by Melissa Kelly | Oct 1, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 2, Sermons
Ripples A whole bevy of women choose to creatively subvert the powers of death, risking their own lives, for the sake of choosing life. Shiprah and Puah – the midwives who bravely deliver life in defiance of the king, Jochabed – the mother and master...
by Melissa Kelly | Sep 24, 2023 | Narrative Lectionary - Year 2, Sermons
Wrestling Within and Without Rita and Vija explore what it meant for Jacob, and for the disciples in the storm, to wrestle. How have other people struggled with their consciences, and their internal and external obstacles? How do you wrestle? Audio Preacher Rita...
by Melissa Kelly | Sep 17, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 2, Sermons
I didn’t laugh. Yes, you did. We have all laughed at and with Sarah for as long as we’ve heard the story. An 80 year old woman giving birth!?! Pastor Megan challenges us to consider laughter. What impossible things do we laugh at? An end to hunger?...
by Melissa Kelly | Sep 10, 2023 | Amy Epp, Sermons
Favored & Beloved Pastor Amy shares moments and memories of God’s love and favor over the 18 years of her ministry at Seattle Mennonite. Audio Preacher Amy Epp b Series Passage Luke 1.46-55, 4.14-22 Resources Resources Pokemon and Christian...
by Melissa Kelly | Aug 6, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, Summer 2023
Our WARRIOR PROTECTRIX is Angry Too! A Psalm of praise becomes a Psalm of lament as the City of Seattle cites and fines our congregation for the humans who have found refuge on our property after relentlessly being swept from public parks and lands. As our friend...
by Melissa Kelly | Jul 30, 2023 | Megan Ramer, Sermons, Summer 2023
JOYous Justice Joy & Justice are the twin children of Jubilee. They go together like (love and marriage?) a horse and carriage… “You can’t have one without the other!” As we seek to be God’s Jubilee people for one another and the world, may we continuously form...
