K Karpen: "Serving the City" (Sermon for November 16, 2025)

"When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones ...Jesus said, 'As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another.'" Luke 21:5-6That's not a great lectionary text to show up as we're celebrating the start of the big roof project! But it is another reminder that it's not our lovely and quirky building that matters, but the vital work of love that the building makes possible. It feels right, this time of year, to take a pause in the challenging task of fundraising for our capital campaign in order to focus on making sure that vital work of love can continue in 2026. It takes each of us contributing what we can: in time, in money, in prayers, in showing up, and witnessing to the power of God's love!See you Sunday,K