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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“Broken and Whole All at Once” by Brenda Seat
5 February 2012
The 5th Sunday after Epiphany
In the Gospel lesson today, we are introduced to Jesus as he is just beginning his ministry. He is returning from preaching at the synagogue at Capernaum and he and these newly-minted disciples, who have just begun to follow Jesus, go to Simon’s home. There they find that Simon’s mother-in-law is sick and in no shape to feed them or make them welcome. But Jesus takes her hand and heals her and she then begins “to minster to their needs.”
“Mountain Top Coal Mining” by Dottie Bocksteigel
29 January 2012
The 4th Sunday after Epiphany
This summer I visited the town of Appalachia in Wise county which is in the south west corner of Virginia. There I met with a group called the Southern Appalalchian Mountain Stewards. They are trying to protect the mountain above their town from being blown apart by mountain top coal mining. One third of their county has already been destroyed by this kind of mining with dire results for the people who live in the area. They are being poisoned by toxic coal dust, and their water is being polluted with toxic waste containing dozens of heavy metals including arsenic, lead, mercury and selenium. Families who were once surrounded by some of the most beautiful land on earth are now fighting to save what is left of their mountains and to save their own lives.
“Wearing the World as a Loose Garment” by Jacquie Wallen
22 January 2012
The 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Most of you know that over the past year I have been working to build a nonprofit membership organization that will provide a network of free and affordable services to help elders in Silver Spring and the surrounding area stay in their own homes as they age rather than go to retirement homes or assisted living facilities…what is known as “aging in place.”.
More Bokamoso Stories
15 January 2012
The 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Members of the Bokamoso Youth Center, led by Roy Barber, sang and spoke about their lives in Winterveld, South Africa. More information about Bokamoso Youth Center may be found at http://www.bokamosoyouth.org/
A Big Body Story by Kate Amoss
8 January 2012
The 1st Sunday after Epiphany
Kate Amoss, a gifted Interplay leader, used the Big Body technique augmented by creative use of voice, interpreting the lections for the week. Both in body and voice Kate evoked a range of emotions by employing fluid and sudden body movement emphasized by similar vocal expression.