Worship/Sermons | Cove Presbyterian Church

The Lenten Mark

Text: Mark 9:2-9 Poised at the doorstep of the season of Lent, you and I are invited to listen to Jesus. Not to the sanitized Jesus of...

On Eagle's Wings

Text: Isaiah 40:27-31 How do you find the right words to invite someone not to give up on God? As he sat down to write his sermon, how...

Not Forsaken

Text: Isaiah 62:1-5 In my early childhood, my best friend’s mom gave me the nickname, The Rotund One. Unfortunately, it stuck. In...

Listening to the Vision

Text: I Samuel 3:1-10 “The word of the LORD was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.” That feels like it could be the opening...

God's Resolution

Text: Mark 1:4-11 Let me begin this New Year with a confession. When it comes to the whole culture around New Year’s celebrations, I am a...

On the Seventh Day of Christmas

Text: Matthew 2:1-10 In the festive song of this season, “Seven swans a-swimming” highlights the seventh day of Christmas. Swans are...

A Lamedvavnik Christmas

Text: Luke 2:1-20 An old Yiddish folktale tells of 36 righteous people hidden in every generation who are the lamedvavniks. It is a...

All I Want . . .

Text: Luke 1:26-38 Long before we lit the first Advent candle, I was asked, “So, Gary, what do you want for Christmas?” I resisted my...

Sleepers, Awake!

Text: I Thessalonians 5:1-11 Thank God for a good night’s sleep. You slip under the covers, position the pillow just right, close your...

Heralds

Texts: Isaiah 40:1-11; Mark 1:1-8 I can’t walk anywhere around Cove without tripping over a herald. And I don’t stumble over heralds...