DreamHouse Church | Sermon of the Week

In this Sunday worship gathering on May 18, 2025, we read from Acts 11:1-18 and Psalm 148  with a sermon by Pastor Scott Crowder out of John 13:31-35 and Revelation 21:1-6.A prayer -- "Surprising God, in the resurrection of Jesus Christ you make all things new. Long ago you called your church to a love beyond all cultural, political, and social differences and gave them the gift of your Holy Spirit to open their hearts to enact such love. Give us that same spirit of openness, that we too might discern new directions in our day for your dream to reconciles and heal all creation. In Jesus' name we come to you and pray. Amen!"This Sunday worship service video is shared for your convenience and as an outreach of our ministry.  www.JesusLoves757.com/sunday

We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in this Sunday worship service. Listen to scripture readings from Isaiah 65:17–25, John 20:1-18, and 2 Corinthians 5:17–6:2 and a sermon by Pastor Scott Crowder.What difference does believing that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead make?Because Jesus is risen... it is the right time to accept the kindness of God; to return to Christ; to live as a new person; to forgive — and be forgiven; to seek justice — and embody peace; to reconcile with others; to be an ambassador of healing in a divided world.This Sunday worship service video is shared for your convenience and as an outreach of our ministry.  www.JesusLoves757.com/sunday

For your convenience and as an outreach of our ministry, this video is shared from our Sunday Worship Service. This week, we continue in the season of Lent by reading from Luke 19:28-40 with a sermon by John & Mary Crowder. www.JesusLoves757.com/sunday

For your convenience and as an outreach of our ministry, this video is shared from our Sunday Worship Service. This week, we continue in the season of Lent by reading from John 12:1-8, Philippians 3:4b-14, and Psalm 126 with a sermon by Scott Crowder.[Leader:] As people FORMED by God, we give praise to God:[ALL:] Dry ground in the sea,rivers in the desert,Christ among us—God is doing a new thing![Leader:] As people RESTORED by God, we give praise to God:[ALL:] Dry ground in the sea,rivers in the desert,Christ among us—God is doing a new thing!​[Leader:] As people PRESSING ON in faith, we give praise to God:[ALL:] Dry ground in the sea,rivers in the desert,Christ among us—www.JesusLoves757.com/sunday

For your convenience and as an outreach of our ministry, this video is shared from our Sunday Worship Service. This week we continue in the season of Lent by reading from Joshua 5:9–12, Psalm 32, and Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 with a sermon by Lauren Lee.Knowing God as Father means that we come from God. We are His children, and not just from our earthly parents. Consider for a moment, what it might mean to reject God as Father.  Does this make us more free? Do we gain anything by announcing our independence?​No, we are free only when there is someone who loves and whose love is strong. We are not free when we close off from love. Love grounds us. Love gives us what we need to grow. God’s love has given us the world. His provision makes life possible.www.JesusLoves757.com/sunday

 For your convenience and as an outreach of our ministry, this video is shared from our Sunday Worship Service. This week we continue in the season of Lent by reading from Isaiah 55:1-9 and Psalm 63:1-8 with a sermon by Charissa Crowder.[Leader:] ​You were not thrown into the world by chance. You are not swimming alone in a great ocean. You are loved. You are seen in your struggle. You are the center of God’s affection. You are the reason Jesus came as Savior.​[ALL:] Before I was born, God saw me and loved me. Being wanted by God is the trustworthy ground on which my life is standing. From here I can construct life. God’s grace is the foundation for my days. God’s love is the core of my being.www.JesusLoves757.com/sunday

For your convenience and as an outreach of our ministry, this video is shared from our Sunday Worship Service. This week we continue in the season of Lent by reading from  Psalm 27, Philippians 3:17-4:1 and hearing a sermon from Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 by Rev. Jason Hess.​Leader:] In your love you took upon yourself our sins;innocent, you accepted death to free us from death.[ALL:] We praise you, Lord.​[Leader:] By your love you conquered evil and hatred,and you live forever at the Father’s side.[ALL:] We praise you, Lord. [Leader:] You listen to us in your goodness, and you visit us in our misfortune;fill our hearts to overflowing by revealing to us the light of your face.[ALL:] We praise you, Lord. Amen.www.JesusLoves757.com/sunday

For your convenience and as an outreach of our ministry, this video is shared from our Sunday Worship Service. This week we begin the season of Lent by reading about the Temptation of Christ from Luke 4:1-13 and hearing from Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 describe nearness to God as shelter. ​[Leader:] The God of our ancestors heard our cries; [Deut. 26:7, 8]and saw our oppression when we were slaves in Egypt. [Ps. 91:1, 9, 15–16][ALL:] God brought us out with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,with signs and wonders God brought usthrough the wilderness.​[Leader:] The Lord, our shelter, our refuge, our dwelling place, says,[ALL:] “When my people call to me, I will answer them;I will be with them in trouble;I will show them my salvation.”www.JesusLoves757.com/sunday

For your convenience and as an outreach of our ministry, this video is shared from our Sunday Worship Service. This week we read from Luke 9:28-36 and Exodus 34:29-35 with a sermon by Pastor Scott Crowder that looks at what it means to glorify Christ in our lives, choosing virtue over vice.[Leader:] What is God’s will?[ALL:] God's will is to reconcile all things to himself in Jesus Christ and to establish his kingdom on the earth. His will is revealed in the whole of Scripture and especially in Jesus Christ, whom I am called to serve and imitate with my whole life. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Psalm 119:1-16, 104-5; Proverbs 4:1-9; Matthew 22:36-40; John 6:39-40; Romans 8:28-30; 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 5:78-19)​[Leader:] What does God desire to accomplish in your life?[ALL:] God desires to free me from captivity to sin and transform me into the image of Jesus Christ, by the power of his Holy Spirit. (Exodus 33:18-23;34:29-35; Psalm 27:4, 7-14; Matthew 17:1-9; Romans 6:5-II; 2 Corinthians 3:12-18)www.JesusLoves757.com/sunday

