The Open Door Podcast

Join The Open Door for worship on Christmas Eve at The Neighborhood Academy at 6pm for a candle light service.

Emily Cowser shares a message this first week of Advent. Music by This Side of Eve http://thissideofeve.bandcamp.com

A sermon by John Creasy on practicing our faith from Matthew 23.

Heather shares stories and lessons from her time completing the A.T. this year!

Here's a sermon given a few weeks ago by Lee Scott on the 10 commandments, focusing in on the command that God's people "keep the sabbath holy."

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This Sunday's sermon on the challenge of this new wilderness we've entered and the opportunity to join in the work set before us.

This week's sermon was on the lectionary passage of Romans 13.

We're back with a sermon from this past Sunday at The Open Door. Please check out our website pghopendoor.net for more info.

Today's podcast features elder Renee Prymus and her story of faith, doubt and faith again. Also, a sermon by John Creasy on asking good and not-so-good questions.

Rebekah Berna shares her faith story of the past few years. John preaches on the raising of Lazarus from the dead.

During Lent in 2023 we have invited members of the congregation to share personal faith stories during worship. These stories are inspiring, hard, honest and authentic examples of what it is to live in the way of Jesus for our community.

This week pastor Cheryl looks ahead to the birth of Jesus and the need for joy in our lives.

John brings together juxtaposed ideas of Advent as a time to remember, a time to have hope and a time to be present.

Listen into to the forth sermon in our series on Vocation, this week with Rev. Bala Khyllep. Bala is the associate director of the World Mission Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and the husband of pastor Cheryl Khyllep.

Part three of our four weeks series on Christian Vocation, this week with Jane Larson.

Today's message is the second in our series on vocation. Thanks to Scott Hagley for bringing God's word to us last Sunday. Scott is the professor of mission at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Sermon one in a series on vocation.

A sermon by Pastor Cheryl.

This week's sermon, from July 3rd, was recorded during an intergenerational service, meaning all of the service has elements for children built in. Enjoy the sounds of kids in the recording!

Kyle Webster, elder at The Open Door, delivers a powerful message on courage, accountability and forgiveness in the face of child sexual abuse in the church. As a child Kyle was a victim of sexual assault at the hands of a church leader in the Catholic church. Today, news of sexual abuse in both Catholic and Southern Baptist denominations have made us all realize this is an issue for us all to add...

For our worship during Earth Week we joined Valley View Presbyterian Church to celebrate the installation of their solar panels in a large outdoor gathering. Rev. Dr. Asa Lee of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary shared a powerful message of hope and responsibility for God's faithful.

So many of us have gone through significant deconstruction of the faiths we were taught as children. Many of us are left desiring a restoration of our connection to the Divine, but unsure how to address the Christian practices that seemed damaging to us and to the world in which we live. Dr. Bahler helps us begin the process of decolonization for the sake of restoration.