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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“Home by Another Way” by Marjory Zoet Bankson
6 January 2013
Epiphany
Today is Epiphany, 12 days after Christmas; the traditional Catholic feast day celebrating the Three Kings, who journeyed from “the East” to honor the baby Jesus. Hispanic countries celebrate the Three Kings as their primary gift-givers—maybe because a jolly saint in a fur-trimmed suit riding in a sleigh makes no sense in a Caribbean climate. It’s too hot. Camels make more sense.
Christmas Carol Sing 2012
30 December 2012 Christmastide The congregation gathered to pray, to hear Scripture, and to sing Christmas carols and hymns.
Christmas Pageant 2012
23 December 2012 Fourth Sunday in Advent The children presented a modern version of the Christmas story. Set in present-day Bethlehem, PA, the plot centers on Joe and his very-pregnant wife, Mary, who are trying to find a place to stay the night in the over-crowded city. The place they find and the subsequent events brought the story of Christmas alive in a modern context. Brenda Seat directed the pageant. The play was an adaptation of “Peace on Earth – Good Will Toward All” by Todd Linton.
“Homo Delecto” by Peter Bankson
16 December 2012
Third Sunday of Advent
INTRODUCTION
As I’ve pondered this Advent season, and our theme of “Promise (as/at/in/of/through) the end of the world,” has been a time of waiting. But what are we waiting for? What does the coming of Christ mean THIS TIME?
“The Forgiveness of Sins – Telling the Truth through Stories” by Billy Amoss
9 December 2012
Second Sunday of Advent
When I was a sophomore in high school I had a chance to visit my oldest brother at Yale University. My brother had always excelled in school. He won admission to Harvard and Yale and later became a Rhodes Scholar. He was and still is a wonderful pianist. He practiced every day from the time my grandfather bought him a piano for his fifth birthday until he went off to college. He was a perfectionist and worked hard at everything that was intellectually challenging. Socially he was awkward, but he compensated for it by being an academic star. This was who he was, in our family and outside of it. I, on the other hand, performed on the low side of average in those early high school years. I found school oppressive and didn’t study much. I was certainly not motivated to try very hard. I never thought of myself as stupid, but I wasn’t gifted either. I hung out with the so-called jocks because I wanted social acceptance, even though I didn’t make a very convincing jock. This was who I was, in my family, and outside of it, too.