The following eight sermons were delivered by the Reverend Beverley F. Edwards while she served as short-term interim this past winter / spring.

A Meditation in Connection with a Service of Communion and sung "Requiem" by John Rutter
April 2, 2006 / 5th Sunday in Lent

God So Loved the World
March 26, 2006 / 4th Sunday in Lent

The Things That Are of God
March 19, 2006 / 3rd Sunday in Lent

The Life You Save May Be Your Own
March 12, 2006 / 2nd Sunday in Lent

Never Again
March 5, 2006 / 1st Sunday in Lent

Beyond Reason
February 26, 2006 / Last Sunday after the Epiphany

Hearts and Flowers
February 12, 2006 / 6th Sunday after the Epiphany

Moving On
February 5, 2006 / 5th Sunday after the Epiphany

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The following sermons were delivered by the Reverend Richard H. Taylor (unless noted otherwise) during his pastorate at Beneficent Church (1999 - 2006).

Save Thy People and Bless Thine Heritage
January 29, 2006 / 4th Sunday after the Epiphany

The Greatest Sermon Ever
January 22, 2006 / 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany

The Inclusive Community
January 15, 2006 / 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany

What is Congregationalism?
January 8, 2006 / 1st Sunday after the Epiphany

And None Shall Make Them Afraid
January 1, 2006 / 1st Sunday after Christmas

Alleluia! Christ is Here
December 25, 2005 / Christmas Day

God Chooses a Time and a Place
December 24, 2005 / Christmas Eve

Is It All Planned?
December 18, 2005 / 4th Sunday of Advent

Hail Mary, Full of Grace
December 11, 2005 / 3rd Sunday of Advent

Christmas in the Trenches
December 4, 2005 / 2nd Sunday of Advent

The Practice of the Prophet
November 27, 2005 / 1st Sunday of Advent

Is There Cause for Thanksgiving?
November 20, 2005 / 27th Sunday of Pentecost

Frustrated by Grace
November 13, 2005 / 26th Sunday of Pentecost

Moving to the Margins
October 30, 2005 / 24th Sunday of Pentecost

Gentle Jesus
October 23, 2005 / 23rd Sunday of Pentecost

What Have You Heard About Jesus?
October 16, 2005 / 22nd Sunday of Pentecost

Thinking about Marriage and Family
October 9, 2005 / 21st Sunday of Pentecost

Awakening to the World
October 2, 2005 / 20th Sunday of Pentecost

Discerning the Body
September 25, 2005 / 19th Sunday of Pentecost

The Beggar at the Gates
September 18, 2005 / 18th Sunday of Pentecost

Children in Proverb and Myth
September 11, 2005 / 17th Sunday of Pentecost

True Happiness
September 4, 2005 / 16th Sunday of Pentecost

Rose Bushes Have Thorns
August 28, 2005 / 15th Sunday of Pentecost

Fiery Furnaces and the Parameters of Worship
August 21, 2005 / 14th Sunday of Pentecost

Singing in Prison
August 14, 2005 / 13th Sunday of Pentecost

The Current State of Reformed Doctrine
August 7, 2005 / 12th Sunday of Pentecost

The Pool of Bethesda
July 31, 2005 / 11th Sunday of Pentecost

It Breaks My Heart
July 24, 2005 / 10th Sunday of Pentecost

Let's Make a Deal
July 17, 2005 / 9th Sunday of Pentecost
Guest Preacher: the Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Howard

Why I Am Still an Evangelical
July 3, 2005 / 7th Sunday of Pentecost

Grace
June 26, 2005 / 6th Sunday of Pentecost
Guest Preacher: Betsy Aldrich Garland, M.Div.

