Week 1- Date: 1/4/26
Sermon Title: “Seeing the Light'“
Text: Matthew 2:1-12 (NLT)
Focus: Epiphany is all about light. The star in the sky leads the magi to Jesus, the light of the world, the revelation of divine love who came to dwell among us. Today, the congregation will be invited to receive a star word as a sign of God’s presence to guide, encourage, strengthen, and even challenge us.
Preacher: Pastor Sara Nelson
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Sermon Title: "When was your Epiphany?"
Text: Matthew 3:13-17 (NLT)
Focus: At the waters of Jesus’ baptism, God’s glory shines forth and love is proclaimed. In remembering this moment, we remember who we are: God’s beloved, called into community and new life.
Preacher: Pastor Mark Phillips
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Week 3- Date: 1/18/26
Sermon Title: “You Are a Light”
Text: Isaiah 49:1-7 (NLT)
Focus: As we move deeper into the season after Epiphany, we continue to explore the glory God reveals among us. This week’s reading from Isaiah 49 invites us to consider how God reveals glory through us, God’s servants.
Preacher: Pastor Sara Nelson
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Week 4- Date: 1/25/26
Sermon Title: “Carrying the Light”
Text: Psalm 27:1, 4-9 (NLT)
Focus: The light has come. We’ve received the light and the call to bear the light to all nations. Got it. Can do. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Right?! Well… maybe not. We quickly discover that carrying the light doesn’t get rid of fear. But, as the psalmist demonstrates this week, the light does show us how to not let fear control us and keep us from living in the glory of God’s salvation.
Preacher: Pastor Sara Nelson
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Week 5- Date: 2/1/26
Sermon Title: “What Is Good?”
Text: Micah 6:1-8 (NLT)
Focus: At the center of worship today is…worship. Micah 6:1-8 is about worship, and the fruit of our worship is found in how we relate to God, self, neighbor, and creation, not just the actions we take inside the walls of our local church. How are we connecting the actions we take in worship to our lives in the world?
Preacher: Pastor Brandon Vetter
Special Elements: Holy Communion
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Week 6- Date: 2/8/26
Sermon Title: “Call to Action”
Text: Isaiah 58:1-12 (NLT)
Focus: These are the words that Jesus knew, the words Jesus lived by, that called him into the ministry he passed on to us. We need these words to give us hope, even as they bring a challenge and a burden. We need these words to stir our hearts to action. There are breaches that need repairing. There are divides that need healing. There are ruins that need to be rebuilt.
Preacher: Pastor Sara Nelson
Special Elements: Camp/Scouting Sunday
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Week 7 - Date: 2/15/26
Sermon Title: “Glory Revealed”
Text: Matthew 17:1-9 (NLT)
Focus: The Transfiguration is a foretaste of the glory of Resurrection, a revelation of Jesus’ divinity that has been hidden, yet is no less real. The Transfiguration does not erase Jesus’ humanity but demonstrates the union of full humanity and full divinity in the person of Jesus.
Preacher: Pastor Sara Nelson
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Summary: Epiphany proclaims the joyful truth that God’s light has been revealed to all the world. That revelation does not end with recognition. It calls us into deeper communion with God. As we celebrate Epiphany and the season that follows, we ask how the light of Christ continues to work in us and through us. This series invites us to linger in God’s presence, to grow in faith, and to live as people shaped by the glory that has been made known.