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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“In Christ there are no Outliers” by Fred Taylor
11 March 2012
The Third Sunday in Lent
This morning I want to speak about what I think it means for us scattered churches of the Church of the Saviour tradition to belong together and to support each other as outposts along a front line of witness to the Gospel. Some may think that this would be a step to becoming a denomination and who needs another denomination? What I have in mind, however, is in the nature of a movement – more along the lines of the Civil Rights movement or even Alcoholics Anonymous. The fact is that the early Christians were identified as a movement long before they were identified as a religion or an institution. They were Jesus followers or people of the way. They had two things in common. They had a common identity, and they had a common vision. Their identity and vision also generated tension and controversy. Are we ready for stretching ourselves?
“Promise in a Dark Time” by Peter Bankson
4 March 2012
The Second Sunday in Lent
When I decided to offer us some reflections on our Scripture for this week I forgot that moments before I would begin you all would have sung our birthday song to me, concluding with the wish “… may you have a joy-filled life!” Your wish for my joy raises an important question: Just what does it take to have a joy-filled life?
“Living the Covenant with Othandweni” by Jackie McMakin and Jean Adams
26 February 2012
The First Sunday in Lent
The Genesis reading lifts up a genius idea – covenant. We’re told that living in covenant is a way to bear fruit, to bring goodness to the world. Covenant implies relationship, connection, a mutual giving of gifts to one another.
Seekers lives the covenant with each other and with lots of people around the world through our giving and our association. This morning Jean and I want to lift up one of these associations – our relationship with the Othandweni Guest House and Day Care.
“Living into the Mystery” by Brennan Baker
19 February 2012
Transfiguration
Brennan Baker is a participant in the Church of the Saviour Discipleship Year program. He shared part of his spiritual journey with Seekers.
“From Failure to Failure with Great Enthusiasm” by Richard Jaeggi
12 February 2012
The 6th Sunday after Epiphany
A few weeks ago I had a dream that startled and amazed me. I was in a plane with some other people. There was a kind of military drill instructor in the plane who told us that when the plane had reached a height of 14 hundred feet that we would jump out. I was a little nervous about this as I had no training or experience of sky-diving, I became still more concerned when he informed us that we would do this without the aid of a parachute. … When I woke up and pondered what this dream could mean, it occurred to me that this expressed precisely my experience of divine Call in the world.