Enticed by God
June 19, 2005 / 5th Sunday of Pentecost

A Religious Landscape
June 5, 2005 / 3rd Sunday of Pentecost
Guest Speaker: Church Moderator Matthew B. Hird

Days, Holy Days and Holidays
May 29, 2005 / 2nd Sunday of Pentecost

Remember Now
May 15, 2005 / Pentecost

Fear of Fire
May 8, 2005 / 7th Sunday of Easter

Real Bread
May 1, 2005 / 6th Sunday of Easter

Yonder is the Sea
April 24, 2005 / 5th Sunday of Easter

A Testimony of Faith
April 17, 2005 / 4th Sunday of Easter

Siblings
April 10, 2005 / 3rd Sunday of Easter

Nothing's Going to Harm You
April 3, 2005 / 2nd Sunday of Easter

A Different Sort of Holiday
March 27, 2005 / Easter Sunday

Regard the World as Gethsemane
March 24, 2005 / Maundy Thursday

Palm Sunday Market
March 20, 2005 / Palm Sunday

The Torn Curtain
March 13, 2005 / 5th Sunday in Lent

Moving On
February 27, 2005 / 3rd Sunday in Lent

You May Have to Leave
February 20, 2005 / 2nd Sunday in Lent

And Was Made Man
February 13, 2005 / 1st Sunday in Lent

A Journey to Struggle
February 9, 2005 / Ash Wednesday

Unpaid Rent
February 6, 2005 / 5th Sunday after Epiphany

Free from the Future
January 30, 2005 / 4th Sunday after Epiphany

Advertising, Controversy and
the State of National Debate
January 16, 2005 / 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

Global Concern
January 9, 2005 / 1st Sunday after Epiphany

What Gift Did You Get?
December 26, 2004 / 1st Sunday after Christmas

God Is Thinking
December 24, 2004 / Christmas Eve

Canticles for the Moribund
December 19, 2004 / 4th Sunday of Advent

Shall We Look for Another?
December 12, 2004 / 3rd Sunday of Advent

Why Should We Fear Not?
December 5, 2004 / 2nd Sunday of Advent

Waiting Beyond Our Time
November 28, 2004 / 1st Sunday of Advent

The Most Spiritual People in America
November 21, 2004 / 25th Sunday after Pentecost

Longing for a Fortress
November 14, 2004 / 24th Sunday after Pentecost

An Act Of Witness
October 24, 2004 / 21st Sunday after Pentecost

Lift Up Your Hearts
October 17, 2004 / 20th Sunday after Pentecost

Living in the Land of Temptation
October 10, 2004 / 19th Sunday after Pentecost

Recognizing the Voice of God
October 3, 2004 / 18th Sunday after Pentecost

Go On, Go On...
September 26, 2004 / 17th Sunday after Pentecost

Shake Off Dull Sloth
September 19, 2004 / 16th Sunday after Pentecost

Have You Heard of the City?
September 12, 2004 / 15th Sunday after Pentecost

Blinded by Religion
July 11, 2004 / 6th Sunday after Pentecost
Guest Preacher: the Rev. G. Russell Miller

In My Father's House are Many Guests
June 20, 2004 / 3rd Sunday after Pentecost

A Heart Strangely Warmed
May 30, 2004 / Pentecost Sunday

Knowing Everything
May 23, 2004 / 7th Sunday of Easter

A Tree in Paradise
May 16, 2004 / 6th Sunday of Easter

Maternal Shalom
May 9, 2004 / 5th Sunday of Easter

Arguing with Jesus
May 2, 2004 / 4th Sunday of Easter

Making History - The Confessions of an Historian
April 25, 2004 / 3rd Sunday of Easter

Requesting Water at the Diner
April 18, 2004 / 2nd Sunday of Easter

Unembarrassed by the Miracle
April 11, 2004 / Easter Sunday

The Thirsts of Jesus
April 4, 2004 / Palm Sunday

Turning to the Cross
March 28, 2004 / 5th Sunday in Lent

The Second Part of Life
March 21, 2004 / 4th Sunday in Lent

Put Your Sword Back
March 14, 2004 / 3rd Sunday in Lent

Serious Business
March 7, 2004 / 2nd Sunday in Lent

The First Part of Life
February 29, 2004 / 1st Sunday in Lent

Carrying Our Sorrows
February 25, 2004 / Ash Wednesday

Facing the Difficult
February 22, 2004 / 7th Sunday after Epiphany

Surviving on Weybosset Street
February 15, 2004 / 6th Sunday after Epiphany

Moral Identity
February 8, 2004 / 5th Sunday after Epiphany

Calling My Name
February 1, 2004 / 4th Sunday after Epiphany

What about Adam and Steve?
January 25, 2004 / 3rd Sunday after Epiphany

Friendship and Leadership
January 18, 2004 / 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

