Preacher: Jenn Hosler Scripture: Psalm 121 Date: March 5, 2023 A Song of Ascents. 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 God will not let your foot be moved; God who keeps you will…
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Good Work
Preacher: Nate Hosler Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Psalm 32, Matthew 4:1-11 Date: February 26, 2023 God put them in the garden of Eden to “till and to keep it.” The Biblical witness is one in which good work and responsibility is given as a blessing—part of what it means to be human. This work comes…
Service Sunday
Preacher: Chibuzo Petty Scripture: Job 42:1-6 Date: February 19, 2023
Constitution of the Margins
Preacher: Jenn Hosler Scripture: Matthew 5:1-16 Date: February 5, 2023 The Sermon on the Mount begins in Matthew 5 and Jesus has just started his ministry. In the chapter before, we see Jesus preaching, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” Jesus calls Simon (Peter) and Andrew and James and John, away from…
Why I Believe in the Prophetic Christian Tradition
Preacher: Brooks Berndt Scripture: Matthew 6:24-33 Date: January 29, 2023 There are a wide variety of Christians out there in the world, and I am grateful that your church is willing to take a chance this morning on a Christian of a different denominational flavor. Fortunately, I think our flavors work well together. It is…
Worship
Preacher: Nathan Hosler Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23, Isaiah 9:1-4, Psalm 27:1, 4-9, 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Date: January 22, 2023 What is Worship? In approximately 5 words. [community response] My Friday morning answer was—Being rightly oriented towards God. We are going to read our passages with this question in mind. What is worship? However, as you might…
Imperfect Saints, Part of a Bigger Story
Preacher: Jenn Hosler Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Date: January 15, 2023 Today is our first Service Sunday. Several people are serving in-person at our Sunday respite for asylum seekers in DC today, helping newly arrived families get the clothes and toiletries they need. We also had the same amount of people request addresses to send…
God is a Sticky Toddler, Presented with Gifts (an Epiphany Sermon)
Preacher: Jenn Hosler Date: January 8, 2023 Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 What exactly do I know about Epiphany? I’ve been preaching for more than 10 years and somehow, some way, I have never been scheduled to preach on Epiphany. So, this sermon’s preparation was an opportunity to think about Epiphany knowledge and the misconceptions our culture…
Christmas Eve
Preacher: Chibuzo Petty Scripture: Jeremiah 30:1-24, 31:1-40, 32:1-44. 33:1-26 Date: December 24, 2022
Joy and Peace
Preacher: Nathan Hosler Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 Date: December 18, 2022 It was Saturday morning and still dark. I awoke and looked at my clock. 5:19. Perfect—not too early, not too late. Still a few minutes until my alarm would go off. Headed off to my first race since April 2019. Which was feeling enormously long…
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