The God of the Next Generation
Date: June 19, 2022
Bible Text: Joshua 4:20–24 | Rev. Dr. Nicholas A. Pearce
Sermon Archive
To Bless the Space Between Us, I: Beyond Endings
Date: June 12, 2022
Bible Text: Luke 8:26–39 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster
When Silvi and I took the IMPACT mission trip to Nassau, Bahamas in 2014, we worked with the All Saints Camp, a refuge for men, women, and children diagnosed with HIV or AIDS. The camp is located on a high ridge, with small houses lining the topRelax: Comfort in the Midst of Discomfort
Date: June 5, 2022
Bible Text: John 14:16–18 | Vernon Clark
A Collective Murmuration, VI: Murmuration of Remembrance
Date: May 29, 2022
Bible Text: John 17:20–26 | Reverend Christine V. Hides
This is the last in the Easter sermon series Katie and I are preaching called A Collective Murmuration, drawing on the metaphor of a flock of starlings flying in concert. Katie has said that “the synchronicity of starlings lives in the realm of miracle, especially as weA Collective Murmuration, V: Murmuration of Heart
Date: May 22, 2022
Bible Text: John 14:23–29 | Reverend Christine V. Hides
Today is Children’s Day. For about seven decades, third graders at Kenilworth Union have learned the Ten Commandments, 23rd Psalm, the Beatitudes, Lord’s Prayer, Greatest Commandment, and Books of the Bible by heart. This year is the first year since 2019 that we haveA Collective Murmuration, IV: Murmuration of Blessing
Date: May 15, 2022
Bible Text: John 13:31–35 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster
It is the season of Easter—this springtime season which asks us to draw near to the resurrected Christ. This feels easy enough today: the whole world feels resurrection-adjacent as we emerge out of winter. Thank God for these beautiful warm spring days, everything green, and verdant. Today’s scriptureA Collective Murmuration, III: Murmuration of Love
Date: May 8, 2022
Bible Text: John 10:22–30 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster
Christine Hides and I are in the middle of an Easter sermon series called “A Collective Murmuration,” drawing on the metaphor Julie Danilek and Mignon Dupepe used for this year’s Outreach Benefit: A Murmuration of Hope. Today’s sermon, A Murmuration of Love, extends that theme. The stunning sunsetA Collective Murmuration, II: Murmuration of Song
Date: May 1, 2022
Bible Text: John 21:1–19 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster
Christine Hides and I are preaching an Easter sermon series called “A Collective Murmuration.” Murmuration is the word given to the swooping, diving, fluttering flock of starlings at dawn and dusk. “No one is in the lead, everyone is in the lead,” coming to agreementA Collective Murmuration, I: Murmuration of Faith
Date: April 24, 2022
Bible Text: John 20:19–31 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster
This scripture passage takes place on Easter Evening, after Mary and the others have encountered Jesus in the garden, the tomb open and empty, the mystery of the risen Christ. So that evening, the disciples gather, still uncertain and afraid. Here is their story from John chapterLent in Plain Sight, IX: Stones
Date: April 17, 2022
Bible Text: Matthew 28:1–15 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
If you’ve been around this Lent and Easter, you would know we’ve been preaching a sermon series called, Lent in Plain Sight, in which were looking at common objects from the passion story: dust, bread, coins, shoes, thorns, cross, oil, and today stone. After the sabbath,