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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Gathering the Values in Our Tradition by Jeanne Marcus
August 17, 2025
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
The sermon this morning is meant to continue our community conversations about the Seekers September 14 Day of Prayer and Conversation. I am a member of the four-person planning team for that day, together with Ellie Benedict, Mary Mehala, and John Morris. We meet regularly to give shape to the time we’ll have together that Sunday.
Seekers Church is coming up on our 50th Anniversary. There is always reason to celebrate when important anniversaries like this one comes up. And at the same time, big anniversaries are good opportunities not only to look back, but to look at where we are now, and what we can envision our future could be. As Erica Lloyd captured so well in her sermon last month, planning this retreat has been a response to our awareness of this threshold year:
Divine Recycling by John M
August 10, 2025
Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
Here’s the beginning of our reflection passage for this season, from Richard Rohr:
“The Crucified and Risen Christ uses the mistakes of the past to create a positive future, a future of redemption instead of retribution. He does not eliminate or punish the mistakes. He uses them for transformative purposes.”
This reflection illustrates the very interesting theme of “Divine Recycling.”
Parable of Halloween Candy by Brenda Seat
August 3, 2025
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Brenda shared “Parable of Halloween Candy,” a sermon for all ages based based on Luke 12:13-21.
Street Sense Stories with support from Roy Barber and Leslie Jacobson
July 27, 2025
Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
Street Sense offered the word this Sunday. Street Sense elevates voices on poverty issues and creates economic opportunities for people experiencing homelessness. With support from Roy Barber and Leslie Jacobson, a group of Street Sense vendors told their stories in song and spoken word. Street Sense is also a biweekly newspaper sold on the street by the vendors as a means of support.
Seeing Clearly by Erica Lloyd
July 20, 2025
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
Open our hearts, open our eyes, that we may see you, each other, and ourselves more clearly.
First things first: for those of you who read the revised common lectionary during the week, you may have noticed we didn’t read the Amos passage. I was one of those people who said, preachers, if there’s a tough scripture in the lectionary PLEASE talk about it because we don’t want silence to be mistaken for consent. But since I’m not going to be referencing it in my sermon today and I am using a passage from Isaiah instead, I asked Celebration Circle if we might swap out the readings.
I’m not spending time with Amos because the Servant Leadership Team gave me a specific invitation for this sermon: to help set the stage in some way for our Day of Prayer and Conversation coming up on September 14th. For those of you who are guests or are new today, we are planning this all-day event to reflect on the last 50 (!!!) years and look to the future. Although much has changed in our world, in our city, and in our own lives, what values do we continue to hold dear? Is God calling us in new directions? How will our inward and outward journeys continue and evolve? These are deep questions that get at the very heart of who we are as a community. This event will give us the chance to reflect on what we’re about – and what we want to be about. This is an opportunity to dream.