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2007
November 18 - Service of Remembrance - "A Blessing and a Promise"
Rev. Shari Godbold, Pastoral Associate | Text

June 17 - "Partners in Mission: PC Bastos and BPC"
Rev. Ignatious Jum | Audio

May 27 - "WInds of Change"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

May 20 - "Ascension Day Gifts"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

January 28 - "Love Letter"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

January 14 - "Loving Stitches"
Rev. Sue Foster | Audio

January 7 - "Epiphany Expectations"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

2006
December 31 - "Blessing of Simeon"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

Christmas Eve Service
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

December 24 - "Peace of the Angels"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

December 3 - "Hope of the Prophets"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

December 10 - "Faith of Mary"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Audio

December 3 - "Hope of the Prophets"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

November 26 - "Giving Thanks"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Audio

November 19 - "Paying Your Finance Forward"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

July 16 - "A Terrible Text"
Interim Pastor Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

May 14 - Youth Sunday - "God on the Move"
Christiana Grotlisch, Rachel Hahn and Angela Williams | Audio

April 16 - Easter Sunday - "One More Instance of What God Does All the Time"
Temporary Supply Preacher Rev. Dan Smith | Audio

January 29 - "Image Bearers of God"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

January 15 - "What Are You Looking At"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

2005
December 24 - Christmas Eve - "Silent Night"
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

December 11 - "Our Hope"
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

December 4 - "Muted and Leaping Voices"
Guest Preacher Rev. Dr. Charles Svendsen | Audio

November 27- Advent Sermon Series - "Tell Me The Story: The Prince of Peace"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

November 20 - "Precious Hope!"
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

November 13 - "Wise Investments"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

November 6 - "Abundance!"
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

October 30 - "Standing up for Justice"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

October 16 - "Mountaintop or Canyon Spirituality"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

October 9 - "Movies to Live By"
Guest Preacher Rev. Scott Young | Text

October 2 - Homily, Installation of Rev. Roché Vermaak
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

October 2 - "We Need New Glasses"
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

September 25 - "The Other Woman"
Guest Preacher Rev. Laura Robinson Harbert | Text

September 18 - "Come Dip Your Toe"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

September 11 - "Only by the Grace of God"
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

September 4 - "The Right Way and the Right Time"
Rev. Allen Newman | Text

August 28 - "The Health of BPC"
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

August 21 - "The Power of BPC"
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

August 14 - "What Binds BPC?"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

August 7 - "A Prayer for BPC"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

July 31 - "Stop Acting Your Age"
Youth Director Dustin Sedlak | Text

July 24 - "Mission Possible!"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

July 17 - Creative Arts Sunday
Guest Preacher Dr. Barry Taylor | Text

July 10 - "We are Family"
Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

July 3 - "Crossing Jordan"
Rev. Roché Vermaak | Text

June 26 - "A New Creation"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Audio | Text

June 19 - "Risky Business"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Audio

June 12 - "Got Shepherd?"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

June 5 - "Saints and Sinners"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

May 22 - "Worshiping ... Wavering ... Witnessing"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

May 8 - Youth Sunday - "Smile and Breathe"
by Sr. High Student, Grace | Text

May 8 - Youth Sunday - "Smile and Breathe"
by Sr. High Student, Lauren | Text

May 1 - "The Angel of BPC"
by Rev. Roché Vermaak | Audio | Text

April 24 - "Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

April 24 - Remarks Related to Resignation
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

April 10 - "Familiar Stranger"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

April 3 - "Enduring Love and Grief"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

March 27 - Easter Sunday - "Resurrected for Life"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Audio

March 13 - "Death Becomes Him"
by Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

March 6 - "Blind and Blessed"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Feb. 27 - "Face-Time with God"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Feb. 13 - "Touched by an Angel"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Feb. 6 - "The Daily Grind"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Jan. 30 - "The Apprentice"
by Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

Jan. 16 - "Star Struck"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Jan. 9 - "Why?"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Jan. 2 - "The Greatest Gift"
by Guest Preacher Dr. Kikanza Nuri Robins | Text

2004
Dec. 12 - Third Sunday of Advent - "Open Before Christmas: Open Your Arms"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Nov. 28 - First Sunday of Advent - "Open Before Christmas: Open Your Eyes"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Nov. 21 - "Factoring: Feast Factor"
by Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

Nov. 14 - "Factoring: Faith Factor"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Nov. 7 - "Factoring: Fear Factor"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Oct. 31 - "How to Be a Christian Without Being Religious"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Audio | Text

Oct. 24 - "How to Be a Servant in the Church Without Feeling Guilty "
by Guest Preacher Dr. Don Simmons | Text

Oct. 17 - "How to Be an Activist Without Losing Your Faith"
by Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

Oct. 10 - "How to Be a Believer Without Being a Bigot"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Sept. 26 - "RISK IT! Modesty in an MTV World"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Sept. 19 - "RISK IT! Compassion in a Hate-Filled World"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Sept. 12 - "RISK IT! Intimacy in an E-World"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Sept. 5 - "Got Sabbath? Rejoice"
by Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

Aug. 22 - "Got Sabbath? Rest"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

Aug. 8 - "This Very Night: The Time Is Now"
by Rick Ufford-Chase | Text

Aug. 1 - "Sometimes We Just Don't Get It"
by Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

July 25 - "The Main Thing"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

July 18 - "Pharisee and Tax Collector"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

July 11 - "Hidden Treasures"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

June 27 - "Built to Last"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

June 20 - "When God Ran"
by Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

June 13 - "Being Real"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

June 6 - "Hope for the Long Haul"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

May 30 - "Like a Mighty Wind"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

May 9 - "I Have Seen the Goodness of God"
Youth Sunday | Audio | Text

May 2 - "Unmasking the Church"
by Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

April 25 - "Googling God"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

April 18 - "Conversation with a Former Skeptic"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

April 4 - "A Hunger for Joy"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

March 28 - "A Hunger for Being Blessed"
by Rev. Bill Barnes | Audio | Text

March 21 - "A Hunger for Hope"
by Rev. Dee Cooper | Text

February 29 - "A Hunger for Love"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

February 22 - "Come on Down"
by Rev. Bill Barnes | Text

February 15 - "Broadband to God"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

February 8 - "Hot Spot to the Future"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

January 18 - "Living Hope"
by Dr. Stephen C. Lien | Text

January 11 - "If You Want to Live in L.A., You've Got to Drive on the Freeway "
by Associate Pastor Candidate Rev. Dee Cooper | Audio | Text

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