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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Sherri Alms: A Joyful Response
September 15, 2002
What does it mean to respond joyfully with our lives as the grace of God gives us freedom? I see that we gathered here have much God-given freedom. How do we use that freedom? How do we respond joyfully? How do we move away from responding out of guilt, need, the feeling that no one else will do it if we don’t? How do we find responses that nourish rather than drain us? How do we respond in ways that fill us up with energy for the next thing on the to-do list?
Trish Nemore: Becoming Like Children
September 08, 2002 We can serve children by being present to and with them, being conversational, mentoring even when we do not have a formal mentoring relationship with them. Seekers is called to be an intentionally intergenerational community; we affirmatively create intergenerational opportunities, seeing them as valuable both for adults and children. Sometimes it is easy at our more socially oriented intergenerational events to separate into adult groups and children groups. Everyone is happy, but we lose the chance for greater connection.
Poem by Alan Dragoo: Looking Back: Early Days of Recovery
August 25, 2002
A poem that was read during this Sunday’s service.
Tiffany Montavon: For Gaining the Strength
August 04, 2002
Call feeds work. Work feeds rest, rest feeds Sabbath; Sabbath feeds call. There is much work to be done, individually and corporately, as we follow our calls to love God, and love our neighbors: thus, bringing about the kingdom of God. Moreover, there is great need to set the work down, regularly, for a time, to enjoy the fruits.
Christy Benson: Peter Benson’s Baptism Sermon
July 28, 2002
This is the most powerful and deeply meaningful part of infant baptism. In his baptism, Peter is not choosing God. He is not capable of choosing God. Instead, God is reaching out and choosing Peter. God is claiming Peter for his kingdom. God is saying “I love you, I want you in my community and you really do not have a choice in the matter.” Peter is not accepting Christ; Christ is accepting him. Despite any future faults he might have, God has chosen to love Peter.