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Hymns and Songs - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - April 21, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOur scripture reading is Exodus 15:1-18. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Church villagepres.org [email protected] 913-262-4200 Have a prayer request? [email protected] Facebook @villagepres Instagram @villagechurchpv YouTube @villagepresbyterianchurch To...
Create in Me a Clean Heart - Rev. Chad Herring
Village Pres Sermons - April 14, 2024 14:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOur scripture reading is Psalm 51:1-3, 6-12. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Church villagepres.org [email protected] 913-262-4200 Have a prayer request? [email protected] Facebook @villagepres Instagram @villagechurchpv YouTube @villagepresbyterianchurc...
Called to Worship - Rev. Alice Whitson
Village Pres Sermons - April 07, 2024 14:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe are a busy church. Across our ministries, we do many things: mission, education, fellowship, caregiving. But the one thing the church does that sets us apart from all other groups and organizations is worship of the Living God. But different churches worship God in different ways. In this ser...
The Practice of Rising - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - March 31, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOur scripture reading is Luke 24:13-32. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Church villagepres.org [email protected] 913-262-4200 Have a prayer request? [email protected] Facebook @villagepres Instagram @villagechurchpv YouTube @villagepresbyterianchurch To ...
The Practice of Welcoming - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - March 24, 2024 14:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsSermon preached by Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Village Church Mission Campus. Our scripture reading is Matthew 21:1-11. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Church villagepres.org [email protected] 913-262-4200 Have a prayer request? pastor...
The Practice of Holding On - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - March 17, 2024 14:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOur scripture reading is Romans 12:9-21. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Church villagepres.org [email protected] 913-262-4200 Have a prayer request? [email protected] Facebook @villagepres Instagram @villagechurchpv YouTube @villagepresbyterianchurch To...
The Practice of Empathy - Guest Preacher Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston
Village Pres Sermons - March 10, 2024 15:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOur scripture reading is Romans 12:15-21. Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston is senior pastor at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City and was Village's Meneilly visiting scholar this weekend. He holds a B.A. in history and religion from St. Olaf's College, an M.Div. from Yale Divinity S...
The Practice of Letting Go - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - March 03, 2024 15:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLent is a time of contemplation and preparation for the days of Holy week leading up the arrest, torture, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. During this time, we are invited to engage in practices that will help shape our lives as we journey with Jesus to the cross and t...
The Practice of Fasting - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - February 26, 2024 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLent is a time of contemplation and preparation for the days of Holy week leading up the arrest, torture, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. During this time, we are invited to engage in practices that will help shape our lives as we journey with Jesus to the cross and t...
The Practice of Prayer - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - February 18, 2024 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLent is a time of contemplation and preparation for the days of Holy week leading up the arrest, torture, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. During this time, we are invited to engage in practices that will help shape our lives as we journey with Jesus to the cross and t...
Tell the Children - Guest preacher Rev. Sarah Are Speed
Village Pres Sermons - February 11, 2024 15:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOur 75th anniversary affords us an opportunity to look back and give thanks for God’s great faithfulness. It is a time for celebration. It is also a time to look to the next 75 years and beyond. What is God calling us to do and to be for our next 75 years? God has indeed been faithful and in res...
Go to the World! - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - February 04, 2024 15:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn our earliest days, Village Presbyterian Church was known as “the mission church on Mission Road” because of our commitment to share the good news of Jesus Christ with the whole world. Not content to focus on ourselves, the first decision of the new church 75 years ago was to send money to sup...
Sing Praise to God - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - January 28, 2024 15:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe psalmist calls upon us to “make a joyful noise unto God!” Over these 75 years, the ministry of music has lifted our hearts and sent our spirits soaring. Blessed with talented leadership and the dedication of thousands of volunteers, choirs of children, youth and adults lifting their voices a...
All Are Welcome - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - January 21, 2024 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsCourageous and not without conflict and controversy, the welcome of all peoples was built into the early ethos of Village Church. When Prairie Village housing covenants denied property ownership to African-Americans and others, our founding pastor, Dr. Bob Meneilly, called for us to welcome ever...
We've Come This Far by Faith - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - January 14, 2024 15:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsFrom its first days, Village Church has sought to nurture and sustain a vibrant faith in persons of all ages. Through caring for our infants and toddlers to dynamic pre-schools on two campuses and a well-known Child and Family Development Center to children’s ministries and caring for families t...
