Join us as each week as we explore and practice what it means to express God's love for the world. First Presbyterian is an inclusive congregation located in the heart of Marin County, California. We are a church that feels called to love one another, express gratitude, ease suffering, and work for justice.
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"And the whole world give back the song" -- Luke 2:8-20 (4th Sunday of Advent)
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In the ache of our world, God enters into the lowest places, comes alongside the most vulnerable, and makes God’s home there.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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"O you, beneath life's crushing load" -- Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 (2nd Sunday in Advent)
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With the angel, Mary proclaims that God is turning the world rightside up. With Mary, will you say “yes” to being turned rightside up?Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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"O, hush the noise and cease the strife" -- Luke 1:8-25, 57-58, 67-80 (1st Sunday of Advent)
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In the clamor of the world, God gives us a holy hush – quiet to listen and watch for God’s tender mercy setting the whole world free.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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A Baseline of Gratitude -- Philippians 4:4-9 (Thanksgiving Sunday)
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When we choose to live lives of gratitude, generosity, and sharing, it is a radical, subversive act. We say “no” to the dominant narrative of scarcity, and “yes” to sharing a world full of God’s abundance.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Longing for Enough -- Exodus 16:1-5, 13-23 (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching; 26th Sunday After Pentecost)
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Bởi Rev. Dvera Hadden
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Unshakeoffable -- Ruth 1:1-18 (25th Sunday After Pentecost)
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In a world stripped bare, God’s unshakeoffable lovingkindess grounds us, sustains us, and moves us forward.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Saints Seen and Unseen -- Hebrews 11 (All Saints' Sunday)
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On All Saints’ Sunday, we remember how we have seen God at work in the lives of the saints. This Scripture reminds us that what God is doing in the world is so much bigger even than what eye can see and ear can hear.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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They Persisted - Mark 10:46-52 (Rev. Beverly Brewster, preaching; 23rd Sunday After Pentecost)
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Bởi Rev. Beverly Brewster
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You Do Not Know What You Are Asking - Mark 10:35-45 (Rev. Eric Beene, preaching; 22nd Sunday After Pentecost)
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Bởi Rev. Eric Beene
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Rubble -- Ezra 3:1-3, 8-13 (21st Sunday After Pentecost)
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Over the course of the Scriptures through the Hebrew Scriptures, and really on into the New Testament, again and again, a tenacious people make meaning out of the recurring rubble of their world. Standing in the reality of that rubble, the people lament even as they glimpse a path toward healing, weeping, and shouting, and singing “God is good. God…
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"The Welcome Table" -- Mark 6:30-44 (World Communion Sunday)
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At the Welcome Table, Jesus invites one and all, the deep need of the world becomes clear, and Jesus says to us, “You give them something to eat.”Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Finding Our Way Home Together -- Mark 6:6-13 (Homecoming Sunday; 17th Sunday After Pentecost)
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Jesus gathers us in and sends us out, insisting that we create home for each other along the way. Home is both a place of shelter, steady and sure – and a vital and living place of encounter – moving out into the world – meeting and greeting the world – in ever-expanding circles of hospitality, welcome, and healing.…
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Mind Blowing, Heart Opening Encounters -- Mark 7:24-37 (16th Sunday After Pentecost)
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In worship, we welcomed to the pulpit Elder Susan Krehbiel from the Migrant Accompaniment Ministries of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. Looking to the experiences of migrants and those who accompany and support, Krehbiel invited us to consider what we have to learn from heart-opening encounters with each other.…
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Sowers Gonna Sow -- Mark 4:1-9 (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
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A sower went out to sow: In the work we do, the life of Christ comes alive in us.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Don't Go to Court -- Matthew 18:15-22 (14th Sunday After Pentecost)
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In these courtroom scenes in Scripture, we have seen a lot of real life, and we’ve seen God right there in the midst of it all – with truth, wisdom, justice, compassion, mercy, and grace. In this Scripture, Jesus invites us to wade into real life and engage the worthy work of reconciliation.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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"The Quality of Mercy" -- Genesis 45:1-15 (13th Sunday After Pentecost)
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Extending mercy to the brothers who have done him wrong, Joseph recalibrates entirely our understanding of what it is that we deserve, grounding us in our shared humanity. In God’s mercy, God gives humanity what humanity deserves: Love. Life. Dignity. Food. Water. Access to healthcare. The freedom to live without constant fear of violence. All the …
