Sermon and Article Archive  Vance L. Toivonen (Pastor: Hope Church UCC)  

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March 30, 2008 "The Show Me State"

March 23, 2008: Easter Meditation

March 16, 2008 "Mindset"

March 2, 2008 "Goal Structure"

Pastor Vance's Newsletter Article, March 2008

February 24, 2008 “Not Where, or Who, but How”

February 10, 2008 "More Original than Original Sin"

Ash Wednesday Meditation, 2008 "Values"

Pastor Vance's Newsletter Article, February 2008

A Note From Joan, Febraury 2008

February 3, 2008 "How to Rule the World"

January 27, 2008 "United We Stand, Divided..."

January 20, 2008 "The Servant of All"

January 13, 2008 "The Whine Stops Here" (Pastor Joan)

January 6, 2008 "A Rich Variety"

A Note from Pastor Joan, January 2008   

Pastor Vance's Newsletter Article, January 2008

December 23, 2007 "Born of the Virgin Mary"

December 16, 2007 "Resolutions"

December 9, 2007 "The Peaceable Kingdom"

December 2007 Pastor's Article "Organic Thoughts"

Associate Pastor Newsletter Article for December 2007

November 18, 2007 "The Rituals of Our Lives" (Joan Shiels)

November 11, 2007 "Resurrection"

November 4, 2007 "Lost"   

TURN SIGNALS - November 2007 Newsletter

Associate Minister's November 20007 Newsletter

October 28, 2007 "Mercy, Mercy"

October 21, 2007 "Who is Your Hero?"

October 14, 2007 "Foreigners"

October 7, 2007 "Hope"

October Associate Minister Article  

October Pastor's Newsletter "An Alternative Lifestyle"

September 30, 2007 "Better Off Dead"

September 23, 2007 "Once in a Blue Moon"

September 9, 2007 “How Much is that Jesus in the Window?”

September 2, 2007 "Who is on the Guest List?" 

September 2007 Associate Minister's Article

JUST SAY NO: But not all the time (Sept. News Article)

August 26, 2007 “Shoulds, Oughts, and Musts – Oh My!”  

August 12, 2007 "Believing is Seeing"

August 5, 2007 "We'll Always Have Paris"August 2007 Newsletter Lead Article

August 2007 Associate Pastor Newsletter Article

July 29, 2007 "Pray Like This"

July 22, 2007 (Rabbi Jay Brickman: Guest Speaker)

July 15, 2007 "In the Beginning: Compassion" (Joan Shiels)

July 8, 2007 (Allin Walker: Guest Speaker)

July 1, 2007 "Travel On"

June 24, 2007 "Gifts" (A Reflection by Phil Vaughn)

June 17, 2007 "The Greater Debt"

June 10, 2007 "Credibility"

June 3, 2007 "Womanly Wisdom

June/July 2007 Pastor's Newsletter Article

June/July 2007 Notes from the Associate Pastor   

May 27, 2007 "Babel"

May 20, 2007 "“Knowing Me, Knowing You”

May 6, 2007 "How to Be Happy: Part Two" (Joan Shiels)

May 2007 Newsletter Article "An Opportunity for Hope"                     

April 29, 2007 "How to be Happy: Part One" (Joan Shiels)

April 22, 2007 "The Reign of the Lamb"

April 8, 2007 (Easter) "Amazing Place"

April 1, 2007 "Like a Praising Stone"

April 2007 Newsletter Article

March 18, 2007 "No Confession Required"

March 11, 2007 “How Do You Know If You Are Ripe?” (Allin Walker)

March 4, 2007 "Passing the Test"

March 2007 Newsletter Article

February 21, 2007 "Treasures"

February 18, 2007 "Let It Shine"

February 11, 2007 "Better to Be Broken"

February 4, 2007 "Say So"

February 2007 Newsletter Article

January 28, 2007 "All You Need Is Love"

January 21, 2007 "Greater Honor"

January 14, 2007 "Lighting the Light"

