by Sarah Toney | Jun 7, 2026 | Matthew, Pentecost, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Living on the edge for the sake of Christ, justice, and love. This is where mercy is possible. I recently learned that the husband of one of my old employees is suffering some really difficult health problems, between blood clots and edema...
by Sarah Toney | May 24, 2026 | Acts, John, Pentecost, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Is my way really the best plan? When you’re a musician in the church, you are sometimes asked to sing or play really surprising music at funerals because funerals are personal. There’s hardly anything more personal than one’s choice in...
by Sarah Toney | Oct 5, 2025 | Luke, Pentecost, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus You know it’s time to listen when the mom voice pops out, particularly when it’s Jesus! When we think of mothers, what is the image that comes up for you? The quintessential mom in your mind is what? Kind, patient, loving, and...
by Sarah Toney | Sep 29, 2025 | Luke, Pentecost, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus The basics of faith are basic. LOVE is the answer always. When is the last time you felt really alive? Can you think of a “peak experience” when you may have thought, “This is it, this is what life is about.” To quote our reading from 1...
by Sarah Toney | Jul 27, 2025 | Jesus, Luke, Pentecost, Sarah Toney Sermon
Today’s Sermon focus Prayers are heard and God responds. It’s a true thing. Yesterday, several of us from Celebration were at the memorial for Jackson Dunckel, the 13-year-old young man who took his own life. I had never met Jackson. I went to support...
by Sarah Toney | Jul 13, 2025 | Jesus, Luke, Pentecost, Sarah Toney Sermon, Service
Today’s Sermon focus We serve the world when we serve those with the wounds we know. He Nate and I lost someone very dear to both of us this past week. We both met Greg independently of one another. Greg was Nate’s first patient at an outpatient orthopedic...
