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A pilgrimage sermon by Teresa Ramsey

December 1, 2019December 4, 2019 admin

December 1, 2019

The First Sunday of Advent

Good Morning Seekers family and good morning to my family here today, my husband Will. It has been some time since I have preached, yet I still remember the sudden anxiety attack that occurs upon taking the podium. Prayer helps so let us begin with a prayer: Holy One, please continue to bless us today with your presence. Please bless my words and ideas that, however lacking, they might fulfill your purposes and touch the hearts of those for whom you intend them. Amen

When I asked to speak today, I knew that the theme for this advent season would be “what do you see?…

2019 Advent liturgy: “What do you hear? What do you see?”

December 1, 2019November 30, 2019 admin

GATHERING

ENTRANCE

REFLECTION

Our God is an expert at dealing with chaos, with brokenness, with all the worst that we can imagine. God created order out of disorder, cosmos out of chaos, and God can do so always, can do so now―in our personal lives and in our lives as nations, globally. … Indeed, God is transforming the world now―through us―because God loves us.

― Desmond Tutu, from the introduction to God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time

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2019 Advent Lectionary: What do you hear? What do you see?

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 admin

― Desmond Tutu, from the introduction to God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time

What are you finding in this Advent?

Advent 1
December 1
Isaiah 2:1‑5
Psalm 122
Romans 13:11‑14
Matthew 24:36‑44

Advent 4
December 22
Isaiah 7:10‑16
Psalm 80:1‑7, 17‑19
Romans 1:1‑7
Matthew 1:18‑25

Advent 2
December 8
Isaiah 11:1‑10
Psalm 72:1‑7, 18‑19
Romans 15:4‑13
Matthew 3:1‑12

CHRISTMASTIDE
December 29
Isaiah 63:7-9
Psalm 148
Hebrews 2:10-18
Matthew 2:13-23

Advent 3
December 15
Isaiah 35:1‑10
Luke 1:46b‑55
James 5:7‑10
Matthew 11:2‑11

EPIPHANY OBSERVED
January 5
Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
Ephesians 3:1-12
Matthew 2:1-12

Readings are available on the Internet at http://lectionary.vanderbilt.edu/

A printable copy of the 2019 Advent Lectionary is available here…

“Save Yourself” by Erica Lloyd

November 24, 2019November 24, 2019 admin

November 24, 2019

The Feast of the Reign of Christ

A few months ago I had talked with Deborah about signing up to preach again, so I started looking through the lectionary for this fall. The first scripture I looked at was interesting, but nothing immediately came to mind. Same with the second. I got to the third, and my reaction was, “Nope! No siree. Nopity NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE.” So I moved on to the fourth and fifth. Nothing resonated. Finally the Holy Spirit nudged, You might as well stop wasting your time and turn back to reading number three because clearly we’ve got some work to do.…

A Sermon by Mike Tabor

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 admin

November 17, 2019

Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost

Mike Tabor reflected on the agricultural origins of the yearly Jewish festival cycle. Using the diagram shown here, he pointed out that the Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur/Sukkot/Hoshanah Rabah group of observances in early fall as one of four “new year” observances that mark important moments in the agricultural cycle in the Middle East. The others include the late winter observance of Purim, which is similar in many ways to Carnival; the early spring festival of Pesach (Passover), which coincides with the barley harvest; and the early summer observance of Shavuot (Pentecost) at the time of the wheat harvest.…