January 7, 2007 "More Powerful Than I"

January 2007 Newsletter Article

Christmas Eve Meditation 2006

December 24, 2006 "The One of Peace" 

December 17, 2006 "What We All Want for Christmas"

December 10, 2006 "Albadross"  

December 3, 2006 "A Place for My Soul"

December 2006 Newsletter Article

November 26, 2006 "Truth, Justice, and the…Way"

November 19, 2006 (Tom Torinus) "Setting a Fire to Our

November 12, 2006 "Foundationally Speaking"

November 2006 Newsletter: HOPE MISSION STATEMENT: A HOLISTIC  APP ROACH

October 29, 2006 "Well-Being"

October 15, 2006 "Tethered and Tested"

October 8, 2006 "Kingdom of the Children"

October 1, 2006 “So Many Voices, So Little Time”

October 2006 Newsletter Article                       

September 24, 2006 "Desire: The Source of Our Suffering"

September 10, 2006 "Common Plain"

September 3, 2006 "The Dangers of Outsourcing"

September 2006 Newsletter Article

August 27, 2006 "Wise Up!"

August 20, 2006 "A Lesson in Humanity" (Jason Feldman)

August 13, 2006 "Lordy, Lordy"

August 2006 Newsletter Article

July 30, 2006 "Twisting the Light Away"    

July 23, 2006 "Why not Goodness and Mercy?"

July 16, 2006 "I Hope You Dance"

July 9, 2006 "Familiarity Breeds Contempt"

July 2, 2006 "Fair and Balanced"  

July 2006 Newsletter Lead Article

June 25, 2006 "Mr. Big Stuff"

June 18, 2006 "We Don't Have to Know"

June 11, 2006 "The Seraph's Touch"

June 4, 2006 - Carl Shakal "The Give-Away"

May 28, 2006 - Joan Shiels "Why Go to Church?"

May 21, 2006 - Confirmation Sunday - Youth Meditations (N/A)

May 14, 2006 "The Absence of God"

May 7, 2006 "Soul Restoration"

May 2006 Newsletter Article

April 30, 2006 "Jesus Who?"

April 23, 2006 "The End of Poverty"

April 16, 2006 (Easter) "On the Mountain"

April 9, 2006 - Palm Sunday Children's Program (No Sermon)

April 2006 Newsletter Article

April 2, 2006 - The 125th Anniversary Celebration (No Sermon)

March 26, 2006 "What - Me Worry?"

March 19, 2006 "Allied Fools"

March 12, 2006 "Difficult Choices"

March 5, 2006 "Rainbow Resolution"

March 1, 2006 (Ash Wednesday) "Shhhh"

March Newsletter Article

February 26, 2006 “Just Your Average, Ordinary, Everyday Transfiguration”

February 19, 2006 "Get Over It"

February 12, 2006 "The Human Face of God"

January 22, 2006 "Chances Are"

January 15, 2006 "To Know, Know, Know You..."

January 8, 2006 "What a Difference Makes a Day"

January 2006 Newsletter Article

December 25, 2005 "It Begins With a Word"

December 24, 2005 "Leaving Our Comfort Zones"   

December 18, 2005 "Mary Christmas"

December 11, 2005 "Tidings of Comfort and Joy"

December 4, 2005 "Baptismal Bifurcation"

December 2005 Newsletter Article

November 27, 2005 "SOS"

November 13, 2005 "Safe or Sorry?"

November 6, 2005 "A Series of Meditations on the Church Year"

November 2005 Newsletter Article

October 30, 2005 "You Talking to Me?"          

October 23, 2005 "You Shall Not" 

October 16, 2005 "What God Wants"

October 9, 2005 "Who's Invited?"

