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2008 Sermons

Jan 6	Does the Birth of Jesus Signal an End to All?	Rev. Jean Morrow
Jan 13	There is a Season	Rev. Marcia Moret Sietstra
Feb 3	Getting in the Way	Rev. Jean Morrow
Feb 10	A Lenten Reflection	Rev. Marcia Moret Sietstra
Feb 17	The Emerging church	Rev. Jean Morrow
Mar 2	One Thing I Know	Rev. Jean Morrow
Mar 9	In the Year 22008	Rev. Marcia Moret Sietstra
Mar 23	Coded in Resurrection Language-Hope	Rev. Marcia Moret Sietstra
Apr 27	Beyond Denial or Despair-Eco Justice	Rev. Marcia Moret Sietstra
June 1	What is Progressive Christianity Sermon 1	Rev. Marcia Moret Sietstra
June 8	What is Progressive Christianity Sermon 2	Rev. Jean Morrow
June 15	What is Progressive Christianity Sermon 3	Rev. Marcia Moret Sietstra
June 22	What is Progressive Christianity Sermon 4	Rev. Jean Morrow
July 13	The Bucket List	Rev. Marcia Moret Sietstra
Sept 28	Farewell Sunday Reflections	Rev. Marcia Moret Sietstra

2007 Sermons

Nov 11	Holding What Gives You Life Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Nov 4	Holding What Gives You Life Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Oct 7	Do Not Lay a Hand on The boy	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Gen. 22:1-13; 25:7-10

July 8

50 Years Bold

Rev. Marcia Sietstra

June 24

What Does it Take to See With God

Rev. Jean Morrow

Matt 6: 25-34, Matt 7: 1-2

May 20

A Meandering Journey

Rev. Jean Morrow

Mk 6: 6b-13

June 3

Choice Overload: How the Culture of Abundance Robs Us of Satisfaction

Rev. Marcia Sietstra

Prov. 8:1-4, 22-3, Rom. 5:1-5 

May 13

Far Better than "The Secret"

Rev. Marcia Sietstra

April 29

Endless Possibilities

Rev. Jean Morrow

Ps 98, Jn 15: 9-17

April 15

Beyond our Imaginations...Lies Hope

Rev. Marcia Sietstra

Jn 20: 19-31 

April 8

Eternity in the Moment

Rev. Jean Morrow

Jn 20: 11-18

Mar. 25

Under Construction

Rev. Marcia Sietstra

Rom 12: 1-2, 9-18

Archived Sermons from Crestwood UCC
(Predecessor of Spirit of Peace UCC)

2007 Sermons
Mar 18	Saying Thank You and Goodbye	Rev. Jean Morrow	Ps 121, Gen 12: 1-5
Mar 5	The Driveway	Rev. Jean Morrow	Ps 51: 1-13, Jn 14: 15-17
Feb 21	Ash Wednesday	Rev. Jean Morrow
Feb 11	God never gives us...Proverbs Not in the Bible	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	I Cor. 10:13
Jan 28	Popular Proverbs Not in the Bible	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Lk 4:21-30
Jan 14	Blink...Overcoming First Impressions	Rev. Marcia Sietstra

2006 Sermons
Dec. 24	A Promise Has Been Conceived In You	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Dec. 3	Stuffed, Saturated, In Need of a Lull	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Nov. 26	What Kind of Kingdom	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Ps 93, Jn 18:33-37
Oct. 29	Sacred Creation	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Oct. 15	Old Maps and New Paths	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Oct. 1	Humanity in Adolescence	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Sept. 24	Questions Continued - Heaven	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Rom 3:23-24, Matt 19:16-22
Aug.27	A Change of Heart on the Death Penalty	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Aug. 13	Speak the Truth in Love	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Eph 4:25-5:2
July 30	Outdoor Meditation	Rev. Jean Morrow
July 16	Experience, The Sacred Text of your Life	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Eph 2:8-10, Mk 6:30-34, 53-56
July 09	The Great Rising Compassion	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
June 4	Miracle of Understanding	Rev. Jean Morrow	Acts 2: 1-13
April 2	The Cross as Symbol: What Meanings Does it Hold? Part 2	Rev. Jean Morrow
Mar. 26	The Cross as Symbol: What Meanings Does it Hold? Part 1	Rev. Jean Morrow	Mk 8:35-36, Mk 12:28-34
Mar. 19	Society as Family: Two Religious Models Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Lk 6:32-38; I Pet 5:1-5
Mar. 12	Society as Family: Two Religious Models Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Matt 10:34-39, Jn 8:1-11
Feb. 12	Reflections on the National Prayer Breakfast	Rev. Marcia Sietstra

2005 Sermons
Nov. 13	Is Stem Cell Research Ethical?	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Oct. 30	Who Will Guide the Children if We Don’t?	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Eccl 4:9-12, Lk 6:39-40, 45-49
Oct. 9	The Openness of God	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Ex 32:1-14, Matt. 22:1-14
Sept. 11	The New Reformation in an Age of Religious Pluralism	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
May 1	Endings:  The Case of Terry Shiavo	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	I Pet 1:22-25, Jn 16:16-24
Jan. 16	Can a Tsunami Teach Us Anything About the Will of God?,	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Ex 33:12-23

