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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“Who Will Love Them?” by Brenda S.
May 24, 2015
Day of Pentecost
The disciples have gathered in Jerusalem for Pentecost. They must have been pretty confused and tired. Their teacher, who they had been following for three years, who seemed to have answers and a connection to God that they had never seen before, had been crucified on a cross like a common criminal. And while they were trying to come to terms with what all that meant, Jesus miraculously appeared to the women who came to the tomb and to some of the disciples and talked with them and ate with them! And then just as they were getting their heads around that, Jesus unexpectedly ascended into heaven. Before he left, Jesus told them that a “Comforter” would come and to wait, but that was all they knew. So this little band of Jesus’ followers was probably confused and worn out by all the drama, loss and grief that they were going through. They were probably wondering what were they going to do now?
“A Service in the Style of Taizé – Easter, 2015”
May 17, 2015 The Seventh Sunday of Easter Several times each year, Seekers Church takes time out from its regular preaching schedule for a service of chant, prayer and reflection modeled on the worship of the Taizé Community in France. This Sunday was one such time. Repeating the chants together until they die away into the silence provides rest for our world-weary spirits as well as an opportunity for individual reflection on our faith journeys. As we joined in spirit with the monks at Taizé, we were nourished by their faithfulness as well as by their music.
“Love Won the Battle and Will Prevail” by Larry Rawlings
May 10, 2015 The Sixth Sunday of Easter The victory of love is the central message of Easter. Jesus’ love for us is transforming. It exists in the present tense: Jesus loves us now, so we are able to put aside prejudice, bias and dislikes about those we will help and those we will not, even our enemies. The Koinonia Mission Group is an example of love in the present tense. We close our meetings with “thank you – help us –WOW.” (The full text of this sermon is not available.)
“Openness and Integrity of Faith” by Cynthia Dahlin
May 3, 2015
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
This week’s lectionary was very rich for me, and I had to really prune my thoughts to get to a few cogent points.
But I focused, and I am going to talk about forming my own Christian faith, then opening my mind and heart to other faiths while still holding onto my own. Having spent nearly two weeks in Israel in January, I was full of excitement reading the story in John of the conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch. I now know that the distance from Jerusalem to Gaza is about 47 miles, the chariot roads were quite good—much of the Roman aqueduct structures and the old beds of the roads still exist. The roads were through the valleys with sweeping vistas and there were many towns and small cities along them that travelers stopped at along the way, with food ready—take-out and water in the ancient style. So Phillip could have gone to the road and found travelers rather easily.
“On Shepherding and Being Shepherded” by Linda Drehmann
April 26, 2015
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
May our eyes see one another.
May our ears hear one another.
May our hearts touch one another’s.
And may our souls hold one another.