Scripture: Exodus 16:13-21.
August 30, 2020 Online Worship. Sermon: The Impossible Is Just Another Day
The story of Moses meeting God in the burning bush in the desert is the foundational story of our faith, because it shows us how God wants us to live. God doesn't choose powerful politicians like Pharaoh and his advisors to change the world. God chose a shepherd from the people that Pharaoh was oppressing. God is calling to us to change the world, too; to follow Moses and other prophets in sharing this good news of God's radical love and justice.
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“Exodus 3:1-15” are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All Rights Reserved.
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August 23, 2020, Online Worship. Sermon: Guided by Love part 2 (Exodus 1:8-21)
If you’re looking for biblical heroes, look no further than Shiphrah and Puah, the two midwives in the story of Exodus who defied a ruler to save the lives of the children in their community. When we are guided by God’s love, we know that doing the right thing means getting into what the late U.S. Rep. and civil rights champion John Lewis called “good trouble.”
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“Exodus 1:8-21” are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All Rights Reserved.
August 16, 2020 Online Worship. Sermon: Love Is Our Guide. (Text: Matthew 15:22-28)
It's a good thing that we don't have to take the Bible "literally," or that we have to follow Jesus in everything he does. Sometimes, we disagree with the things that Jesus does! Being a Christian doesn't mean following Jesus even when we think he's wrong, but about following God's commandment of love and justice to and with one another.
August 9, 2020 Online Worship. Sermon: Amazing Possibilities (Text: Matthew 14:22-33)
The story of Jesus walking on the water isn't about giving up control of our lives to God, but about how God helps us take control of our lives as people with the power to change the world.
July 19, 2020 Online Worship. Sermon: Every Sacred Place
The story of Jacob's dream, where God grants him the land of Israel, isn't a story about a good person being rewarded with material wealth and prosperity. It's a story of how God blesses everyone to have a meaningful existence, one that we live out through our actions every day. And anywhere that we embody and act out God's love and justice, that's sacred space.
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“Song at the Center.” Tune and text: Marty Haugen, ©1993 GIA Publications. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-730247. All Rights Reserved. Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONELICENSE with license #A-730247. All Rights Reserved.
“Genesis 28:10-19a” are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All Rights Reserved.
July 12, 2020, Online Worship. Sermon: Good Soil
When Jesus talks about scattering seeds on good earth, he's talking to a community of people who living on the land who know that getting a good harvest in your garden takes more than just scattering seed onto the ground. They knew that the soil also has to be made ready for the seeds, through the collective work of the people. In the same way, Progressive Christians know that our faith is about more than sharing our message so that people will come to "our" church. Our mission is to change the world so that all people can know God's love and justice, even if they never come through our doors. That's the good news of the gospel.
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“Canticle of the Sun.” Tune and text: Marty Haugen, ©1980 GIA Publications. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-730247. All Rights Reserved. Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONELICENSE with license #A-730247. All Rights Reserved.
“Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All Rights Reserved.
July 5, 2020 Online Worship. Sermon: A Liberating Weight
When Jesus tells his followers to follow him, because his yoke is easy and his burden is light, he wasn't telling them that discipleship would make life easier. He was pointing out the different ways that the world places heavy burdens and weights upon people, especially those who are already marginalized by systems of poverty, racism, and other oppressions. By following Jesus, we join our power together to support one another and also to change the world so that these burdens are overthrown.
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“All Are Welcome.” Tune and text: Marty Haugen, ©1994 GIA Publications. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-730247. All Rights Reserved. Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONELICENSE with license #A-730247. All Rights Reserved. “Matthew 11:28-30” are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All Rights Reserved.
June 28, 2020 Online Worship. Sermon: A Better God.
In a world that demands the sacrifices of lives -- poor lives, Black lives, Brown lives, queer lives, unsheltered lives, refugee lives -- we worship a God who calls us to live and love in solidarity with one another and break the cycles of destructive sacrifices. By saying no to the toxic status quo based on the logics of redemptive violence, and yes to the power of love and justice, we transform the world in peace and love together. That's what our Progressive Christian life of faith is about.
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“Genesis 22:1-14” are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All Rights Reserved.
May 31, 2020 Day of Pentecost Online Worship. Sermon: Breaking Open Barriers
Small acts of welcoming a stranger or someone who is outcast can make an enormous difference. In this moment where a virus, violence, and the oppressions against Black and Brown people, queer people, people in poverty, disabled people, and all vulnerable people, are threatening our communities and our very world, this Day of Pentecost is a reminder of the fire that burns away the forces that divide us and the power of love to unite. We especially remain in prophetic lamentation for George Floyd and others killed by the brutality of police violence and white supremacy. Like Jesus’s first followers, we, too, are spurred into action and as part of a sacred movement of justice in the name of a beloved one killed by imperial powers. Pentecost reminds us that God breaks open all barriers, and that nothing can separate us from one another.
Copyright permissions notifications “Send Down the Fire,” text and tune: Marty Haugen © 1989 GIA Publications Inc. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-730247. All Rights Reserved. Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONELICENSE with license #A-730247. All Rights Reserved.
“Acts 2:1-8” are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All Rights Reserved.
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