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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“Let’s Dive Into the River of Life-Giving Water Together” by Josef Lorentz
April 7, 2013
The Second Sunday of Easter
Josef Lorentz is a participant in Discipleship Year, a year-long residential experience that actively engages volunteers with issues of social justice and servant leadership. Seekers Church supports Discipleship Year, which is a program of the Festival Center, another of the offshoots of the Church of the Saviour.
This year — 2013 — I’m officially an adult. Sure, I said the same thing six years ago when I was legally recognized as an adult… Well, I have a confession to make. Last week, this brand new adult threw a bit of a temper tantrum…
“Open my Eyes” by Marjory Bankson
Easter
March 31, 2103
When I was a girl, growing up in Bellingham, Washington, the Cascade Mountains were usually shrouded in clouds. But sometimes, on clear days like this one, my dad would cry out from the kitchen, “Look! The mountain is out!” And so it was – clear blue flanks and a dazzling peak, giving off a faint plume of steam to remind us of the caldron at its core. Mt. Baker is a 10,000 foot peak, rising from sea level, not 50 miles from where we lived. We knew it was there, but most of the time, we couldn’t see it. I think resurrection is like that: close by, constant, and rarely seen.
“Everyone Who Thirsts” by Kevin Barwick
March 24, 2013
Palm/Passion Sunday
Lent is a reminder, of sorts, of our deeper commitments to God. It bids us to ask questions like, Do we give up something or give in to something? Do we try harder or try less? Do we fight longer or surrender more? Do we do all these things or none of these things? Lent suggests practices that deepen our experiences, and calls us to new realities of Christian faith, or what our beloved Gordon Cosby called it, New realms of Being.
“Appreciating Jesus” by members of a recent SCL class
March 17, 2013
The 5th Sunday in Lent
The Word was brought by some of the participants in our recent School of Christian Living class, Appreciating Jesus.
“The Prodigal Son and the Unrepentant Son” by John Morris
March 10, 2014
The 4th Sunday in Lent
I grew up with no religious education, because my parents didn’t believe in it…The prodigal son story first came to me in a song recorded by the Rolling Stones in 1968, when I was 14. I remember vividly everything about my early musical loves; listening to and playing music were the closest things to spiritual experiences I had. So, though it sounds unlikely, I can remember what I thought and felt when I first heard this song… I was moved and interested by this song. I did not know the story came from the bible. It sounded like a blues, a Southern tall tale, full of “poor boys” and “swine” and “famine comin’ in the land.”