July 14, 2024 | Bobby Harrison | Matthew 14 As we look at the life of Jesus, we see a God who draws near. And it’s the eyes of Christ, filled with compassion, that moves Jesus first toward us. May we be moved, as he was moved, to be the eyes of Christ to […]
July 7, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde The Holy Spirit is life, light and speaks a language. Pastora Inés gives an overview of how we see the power and presence of the Spirit as the 3rd person of the Trinity who was here from the beginning giving life-giving breath to all. We see the Spirit […]
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.
June 16, 2024 | Dr. Phil Allen, Jr. | Matt 11:28; Psalm 46:10; Luke 22:31-32; 39-46 The liminal spaces and seasons (the in-between), also called transitions, can be challenging, scary, and confusing, but also exciting and hopeful. Jesus’s life, from his birth to death, resurrection, and ascension, is thirty-three years of an in-between season […]
June 9, 2024 | Bobby Harrison | Matthew 11:28-30 This past Sunday, I shared with our familia that I will be transitioning out of my role as Co-Lead Pastor. If you missed the message, I believe watching and hearing the story will be most helpful in holding the sacredness of the story. I also […]
June 2, 2024 | Nicola Patton | Acts 2:41-47 NRSV After Pentecost comes ordinary life in community among the believers. And within that community, we find unity that celebrates diversity. The differences among believers are not prerequisites for belonging but unique aspects that contribute to the beloved community. The group had everything in common […]
May 19, 2024 | Janette Hur Ok | Acts 2:1-13; 1 Corinthians 12:12, 21-26 Diversity is both a gift and a challenge because embracing difference is incredibly difficult. We need the continual presence and power of the Spirit to unify our diversity. The Spirit’s Christ-centering power empowers us to divest ourselves again and again […]
May 12, 2024 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Joel 2:23-29 Before the wind of Pentecost, we find the waiting of the prophetic fulfillment of Joel 2:23-29. The promises are for the restoration of all things, beginning with the soil, the animals, and humankind. God sees our devastation and promises to restore the years that the […]
April 28, 2024 | Bobby Harrison | Deuteronomy 38-40 This sermon looks at the relationship between death and resurrection, particularly by looking at the end of the life of Moses. In his story, we see ways we may be led to resist death alongside paths of receiving death. And this just may inform how […]
April 21, 2024 | Earth Day – Eastertide – Salena Marie Scott Salena Scott shares her unique journey of how caring for creation began to care for her disabled body in return, and why she thinks Jesus calls us to commune with the land we live on. Salena is a poet and an advocate […]