on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2021. For more information about our church an…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 3:31-35, titled “Can't You See the Family Resemblance?” on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2020. For more information ab…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on 2 Samuel 21:1-14, titled “Rizpah, Rosa, and Redemptive Suffering” on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2019. For more informati…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, titled “A Vision of Enough” on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2017. For more information about our c…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, titled “God Will Not Forget the Kin-dom” on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2014. For more informati…

The Rev. Shelby Nowland, Guest Preacher, delivers a message reflecting on II Corinthians 6:1-13 (additional readings were I Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 [David vs Goliath]), on this Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. For more information about our church and our mission, please visit friends-ucc.org…

Kyle Riley, our Member in Discernment, delivers a message reflecting on Psalm 13, titled “A Place of Welcome” on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2023. For more information about our church and our missio…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Luke 10:25-37, titled “Good Fences” on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2022. For more information about our church and our …

Our Open and Affirming Panel is facilitated by Jodie Robinson, Andrew Roblyer, and the Rev. Charles Stark on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. We also reflect on a reading from I Corinthians 12:14-27. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this message originally delivered in 20…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 3:20-30, titled “Unbinding Change” on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2020. For more information about our church and ou…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Exodus 12:1-14, titled “Don't Forget to Remember” on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2019. For more information about our c…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on 1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a, titled “Jump In the Troubled Waters” on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2016. For more information abo…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23, titled “Who Do You Think You Are?” on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2014. For more information about…

The Rev. Brooke Dooley, our Associate Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 4:26-34, on this Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. For more information about our church and our mission, please visit friends-ucc.orgBy pastor4x

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 4:35-41, titled “Until the Wind Runs Out of Breath” on the 4th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2015. For more information about …

Guest Preacher, the Rev. Dr. Carla Cheatham, delivers a message reflecting on Luke 7:36-50, titled “Self-Righteousness or Righteous Indignation” on the 4th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2016. For more informat…

The Rev. Trent Williams, our Executive Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Revelation 22:1-7, titled “The Sabbath Year: Caring for Creation” on the 4th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2017. For more informa…

The Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon, our Senior Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Mark 3:7-19, titled “You Can Hear the Voice of God” on the 4th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2020. For more information about our c…

The Rev. Brooke Dooley, our Associate Pastor, delivers a message reflecting on Genesis 37:3, titled “Joseph and the Amazing Princess Dress” on the 4th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded sermons that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this sermon originally preached in 2021. For more information a…

Our congregation celebrates a service of music, reflecting on Luke 10:1-11, 16-20, led by our Executive Pastor, the Rev. Trent Williams and Senior Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon on the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome to an archival episode, as we have recorded services that predate our podcast's production! Please enjoy this service originall…