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November 25th, 2018 (Christ the King Sunday), Pastor Galen  2 Samuel 23:1-7 and John 18:33-37 A King Unlike Any Other Today is “Christ the King Sunday,” the final Sunday of the Christian liturgical calendar, the last Sunday before we begin our season of advent. It is fitting that we begin and end the Christian yearContinueContinue reading “Christ the King”

November 18th, 2018, Pastor Galen “And let us consider how we spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together…but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching” (Heb. 10:24-25) What If They Had Given Up? Imagine for a moment that Hampden Church never existed. ImagineContinueContinue reading “Toward Love and Good Deeds (150th Anniversary)”

November 11th, 2018, Pastor Galen Psalm 127; Hebrews 9:24-28 In the classic 1961 film (and the 1998 remake) “the Parent Trap,” two identical twins who had been separated at birth due to their parents’ divorce meet coincidentally at summer camp when they are eleven years old. When they discover that they are twins, they hatch aContinueContinue reading “Dual Roles”

November 4th, 2018, Pastor Galen Isaiah 25:6-9; Revelation 21:1-6a “[God] will wipe away every tear from their eyes” — Rev. 21:4. Some of have tears that flow frequently and uncontrollably for seemingly little to no reason. Others of us might find that we can cry only when we’re by ourselves or when we’re with peopleContinueContinue reading “Every Tear (All Saints Sunday)”

October 28th, 2018, Pastor Galen Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Mark 10:46-52 Jim Elliot, a missionary to South America who gave his life for the sake of the Gospel, once said, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.” The truth is that everything we have here on thisContinueContinue reading “Blind Bartimaeus’ Cloak”