October 2, 2005 "Present Tenants"

 October 2005 Newsletter Article  

September 25, 2005 "One Mind"

September 18, 2005 "Eccentric Economics"

September 11, 2005 "Good God"

September 4, 2005 "The Only Commandment That Matters"

September 2005 Newsletter Article

August 28, 2005 "Life Together"

August 21, 2005 "Body Parts"

August 14, 2005 "Outward Apparentses"

August 7, 2005 "Only Part of the Story"

July 24, 2005 "The Fear of the Lord is Nothing to Be Afraid Of"

July 17, 2005 "One God, Many Theories"

Summer Newsletter Article (July 12, 2005)

July 10, 2005 "The Cost of Being Broken" (Allin Walker: Guest)

July 3, 2005 "Stupid is as Stupid Does"

June 26, 2005 "Living Peace-Fully"

June 12, 2005 "The Denial of Laughter"

June 5, 2005 "Well, Well, Well"June 2005 Newsletter Lead Article

May 29, 2005 "A Mulligan for God"

May 22, 2005 "It Still Is"

May 15, 2005 "Yours, Mine and Ours"

May 8, 2005 "Hello, I Must Be Going"

May 1, 2005 "The Spirit of Truth"

May 2005 Lead Newsletter Article

April 24, 2005 "Good Old Days"   

April 10, 2005 "Walking with the Mystery"

April 3, 2005 "Cut and Dried"

April 2005 Lead Newsletter Article

March 27, 2005 (Easter) "Suckers for a Happy Ending"

March 13, 2005 "Who's Counting?"

March 6, 2005 "Shepherding 101"

March 2005 Lead Newsletter Article

February 27, 2005 "What Time is It?"

February 20, 2005 "Bless You"

February 13, 2005 "Shame On You"

Ash Wednesday (Feb. 9) "Not So Fast"

February 2005 Newsletter Article

January 30, 2005 "What God Wants"

January 23, 2005 "Off the Hook"

January 16, 2005 "He Says, She Says"

January 9, 2005 "Savior or Servant?"

December 26, 2004 "On the Road Again"

December 24, 2004 "Anticipating Birth"

December 19, 2004 "The Age of Accountability" 

December 12, 2004 "Prophetic Patience"  

December 5, 2004 "Christmas Redux"

December 2004 Newsletter Article

November 28, 2004 "Mountain Musings"

November 21, 2004 "The Sheepshank Redemption"

November 14, 2004 "A Whole New World"

November 7, 2004 "Marriage Amendment"

November 2004 Newsletter Lead Article

October 31, 2004 "Emancipation Proclamation"

October 17, 2004 "Persistence"

October 10, 2004 "Gra-attitude"

October 3, 2004 "Just Do It!"

October 2004 Newsletter Lead Article (On Voting)

September 26, 2004 "We are What We Hear"

September 19, 2004 "The Important Stuff"

September 12, 2004 "Abhorrent Associations"

September Newsletter Lead "Divided We Stand, Divided We Unite"

August 29, 2004 "Party Lying"

August 22, 2004 "Ossified by Oughts"

August 15, 2004 "Long Division"

August 8, 2004 "Faith-hearted"

August 1, 2004 "Soul Possession"

July 25, 2004 "Alternative to Annihilation"

July 11, 2004 "How de Neighbor?"

July 4, 2004 "Healing Properties"

June 27, 2004 "Forward Process"

June 20, 2004 "Self-Employed"

June 13, 2004 "The Shadow Knows"   

June 2004 Newsletter Lead Article "BeFriending BeFrienders"

May 30, 2004 "The Tower of Blend-All"

May 23, 2004 "Gut Check"

May 9, 2004 "All Things New"

May 2, 2004 "The First Hurdle"

May 2004 Newsletter Lead Article "I Shall Not Want"

April 25, 2004 "Que Sera, Sera"

April 18, 2004 "Internal Affairs"

April 11, 2004 (Easter Sunday) "What Difference Does it Make?"

Holy Wednesday Meditation 

April 2004 Newsletter Lead Article           

March 21, 2004 "Lost and Found and Lost and..."

March 14, 2004 "Taking Chances"

March 7, 2004 "Divine Timing"

March 2004 Newsletter Lead Article