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 Sermon for Pentecost” by Elizabeth Gelfeld
27 May 2012
Pentecost
Before I came to Seekers Church, during the years our children were growing up, our family belonged to the Interfaith Families Project, IFFP, a congregation of about 100 families, mostly with children and mostly with one Jewish and one Christian parent. In IFFP, we were intentionally raising our children with both religions. So, when holidays came around it was double the fun. In December we would have workshops with titles like “Don’t Light the Menorah Too Close to the Christmas Tree.” At Passover each year we had a community Seder. On Easter Sunday, families would go to their various churches until IFFP began holding its own Easter Sunday service after one of our Jewish members insisted on it.
A Sermon For Seekers Church by Lauren Seat
May 13, 2012
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Good morning.
In this week’s scripture reading from John, Jesus says, “This is my commandment:
Love one another as I have loved you.”
That’s what religion is all about for me, doing our best to love one another. For me, Seekers is a model of what this commandment looks like. Throughout my life I’ve known that Seekers is a place of love and acceptance.
A Service in the Style of Taizé – 29 April 2012
The 4th 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.
A Sermon by Andre Faulkner
15 April 2012
The 2nd Sunday of Easter
Andre Faulkner spoke about his experiences as a current participant in the Church of the Saviour Discipleship Year program.
“Practicing Resurrection” by Marjory Bankson
08 April 2012
Easter Sunday
On Easter, we celebrate resurrection — the physical presence of Jesus in a new form — as the Risen Christ. Easter is also a pagan celebration set for the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring Equinox to honor the return of Spring after a long Winter although the beauty of our springtime this year suggests that we do not need the deathwatch of winter in order to see rebirth in the natural world.