Church at the Center

Better Than You

Marching Orders - Week 13

Scripture: Mark 9:30-37

Jesus' people--like most people--have always wanted to be great. But in the Kingdom of God, greatness is not always as it seems.

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Scripture Reading: Paul Layte

Message in a Basket: Rev Barbara Jernigan

Main Message: Pastor Jenn (Rev Jennifer A G Layte)

How Long Has He Been Like This?

Marching Orders - Week 12

Scripture: Mark 9:1-29

Can people change?

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Scripture Reading: Tom Jernigan

Message in a Basket: Rev Barbara Jernigan

Main Message: Pastor Jenn (Rev Jennifer A G Layte)

Come Get Your Bread

Marching Orders - Week 11

Scripture: Mark 8:1-21

The disciples still don't understand bread. And maybe we don't either.

Additional note for this sermon in particular: Context in reading Scripture is important. When teaching, it's vital to remind the hearers that these words weren't written ABOUT them or TO them, but can still be FOR them. BUT...the context of the hearers also matters and legitimately interacts with Scripture in such a way that sometimes there is a message for a particular community out of a particular passage that may in certain ways be specific to them. Or even to an individual. Discerning this message takes real attention to the Holy Spirit and cooperation with the Spirit’s transforming of mind-being-behavior. But it’s important to allow for the possibility that God can speak to a person or a people specifically through something that was originally written to someone else.

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Scripture Reading: Tom Jernigan

Message in a Basket: Bernice Rivera [strangely, did not get recorded for this version--apologies]

Main Message: Pastor Jenn (Rev Jennifer A G Layte)

Purity Culture*

*Note--this sermon/service is not about "Evangelical Purity Culture" as currently commonly conceived.

Marching Orders - Week 10

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23

What's the point of rules? They might have one, but when the point of rules is rules, everything falls apart.

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Scripture Reading: Mark Bertrand

Message in a Basket: Kathleen Youngs

Main Message: Pastor Jenn (Rev Jennifer A G Layte)

The Bread Code

Marching Orders - Week 9

Scripture: Mark 6:30-56

Two familiar stories: the Feeding of More than 5000, and Jesus Walking on the Water. What is Mark talking about when he describes the disciples being amazed by the second miracle because they didn't understand the first one? "⁵¹ Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, ⁵² for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened."

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Scripture Reading: Paul Layte

Message in a Basket: Rev Barbara Jernigan

Main Message: Pastor Jenn (Rev Jennifer A G Layte)

When Jesus Goes to Old Home Day

Marching Orders - Week 8

Scripture: Mark 6:1-13

It seems like amazing Jesus by a lack of faith should be really hard to do. All He asks for is a mustard seed’s worth, and He spent all His time around people He kept nudging for having "little faith." It's not like small faith "amounts" were a news flash to Him.

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Scripture Reading: Rev Barbara Jernigan

Message in a Basket: Rev Barbara Jernigan

Main Message: Pastor Jenn (Rev Jennifer A G Layte) - remotely, due to covid

Death, Where Is Your Sting?

Marching Orders - Week 7

Scripture: Mark 5:21-43

Hear Jesus' call. Remember He wants us.

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Scripture Reading: Kathleen Youngs

Message in a Basket: Rev Barbara Jernigan

Main Message: Foster Mann

You, Me, and THAT Guy?

Marching Orders - Week 6

Scripture: Mark 4:35-5:20

What's the most challenging place to do ministry?

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Scripture Reading: Kathleen Youngs

Message in a Basket: Rev Barbara Jernigan

Main Message: Elizabeth Cernoia

Telling Stories

Marching Orders - Week 5

Scripture: Mark 4:1-34

Jesus tells some stories to help us understand the truth.

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cripture Reading: Paul Layte

Message in a Basket: Paul Layte 

Main Message: Pastor Jenn (Rev Jennifer A G Layte)

Family Ties

Marching Orders - Week 4

Scripture: Mark 3

Imagine being in that house when Jesus asked who His mother and brothers were...?

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Scripture Reading: Tom Jernigan

Message in a Basket: Rev Barbara Jernigan

Main Message: Pastor Jenn (Rev Jennifer A G Layte)