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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Spiritual Thresholds at Seekers by Jacqie Wallen
September 21, 2025
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Last Sunday, 44 of us gathered for a Day of Prayer and Conversation facilitated by Mike Little of the Faith and Money Network, another offshoot of Church of the Saviour. In a remarkable display of goodwill, unity, vulnerability, acceptance, and creativity, we responded in a collaborative and orderly way to the following questions:
- What do we as a community hold most precious?
- What difficulties are we experiencing as we work to keep Seekers Church thriving and true to our values?
- Based on the values we’ve identified, what do we hope Seekers will look like in ten years?
The day itself was a profound example of liminal space. Liminal space is a time or place between what was and what will be. The word comes from the Latin limen, meaning “threshold.” It’s not where we were or where we will be but rather a between time of change. A chrysalis, or pupa, exemplifies liminal space. A caterpillar, a crawling worm, spins itself a cocoon and then dissolves into a soupy goop. The goop consists of what biologists call “imaginal cells,” which contain the blueprint for a butterfly. The butterfly emerges transformed, with beautiful wings and the ability to fly.
A Day of Prayer and Conversation
September 14, 2025
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Our worshipping community gathered for a Day of Prayer and Conversation at the Wellspring Conference Center in Germantown, Maryland. Together we explored three questions:
- What do we as a community hold most precious?
- What difficulties are we experiencing as we work to keep Seekers Church thriving and true to our values?
- Based on the values we’ve identified, what do we hope Seekers will look like in ten years?
These explorations were rich and engaging and offered us many opportunities to grow together into the future.
A Pottery Obect Lesson by Marjory Bankson
September 7, 2025
The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
As the Word for All Ages, Marjory Bankson spoke about the scripture as she demonstrated using a potters wheel. The text for this sermon is not yet available.
Prophetic Love on the Margins by Kolya Braun-Greiner
August 31, 2025
Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
There times when in conversation it seems that we’ve entered a liminal time in which a question or theme arises simultaneously and mutually among different people and places in a seemly inexplicable synchronicity. These are times when it appears clearly that the Spirit is delivering a prophetic message. Such occurred to me last week when I chose to give time and energy to the workday at Wellspring. Collectively about a dozen people contributed their time and energy to attending to the margins of the facility that had been too long neglected. The fruits of our labors were a cleaner, more well organized campus as well as deep fellowship during meaningful conversations.
Releasing and Going Forward in Trust by Elizabeth Gelfeld
August 24, 2025
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
The context of the story we read today from Luke 13, about the woman healed on the Sabbath, is that Jesus is on his journey to Jerusalem. This began with Luke 9:51. “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.”
As he travels with his disciples, he teaches and tells many parables, he heals people and casts out demons, he visits Martha and Mary, he denounces the Pharisees and lawyers. The crowd of people following him grows to thousands.