This sermon is by Pastor Scott Crowder given to DreamHouse Church on December 1, 2024, the 1st Sunday of Advent, Year C according to the Revised Common Lectionary. In this sermon, Pastor Scott describes how we are like three ships with each kind waiting. In the season of Advent, we are presented with the opportunity to reimagine anticipating and trusting God in each of these modes. Incorporating the devotional "A Time For Wonder" from Christianity Today and reading Psalm 110 and Acts 2:29-36, this sermon encourages seeing a redeemed past and a hopeful future.

This sermon is by Pastor Scott Crowder given to DreamHouse Church on July 21, 2024, the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B according to the Revised Common Lectionary.Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 (NLT) (Verses 30-34) The apostles returned to Jesus from their ministry tour and told him all they had done and taught. Then Jesus said, “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.” He said this because there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his apostles didn’t even have time to eat. So they left by boat for a quiet place, where they could be alone. But many people recognized them and saw them leaving, and people from many towns ran ahead along the shore and got there ahead of them. Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.​(Verses 53-56)After they had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret. They brought the boat to shore and climbed out. The people recognized Jesus at once, and they ran throughout the whole area, carrying sick people on mats to wherever they heard he was. Wherever he went—in villages, cities, or the countryside—they brought the sick out to the marketplaces. They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.

This sermon is by Pastor Scott Crowder given to DreamHouse Church on July 14, 2024, the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B according to the Revised Common Lectionary.Mark 6:14-19 (NLT), "Herod Antipas, the king, soon heard about Jesus, because everyone was talking about him. Some were saying, “This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead. That is why he can do such miracles.” Others said, “He’s the prophet Elijah.” Still others said, “He’s a prophet like the other great prophets of the past.” When Herod heard about Jesus, he said, “John, the man I beheaded, has come back from the dead.” For Herod had sent soldiers to arrest and imprison John as a favor to Herodias. She had been his brother Philip’s wife, but Herod had married her. John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry your brother’s wife.” So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But without Herod’s approval she was powerless, for Herod respected John; and knowing that he was a good and holy man, he protected him. Herod was greatly disturbed whenever he talked with John, but even so, he liked to listen to him. Herodias’s chance finally came on Herod’s birthday. He gave a party for his high government officials, army officers, and the leading citizens of Galilee. Then his daughter, also named Herodias, came in and performed a dance that greatly pleased Herod and his guests. “Ask me for anything you like,” the king said to the girl, “and I will give it to you.” He even vowed, “I will give you whatever you ask, up to half my kingdom!” She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother told her, “Ask for the head of John the Baptist!” So the girl hurried back to the king and told him, “I want the head of John the Baptist, right now, on a tray!” Then the king deeply regretted what he had said; but because of the vows he had made in front of his guests, he couldn’t refuse her. So he immediately sent an executioner to the prison to cut off John’s head and bring it to him. The soldier beheaded John in the prison, brought his head on a tray, and gave it to the girl, who took it to her mother. When John’s disciples heard what had happened, they came to get his body and buried it in a tomb."

A sermon by Pastor Scott Crowder on the 7th Sunday after Pentecost Easter, Year B in the Christian Calendar and Revised Common Lectionary.  Mark 6:1-13 (NLT) "Jesus left that part of the country and returned with his disciples to Nazareth, his hometown. The next Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. They asked, “Where did he get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?” Then they scoffed, “He’s just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.” They were deeply offended and refused to believe in him. Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.” And because of their unbelief, he couldn’t do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people. And he called his twelve disciples together and began sending them out two by two, giving them authority to cast out evil spirits. He told them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick—no food, no traveler’s bag, no money. He allowed them to wear sandals but not to take a change of clothes. “Wherever you go,” he said, “stay in the same house until you leave town. But if any place refuses to welcome you or listen to you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.” So the disciples went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their sins and turn to God. And they cast out many demons and healed many sick people, anointing them with olive oil."

This is the 6th Sunday after Pentecost Easter, Year B in the Christian Calendar and Revised Common Lectionary.  Sermon by pastor Scott Crowder.

This is the 4th Sunday of Easter, Year B in the Christian Calendar and Revised Common Lectionary. Sermon by elder Lauren Lee.

This is the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year B. Sermon by Pastor Scott Crowder.

This is the 2nd Sunday of Easter, Year B preached by Scott Crowder.

On Easter Sunday, Pastor Scott Crowder spoke from John 20:1-18. I this sermon hear how Jesus's tomb went from being the saddest place in the world to the most helpful location on earth. Looking at John's gospel we find Mary Magdalene, Peter, John, and the disciples "staying" with Jesus in multiple ways. "Those who love me I love, and those who search for me will find me." (Prov. 8:17, REB)

On the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Pastor Scott Crowder shares the 4th part of a five-part series on 1 Thessalonians, a letter Paul wrote to the church in Thessalonica, modern-day Greece. In this sermon, you will hear how Paul called the Thessalonians into holy living to bear witness to Jesus but also as a way to be a community of care for one another.

On the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, we heard from preacher Lauren Lee for the third part of a five-part series on 1 Thessalonians. This letter Paul wrote to the church in Thessalonica, modern-day Greece, is a call to courageous living in the face of daily opposition. Listen as Lauren points to Christ as the testimony of the Church is one of great fortitude and strength when we abide in Jesus.