Authority in a Post-Modern Age
January 11, 2004 / 1st Sunday after Epiphany

Meditation on the Points of Light
January 4, 2004 / Epiphany Sunday

Repressed Expectation
December 28, 2003 / 1st Sunday after Christmas

Unimpressive Circumstances
December 24, 2003 / Christmas Eve

Two Births
December 21, 2003 / 4th Sunday in Advent

Not Quite A Feminist Manifesto
December 14, 2003 / 3rd Sunday in Advent

Necessary Anticipation
December 7, 2003 / 2nd Sunday in Advent

Annunciations and Announcements
November 30, 2003 / 1st Sunday in Advent

All Creatures Great and Small
November 23, 2003 / 24th Sunday after Pentecost

Promises Kept and Promises Yet Unfulfilled
November 16, 2003 / 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Guest Preacher: the Rev. Dennis Knight

A Wise Investment
Mark 12:38-44
November 9, 2003 / 22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Pentecost Ends Too Soon
Acts 2:1-15, 36-47
November 2, 2003 / 21st Sunday after Pentecost

The Warning on the Bible Label
Hebrews 4:12-16
October 26, 2003 / 20th Sunday after Pentecost

The Limits of Truth
Ephesians 4:14-16, 25-32
October 19, 2003 / 19th Sunday after Pentecost

Rejected Approach
Mark 10:2-5;13-16
October 12, 2003 / 18th Sunday after Pentecost

What Shall We Do with the Habiru?
Exodus 1:8-10,15-22
October 5, 2003 / 17th Sunday after Pentecost

You - Holy and Blameless
Colossians 1:21-23
September 28, 2003 / 16th Sunday after Pentecost

A Quest for Harmony
Psalm 150; Matthew 26:26-30
September 21, 2003 / 15th Sunday after Pentecost

All Things are Yours
I Corinthians 3:16-23
September 14, 2003 / 14th Sunday after Pentecost

Reflections on the Anger of God
Exodus 32:1-14
September 7, 2003 / 13th Sunday After Pentecost

Are You So Sure?
Matthew 13:24-30
August 31, 2003 / 12th Sunday after Pentecost

The Wise Men of Babylon
Daniel 2:1-18, 24-28a
August 3, 2003 / 8th Sunday after Pentecost

Recovering the Personal
I Peter 2:1-10
July 27, 2003 / 7th Sunday after Pentecost

A Vote in Favor of Missions
Matthew 28:16-20
July 20, 2003 / 6th Sunday after Pentecost

The Vocabulary of Faith
Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 8:1a-4
July 13, 2003 / 5th Sunday after Pentecost
Guest Preacher: the Rev. Dennis Knight

Pilgrims Leaving a Derelict God
Hebrews 11:13-16
July 6, 2003 / 4th Sunday after Pentecost

Between War and the Warrior's Healing
II Kings 4:1-7, 38-44
June 29, 2003 / 3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Confessions of an Unrepentant Pietist
Matthew 6:1-6
June 22, 2003 / 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Red Threads and Yellow Stars
Joshua 2
June 8, 2003 / Pentecost Sunday

Taking on the Cloak of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 20:7-13; 32:1-5
May 25, 2003

Holding Your Inheritance
I Kings 21:1-20
May 18, 2003

Rekindle the Gift
II Timothy 1:1-14
May 11, 2003 / Festival of the Christian Home

Troubled Waters
Proverbs 25:21-23, 25-26
May 4, 2003

Reminiscences and Remarks
by the Rev. A. Ralph Barlow, Pastor Emeritus
April 27, 2003 / Groundbreaking Service

A Story About Doors
John 20:19-31
April 27, 2003 / Groundbreaking Sunday

A Garden in the Middle East
John 19:41-20:18
April 20, 2003 / Easter Sunday

The Shame of the Cross
Esther 3:12-4:3; Matthew 27:27-31, 35, 50-51
April 17, 2003 / Maundy Thursday

A Long Way From Home
Exodus 1:1-14; Luke 19:36-42
April 13, 2003 / Palm Sunday

Everywhere I Look, I See His Face
John 11:1-17, 32-36
April 6, 2003