2004 Sermons
Dec. 19	Question is Not How Did it Happen? The Question is What Does it Mean?	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Dec. 5	We Don’t Sing “Come SOME of Ye Faithful”	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Nov. 21	Hope is a Choice	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Nov. 17	Common Ground	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Nov. 7	Stewardship Sermon	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Oct. 17	Will Our Faith Have Children?	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Sept. 26	We Interrupt This Program for a Word From Our Sponsor	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Isa 55, Ps 146:3-7
Sept. 19	Soft Power in a Hardened World	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Isa. 61:1-2, Lk 4:18-19
Sept. 12	Reconnecting and Rejoicing	Rev. Jean Morrow
Sept. 5	Ethics Series, Pt 3: Shalom, A Way to Participate in God’s Will	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Aug. 29	Ethics Series, Pt 2: An Internal Locus of Control	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Jer 2:4-7, Heb 13:1-8, 15-16, Lk 14:1, 7-14
Aug. 8	Ethics Series, Pt 1: From Sound-Bite Ethics to Virtue Ethics	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Aug. 1	Reflections On “One Way” Theology	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Eccl. 1:1, 12-14; Jn 1:1-5, 14
July 18	Aging Well	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
June 6	A Snake or a Rope	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Eph. 4:25-32
May 23	The Reversal of Babel	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Gen. 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-8, Eph. 2:13-20
May 16	Graduation Sunday	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Jn 14:23-29
April 25	Reclaiming the Phrase “Born Again”	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Jn 21:1-7a, Gal 1:13-17, Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)
April 11	Sacred Surprises	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	I Cor. 15:3-8, Luke 24:1-16, 28-32
Mar. 28	From Fear to Freedom, Part 3	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Phil. 4:6-12
Mar. 21	From Fear to Freedom, Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Ps. 32:1-7; Luke 15:11b-24; II Cor. 5:16-21
Mar. 14	From Fear to Freedom, Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Lk 13:6-9, I Jn 4:16-21
Feb. 25	Wilderness Experiences	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Lk 4:1-13
Feb. 15	Woe to You Who are Rich	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Jer 17:5-10, Ps 1, Lk 6:17-26
Feb. 8	Our UCC Identity	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	I Cor. 13:1-13
Jan. 4	Gifts of Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh and Justice	Rev. Marcia Sietstra

2003 Sermons
Dec. 21	Finding Ourselves in the Story	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Nov. 23	The Making of Rituals and Traditions	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Isa 40:1-8, 28-31
Oct. 12	Defining the Divine: Is It Possible? Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Isa 42:5-9, 14-16, Jn 1:1-5
Oct. 5	Defining the Divine: Is It Possible? Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	I Sam 2:1-2, 9-10, Ps 139:1-3, 7-10, 17-18, Acts 17:26-28
Sept. 21	When Religion Becomes Destructive, Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Sept. 14	When Religion Becomes Destructive, Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Aug. 31	What Will It Mean if We Share?	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Mk 7:24-37
Aug. 3	Mixed Messages and Mangled Morals	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	2 Sam 11:26-12:13a, Eph. 4:1-6
July 6	Religion and Politics: Can They Engage Appropriately?	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Rom 13:1-7, I Pet 2:9-15
June 29	Risk the Road	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	2 Cor. 8:7-15, Mk 5:21-43
May 25	Memorial Day Message,	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Jn 15:9-17
May 18	Dear God, Please See It My Way	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Jn 15:1-8
April 13	Why Did Jesus Die? Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Mark 14:53-62, 15:1-15; Phil. 2:5-11
April 6	Why Did Jesus Die? Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Mar. 23	A Critique of the Concept of Chosenness, Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Ex 20:1-17, I Cor 1:18-31, Jn 2:13-22
Mar. 16	A Critique of the Concept of Chosenness, Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Gen 17:1-7, 15-1, Rom 4:13-22, Mk 8:34-35
Mar. 3	The Acceleration of Just About Everything	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Ps 46:10, Mat 6:19-34, II Tim 6:6-10
Feb. 9	Neither Pacifism nor War: Jesus’ Third Way	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Matt 5:38-41

2002 Sermons
Dec. 24	A Christmas Eve Meditation	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Dec. 22	Christmas in the Present Tense	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Dec. 8	Weapons of Mass Survival	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Nov. 24	Putting Together the Puzzle Pieces of My Life	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Sept. 29	Is Jesus the Only Way? Pt 2: Holy Ignorance	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Sept. 22	Is Jesus the Only Way? Pt 1: Grandfather Abraham	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Sept. 15	A Community of Faith Decides	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
May 5	Getting Rid of A.N.T.s  (Automatic Negative Thinking)	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
April 14	Never Place a Period, Where God Has Placed a Comma	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Jan. 27	We Need the Pacifists and The Just War Thinkers	Rev. Marcia Sietstra

2001 Sermons
Sept.30	Families of Faith Sharing a Common World	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Sept. 16	Remember Who You Are and Whose You Are	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Aug. 12	Carrying too Much	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Aug. 12	Ready for Whatever comes	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
April 1	Science and Religion, Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Mar 25	Science and Religion, Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Mar. 18	Sacramental Journey	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Feb. 28	Yes, Lord, I Have Sinned, But I have Several Excellent Excuses	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Feb. 18	Feminist Person-ist Theology, Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
April 11	Feminist Theology Has Much to Teach Us, Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra

2000 Sermons
Sept. 17	Discerning the Spirit, Part 2	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Sept. 10	Discerning the Spirit, Part 1	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
April 23	Your Resurrection Too	Rev. Marcia Sietstra

1999 Sermons
Dec. 19	Yes, Virginia, There is a God	Rev. Marcia Sietstra
Oct. 3	A Promise as Universal as the Stars	Rev. Marcia Sietstra	Gen. 12:1-3, 15:1-2a, 5, Gal. 3:29