Water is the most abundant element in the world. It covers over seventy percent of the earth’s surface. It heals, quenches thirst, and provides comfort for the sweltering. We are drawn to water. In the United States of America, roughly forty percent of our population live in coastal counties, despite the coast accounting for less than ten percent of the nation’s land mass (excluding Alaska).

Yet there are more stories of people struggling in the desert than resting at the well. In a desert land without water, the air shimmers and mirages threaten to lead us astray. It is easy to become lost. It is easy to lose hope.

As we walk across this summer together, a time of rising geopolitical temperatures and uncertainty around every corner, we turn to Scripture that serves as Water in the Desert for us. This is the living water of God’s word. This is the truth that quenches and the sustenance that redeems.

Our summer sermon series Water in the Desert is anchored by the promises in the prophet Isaiah, who writes of the Lord:

“I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus. I will give them fountains of water in the valleys. I will fill the desert with pools of water. Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.” (Isaiah 41:18). 

As we seek this holy Water in the Desert, we will travel with the Hebrew people in their Exodus, follow Moses across borders, across deserts of uncertainty and distrust, of fear and human folly. 

We will listen as Jesus tells us parables, we will come alongside those who find healing in pools of water or at wells, we will ponder water turned to wine. We will explore sacred Scripture that points us toward the source of our Creation in times of fear, division, and disruption. 

Join us. Listen for the wisdom of the ancestors of our faith who found new life in its wellsprings, in prayer and petition, in connection across difference, and healing in community.

June 15, 2025
Trinity Sunday
Exodus 15:22-27
“Bitter and Sweet”
The Rev. Natalie Owens-Pike, preaching.

June 22, 2025
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 35
“When Tears Pray”
The Rev. Chris Palmer, Preaching

June 29, 2025
Third Sunday after Pentecost - Pride Sunday
Genesis 9:8-17
“Rainbows and Unicorns”
The Rev. Dr. Jess Winderweedle, preaching.

July 6, 2025
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Kings 17:1; 18:1-2, 41-46
“A Chance of Rain”
Summer Pastoral Resident Barron Flood, preaching.

July 13, 2025
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Luke 5:1-11
“Fishing in Deep Waters”
The Rev. Dr. Jonah So, preaching.

July 20, 2025
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
John 2:1-12
“Wrestling a Miracle”
The Rev. Chris Palmer, preaching.

July 27, 2025
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
John 5:1-15
“Healing at the Pool of Bethesda”
The Rev. Natalie Owens-Pike, preaching.

August 3, 2025
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
John 9:1-12
“Into the Mud”
Summer Pastoral Resident Barron Flood, preaching.

August 10, 2025
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Galatians 3:23-29
“Got Baptism?”
The Rev. Chris Palmer, preaching.

August 17, 2025
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
John 4:5-15
“Drinking the Living Waters”
The Rev. Dr. Jonah So, preaching.

August 24, 2025
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
The Rev. Natalie Owens-Pike, preaching.

August 31, 2025
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Preacher and sermon title coming soon!

Also don’t forget to mark your calendars for our special Homecoming celebration on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM!