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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Tiffany Montavon: Touch
April 18, 2004
It is important to know that Jesus honored Thomas’ doubts and his need to touch. Jesus honored doubt. Jesus says, “Thomas, I love you. I am here with you. Touch me. I am yours.” How do you respond when God says, “touch me?”
Pat Conover: From Faithfulness to Pentecost
April 11, 2004
Jesus was not special because of spectacular suffering, as Mel Gibson’s movie would have it. Tens of thousands died on the cross. Indeed, it was the commonness and the shame of the cross that are keys to its meaning, not a call to spectacular suffering.
Deborah Sokolove: Palms and Passion
April 4, 2004
People often live or work too far away to go to a service for an hour in the middle of a busy day, or they only think about going to church on Sunday mornings. Therefore, little by little, many people stopped hearing the story of Jesus’ sufferings. They would come to church on Palm Sunday, and celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and the following Sunday, it would be Easter. In some ways, it got too easy to forget that death has to come before resurrection.
Jackie McMakin: From Soul Thirst to Fruitfulness
MARCH 14, 2004
One question consumed us: “How can we with commitments already made in marriage, children and work, be fully dedicated people of faith in our world today?” We began by sharing the practices and wisdom from each of our traditions. The Catholics brought experiences from Cursillo, Teams of Our Lady, the Christian Family Movement. The Protestants shared about Faith at Work and the Church of the Saviour. We paid attention to what worked, we listened to God and each other, and our souls were enlivened so much that we wanted to share our discoveries. We went for training. Then we produced four courses which we took on the road in Protestant and Catholic churches in this area, around the country and eventually in Mexico. We named ourselves The Partners Community, which described the way we were with each other and others — Catholics and Protestants exploring and sharing faith together. People asked us to publish the courses. They became known as The Doorways Series.
Peter Bankson: Wait for the Lord
March 7, 2004
The history of Church of the Saviour is festooned with failed initiatives. Every one of them yielded important lessons. When I started out, I was so afraid of failure that if I ever heard a critical word my automatic response was, “I’ll never do that again!” By that, I meant I would never do anything like that again. There is a big difference between those two. Fred Taylor used to say frequently, “If we keep doing what we’ve been doing, we’ll keep getting what we’ve been getting, and that’s not good enough.”