Tag: Worship

The Second Sunday after Pentecost

June 7, 2026

TEXT: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Good morning Seekers.  I have a question for you. How many of you look for a handrail when you go up or down a flight of stairs? [show of hands]  As we continue to explore the “call to evolve,” I’ve heard some grumbling about using the common lectionary – which we chose to claim our connection with the worldwide Christian movement. Now it seems to curb our creativity.

But I want to suggest that using the Lectionary is like using a handrail to support movement or a change of direction.…

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Trinity — The First Sunday after Pentecost

May 31, 2026

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Sunday when we celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity,

When did you first hear about the Trinity?  Was it in Sunday school?  Or a sermon from a particular minister?   I’ll tell you about the time I heard about it was from the Dominican nuns who taught me on Saturday mornings at CCD classes. (CCD stands for Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, rather heavy for a little eight-year old boy.) Quoting from the Baltimore catechism, Lesson Three “on the Unity and Trinity of God,” page eight to be exact:

Is there only one God?

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Pentecost

May 24, 2026

I love Pentecost because it is a celebration of the Holy Spirit, and I find myself relating much more deeply to the idea of the Holy Spirit than to the traditional Christian images of God. In Christianity, God is often portrayed as a distant, judging, male authority figure. The Holy Spirit, by contrast, feels to me like a more intimate and nurturing presence — the divine within us that inspires, guides, and transforms us. Also, to me the Holy Spirit is the female aspect of the Trinity.

In April I had the fortune of participating in Jeanne Marcus’ wonderful School for Christian Growth class on Interspirituality.…

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The Seventh Sunday of Easter

May 17, 2026

364 days ago, Jeanne Marcus stood in this pulpit and invited us on a journey. This invitation was, quote ”into a process and event that might encourage a period of Beginner’s Mind about our community. It’s an invitation into a conversation about ‘The Call—and the Future—of Seekers Church.’”

This process, what we now refer to as the Call to Evolve, began even before that sermon, when Jeanne had approached SLT, unaware that they had already been mulling over similar ideas for some time. They hatched the idea of a community-wide event, and with the Stewards’ blessing, Jeanne, John Morris, Ellie Benedict, and Mary Mehala started planning.…

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The Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 10, 2026

Hi everyone! My name is Elizabeth, and I’m a community organizer with Action in Montgomery. Thank you so much for having me today.

While I share my story with you, I’d love for you to sit with a question in your mind: when did you realize that social justice mattered to you? Who taught you that? Was it a moment, a person, an experience?

At the end, I’ll ask two or three of you to share your answer. So keep it in the back of your mind.

Let me start at the beginning.…

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