by Amy Epp | Apr 12, 2021 | Amy Epp, Easter, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons, zoom church
The DNA of Discipleship The disciples on the road to Emmaus didn’t recognize Jesus while he was walking with them. But like a flower that knows in its cells how to bloom, they knew in their bodies that to be disciples was to offer hospitality. They had been at...
by lee@seattlemennonite.org | Apr 4, 2021 | Easter, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Easter Celebration We gather to celebrate the risen Christ with music, song and story. Children and their families bring their joy and creativity to the Easter story in a mini video-pageant and we conclude our worship with our tradition of belting out the Hallelujah...
by lee@seattlemennonite.org | Mar 21, 2021 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Saved by Belonging Jesus is always surprising the crowds around him with his attentions; sometimes offending with his attentions. To whom is Jesus drawn? How often Jesus walks his body to the edge of the crowd and speaks directly to the marginalized or stigmatized...
by lee@seattlemennonite.org | Mar 14, 2021 | Amy Epp, Lent, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Gatekeepers and the Scramble for Crumbs Jesus keeps on telling stories about wealth and money. Pastor Amy preaches on the rich man and Lazarus and the way, like the rich man in the parable, we are gatekeepers with wealth and resources. Unlike the rich man, we still...
by lee@seattlemennonite.org | Mar 7, 2021 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Bad at Math; Good at Parties Jesus’ parables contain an “excess of meaning” which makes preaching three of them on a single morning quite the challenge. What is one to do with the excess upon excess upon excess?? Instead of choosing just one sermon of the hundred...
by lee@seattlemennonite.org | Feb 28, 2021 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Truth, Lament, and Healing Jesus tells the truth about the violence his people were both experiencing and perpetrating. That truth-telling leads to lament: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem… How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood...
