November 8, 2015, Sterling Stiff preaching
Giving to the church provides a sense of unity, sense of peace, sense of acceptance, and comfort with Christ and community. All of this allows us to grow and give to others who can share and benefit in their own ways.
October 4, 2015, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn, Jr. preaching
Jesus on marriage and divorce, the real definition of “unchastity,” and the love-generating reality of the Holy Trinity.
September 6, 2015, Wellesley Chapman preaching
God sent his son into the world also a beggar for shelter and a refugee from a ruler intent on killing him. And we did not have the ability, in his time on earth, to love him enough. Captives of our own fear, we sentenced him to die. We were there when we nailed him to the cross. And if this is what we are willing to do to God, then I ask you, what will we not do to one another?
May 17, 2015, The Rev. Darrell Goodwin-Moultry
The church is where change should start first, economic change, racial change, equality and inclusion. That means we will have to take off our white robes, take off the make-up, dishevel our hair and be willing to be honest about our own wounds and brokenness.
April 4, 2015, The Rev. Kate Wesch preaching
Covenant is the lived expression of our connection with God.
January 6, 2015, The Rev. Doyt L. Conn preaching
The vitality that normally and naturally accrues to a church when it does what a church is designed to do, has positioned us to do what churches have done for 2000 years. It has positioned us to prepare ourselves to pass the Gospel on to future generations and to prepare ourselves to greet those who have yet to know the beauty and vitality of the Christian way of life.
November 30, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching
September 7, 2014, The Rev. Doyt Conn preaching
“We need to talk.”
August 31, 2014, Emily Linderman preaching
I was planning on preaching my first Sunday morning sermon in this pulpit on the paradox of work and rest this Labor Day weekend. And I thought maybe I’d tell you a little bit about what in the world is an Associate for Staff and Ministry Formation anyway. I was planning on sharing with you why I care so much about the about the paradox of work and Sabbath and why I hope you might too. But some things are erupting all over our world and rippling through our communities and they have my attention.
In particular, Michael Brown, an unarmed, black teenager was shot 6 times and killed by a white police officer, and the resulting protests and the reinvigorated conversations about racism in journalistic and social media outlets, vigils, and organizing meetings all over our country, the world, and here in Seattle have more urgency than my job description.