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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“A Handcart Commitment” by David Lloyd
7 October 2012
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
For those of you who are new to Seekers Church, the scriptures you just heard are from the Revised Common Lectionary, which is used by many churches throughout numerous denominations in the U.S. From time to time I think that the compilers of the Revised Common Lectionary have a weird way of looking at faith. Today’s lections pair the beginning of the story of Job’s sufferings with the epistle to the Hebrews, which emphasizes the divine nature of Jesus and his suffering on our behalf. That pairing makes sense. But these are paired with Mark’s account of a question posed to Jesus to test him, namely whether it was lawful for Jews to divorce. Then the lection includes Jesus chiding his disciples for hindering children from coming to him. One could almost think that the compilers are trying to equate marriage and parenthood with suffering. I dare not make eye contact with Sharon, my wife of 41 years and mother of our two daughters, as I say this!
“God is in the Chaos” by Brenda Seat
16 September 2012
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Good morning!
Today is the second Sunday in our Recommitment Season. This season is not part of the wider church’s liturgical calendar, but is something we follow as part of our legacy and grounding from the Church of the Saviour. Recommitment Season culminates on October 21 when those who want to be committed to this church for another year will stand up and make their commitment statements. In the meantime, as part of our preparation, we offer some reflection statements for you to think about as you prepare for Recommitment Sunday.
A Sermon by Joelle Novey
26 August 2012
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
I remember it so vividly — I am 10 years old, sitting on the banks of a lake at mid-morning, between tall grasses on all sides that closed around and over my head. I am a camper at Jewish summer camp in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania, and usually we pray the regular weekday morning liturgy, from books, on benches inside. But this morning, the counselors have told us to spend the prayer time each by ourselves, to go somewhere outside.
A Sermon by a Discipleship Year Intern
19 August 2012 Twelth Sunday after Pentecost One of the Discipleship Year interns shared a reflection on her life history, current faith calling, and fuoture vision.
A Sermon by Nat Reid
29 July 2012
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Our Gospel passage will be my point of departure today. I want to consider three things, primarily: the incredible fruitfulness, or abundance of God; the limitations of the rational mind we glimpse in Phillip; and the symbolism of the story which follows where we see Jesus walking across the water toward the disciples.