Who We Are
Seekers Church is a diverse, progressive, and affirming family of faith working for peace and justice. Our youngest member is a toddler, our oldest is over 90. We are a Christian church whose members’ spirituality and theology range broadly. We host a different speaker in the pulpit each week, usually from within our congregation. Women and men share equally in all aspects of service and leadership, from preaching and teaching to making coffee and maintaining our building. We celebrate and welcome people of all races, sexual orientations, gender identities, beliefs, and cultures to full participation in the church’s community life, rituals, and leadership.
At Seekers Church…
We believe God calls each person to a place of need in the world. Young or old, regardless of experience, skills, or education, despite our past successes or failures, God calls each of us to a life of love and service. This call may take root in workplace, community, family, or nature. We may be called to art or advocacy, law or homemaking, building relationships, or deconstructing oppression. The call is always bigger than we are, but as we find support from each other in our spiritual journeys, we can dare to say “Yes!” to impossible undertakings, to fully imagining and living our unique and precious lives.
At the heart of the Seekers community are small, committed groups that support the life and goals of the church and each participant. In these groups, members share more intimately their joys and struggles, practice common spiritual disciplines, and find spiritual accountability. These hallmarks of Seekers’ life together are part of our tradition from Church of the Saviour.
Join us for worship on Sundays at 9:30.
SERMONS
- For All the SaintsMarjory Zoet Bankson November 3, 2024 Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost Text: John 11:32-44 Today we celebrate all the saints who have gone before us – people who have shown us the way to live God’s intention for human life. Although… Read more: For All the Saints
- Finding the Deeper TruthPeter Bankson October 27, 2024 Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost INTRODUCTION For many years in worship at Seekers Church we have designated the weeks between our annual recommitment and the beginning of Advent as our “jubilee” season, a time of celebration… Read more: Finding the Deeper Truth
- Committed to Being Opened UpDavid W. Lloyd October 20, 2024 Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost Dearly beloved, I am speaking today to those of you who are going to make a commitment to Seekers Church for the first time. I hope the rest of you… Read more: Committed to Being Opened Up
- Dreaming About RecommitmentJohn Morris October 13, 2024 Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Henry James, commenting on writing fiction, warned, “Tell a dream, lose a reader.” This is good advice for talking about dreams too: You really shouldn’t assume other people will find your… Read more: Dreaming About Recommitment
PEACE AND JUSTICE PRAYERS
- A Prayer to Turn the Hearts of Those Who Do Violence Out of Their Own OppressionPraying for Peace and Justice on September 29, 2024 Lord, what can we pray that has not already been prayed? We join our hearts with the millions of people who, for centuries, have cried out for peace and justice in… Read more: A Prayer to Turn the Hearts of Those Who Do Violence Out of Their Own Oppression
- A Prayer to be DoersPraying for Peace and Justice on September 1, 2024 Oh God, this week, we have been encouraged by your text in 1st James to be generous, as you are generous, but we often are stingy with our money and our… Read more: A Prayer to be Doers
- A Prayer of Lament and Grief in the Face of Violence in the Middle EastPraying for Peace and Justice on August 18, 2024 Creator God, we grieve this morning for the volcanoes of rage and hatred erupting around your earth. Saddened God, we grieve this morning for the teenagers and youth slaughtered by armed… Read more: A Prayer of Lament and Grief in the Face of Violence in the Middle East
- A Prayer for Wisdom and Civility in our Public DiscoursePraying for Peace and Justice on August 11, 2024 All around us are reminders of a world divided on so many issues and hatred of the “other” used as a wedge. Social media is full of false debates and angry… Read more: A Prayer for Wisdom and Civility in our Public Discourse