August 13, 2023 | Bobby Harrison | Luke 3:21-22 In this sermon, we look at the /Spirit’s involvement in Jesus’ baptism. And the Belovedness that is spoken over him in that moment. And we do so as a recognition that this same Belovedness has been gifted to us as well.
July 9, 2023 | Bobby Harrison | Romans 8:22-27 In this sermon, we look at lament and grief. And all the ways it comes to fruition in our lives. But as we continue in our series, The Story of the Spirit, we realize that the Holy Spirit is not just our comforter in times […]
February 26, 2023 | Glendar Haskin | John 6:51-53, 56 In this sermon, Ms. Glendar Haskin walks us through the historical account of her life as a young girl living in the segregated South during Jim Crow. As someone who had to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, she […]
August 28, 2022 | Bobby Harrison | Acts 8:26-39 For over 2,000 years, historians and theologians have tried to place The Ethiopian Eunuch of Acts 8 into a million little boxes. But if we’re faithful to listen, we’ll learn that this man actually embodies a myriad of undefinable ambiguities. So what are we to make […]
June 19, 2022 | Bobby Harrison | Acts 2:37-38 As the people gathered in Acts 2 hear the gospel proclaimed, they were moved to respond with their whole hearts. The Apostle Peter used the language of “repentance” here. And we as a church leaned into this truth through the framework of “returning”. May this message […]
Looking at the story of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet in John 13, Pastor Bobby invites us to not only sacrificially give and serve well, but also to receive love.
On Sunday morning we began our new sermon series: Among Us: Jesus thru the Gospel of John. In this next season, we will learn to imitate the life, love and justice of Jesus. As we enter into this time of hope and healing, both in our personal and communal lives, we center Jesus who came […]
Pastor Mary Ellen Azada closes out the sermon series Becoming the Beloved Community by considering how we enact justice, coming from a place of centeredness in Christ and in relationship with one another.
This is how we’ll be starting the New Year–walking with our God right into our calling: Becoming the Beloved Community. Together. Each Sunday this month, we’ll hear from Pastors Inés, Bobby, Phil Allen, Jr., and Mary Ellen Azada encouraging one another to bring our full self to the Scriptures, and for the Scriptures to reveal […]
It was a privilege and joy for us to be with Mountainside Communion today, and to be invited to preach in their sermon series on Fruit of the Spirit: Love Revisited. We focused on the trinitarian shape of love embodied through covenant relationship with one another. The kind of love that’s empowered by the Spirit […]