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Preacher: Min. Lee J. Schriber, Minister of Engagement & Discipleship Scriptures: Matthew 22:34-46 & 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 In the coming weeks, our sermons will continue to be inspired by our recently discerned three core values and our new vision of imagining a world in which every person knows they are beloved in a way that changes everything. Join us this week as we ponder how we might...

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scriptures: Matthew 22:15-22 & 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Join us this week as we ponder our call and commitment to cultivate spiritual depth in the lives of people of all ages and the transformation such depth can provoke.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scriptures: Matthew 22:1-14 & Colossians 3:12-17 Join us this week as we ponder what it might look like for us to fully embody inclusive and authentic Christian community in all that we do, leaning into the invitation to always be clothed with Christ.

Preacher: Grace Rogers, Howard and Mary Martin Ministry Intern Scripture: Exodus 20: 1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Join us this week as we conclude our series, “Lessons in Liberation,” and we ponder the ways God calls each of us to follow these teachings.

Preacher: Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7 Our journey with the Israelites continues on this week as the whole congregation faces another challenge, cries out to God in their distress, and has their needs met. The location of the miracle is renamed Massah and Meribah "because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, 'Is the Lord among us or not?'&...

Preacher: Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scripture: Exodus 16:2-15 We know God to be faithful. And yet, when something does not turn out the way we hoped it would, when the route is not straightforward, or when there is not enough, we grumble and ask where God is. What if we instead sought to see God’s presence and power all around us—in the ordinary, mundane aspects of everyday life? What if th...

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scripture: Exodus 14:19-31 Join us this week as journey with the Israelites across the Red Sea before the Egyptians all drown. Is their death really a cause for celebration? How might Jesus invite us to respond to the death of an enemy?

Preacher: Grace Rogers, Howard & Mary Martin Ministry Intern Scripture: Exodus 12:1-14 Join us this week as we explore the Hebrew people's liberative new beginning and ponder the ways that we must exist within this difficult scripture for the liberation of others today.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scripture: Exodus 3:1-15 Join us this week as our series "Lessons in Liberation" continues as we hear the story of Moses' call to be used by God and ponder how God might be calling us to partner with God in similar ways today. 

Preacher: Rev. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scripture: Exodus 1:8-2:10 In his book, The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves, Shawn Ginwright suggests that the most important question we need to ask ourselves is “How do I have to be as a human being for someone else to be free?” We regularly read the book of Exodus as a narrative of God’s faithfulness to Israel, a faithfulness t...

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scriptures: Isaiah 56:1-8 & Matthew 11:25-30 We regularly imagine that rest is for our benefit while seeking to embrace it as a gift. What would it take for us to ensure that the gift of rest extends to the entire community of life—including the land itself?

Preacher: Rev. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Philippians 4:4-9 & Matthew 14:22-33 How often do we also find ourselves in a similar situation—in which we find ourselves battered by waves, far from familiar ground, and with a wind pushing against us? This week we ponder these question and learn how we might ultimately find our rest in God.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol Scriptures: Deuteronomy 5:12-15 & Matthew 14:13-21 Jesus embodied a pattern of being with people and then retreating to rest and pray. Jews, Christians, and Muslims all have one day set apart from others each week. Why is it, then, that we have such a hard time honoring the Sabbath? What difference would a life of Sabbath-keeping make for us, our neighbo...

Preacher: Julie Hagen Scripture: Matthew 13:1-9 The parable of the sower examines what happens to seeds when they are scattered and fall in different environments. This week, we experience the parable of the sower through intergenerational story, scripture reading and collective curiosity.

Preacher: Min. Lee J. Schriber, Minister of Engagement & Discipleship Scriptures: Genesis 28:10-19a & Romans 8:12-25 This week we pick up the story of Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, who encounters the divine in a dream which renews his hope for the promise of blessing from God that began with Abraham. We will be invited to remember that we are a part of the family of God as G...

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol Scriptures: Genesis 25:19-34 & Romans 8:1-11 This week, we will take a glimpses of the patriarch's complex family dynamics and grasps for power. It is a story that leaves the reader asking, "Does God play favorites?"

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol Scriptures: Genesis 24:34-38,42-49, 58-67 & Matthew 11:25-30 Our journey through Genesis continues this week with a match made in heaven as Rebekah is led to become Isaac's wife. Join us as we examine this story in search of signs for how God might be leading and providing for us in similar ways today.

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol Scriptures: Genesis 22:1-14 & Matthew 10:40-42 This week we reflect on one of the most challenging interactions in scripture as God demands Abraham be prepared to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Join us as we discuss how God works and how we might be called to respond.

Pastor: Min. Lee J. Schriber, Minister of Engagement & Discipleship Scripture: Genesis 21:8-21 How do you respond when you feel like you have run out of water in the wilderness? When everything seems lost, and you are ready to give up how might your faith sustain you? Join us this morning as we ponder how our tears call God into action and remember that God is one who sees and hears.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol || Pastor Scriptures: Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 & Romans 5:1-8 How do you respond when you have to wait for a promise to come to fruition? What does faithful waiting entail? How often do you want to laugh at God because something feels too good to be true? Join us on this week as we ponder how we might trust God even when we are waitlisted

Preacher: Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scriptures: Genesis 12:1-9 & Matthew 9:9-13 Where might God be calling us to embrace hope by taking faithful risks today? What might God be beckoning us to leave behind in order to go into a future filled with new, abundant life? Join us this week as our series, “In the Beginning,” continues with the invitation to “Go!”

Preacher: Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scriptures: Genesis 1:1-2:4a & Matthew 28:16-20 Join us this week as we seek to shed new light on a familiar text, allowing our hearts and minds to be touched and transformed in the process.

Preacher: Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scriptures: Acts 2:1-21 & John 7:37-39 Join us this week of Pentecost, as we turn to the practice of listening to one another, leading to building a stronger community. In our lesson we examine the greatness of God, and how the masses were gathered on the day of Pentecost, and how people from many different nations were able to come and in their own l...

Preacher: Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor Scriptures: Psalm 47 & Luke 24:44-53 Join us this week, as we turn to the practice of singing as one that connects us with God, one another, and community. We will look at some of John Wesley's directions for singing, examine the invitation of the Psalmist who beckons us to "Clap your hands and shout to God with loud songs of joy," and s...

Preacher: Min. Lee J. Schriber Scriptures: 1 Peter 3:13-22 & John 14:15-21 Join us as we explore what it looks like to keep one of Jesus' most complex and yet most simple commandments: To Love God and To Love Neighbor. To account for our hope that is in Jesus through the simple acts of loving our neighbors well.