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…
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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…
Washington City Church of the Brethren Memorial
Preacher: Jessie Houff Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-10, Luke 1:46b-55 Date: December 11, 2022
Hope Despite a Tree Cut Down
Preacher: Jenn Hosler Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10, Romans 15:4-8a, 12-13 Date: December 4, 2022 Do you consider yourself a hopeful person? A glass half-full or a glass half-empty kind of person? Or, perhaps a third way, do you see a glass filled with possibilities? You say to yourself, I can work with the amount of water…
Thanksgiving Reflection
Preacher: Chibuzo PettyScripture: Isaiah 2:1-5 (NRSVUE), Psalm 122 (NIrV)Date: November 27, 2022
Christ the King
Preacher: Jen Houser – Guest Preacher Scripture : Luke 23:33-43 Date: November 20, 2022 For those of you who don’t know me, I am currently the Director of the Brethren Historical Library and Archives located at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, IL. My work largely includes answering research questions for patrons,…
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