Sermon: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Joo Young Hong, Deacon, on the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 17, 2025.

      Sermon - Pentecost X 2025 - The Rev. Joo Young Hong

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You can read the scriptures for this service here: Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56.

The picture above is a satellite image of the Camp Fire wildfire in Butte County, California, taken November 18, 2018, at around 10:45 am pst. It was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire to date in California history.

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