by Megan Ramer | Jul 26, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, zoom church
Easy Yokes & Light Burdens?? Nothing about the yoke of intractable racism feels easy. Nothing about the burden of a runaway pandemic feels light. Is there any good news at all in these supposedly comforting words of Jesus? And what’s the deal with all those...
by Megan Ramer | Jul 19, 2020 | Sermons, zoom church
Listening & Learning: Glen Guyton We continue our summer worship series in which we listen to and learn from Black preachers. Today: Glen Guyton, the Executive Director of our denomination, Mennonite Church USA. He loves pie and is funny (though his wife may...
by Amy Epp | Jul 13, 2020 | Sermons
Listening and Learning: Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III We begin our summer worship series in which we listen and learn from Black preachers. We start with Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. With him we cry in lament for Ahmaud...
by Megan Ramer | Jul 5, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
Jailer, Jailed, Judge, Jury: None are free until all are free In our annual Interdependence Day worship – on the Sunday nearest the 4th – we again expose the lie of supposed independence, and instead claim the joy of justly-ordered mutual dependence and...
by Amy Epp | Jun 28, 2020 | Sermons
Circling Back to Gratitude With our sibling congregations from around Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference, we lament not being gathered together for our annual assembly and we celebrate with the prompt, “Thanks be to God”. Though, like the Psalmist in...
by Megan Ramer | Jun 21, 2020 | Megan Ramer, Sermons
“The Common” – zoom church In the drama of Acts, the Holy Spirit is the main character and the plot is The Common. What IS “The Common”? In short, it’s the spectacular joining of God’s people which enables collective boldness,...
