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		<title>All Together</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 19:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alleluia! Christ is risen! Have any of you ever – either in work or a school environment – had to do one of those retreats where they do team building exercises? You know, trust falls, and the like? When I &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Transforming Witness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 21:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alleluia! Christ is risen! Well, fortunately, after all of that, I’ve managed to get the need to relate everything to Star Wars out of my system for today. After all, a reading from Acts involving a person who has ruthlessly &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christ is Risen! Now What?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alleluia! Christ is risen! So… now what? The truth is, the disciples themselves weren’t sure what to do after they had received the news that Christ was alive again. Mary Magdalene, after seeing Jesus alive in the garden in John’s &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Never Just a Guest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 01:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a theory about our gospel reading today. Because sometimes I think the hosts of the wedding at Cana get a little bit of a bad rap, I thought maybe somebody should come to their defense. After all, whenever &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Where We Place Our Trust</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I usually don’t start my sermons with a disclaimer, but every now and again it’s worth it. This Sunday is Christ the King Sunday. It’s where as a community and as leaders in the church we’re challenged to examine our &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Life Unbound</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lazarus was dead. There was nothing that could change that. Lazarus was dead, and though Mary had seen Jesus do amazing works over the course of his ministry, he did not come in time to save Lazarus. It was too &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Where Freedom Leads</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m going to give you all a quick test of Bible knowledge this morning. Confirmation kids, you’re off the hook, because we’re going to cover this next session. Who were the people who were enslaved in Egypt when Moses was &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hope that Endures</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2024 17:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most of us have experience that moment – when pure hope and excitement turns instead to disappointment and heart break. For some of us, it happens when that incredible new opportunity turns out to be full of caveats and exceptions. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More Than Bread</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 21:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You may not be surprised to hear that with three kids in my house, I make a lot of sandwiches. Mostly peanut butter jelly sandwiches, but also the occasional grilled cheese or ham sandwich as well. Making these sandwiches, we &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bread for Life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 03:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today begins a series of gospel readings where Jesus reflects on being the Bread of Life – the true bread from heaven. Last Sunday you heard another encounter of Jesus with the crowds that happens just prior to where our &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Triune God Who Seeks Us</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2024 17:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You know, every Holy Trinity Sunday comes, and the words of Jesus cut to the quick, because there’s a small part of me that gets imposter syndrome this weekend. If you’re not familiar, this is the Sunday where we recognize &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Spirit Sends Us</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Heller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 21:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we don’t know when the Holy Spirit is going to show up and do something unexpected. That’s the case for the disciples in our scripture reading today. The eleven disciples, with other followers alongside them, are in one place &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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