The Parks Word

Sermon: Calvin/Deer Park United Church Kevin Parks, Sunday August 24, 2025        Proper 16, Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost Isaiah 58: 9b-14; Luke 13: 10-17   Well, how wonderful to be here with you, finally, after many months of conversation online and planning and preparation, this day--where I am present here with you, in the flesh, has finally arrived.    I want to say to the congregation of Deer Park United Church, “Thank you” for extending your invitation to me to be your minister. And thank you to the congregation of Calvin Presbyterian for walking together with your siblings in Ecumenical Shared Ministry through an extended period of transition—of searching for the path God is calling all of us forward to share in ministry together.  I am grateful for the faith and trust of all of you, as I begin this new stage in my career and of my vocation in ministry.      Sermons are not typically autobiog...