Arise and Shine - Guest preacher Rev. Cari Pattison
Village Pres Sermons - January 07, 2024 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAs we enter a new year together, what does it look like to watch for the star? To look for those signs of God’s arrival in our lives and in our world? Epiphany season points to discovery, illumination, a new realization. We are still in a time of long nights and short days, and the concept of sp...
Seeing the Miracle - Rev. Sally Wright
Village Pres Sermons - December 31, 2023 16:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRev. Sally S. Wright led worship Sunday, Dec. 31. She asked: Do miracles simply exist in ancient stories or do they still happen today? Our scripture reading was Luke 2:22-40, the story of Simeon and his reaction to meeting the Christ child. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Churc...
And His Name Shall Be...Emmanuel, God With Us - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - December 25, 2023 01:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka reminded us of the importance of names, and in this particular sermon, he delved into "Emmanuel, God With Us," and what it means that our God stops at nothing to be with us. Scripture readings were: Luke 1:26-38, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20 and Matthew 2:1-12. Support the...
And His Name Shall Be… Everlasting Father - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - December 17, 2023 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThroughout the Hebrew scriptures, God is named as “Father.” God is understood to be the parent of all peoples. Jesus, too, embodies the role of parent to his disciples, the women and men who followed him. He talks sternly to them at times yet with compassion. He worries about them. He is hurt b...
Mighty God - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - December 10, 2023 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe early church struggled to understand Jesus’ relationship with God. He was the Son of God and yet, at the same time, Thomas names Jesus as “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28) In Jesus we know the mighty God. Time and again Jesus displays the power and strength of God. Jesus carries in him divi...
And his Name Shall Be...Mighty God - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - December 10, 2023 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe early church struggled to understand Jesus’ relationship with God. He was the Son of God and yet, at the same time, Thomas names Jesus as “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28) In Jesus we know the mighty God. Time and again Jesus displays the power and strength of God. Jesus carries in him divi...
And His Name Shall Be...Wonderful Counselor - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - December 03, 2023 15:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka begins his Advent Sermon Series, “For Unto Us a Child is Born.” As the prophet Isaiah sees the coming of the new king, he will be a “wonderful counselor.” The term “counselor” has more to do with how Jesus Christ leads and governs. He will govern with justice and righteo...
Wonderful Counselor - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - December 03, 2023 15:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka begins his Advent Sermon Series, “For Unto Us a Child is Born.” As the prophet Isaiah sees the coming of the new king, he will be a “wonderful counselor.” The term “counselor” has more to do with how Jesus Christ leads and governs. He will govern with justice and righteo...
Spiraling Out - Rev. Caroline Barnett
Village Pres Sermons - November 26, 2023 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsEverywhere we turn, human beings seek to define who is and who isn’t part of the community of God. But the promises that Christ embodies often go one step past what feels comfortable for us. Even the very human Jesus sometimes encounters this discomfort, as he did when he rejected the Canaanite ...
Giving Thanks for All God's Good Gifts - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - November 19, 2023 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka concludes his series “Giving Thanks” with “Giving Thanks for All God’s Good Gifts” on Commitment Sunday. Our scripture reading is Psalm 138. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Church villagepres.org [email protected] 913-262-4200 Have a prayer...
Being Salt and Light - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - November 12, 2023 15:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka preaches about what it means to be salt and light. Jesus talks about you and me and says, "You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world." Rodger tells us more about how Christ is calling us to be salt and light for the whole world every day. Our scriptu...
Giving Thanks for Young Adults - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - November 05, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka explores the different gifts that God has given to us through our Young Adult Ministry. Our scripture reading is Matthew 19:16-22. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Church villagepres.org [email protected] 913-262-4200 Have a prayer request?...
Giving Thanks for Young People - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - October 29, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka explores the different gifts that God has given to us through our ministries with young people. Our scripture reading is Luke 2:41-52. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Church villagepres.org [email protected] 913-262-4200 Have a prayer requ...
Giving Thanks for Children - Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka
Village Pres Sermons - October 22, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsRev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka explores the different gifts that God has given to us through our ministries with children and families. Our scripture reading is Mark 10:13-16. Support the show Contact Village Presbyterian Church villagepres.org [email protected] 913-262-4200 Have a pr...
Living Toward God's Promised Day - Rev. Tom Are
Village Pres Sermons - October 15, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHistory inspires us. History includes the story of Abraham and Ruth. We have the words of Isaiah and the song of Mary. We remember the deeds of Jesus and the perseverance of Paul. There was the theological courage of John Calvin and the prophetic courage of Martin Luther King Jr. We remember the...
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