Victor, King, Servant? – Jennifer Hosler Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29; Matthew 21:1-11 Today is Palm Sunday, as we have already seen and heard and waved our palm branches. Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, is the name that the church has given to mark the events in Scripture which are referred to as the Triumphal…
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YOU GOTTA BELIEVE
WASHINGTON CITY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Jeff Davidson April 6, 2014 YOU GOTTA BELIEVE Ephesians 2:1-10 I have some good news – baseball season has begun! The Nationals started the season with a sweep. The Orioles didn’t open as well, but it’s early. The Reds started a little slow but it’s okay. No need to…
Light for seeing
Light for seeing—Nathan Hosler—WCCOB March 30, 2014 1 Samuel 16:1-13, John 9:1-41, Ephesians 5:8-14 Sometime while Jenn and I were living in Pennsylvania for grad school I went for a run at Gretna. Though I was relatively new to trail running I had hiked and biked on the trails around Mt. Gretna my entire life….
I WILL BE STANDING THERE
WASHINGTON CITY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Jeff Davidson March 23, 2014 I WILL BE STANDING THERE Exodus 17:1-7 John 4:5-42 When I was growing up, Sunday afternoons were Broadway time. We’d come home from church and Mom would fix Sunday dinner, and while she was cooking Dad would turn on the record player and play…
Born Anew to Continue the Journey
Born Anew to Continue the Journey- Mandy North There are two characters from today’s reading, Abram, from the Old Testament, and Nicodemus, from the New Testament. Both men of faith, receiving a invitation from God that ends with a blessing to the world. Abram is a nobody when we meet him in Genesis. He’s been…
TEMPTED?
Tempted? Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7, Matthew 4:1-11, Romans 5:12-19 by Nathan Hosler Yesterday at 4:45, long before we are typically even thinking about thinking about getting up, our alarm went off. We got up and quickly ate breakfast and gathered our things. By 7:30 we were standing with a crowd of 250. The lady with the…
Who is That Shiny Person?
Who is That Shiny Person? – Jennifer Hosler Exodus 24:12-18; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9 When thinking about today’s gospel passage, I spent time musing on surprise encounters: those times when you run into someone you know, in a place where you least expect them to be. Running into someone you know is delightful in…
BEING PERFECT
WASHINGTON CITY CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Jeff Davidson February 23, 2014 BEING PERFECT Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Matthew 5:38-48 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 Don’t worry – I haven’t forgotten about the scripture readings. We’ll start getting to those in a minute. When I was thinking about the various scripture readings suggested for today, one…
Waiting for the Bulb to Flower
Waiting for the Bulb to Flower Jennifer Hosler Deut. 30:15-20; Ps. 119: 1-8; 1 Cor. 3:1-9 Last Sunday was a big step for us as a congregation. While we had made the decision to proceed with the new ministry model at the end of July, this was, finally, its official implementation. As we all know,…
WORSHIP, JUSTICE, AND A ROTTEN GRAPE
Worship, justice, and a rotten grape Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Matthew 5:1-12 “what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Last week I couldn’t be here because I spent two days with the National Farm Worker Ministry. The Farm Work…
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