Sermon Schedule for May

sunday, april 27

living hope

1 Peter 1:3-9


Rev. Dr. Rob Hamilton, of the Hope Center of Cape Fear, will lead worship and preach the Word.

sunday, May 4

third sunday of easter

The first fruits

1 Corinthians 15:12-34


The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation and bedrock of Christian faith. Without it, nothing is left.

sunday, may 11
fourth sunday of easter
the resurrected body

1 Corinthians 15:35-49


All too often, the hope of the resurrection has been ignored or forgotten in Christian teaching. Too many Christians imagine the “afterlife” as something for the “spirit” or the “soul” only, but not for the body. But we confess “the resurrection of the body,” not only for Christ, but for ourselves as well.


sunday, may 18

fifth sunday of easter

I tell you a mystery

1 Corinthians 15:50-58


This passage is most usually read at funeral services. But what does it mean? What does it proclaim to us? How do we live in the time between the resurrection of Christ and our own future resurrection?

sunday, may 25

sixth sunday of easter

the vineyard workers

Matthew 20:1-16  


Christ tells a parable about a vineyard and its workers and a dispute over pay. Yet, this parable has something to say about the nature of the Kingdom of God.