The Table Church DC

"If we believe we can be inferior to another, that mean we believe we can be superior to another." This Sunday we were honored to have Itzbeth Menjívar and Kristin Kumpf host a virtual Teach-In in honor of MLK Jr Day. We talked about re-imagining power and making the move from Allyship to Solidarity.

Sunday, January 11, 2022. Preacher: Tonetta Landis-Aina.

Sunday, January 2, 2022. Preacher: Anthony Parrott. Jesus is asked why he's letting his disciples break the sabbath. In his answer, he shows us a key principle in how to understand Scripture.

Why did Jesus come? How will His arrival save the world? We explore Mary's radical prophecy and song in Luke 1 to answer these questions.  Sunday, December 19, 2021. Preacher: Anthony Parrott

Pastor Richard preaches on the hope we have in the Gospel — a hope that isn't just flimsy optimism, but the courage to imagine a more just and beautiful world. Sunday, December 12, 2021. Preacher: Pastor Richard Kelley

Sunday, December 5, 2021. Preacher: Tonetta Landis-Aina. Pastor Tonetta speaks on the harm dualistic binaries have caused, their origins, and how the story of the Incarnation breaks through.

Sunday, November 28, 2021. Preacher: Heidi Mills

Sunday, November 21, 2021. Preacher: Meg Clark.

Jesus' call extends to those I would not call. Jesus' call will make the ritually pure uncomfortable. Grace is most effective for those who know they need it. Sunday, November 14, 2021. Preacher: Anthony Parrott

Sunday, November 7, 2021. Preacher: Heidi Mills. In this story, Jesus redefines what healing is and what healing is for.  Healing happens within community. Healing reminds us of our identity and our worth in God's sight. Healing restores us to a new way of living in the world.

Sunday, November 7, 2021. Preacher: Lexi Mairone. In Jesus, we see the God who forgives. Forgiveness is not only a central characteristic of God’s nature, but it is the singular grace that enables God’s people to have fellowship with God. Forgiveness is how we are reconciled back to God and invited to join God once again in the renewal of all things.

Sunday, October 31, 2021. Preacher: Anthony Parrott. This Sunday we talk about the step before translating the Bible. We talk about why Jesus gets angry — and we can too. And we briefly talk about "investing" in people isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Mark 1:35-39 Resistance Resistance is refusing to be defined by the powers that want to take hold of us. Capitalism. Toxic Family or Social Systems. Addiction or Compulsion. Inner and Outer Voices and Pressure. "Healthy boundaries are a form of rest." —Tricia Hersey (The Nap Ministry) “We must not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.” ― Lysa TerKeurst “Whenever you say yes to so...

Mark 1:29-34 Simon's Mother In Law - yes Simon is married (this is later referenced in 1 Corinthians, that the apostles wives and family traveled with them) Sick with a fever - of course, couldn't go to synagogue. This was not because of the germ theory of disease. This was because of impurity, uncleanness. Perhaps inability; but even if she had been physically able, she would not allowed to go by...

In a more subtle way than the possession in our passage today, each of us too can be possessed by the initially small, subtle toe holds we allow evil to gain in our day-to-day life (e.g. anger, envy, grudges, us v. them politics, etc.). Our long journey, our very personal collaboration with God, to be more Christ-like is a long-term, gradual, non-linear exorcism/healing in slow motion.

Preacher: Heidi Mills Main Idea: Jesus' ministry of the Kingdom of God was about disrupting the unjust social order for the sake of creating a new social order. "Kairos time is the right or opportune time. It is a decisive moment in history that potentially has far-reaching impact. It is often a chaotic period, a time of crisis. However, it is through the chaos and crisis that God is fully present...

Preacher: Richard Kelley   1) God’s purpose is clear: to call us an others into God’s story 2) God sees worth in everyone 3) God is not calling us to a new career; God is calling us to a new identity. "The claim of a God bigger than those who worship him, more gracious, more generous, more hospitable than they are, is at the core of what Jesus calls the good news, or the gospel, and it ought to be...

Mark 1:9-13 The Baptism of Jesus Main Idea God arrived in the person of Jesus to 1) Launch the New Creation; 2) show us what God is really like; and 3) to tell us how God really feels about us. New Creation Genesis 1 Separation of waters (where chaos lives) Living among the wild animals Spirit brooding above the waters Genesis 6—7 Heavens broke open Noah among the animals 40 Days/Nights Sign of Ne...

Mark 1:2-8 Something Old Opening Example: Favorite book/movie franchises? Question: What do we do with the Old Testament? Particularly the God of the OT? (Note: "Hebrew/Jewish Scriptures," "First Testament," "Old Testament" all refer to Genesis—Malichi) Marcion tried to answer this question by saying that the God of the OT was a different god than the God revealed in Christ. Therefore Christians s...

Sunday, September 12, 2021. We begin a new series on the life of Jesus and the Gospel of Mark. We dive in deep on the opening verse of the gospel. It reveals to us that the Gospel is Political; the Gospel is News; and the Gospel is Good.   Read the full sermon notes by clicking here.

Pastor Anthony concludes our Race & Justice series. We talk about the need for starting the process over again, because it's not a one and done thing.

Lexi Mairone from The Table Church's preaching cohort preaches on how we must begin the conversation of "submission" in the right place.

Pastor Anthony teaches on how passages from Ephesians 6 and Colossians 3 have been misused. Did Paul really not have a problem with slavery? Or have we surrendered interpretation of the Bible to... people who really shouldn't be interpreting the Bible?

Heidi Mills from The Table Church's preaching cohort breaks down the context and language of a passage that's been used to harm women in the church.

Meg Clark from The Table Church's preaching cohort teaches out of Romans 1 about LBGTQ+ inclusion.