Preacher: Jennifer Hosler Date: May 7, 2023 Scripture: Acts 7:55-60, Romans 12:9-21 This audio can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_aW3b-IFNKTfEp8tq7msWhtZSrtol9tK/view?usp=sharing This time of reflection is audio only
Category: Jennifer Hosler
Earth Day and the Road to Emmaus
Preacher: Jenn Hosler Scpriture: Genesis 1:1-2:3, Luke 24:13-35, Romans 8:18-25 Date: April 23, 2023 Audio can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1378uwosRyidz5abvWXuKhvIr4PyIkvWE/view?usp=sharing Yesterday was Earth Day. For several years, Washington City Church of the Brethren has intentionally marked Earth Day in our worship services, via sermons, tools, events, and calls to action. Looking back through the sermons…
Living Water Sets Us Free
Preacher: Jenn Hosler Scripture: John 4:5-42 Date: March 12, 2023 Audio can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K5dE0_UMQwXJrLEJwT7ItWvX4JfvZVRb/view?usp=share_link It is a hard time for many in the LGBTQ community right now. Drag shows, which have long been an important cultural piece in the LGBTQ community, are getting misunderstood and banned. Two weeks ago, a drag queen story…
Where does my help come from? (Brunch and Bible Study)
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…
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…
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…
Boat People (Shaped by Stories)
Boat People (Shaped By Stories) – Jennifer Hosler Scripture: James 2 Telling stories can define and shape who we are and how we act. As a parent, I see how my child absorbs and is shaped by stories. We have read to him since birth, whether or not he could understand what we were saying….
But Have Not Love
“Heart of the World” by Mikhail Reva, Odessa Children’s Hospital
Odessa, Ukraine
Bright, Shining Wonder
Preacher: Jennifer Hosler Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 For those of us in the northern hemisphere, December is marked by short days and long nights. It is an adjustment for everyone, that first troubling transition out of daylight savings time when it just seems so very dark, so very early. I find those first few weeks quite…
With Us in Our Suffering
Preacher: Jennifer Hosler Scriptures (Psalm 22:1-15; Hebrews 4:12-16) Take a moment and imagine with me. Imagine that someone visits your church for the first time. You are chatting with them after worship, getting to know them a little, and they share with you that they struggle with a serious anxiety disorder. You say, “Thank…
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