SERMONS DELIVERED AT RENSSELAERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
2022
THEME: RENEWING HOPE
Rev. Dr. Viki Brooks
"A Place At The Table" Download
Elder Dardis McNamee
"Trust Across A Table" Download
Imam Genghis Khan
"Is Organized Religion Good For Today's Community?" Download
Rev. Dr. Richard Spalding
"What Breaks Besides Bread" Download
Rev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth
"Friends Worth Having" Download
Rev. Stewart Pattison
"When Not Enough Is Plenty" Download
Rev. Dr. Viki Brooks
""Beyond What We Know" Download
2021
THEME: RENEWING HOPE
Rev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth
"Freedom" Download
Rev. Dr. Richard Spalding
"What Happens to the Seed" Download
Elder Dardis McNamee
"Thoughts on Hope" Download
Rev. Dr. Viki Brooks
"Practicing Hope" Download
Rev. Chris Garrison
"Hard-earned Hope" Download
Rev. Stewart Pattison
"Renewing Hope: God's Promise and Our Practice" Download
Rev. Kate Forer
"Good Guys and Bad Guys" Download
2020
THEME: AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
Rev. Stewart Pattison
"And Who Is My Neighbor?" Download
Rev. Dr. Richard Spalding
"The Forgotten Sacrament" Download
Rev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth
"My Neighbor: (We know for ourselves)" Download
2019
THEME: FINDING JOY
Rev. Stewart Pattison
"Finding Joy" Download
Elder Barbara Wheeler
"Good Pleasure" Download
Rev. Dr. Richard Spalding
"What Does Jesus Know About Joy?" Download
Rev. Peter Cook
"Discovering Joy In A Root-Shocked World"" Download
Rev. Rev. Kate Forer
"Approaching the World" Download
Rev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth
"You Give Them Something to Eat" Download
Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper
"Joy Is Different Than Happiness" Download
Sister Joan Scanlon
"Joy, A Firm and Quiet Strength" Download
2018
THEME: AND STILL WE RISE
(based on "Still I Rise", a poem by Maya Angelou)
Father Dennis Tamburello, O.F.M.
"Rising to New Life in Prison" Download
Rev. Will Critzman
"Feeding a Revolution" Download
Rabbi Rachel Barenblat
"Descent for the Sake of Ascent" Download
Rev. Dr. Amaury Tanon-Santos
"Just Keep On Singing" Download
Rev. Alexandra Lusak
"For Such a Time As This" Download
Rev. Richard Spalding
"Finding a Voice" Download
Rev. Miriam Lawrence Leupold
"Shiprah and Puah" Download
Elder Barbara Wheeler
"After the Fall" Download
Rev. Kate Forer
"The God Who Sees" Download
2017
Theme: Finding A Way Forward: Is There A Path To Healing?
Rev Dr. Shaun Whitehead
"When Healing Seems Impossible And Transformation Is At Hand" View Video
Joanna Bull, MA, MFCT
"A Buddhist Healing: Destination and Path As One" Download
Rev. Dr. Jon Walton
"Maybe The Point Is Not To Be Healed" July 16, 2017 Download
Rev. Alexandra Lusak
"Faithful Nonconformity" July 30, 2017 Download
Rabbi Rena Kieval
"Healing of Body, Healing of Spirit: Finding Wholeness in Challenging Times" August 6, 2017 Download
Rev Samuel Trumbore
"Why Did You Doubt?" August 13, 2017 Download
Rev Dr. Glenn Leupold
"Resistance as a Spiritual Practice" August 20, 2017 Download
Rev. Dr. James Calvin Davis
"Fools for God" August 27, 2017 Download
Barbara Wheeler
"The Way, The Truth, and The Life" September 3, 2017 Download
2016
Theme: An Eye For An Eye Leaves Everyone Blind
Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo
"Spirit of Peace" June 26, 2016 Download
Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
"Praying at Ground Zero" July 17, 2016 Download
Rev. Dr. Jon Walton
"Three Blind Dogs" July 24, 2016 Download
Rev. Dr. James Calvin Davis
"Friendship As Social Witness" July 31, 2016 Download
Barbara Wheeler
"Evil For Evil: A Nineteenth Century Presbyterian Worship Service" August 7, 2016 Historical Note, Service, Sermon Download
Rev. Eric Jackson
"Open My Eyes That I May See" August 14, 2016 Download
Rev. Dr. Richard Spalding
"How Many Times Must I Forgive?" August 21, 2016 Download
Rev. Alexandra Lusak
"Vision Quest" August 28, 2016 Download
Rev. Donna Schaper
"Collectors: Collecting Beauty Instead of Injuries" September 4, 2016 Download
2014
Theme: What We Need Is Here
2013
Theme: Can Organized Religion Adapt to Change?
Rev. Alexandra Lusak
"Can These Bones Live?" June 23, 2013 Download
Rev. Dr. Eric Shaw
"A God Who Does New Things" July 14, 2013 Download
Rev. Dr. Jon Walton
"The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever" July 21, 2013 Download
Rev. Dr. Norman J. Kansfield
"Sometimes Change Must Be Worn" July 28, 2013 Download
Rev. Dr. Richard Spalding
"Come and See" August 11, 2013 Download
Rev. Shaun Whitehead
"Will We Cross to the Other Side of the Road?" August 18, 2013 Download
Rev. Donna Schaper
"None of the Above: The Spiritual But not Religious People and Why I honor them, sort of" Download