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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“Tending Emerging Love” by Peter Bankson
April 19, 2015
The Third Sunday of Easter
SCRIPTURE
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 1 John 3:7
INTRODUCTION
This year our Easter theme is an invitation to celebrate emerging love, to nurture new sprouts of joy and hope and caring around us and within us and through us. Last Sunday several of us commented on the planter on the altar table, barely showing bright green sprouts, as a sign of emerging life. Today, a week later, it’s pretty clear that there’s some growing energy here. And last week AS Larry mentioned in the Word for the Children, last week he helped them plant their vegetable garden out back. I can’t wait to see what’s may be sprouting already!
“Partners for Christian Transformation” by Pat Conover
April 12, 2015
The Second Sunday of Easter
Reference: Acts 4:21-37
Seekers is not alone. We often image ourselves as alone, but we are not alone. We are not part of a denomination but we are part of a Christian movement with roots in the 1960s and 1970s, the Christian flank of the alternate culture that was suspicious of institutional authority in general and institutionalized Christianity in particular.
“Sermon for Palm Sunday, 2015” by Marjory Bankson
March 29, 2015
Palm/Passion Sunday
Scripture: Mark 11: 1-11
Palm Sunday is such an incongruous mixture of celebration and hopefulness mixed with an undercurrent of fear and dread. Like us, the disciples knew – and didn’t want to know – what was coming. They dreaded the confrontations ahead.
As Mark tells the story, crowds of rural pilgrims were converging in Jerusalem for Passover, stirred by the stories of liberation and freedom in their yearly Passover liturgy. These excited visitors, surging through the streets of Jerusalem, would also bring legions of Roman soldiers to the city, to keep things in order. It was a volatile mix.
“A Service in the Style of Taizé – Lent, 2015”
March 15, 2015 The Fourth Sunday in Lent 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.
“Keep Moving in the Right Direction” by Elizabeth Gelfeld
March 8, 2015
The Third Sunday in Lent
Did you see the sky on Friday morning? It was amazingly, almost impossibly blue, absolutely clear, and the bright sunshine turned all the new snow into a sparkling bedazzlement of beauty. And the quiet. I felt the quiet on Thursday evening, around sunset, after I spent half an hour shoveling the walk and then took our dog for a short walk. The street felt like a cathedral as I walked under the high arches of snow-laden tree branches. I was drawn into prayer.