Archive for September 2024

“Who Is This Guy?” by Rev. Dr. Jay Marshall Groat, September 15, 2024, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, based on Mark 8:27-38 I’d like to open up myself a bit here at the beginning of my message and let you know where I’m at spiritually, and I need to tell you it’s a good place. I…

“Be Opened,” given by Rev. Dr. Jay Marshall Groat, September 8, 2024, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, based on Mark 7:31-3 As I mentioned earlier, this story only appears in Mark. It’s not exactly a well-known, considered pivotal passage of scripture. Nevertheless, I really love it. I love this. I’ll read it one more time, not…

“A Clean Heart,” by Rev. Dr. Jay Marshall Groat, September 1, 2024, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, based on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15 So far in our service I’ve been fairly confident that what I want to happen is happening. As we’ve already touched upon, this is one of our lectionary readings, what we just heard, and my goal…