Seekers Church

“Keep Or Throw Back?” by Ellie Benedict

August 30, 2026August 31, 2026 Deborah

The 14th Sunday after Pentecost

August 30, 2026

This season, we’ve been answering the prompt “What brought us to Seekers and how that has informed our spiritual development” from the pulpit. I’m so thankful for the generosity of replies we’ve heard so far. Both of those questions have very quick answers for me, I thought, but today I’m going to try to go deeper on each of them.

When I first considered the first part of this question about “What brought me to Seekers”, the answer seemed simple and obvious– what brought me to Seekers was that I noticed it! I had just moved to town in 2020 and I liked the building’s exterior aesthetic, specifically that white font on the brick wall, so I started finding myself daydreaming about what might happen in here, and looked it up online, and decided to check out a service!…

“What attracted you to Seekers? How has being at Seekers affected your spiritual life?” by Glen Yakushiji

August 23, 2026August 23, 2026 Deborah

The 13th Sunday after Pentecost

August 23, 2026

Good morning, Celebration Circle has organized a wonderful program of sermons around two simple questions: What attracted you to Seekers Church? and How has being at Seekers affected your spiritual life? So far I have been amazed by the sermons from this series. I am most interested in how different your lives have been from mine, yet somehow similar. By a turn of events I got the chance to add my story and share my thoughts and experience from my life.

scripture

In our lectionary we have the famous story of baby Moses in his basket, and an interesting part of Paul’s letter to the Romans that, by my reading, describes our church very well.…

A Prayer for Equal Health Care in the US

August 23, 2026August 29, 2026 Trish Nemore

Praying for Peace and Justice on August 23, 2026

Holy One, please open our hearts, and the hearts of our leaders, to the terrible inequities in health care in our country. Most of us in this sanctuary are privileged to enjoy excellent medical services, but that is entirely due to our social standing. Millions of our fellow citizens are denied adequate, affordable health care. Poverty and discrimination are not only tolerated but accepted as normal. In the U.S., health care is not a right for everyone, but a privilege for those who can afford it.

Help us stand up for those who are suffering, and discover what we can say and do to help them, and help our country join the 78 countries across world that offer universal health care.…

“A Call to Become Fully Human” by Kolya Braun-Greiner

August 16, 2026August 23, 2026 Deborah

The 12th Sunday after Pentecost

August 16, 2026

You are above us, O God, you are within. You are in all things yet contained by no thing. Teach us to seek you in all that has life that we see you as the Light of life. Teach us to search for you in our own depths that we may find you in every living soul. Amen (from Sounds of the Eternal: A Celtic Psalter, by John Phillip Newell)

What brought me to Seekers? To answer that question I’ll share some threads of early growth in my faith life that illustrate why I came to Seekers.…

A Prayer for a World on Fire

August 15, 2026August 29, 2026 Trish Nemore

Praying for Peace and Justice on August 15, 2026

Let us pray.

Holy Spirit,
Breath of life,
you moved over the waters at the beginning of creation
and filled the world with beauty and abundance.

Today we grieve for forests burning,
for homes and livelihoods lost,
for wildlife fleeing flames,
for firefighters and first responders risking their lives,
and for communities living with fear, smoke, and uncertainty.

Comfort those who have lost so much.
Protect those who stand in the path of danger.
Give strength to exhausted firefighters, emergency workers, and volunteers.
Grant wisdom to leaders as they respond to these disasters and prepare for those yet to come.…