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Rev. Scott Quinn, preaching -- Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 (12th Sunday After Pentecost)
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Bởi Rev. Scott Quinn, Marin Interfaith Council (MIC)
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When God Is in the Dock -- Job 23 & 38 (11th Sunday After Pentecost)
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We come to the Book of Job – with Job’s big questions – and ours – and we don’t find a neat and tidy answer. We come to the Book of Job – and what we find is a groan and a shout – as ancient as this story, and as fresh and alive as the dawn of this very day. In our suffering, God speaks with us out of the whirlwind, and we live, and we somehow find…
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When God Brings the Charges -- Isaiah 1:2-3, 12-30 & Isaiah 5 (10th Sunday after Pentecost)
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In the reality of climate unraveling, God speaks truth to us, calls us to change, and invites us to become part of the operative healing reality moving forward.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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The Heart of Wisdom -- 1 Kings 3 (9th Sunday After Pentecost)
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God’s wisdom calls us to see each other whole, in the fullness of life, and find together the ways of living that lead to more life.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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"What Is Truth?" -- John 18:28-40 (8th Sunday After Pentecost)
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We are beginning a sermon series exploring courtroom scenes in Scripture -- scenes that bring real life in focus as we seek some glimpse of the truth. In Jesus' trial before Pontius Pilate, Pilate asks the question, "What is truth?" What we find: Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. We are sent now to testify to that truth, that Word embodied…
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Who's in Charge Here? -- Philippians 2:1-12 (7th Sunday After Pentecost)
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God is sovereign by sharing God’s own freedom with us, urging us to live out the self-giving love of Christ.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Everyone Belongs -- Ephesians 2:11-22 (6th Sunday After Pentecost)
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In Christ, we are citizens of a new humanity, where all of us belong and participate in the fullness of life. Citizenship is about belonging – that deepest of human needs. And citizenship is about the quality of participation that we put back into the community into which we all have been welcomed.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Kindred Spirits & Bosom Friends -- 1 Samuel 18:1-8, 20:1-22 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)
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In a world that would tear them apart, Jonathan and David choose a better way. Friendship is a chosen relationship with another person in which we come to agree to see and be seen by the other; to act for the other’s good; to be present with each other in challenge and struggle; and to be a loving place to which we can always return. In a world tha…
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"Created Equal" -- 1 Samuel 15:35-16:13 (4th Sunday After Pentecost)
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Juneteenth calls us to remember and celebrate freedom and liberation, but also insists that we remember slavery and its continuing impact on our world today. God creates us all equally human, and insists that we work for the freedom and equality of all.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Presence & Peace -- Matthew 28:16-20; Philippians 4:4-7 (2nd Sunday After Pentecost; Rev. Bev Brewster, preaching)
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Bởi Rev. Beverly Brewster, Preaching
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“It Will Not Be Over Until We Talk” --- Luke 7:1-10 (Trinity Sunday; Nick Morris, preaching)
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Bởi Nick Morris, Preaching
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A Tale of Wind and Flame -- Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost Sunday)
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Pentecost is a tale of wind and flame that becomes flesh and bone before our very eyes and ears – one that we can touch and taste and experience in our very bodies. While the day of Pentecost begins in the loneliness of loss and separation, in its mighty wind and crown of flame, we see connection – God and us – us and us. No separation – a leveling…
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"And the Chains Fell Off" -- Acts 12:1-10, 18-21 (7th Sunday of Easter)
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The Way of Resurrection is “enfleshed freedom” – an end to every separation and the freedom of every body. By the power of the Spirit, the Way of Resurrection moves us ever and always into more healing, more freedom, more life.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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No Separation, Part 2 -- Acts 10 (6th Sunday of Easter)
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Radiating out with God’s expansive embrace, the Way of Resurrection unfolds in the complexity of human relationship – in the complexity of community.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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No Separation -- Acts 8: 26-39 (5th Sunday of Easter)
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In the Way of Resurrection, the Spirit radiates out in ever-expanding circles of embrace. In the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch, we see that God welcomes everyone all the way in.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Stretch Out Your Hand -- Acts 3:1-10, 4:23-31 (4th Sunday of Easter)
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The "Way of Resurrection" is embodied in us. In the Body of the Risen Christ, "Stretch out your hand to heal and bring to life signs and wonders in the name of Jesus."Bởi First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo
