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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David W. Lloyd: Committing to Love God and Our Neighbor
September 19, 2004
Rather than focusing on the particular words of the Seekers’ commitment statements during your recommitment reflections, I invite you to think of your recommitment as a decision to love God radically, with all your heart, and soul, and mind, and strength, and a decision to love your neighbor radically, as yourself. To help you do that, join us in one of our two classes on Tuesday night. And those ideas may make it easier to stand and make that commitment next month.
Cynthia J. Dahlin: The Poetry Class for Homeless Women at N Street Village Shelter
September 12, 2004
She wanted support for a project for which she had gained a mere $100 to start to rent an empty room for two nights, but thought was off-beat enough and Seekers might see the value. It was called “Gatherings,” a project to help street people create performance art. Sandra gave me these photos of the one past performance that included a prostitute, a homeless man and a transgender person.
Brenda Seat: BEing the Salt of the Earth
September 5, 2004
As a missionary kid this theme of counting the cost of following Jesus was one that I heard frequently when we visited churches to be a part of their Missions Conferences. The common reaction by people who heard about what we missionaries did was awe and amazement at how sacrificial our lives were. “I don’t know how you do it,” they would say. Don’t you miss America?
Deborah Sokolove and Dan Phillips: Words, Forbidden and Otherwise
August 29, 2004
Some time ago, Dan gave a sermon in which he mentioned that when he would stumble over certain “forbidden words” when talking to other Seekers, and he would feel chastised. While I am well aware that we collectively tend to avoid certain terminology, I found myself wondering just what he thought those “forbidden words” were, and what we were doing to make Dan — and probably others — so uncomfortable.
David W. Lloyd: Holiness or Mercifulness
August 22, 2004
The old woman who had sat passively by all day, blending into the background of the little shantytown, asked us to come forward. She told us that she had prayed to God for a long time for a concrete floor. Now God had given her the gift of the floor and God had given her the gift of us to make it, and she was so thankful to God. We all stood there teary-eyed as she thanked God for us and for her floor.