Hope is a Habit

 August 11, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde and Nicola Patton | Hebrews 6:12-19 The Voice In this communal sermon, Pastoras Nicola and Inés hold a conversation about hope. Hope is a habit that grows in the dark and hope has a root system. We created a communal poem of hope with the congregation because hope […]

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A Beloved Community

 June 23, 2024 | Bobby Harrison We begin a new series focused on our Vision as a church, starting with “We are a Beloved Community.” Hear how we’ve embodied this truth over the years and aim to continue to live into it with the triune love of God as our center.

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A King Who Cries

 March 24, 2024 | Bobby Harrison | Mark 11 In our bilingual Palm Sunday service, we reimagined the biblical narrative of Jesus riding in on a donkey through the eyes of a little girl and her family. May this immersive, imaginative tale bring new eyes and ears to a familiar pillar of our Easter […]

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Rising and Releasing

 March 10, 2024 | Bobby Harrison | John 12:23-25 In this sermon, we look at the invitation Jesus gives us in the Gospel of John to release our whole lives unto God in order for the fullness of God to have its way with us.

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Wilderness People

 January 7, 2023 | Bobby Harrison In this sermon, we look at wilderness seasons and stories throughout the Scriptures, from cover to cover. And we see our own stories, and receive a deeper understanding that so much of life is found in “wilderness seasons”. What we then are called to ask, is how God […]

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Bitter and Sweet

 December 10, 2023 | Bobby Harrison | Ruth 1, 4 In this sermon, we look at the story of Naomi in the book of Ruth. And from this matriarch of the faith, we find space for blessing to be birthed even in bitterness. Asking God to do just the same in us and our […]

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When the Lord Calls You Out of a Tomb

November 12, 2023 | Bobby Harrsion | John 11:33-44 As Jesus makes his way to the stone-cold tomb where Lazarus is sealed shut, we’re invited to see the “tomb seasons” in our own lives. The spaces and places where we find ourselves in lament and loss. And where we ultimately long for God to comfort […]

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Will The Bleeding Ever Stop?

 October 15, 2023 | Bobby Harrison | Mark 5:25-29 In this sermon, we look at the woman in Mark 5 who has been bleeding for 12 years. And we let her story lead us to look at an even more ancient shared suffering of blood between Israelis and Palestinians. While asking Jesus to end […]

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 September 24, 2023 | TCWHF’s 3rd Anniversary Sunday As we celebrate our 3-year church anniversary, our community shares honestly, vulnerably and joyfully what this place has meant to them as a faith community. We also celebrate that it’s our last day at this Missiongathering church building where we made our first in-person home since […]

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