Seekers recognizes that any member of the community may be called upon by God to give us the Word, and thus we have an open pulpit with a different preacher each week. Sermons preached at Seekers, as well as sermons preached by Seekers at other churches or events, are posted here, beginning with the most recent.
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Our Call Now by Marjory Bankson
The Second Sunday After the Epiphany January 18, 2026 At the beginning of our 50th year as a community, separate from our parent Church of the Saviour, we have three different understandings of call. Isaiah is called by God before his birth, while in his mother’s womb. In Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth, he says that his recipients are “called to be saints” along with all others who claim Jesus as the Christ. And in John’s gospel, we hear John the Baptist announce the meaning of Jesus’ life with three different holy titles: Lamb of God, Son of God, and the Messiah or promised one. John’s role is to bear witness, not to be the savior. As we enter this Jubilee Year of being Seekers Church, I’m going to explore the nature of our call as a community in light of these readings. For Isaiah, the 8th century prophet of Israel, call is preordained, built into our DNA. When fertility was understood as a gift from God, call was built into the very tissue of his being. It was his birthright and lifelong obligation to speak what he heard from the Holy One. In some ways, this sounds…
Breaking Tradition by Deborah Sokolove
The Feast of the Baptism of Jesus
January 11, 2026
In case you thought that taking down your Christmas decorations on January 6 meant the holiday season is finally over, I have some news. Today is the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus, which extends the notion of celebration for another week. Once upon a time – in the year 300, or so – Christians celebrated both Epiphany and Jesus’ baptism at the same time, on January 6. But in a break from tradition, In the mid-20th-century deliberations around reforming the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church (and eventually all the major Western denominations) liturgical scholars advised separating them in the liturgical calendar so that the Wise Folk from the East could come and go home by another route before we skip over 30 years to the story of Jesus meeting up with his cousin John to be baptized in the Jordan river in solidarity with all the sinners who wanted to turn away from evil and find a fresh start in their relationship with God, with themselves, and with other people.
Amplifying an Electric Guitar by John Morris
Epiphany (observed early)
January 4, 2026
John demonstrated how an electric guitar sounds with and without being plugged into an amplifier.
So what does all this have to do with Sunday morning at Seekers, where we usually talk about God and living a good life and trying to be kind and helpful to people?
Here’s my idea: I think that each of you, and each one of us here, and in fact every single person in the world, is like a beautiful musical instrument. We’re all created by God to have a particular sound and personality, and be funny or smart in our own ways, and we all have special gifts. God wants each of us to play the best music we can with our instrument.
Christ in the Rubble by Sallie Holmes and Lucy Slater
The Fourth Sunday in Advent
December 21, 2025
Sallie and Lucy brought their thoughts and insights from a recent book study of Christ in the Rubble, by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, the Palestinian pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem.
Sally began by quoting Jan Richardson, who wrote…
Blessed are you Who bear the light In unbearable times…
(Blessed are you In whom The light lives…)
She continued
I’ve always loved the Christmas holidays. I love the tree, the lights, the music, the decorations, and the nativity scene. As I sat among those things writing this sermon, the disparities between this holiday joy and our worldly catastrophes is heart wrenching. I can’t help but wonder, have I been sweet-washing Christmas? Once again, this year Christmas will be celebrated amidst the cries of violence, tragedy, detentions, deportations and genocide.
Hannah, Mary, and the Magnificat by John Hassell
The Third Sunday in Advent
December 14, 2025
Good morning, Church. Today is Gaudete Sunday. We’re at the halfway point in the short season of Advent. Gaudete roughly translated from Latin means, “Rejoice, Our God is near.” We lit a pink candle today, and I’m wearing some pink. Liturgically, it’s a whimsical color, signifying that we can barely restrain our joy at the coming of the Christ child, the incarnation of the divine.
Whenever, I hear or read the Magnificat, I can barely restrain my own joy.
It is always a bit risky for a man to talk about what pregnant women might be going through, but I’m going to take that risk this morning, with your kind permission. Please indulge me as I explore with you the importance of the mother of Jesus, as we heard her voice, in today’s reading of the Magnificat.