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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Living the Lectionary by Marjory Bankson
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
June 7, 2026
TEXT: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
Good morning Seekers. I have a question for you. How many of you look for a handrail when you go up or down a flight of stairs? [show of hands] As we continue to explore the “call to evolve,” I’ve heard some grumbling about using the common lectionary – which we chose to claim our connection with the worldwide Christian movement. Now it seems to curb our creativity.
But I want to suggest that using the Lectionary is like using a handrail to support movement or a change of direction. It’s a useful balance for our creativity.
Hiding In Plain Sight: the Gift of the Blessed Trinity by John Hassell
Trinity — The First Sunday after Pentecost
May 31, 2026
Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Sunday when we celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity,
When did you first hear about the Trinity? Was it in Sunday school? Or a sermon from a particular minister? I’ll tell you about the time I heard about it was from the Dominican nuns who taught me on Saturday mornings at CCD classes. (CCD stands for Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, rather heavy for a little eight-year old boy.) Quoting from the Baltimore catechism, Lesson Three “on the Unity and Trinity of God,” page eight to be exact:
Is there only one God?
Yes, there is only one God.
How many persons are there in God?
In God there are the three Divine persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
What do we mean by the Blessed Trinity?
By the Blessed Trinity we mean one and the same God in three Divine persons.
The Holy Spirit: An Interspiritual Perspective by Jacqie Wallen
Pentecost
May 24, 2026
I love Pentecost because it is a celebration of the Holy Spirit, and I find myself relating much more deeply to the idea of the Holy Spirit than to the traditional Christian images of God. In Christianity, God is often portrayed as a distant, judging, male authority figure. The Holy Spirit, by contrast, feels to me like a more intimate and nurturing presence — the divine within us that inspires, guides, and transforms us. Also, to me the Holy Spirit is the female aspect of the Trinity.
In April I had the fortune of participating in Jeanne Marcus’ wonderful School for Christian Growth class on Interspirituality. For those unfamiliar with the term, “Interspiritual” is a word that was coined by Wayne Teasdale, a Christian contemplative and writer, to describe the shared mystical and spiritual core found within all religious traditions, past and present. His classic book, The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World’s Religions, explores this vision of universal spirituality. His interfaith perspective is illustrated by the fact that he asked the Dalai Lama to write the forward to his book,
Because I so enjoyed Jeanne’s class, I decided to approach the subject of the Holy Spirit today from an Interspiritual perspective. This matters especially on Pentecost, when the church remembers not an image of God the patriarch, but an experience of God within and a force that unites people in spite of their differences. Because of the presence of the Holy Spirit on Pentacost, people who spoke entirely different languages suddenly found themselves able to understand one another. The Holy Spirit does not arrive as a distant authority to be obeyed, but as an indwelling presence that moves through us and connects us to others.
The Questions Before Us by Erica Lloyd
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 17, 2026
364 days ago, Jeanne Marcus stood in this pulpit and invited us on a journey. This invitation was, quote ”into a process and event that might encourage a period of Beginner’s Mind about our community. It’s an invitation into a conversation about ‘The Call—and the Future—of Seekers Church.’”
This process, what we now refer to as the Call to Evolve, began even before that sermon, when Jeanne had approached SLT, unaware that they had already been mulling over similar ideas for some time. They hatched the idea of a community-wide event, and with the Stewards’ blessing, Jeanne, John Morris, Ellie Benedict, and Mary Mehala started planning. In the process, they posed some questions to us as a community:
Action in Montgomery by Elizabeth Bernal-Amick
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 10, 2026
Hi everyone! My name is Elizabeth, and I’m a community organizer with Action in Montgomery. Thank you so much for having me today.
While I share my story with you, I’d love for you to sit with a question in your mind: when did you realize that social justice mattered to you? Who taught you that? Was it a moment, a person, an experience?
At the end, I’ll ask two or three of you to share your answer. So keep it in the back of your mind.
Let me start at the beginning.