by Melissa Kelly | May 11, 2025 | Guest Speaker, Megan Ramer, Sermons
Spiritual Journeys + Taking Counsel Jesus left a legacy of stories, and as Luke ends and we reread Acts and the Epistles, we remember his disciples spread his teachings and established the church by telling his and their stories over and over. During worship this...
by Melissa Kelly | May 4, 2025 | Guest Speaker, Megan Ramer, Sermons
Worship + Discernment + Hospitality Jesus left a legacy of stories, and as Luke ends and we reread Acts and the Epistles, we remember his disciples spread his teachings and established the church by telling his and their stories over and over. During worship this...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 27, 2025 | Guest Speaker, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Reconciliation Palmer Becker is a Mennonite pastor and writer whose three-part distillation of Anabaptist values has become a common refrain in Mennonite circles: 1) Jesus is the center of our faith. 2) Community is the center of our life. 3) Reconciliation is the...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 20, 2025 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Seeking the Living & Practicing Resurrection “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” sounds like a chastisement. Until we remember that the only reason that ANYone knows that Jesus’ tomb is empty is because a whole crew of faithful women showed up at the...
by Melissa Kelly | Apr 13, 2025 | Lent, Megan Ramer, Narrative Lectionary - Year 3, Sermons
Prepare, Process, Weep Not a single palm frond or “Hosanna” in this year’s Palm Sunday reading. Luke’s version of Jesus’ procession toward and into Jerusalem instead records people throwing their coats on the ground. Rather than simply reaching for a fallen branch,...
