(Members of the Moravian Church in Herrnhut, Germany provide hospitality for Ukrainian Refugees) Compassion-Based Mission By Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Matthew 20:1-16 The truth is plain and simple: the Kingdom of God...
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Preaching Mission for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost (September 17, 2023)
The Power of Forgiveness by Bishop Chris Giesler Sermon Texts: Genesis 18:21-35 Matthew 18:21-35 So, what is your definition of infinity? I often think of the limitless end of our universe. It is something we simply cannot...
Preaching Mission for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost (September 10, 2023)
We Are All Tax Collectors and Gentiles by Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Matthew 18:15-20 This text leaves me scratching my head. It seems it was written in a textbook on managing church conflict. If somebody has wronged...
Preaching Mission for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost (September 3, 2023)
(Volunteers giving of their time and engergy to put a new roof on the Pavilion at Camp Hope) To Live for Self or For Others by Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Matthew 16:21-28 (While this is the assigned text for the day I...
Preaching Mission for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost (August 27, 2023)
Edgeboro Moravian Church Members Cleaning Up Their Neighborhood “What Do You Believe?” by Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Matthew 16:13-20 Soon after John baptizes Jesus in the Jordan River in Matthew chapter 4, Jesus...
Preaching Mission for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost (August 20, 2023)
God’s Grace is Bigger That We Ever Imagined by Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Matthew 15:21-28 There is just something about human nature that likes the home team…our home team. Even though I’m almost forty-five...
Preaching Mission for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost and the August 13th Festival (August 13, 2023)
(A view of present-day Herrnhut, Germany from the Huttberg) What August 13, 1727, Means for August 13, 2023 By Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: John 17:1-2, 6-19 What follows is less a sermon and more the sharing of a story...
Preaching Mission for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost (August 6, 2023)
(Rice seeds being distributed in the Rio Coco in Nicaragua) What is Your Hunger? What is Your Gift? by Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Matthew 14:13-21 If you back up from the verses assigned for today to the beginning of...
Preaching Mission for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost (July 30, 2023)
Blessed Are the Small Things Preaching Text: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Can you imagine taking $15,000 (which is a lot of money), and using that to erase over three million dollars of medical debt? That is a huge boatload of money...
Preaching Mission for the 7th Week after Pentecost (July 16, 2023)
(Seeds being delivered to the flood-ravaged Rio Coco area of Nicaragua) The Extravagant Sower by Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Matthew 11:1-9, 18-23 Jesus does the work for the preacher in this week’s text. He gives us the...