"Don't Forget Your Oil!" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
March 19, 2023 Matthew 25:1-13 People have been predicting the end of the world for millennia. Arguably the first person to do so was...
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- Mar 8
- 6 min
"Laborers in the Vineyard" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
March 5, 2023 Matthew 20: 1-16 A parable is a simple story told to illustrate a more complex lesson or idea. They’re stories that make...
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Northminster Church
- Feb 28
- 8 min
"Boundaries, Forgiveness, And Tension" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
February 26, 2023 Matthew 18: 21-35 Perhaps the most famous photo to come out of the Vietnam War is of a young, naked girl running down a...
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Northminster Church
- Feb 21
- 6 min
"The Gold Standard" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
February 12, 2023 Matthew 7:1-14 & 24-29 I.Intro - Golden Rule Experiment -2019 -Economists from the universities of York, St Andrews,...
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Northminster Church
- Feb 21
- 5 min
"A Time to Be Quiet" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
February 19, 2023 Matthew 17:1-13 There are times when the best thing you can be is quiet. In fact, science proves that silence relieves...
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Northminster Church
- Feb 7
- 8 min
"Owning What We Own" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
February 5, 2023 Matthew 6:7-15 & 19-21 You probably know that "Hoarders" is one of the most intriguing and popular programs on cable TV...
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Northminster Church
- Feb 2
- 5 min
"Fake It "Till You Make It" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
The thing that struck me most in the immediate aftermath of losing our child was the sadness. Even as I say it, that sounds like such a...
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Northminster Church
- Jan 31
- 3 min
"If Love Would Only Let Me Go" by Rev. Dr. D.H. Clark
In thinking about the words I wanted to say today in this brief moment of sharing, the phrase that stayed in my mind is: If Love Would...
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Northminster Church
- Jan 25
- 7 min
"Blessed are the Salty" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Matthew 5:1-20 The longest semester of my seminary career included THE 507: The Sermon on the Mount. That’s right, an entire 3-hour...
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Northminster Church
- Jan 25
- 4 min
"Claimed by God" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Matthew 3:1-17 I.Background of Matthew -we’ll be exploring the story of Jesus’ baptism by John -we’re going to be in Matthew until...
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Northminster Church
- Jan 16
- 8 min
"The World is a Wilderness" by Rev. Mark Windham
I’m going to use the pulpit as a confessional to you this morning. I struggled with this sermon. A lot. I was determined to stick with...
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Northminster Church
- Dec 15, 2022
- 8 min
"Gentle Justice + Servanthood, Action + Being Held by God" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Gentle Justice + Servanthood, Action + Being Held by God A Sermon for Northminster Church Preached by Rev. Jillian Hankamer December 11,...
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Northminster Church
- Dec 8, 2022
- 8 min
"Esther" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
I.Intro - I hate the word bossy -Mostly removed from my vocabulary -Because I got called this so often as a kid -Don’t mind admitting to...
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Northminster Church
- Dec 8, 2022
- 6 min
"The Hanging of the Green" Rev. Jillian Hankamer
The Meaning of the Service More than 2000 years ago, the story goes, a clutch of sleepy shepherds were watching over their sheep on a...
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Northminster Church
- Nov 16, 2022
- 7 min
"Isaiah's Vineyard Song" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Isaiah’s Vineyard Song A Sermon for Northminster Church Preached by Rev. Jillian Hankamer November 13, 2022 Isaiah 5:1-7 & 11:1-10 When...
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Northminster Church
- Nov 9, 2022
- 8 min
"Expectation vs. Reality" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
2 Kings 5:1-15 Earlier this week I posed this prompt to my friends on Facebook: give me an example of a time your expectation far...
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Northminster Church
- Nov 9, 2022
- 6 min
"Bearing Witness" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
1 Kings 18: 17-29 Friends, I’m going to be honest with you that I struggled with this week’s text. I tried for days to think of a title...
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Northminster Church
- Nov 9, 2022
- 6 min
"God the Father and God the Mother" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Hosea 11 A pastor and the Chair of Deacons are playing golf. On the first tee, the pastor hits a beautiful drive straight down the...
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Northminster Church
- Oct 5, 2022
- 8 min
"Joseph in Prison" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, October 2, 2022
Genesis 39:1-23 When he was killed on August 28, 1955, Emmett Till was 14 years old. He’d been 14 for less than a month when he was...
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Northminster Church
- Sep 28, 2022
- 9 min
"Staying in the Boat" by Rev. Kyle Childress for the Installation of Rev. Jillian Hankamer"
1 Staying in the Boat Isaiah 43:1-7; Matthew 14: 22-33 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 25), 2022 Kyle Childress The...
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