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"Dangerous Unselfishness" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, 3/9/2025
A sermon for Northminster Church Luke 10: 25-37 Intro -MLK’s final speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” -Delivered on...
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Aug 125 min read
"Agree to Disagree" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, 3/2/2025
A sermon for Northminster Church Matthew 6: 25-34 I’d like for you to imagine you’re present with the disciples to hear...
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Aug 127 min read
"Holy Tattletales" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, 2/16/2025
A sermon for Northminster Church Mark 9: 38-50 We’re going to start this morning with some congregational participation. I’d like for you...
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Aug 127 min read
"The Sum of Its Parts" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, 2/9/2025
A sermon for Northminster Church Matthew 13: 23-43 In the fall of 2019, The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News released a...
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Aug 127 min read
"Main Character Energy" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, 2/2/2025
A sermon for Northminster Church Acts 16: 16-24 Have you heard of Main Character Energy? -More or less a Gen Z concept -First started...
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Aug 126 min read
"An Honest Burden" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, 1/26/2025
A sermon for First Baptist Lewisburg Matthew 11: 25-30 When I was 13, I saw my first protest up close and personal. To make it even...
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Aug 126 min read
"Communal Wilderness" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, 1/19/2025
A sermon for Northminster Church Matthew 4:1-17 There’s been an effort in the past few years by Christian authors and curriculum...
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Aug 126 min read
"The Road Isn't Straight" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, 1/5/2025
A sermon for Northminster Church Matthew 2:1-12 Too often, we’ve been told that a successful life is a linear one. But in...
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Aug 125 min read
"Love Knows Your Name" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer, 12/24/2024
A homily for Northminster Church Luke 2:1-20 Love Knows Your Name Different thing to hear Mary’s story after labor -Had Eirinn in...
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Aug 124 min read
"Do the Good That Is Yours to Do" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
December 15, 2024 Luke 3:7-16 I. Intro - Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers -I am a baby quilter. Like English Paper Piecing most...
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Dec 19, 20246 min read
"We Can't Go Alone" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
December 8, 2024 Ruth 1 Intro - What does home mean? -places of safety, comfort, being ourselves -places where we form habits -visited...
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Dec 19, 20245 min read
"You Are a Blessing" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
December 1, 2024 Luke 1:26-38 Advent is a season of endings and beginnings. As 2024 ends a new church year begins. Christ’s birth...
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Dec 19, 20243 min read
"Nameless, Faceless, and Faithful" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
November 24, 2024 Mark 5: 21-43 Let’s do some Bible trivia. How many books are in the Bible? 66 – 39 in the Old Testament...
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Dec 19, 20247 min read
"Doing What He Tells Us?" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
November 17, 2024 John 2:1-11 I. Original intention for this sermon -plan for this sermon was less Jesus more Mary...
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Dec 19, 20245 min read
"The Greatest Among Us" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
November 3, 2024 Luke 22: 24-30 The Greatest Among Us I. Tell you about my paternal grandmother -Mary Iola Fitzgibbon -1 of 5 kids,...
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Dec 19, 20245 min read
Sunday Worship with Rev. Jillian Hankamer
October 27, 2024 Luke 6:43-45 I. Intro -wrestling with this passage -decided not to be frustrated but...
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Dec 19, 20246 min read
"Knowing and Doing" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
October 20, 2024 John 13: 1-20 I couldn’t help it. I flinched. When my Lord knelt at my feet to wash them as a servant, I reacted...
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Dec 19, 20246 min read
"Of Pharisees and Sabbaths" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
October 13, 2024 Mark 3: 1-6 This morning I’m here to warn you about several things we should all be doing but I fear none of us are....
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Dec 19, 20246 min read
"Family in All Forms" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
October 6, 2024 Mark 10: 13-16 I. Colleague who specifically didn’t use familial language to talk about church congregation -no,...
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Dec 19, 20243 min read
"The Lord's Prayer" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
September 15, 2024 Luke 11:2-4 Prayer is a funny thing. We know about prayer. We talk about prayer. Sometimes we ask for...
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Dec 19, 20247 min read
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