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"Witnesses" -- Luke 24:36b-48 (Rev. Eric Beene, preaching; 3rd Sunday in Easter)
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We are witnesses to the Resurrection in what we have seen and heard, and in the lives we live.Bởi Rev. Eric Beene
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Life, Love, and Abounding Grace -- John 20:1-18; 21:15-19 (Easter Sunday)
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The Good News of Easter Morning is a Word of life, love, and abounding grace.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Yes and No -- John 12:12-19, John 18:15-27 (Palm Sunday/ Passion Sunday)
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As the Hosannas! of Palm Sunday fade, and as the NOs of Holy Week begin to build, Jesus continues to say YES.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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The Time Peter Got It Right... and Then Didn't -- Matthew 16:13-25 (4th Sunday of Lent)
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Jesus is the Christ we follow into the suffering of the world, who raises us up into life.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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"Rescue Us from Danger" -- Matthew 14:22-33 (3rd Sunday in Lent)
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Out of our fear, Jesus calls us to take courage, trust, and walk out into the storm – like Jesus, with Jesus – to sink and rise up again.Bởi First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo
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Teach Us How to Find Forgiveness -- Matthew 18:15-22 (Rev. Marissa Danney, preaching; Second Sunday in Lent)
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Forgiveness can come to life in many forms. Jesus encourages us that we can find (and extend) forgiveness in more ways than we think.Bởi Rev. Marissa Danney, preaching
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"Jesus Sought Me" -- Luke 5:1-11 (First Sunday in Lent)
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Jesus seeks out and calls Peter (and us) into relationship - into community that embodies good news for the poor, healing for every hurt, and freedom from every oppression.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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When What Is Before Us Is Beyond Us -- Mark 9:2-9 (Transfiguration Sunday)
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In experiences that are beyond us, God is always bigger, always stronger, always moving the world toward justice, healing, and peace.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Quite a Full Day -- Mark 1:29-39 (5th Sunday After Epiphany)
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Embodying good news, Jesus heals, and takes on the powers, and takes a breath, and keeps on moving.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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The Sounds of God Calling -- 1 Samuel 3:1-20 (4th Sunday After Epiphany)
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God is always calling us, always inviting us to pay attention, listen, and live.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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Glad News -- Psalm 40 (3rd Sunday After Epiphany) (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching)
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What glad news of justice do you bring to the world?Bởi Rev. Dvera Hadden
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"No Ways Tired" -- Exodus 17:1-11 (2nd Sunday After Epiphany)
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On the wilderness road to freedom, God supports and sustains the weary. God encourages us to join the hard work of freedom with humility and mutuality, in ways that also help create some rest for the weary.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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World, Interrupted -- Mark 1:1-11 (Epiphany & Baptism of the Lord Sunday)
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Jesus interrupts a world already in progress, and turns power on its head.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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And Not Long After That Night -- Luke 2:22-40 (First Sunday of Christmas)
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Simeon and Anna hold the Christ child and proclaim: This is God’s saving help come yet again, once for all – light and liberation for all people.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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The Joy of That Night -- Luke 1:1-20 (4th Sunday of Advent; Christmas Eve)
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With folks all around the world, today is the day we tell the story: In the birth of the Christ, the fresh presence of God comes to life in the fullness of humanity.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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"Joy Notwithstanding" -- Isaiah 61:1-11; Luke 1:46b-55 (Third Sunday of Advent)
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Joy is “the fresh presence of God... the fresh action of God,” rising up from the steady and sure saving action of God across all time. Joy is God’s forever longing for human flourishing. In this sermon, we consider “joy because” of the goodness we experience in life, “joy notwithstanding” the challenges and sorrow of life, and “joy against” everyt…
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"With Those Who Work or Watch or Weep" -- Mark 13:24-37 (1st Sunday of Advent)
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In a hurting world, Jesus invites us to keep watch for the Advent of God in every moment, as together we make the long journey toward joy.Bởi Rev. Scott Clark
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"Who Do You Say I Am?" -- Isaiah 56:3-8 & Luke 9:18-20
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Listen in as Rev. Dr. Janie Spahr preaches at First Pres San Anselmo.Bởi Rev. Dr. Jane Spahr
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