Sermons

December 30, 2025

The First Sunday of Advent

Julio, Executive Director of the Congregation Action Network (CAN), brought the Word. The work that CAN does is rooted in faith and the power of community. Guided by varied spiritual traditions, CAN brings congregations together across lines of difference to build solidarity, cultivate hope, and take collective action. As a Baptist minister and the son of Salvadoran immigrants, Julio sees his work as not only vital for himself, but personal. He says, “My faith informs my work. I see that newcomers to this country deserve to be treated with respect and compassion.”…

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The Feast of the Reign of Christ

The past month has been very powerful for me.  In the aftermath of spending the day with Seekers on Sunday, September 14 I flew into Albuquerque on October 24 to experience a weekend with eleven hundred people who, like us are Re-Imaging Christianity.  We were told 2,000 people joined us on-line from around the world.  I returned and read the Weave Team’s story? They used the term evolution.  This caused me to listen with the heart of a visionary.

Will you pray with me:

Holy One, please ignite our spirits, my spirit for an outpouring of love into this day and into this worship service. …

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Most of you know me as a member of the REJMT. Usually, when I come up here, it is to talk about reparations – or to call us to some action in solidarity with Apache Stronghold. You might have thought, for the sake of consistency, that I would be a member of the Eyes to See mission group.  But in actual fact, I am a member of the Earth and Spirit mission group. You might be wondering why I was called to that mission group, and to be honest, for the past few years, I have been wondering as well.…

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Part 1 (Jeanne Marcus)

Good morning! I suspect that, seeing Ellie and me up here together, it may have occurred to you that the word we’re bringing could have something to do with September 14. Yes?

And yes, we will indeed talk about the Day of Prayer and Conversation, but we want to highlight that “September 14” is not just the date that we all met out at Wellspring under a brilliant blue sky, with old oak trees joining us by tossing down a super-abundance of celebratory acorns on us whenever we walked abroad.

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The Twenty-first Sunday After Pentecost

Okay, this morning we’re going to start with a little activity!

Folks at home, you’re going to want some pen and paper for this, and now would be a good time to do that while we in the sanctuary get ourselves situated… because you MAY get help from people around you, and it would be in your best interest to mix intergenerationally. Kids, you might need some help from some of the older folks, and adults you might need some help from the younger generations. So I’m going to give you a minute to rearrange yourselves a bit. …

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