SERMONS
Welcome to Fauntleroy Church, United Church of Christ. In this area of our web site you will find sermons preached in our sanctuary, mostly on Sunday mornings (we worship at 10 a.m.). Most often the preachers are David Kratz, Senior Pastor, and Susan Towner-Larsen, Associate Pastor. But here and there you’ll find some guests.
Preaching is an important part of our worship service. Sermons explore God’s word, not only in the scripture (including both the Hebrew Scripture and the Christian testament), but for us here and now.
Our congregation likes to learn and grow, and these sermons try to speak to that desire. The sermons are usually based on The Revised Common Lectionary, a series of four lessons that are given for particular Sundays of the year. They are set within a context of worship that includes hymns and prayers and litanies that relate us to God.
To read a sermon, click on the document
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Your computer will open your media player and play a digital recording of the sermon.
Note: You can also download an audio sermon file onto your computer or MP3 player, such as an iPod. Be aware that these files are approximately 7 to 8 megabytes each. We will remove the audio files from the web site after four weeks to save space on our web server.
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2008 |
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Read | Hear | Pastor | Title | Reading |
| May 4 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "A Covenant of Promise: As for Me . . . " | Selections from Joshua 24 | |
| Apr. 20 |
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Margaret Bendroth, Director, UCC Congregational Library | "Deepening Your Spiritual Roots" | Psalm 46, Hebrews 11:32-12:3 |
| Apr. 13 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "A Covenant of Promise: Blessed Be the Tie that Binds" | Isaiah 55 |
| Apr. 6 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "Being Known" | Luke 24:13-35 |
| Mar. 30 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "Peace Be With You" | John 20:19-31 |
| Mar. 23 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "He's Going On" | Matthew 28:1-10 |
| Mar. 16 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "Out of the Mouths of Babes: Parades and Prayers" | Matthew 21:1-17 |
The following sermons are available
only in text. Click on the document icon
to read the sermon of the day.
| 2008 | ||||
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Click Link | Pastor | Title | Reading |
| Mar. 9 |
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Rev. Susan Towner-Larsen | "Characters We Meet Along the Way (to the Resurrection) - Lazarus" | John 11:1-45 |
| Mar. 2 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "Characters We Meet Along the Way (to the Resurrection) - The Blind Man and the Birth of a Witness" | John 9:1-38 |
| Feb. 24 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "Characters We Meet Along the Way (to the Resurrection) - The Woman at the Well" | John 4:4-42 |
| Feb. 17 |
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Rev. Susan Towner-Larsen | "Characters We Meet Along the Way (to the Resurrection) - Nicodemus and the Birth of Faith" | John 3:1-19 |
| Feb. 10 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "Characters We Meet Along the Way (to the Resurrection) - the Tempter" | Matthew 4:1-11 |
| Feb. 3 |
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Rev. Michael Denton Conference Minister of the UCC Pacific Northwest Conference | "Gyname" | Matthew 17:1-9 |
| Jan. 27 |
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Rev. Susan Towner-Larsen | "Who's Call?" | Matthew 4:12-23 |
| Jan. 20 |
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Rev. Susan Towner-Larsen | "What's the Question" | John 1:35-42 |
| Jan. 13 |
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Rev. David Kratz | "A Covenant to the Nations" |
Isaiah 42:1-ff; Matthew 3:13-17 |
| Jan. 6 |
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Guest Magi | "Reflections of a Magi" | Matthew 2:1-12 |
| Contact the church office for older sermons. | ||||