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https://fpcweb.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-Jul-14-Service-Sermon-FGG.mp3 July 14, 2019 “The Force of Offence” The Rev. Dr. Fred G. Garry Scripture Text: Mark 14:27-31 When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. And Jesus said to them, “You will all become deserters; for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will […]

https://fpcweb.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-Jul-7-Service-Sermon-FGG.mp3 July 7, 2019 “A Daunting Task” The Rev. Dr. Fred G. Garry Scripture Text: Mark 14.22-25 While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he […]

https://fpcweb.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-Jun-23-Service-Sermon-FGG.mp3 Mark 14.1-11 “The Wayside Sacrament” The Rev. Dr. Fred G. Garry June 23, 2019 It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for they said, “Not during the festival, or […]

https://fpcweb.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-Jun-16-Service-Sermon-FGG.mp3 Sermon: EVERYBODY, LOOK BUSY Rev. Dr. Fred G. Garry Scripture Reference: Mark 13: 28-37 From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. 29So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, […]

https://fpcweb.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-June-2-Service-Sermon-JDK.mp3 “How to Endure Persecution: Part Two” by The Rev. Dr. Fred G. Garry Scripture Reference: Mark 13.14-27           “But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains; the one on the […]

https://fpcweb.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-May-19-Sermon-FGG.mp3 How To Endure Persecution: Part I Rev. Dr. Fred G. Garry Sermon Text: Mark 13: 1-13 The Destruction of the Temple Foretold      As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!’ Then Jesus asked him, ‘Do you see […]

https://fpcweb.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-May-12-Service-Sermon-FGG.mp3 Rev. Dr. Fred G. Garry “The Whole Heart” Scripture Text: Mark 12:38-44 As he taught, he said, ‘Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honour at banquets! They […]

  https://fpcweb.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Apr-28-Service-Sermon-FGG.mp3 A Division of Labor By Rev. Dr. Fred G. Garry Scripture Text: Mark 12: 28-37 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: […]

https://fpcweb.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Apr-14-Service-Sermon-FGG.mp3 “Ode to Bismark” Rev. Dr. Fred G. Garry Scripture: Mark 12:13-17 (NRSV) 13Then they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to trap him in what he said. 14And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard […]