Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast

Migrant Journeys: The Syrophoenician Woman - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: This sermon continues the Migrant Journeys series by examining Jesus’ encounter with the Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7:24–30 and Matthew 15:21–28. Unlike the previous stories in the series, the movement is reversed: Jesus is the on...

Migrant Journeys: Naomi and Ruth - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:  What does loyal love look like when life falls apart? In this sermon from the book of Ruth, Pastor Hannah invites us to walk alongside Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz as they navigate famine, migration, loss, and uncertainty. In the midst of a violent and...

Migrant Journeys: Joseph - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:  

Migrant Journeys: Hagar - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: In week two of our Migrant Journeys series, we sit with Hagar—a woman whose story is marked by displacement, exploitation, and loss. Stripped even of the name her mother gave her, Hagar flees into the wilderness where she encounters El Roi, the God Who Se...

Migrant Journeys: Abraham and Sarah - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: This sermon reads Genesis 12 as a migration story, following Abraham and Sarah from the inside as displaced people rather than as tidy heroes of faith. It traces their uprooting from the safety of clan and homeland, their flight to Egypt d...

Anchored: Life at the Center - United - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: In Anchored: Life at the Center – United (1 Corinthians 12:15-31), Paul confronts a Corinthian church fractured by gift rivalry, social hierarchy, and the same individualism that defines our own age, insisting that we are not merely like...

Anchored: Resting in Prayer - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: In this week’s Anchored series, Pastor Hannah invites us to rethink prayer—not primarily as asking God for things, but as cultivating an ongoing, loving relationship with God. Drawing from Psalm 73, she explores how prayer becomes a space where trust,...

Anchored: Generous Witnesses - David Paladino - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch  

Anchored: Becoming Like Christ - Jonathan Hurshman - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: Jonathan sets the stage by showing that a centered-set mindset only works if we have clear language for who and what is at the center—Jesus and his ways. He compellingly highlights our need for Christlikeness, reminding us that it is the whole point...

Anchored: Steeped in Scripture   - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche -  a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: In this sermon from the Anchored series, Pastor Donnell names a tension many feel but struggle to articulate: we are surrounded by more information than ever, yet feel increasingly anxious, disconnected, and unsteady. Turning to Book of Roma...

Anchored: Rooted In Grace   - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:  Pastor Hannah invites us to anchor our lives in the person and grace of Jesus in a world marked by anxiety, injustice, and constant pressure to prove ourselves. Drawing from Titus 3:3–7, Pastor Hannah reminds us that left to ourselves we fall into br...

Jesus' Enduring Questions - Simon, Son of John, Do You Love Me? - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:  In this Easter message, “Jesus’ Enduring Questions: Do you love me?” (John 21:15–19), Pastor Donnell invites us into the quiet, powerful moment on the shoreline where the risen Jesus meets his disciples after t...

Jesus' Enduring Questions - What Shall I Say? - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:  Pastor Hannah invites the church this Palm Sunday to enter into the story of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem and to see for themselves what kind of king he is. By imagining the scene through the eyes of the crowd, the sermon highlights...

Jesus' Enduring Questions - Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not what I say? - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:  We've been exploring Jesus' penetrating questions throughout this series, the way he comes to us not first with answers, but with inquiries that expose our hearts. Like God in the garden, m...

Jesus' Enduring Questions - Who Do You Say I Am? - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:  Pastor Hannah invites the church to imagine what it means to truly answer Jesus’ question, “Who do you say I am?” After reflecting on the community’s shared life—its desire for deeper relationships, spiritual growth, and faithful...

Jesus' Enduring Questions - What Do You Have? - Dave Paladino - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:  We continue sitting with Jesus' enduring questions that expose reality and invite us to repentance this Lenten season. Dave contrasts the two banquets in Mark 6—Herod’s feast of power and violence, and Jesus’ feast of compassion and life—...

Jesus' Enduring Questions - Why Are You So Afraid? - Martha Balmer - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:  This season, we are centering our life together around the questions of Jesus—questions that do not trap or shame, but restore and renew. When Jesus turns to his first disciples and asks, “Why are you so afraid?”, he invites them to...

Jesus' Enduring Questions - What Do You Want? - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: This season, we are centering our life together around the questions of Jesus—questions that do not trap or shame, but restore and renew. When Jesus turns to his first disciples and asks, “What do you want?”, he invites them into...

Preparing for Lent: Returning to God - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: As the church prepares for Lent, Pastor Hannah invites the congregation to see Genesis 3 not just as an ancient failure, but as a mirror for our own lives. The serpent’s temptation begins with a subtle distortion of God’s goodness, planting t...

The Wilderness Between - Isaiah 43:16-21 - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary :  Pastor Donnell reflects on the church’s journey through a six-week vision series by naming the season the congregation now inhabits: a wilderness. Rooted in Isaiah 43:16–21, the sermon draws together the threads of the series, from...

Drawn Towards the Center: Freedom, Joy and Boundless Generosity - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary :  In the final week of this series, Pastor Hannah invites the congregation to reflect on God’s vision for freedom, joy, and generosity, especially amid grief, injustice, and personal struggle. Grounded in Galatians...

Drawn Toward the Center: Freedom, Joy and Boundless Generosity - Pastor Donnell Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary:      

Drawn Towards the Center: Desire Opens the Door - Pastor Hannah Witte - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: Pastor Hannah invites the church to rediscover a   centered set   vision of faith—one where belonging is defined not by meeting specific boundaries, but by the direction of one’s desire toward Jesus. Drawing from the Gospel of Luke...

Drawn Towards the Center (John 12:20–33) - Pastor Donnell Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: In this second sermon of the 2026 series  Moving Towards the Center , Pastor Donnell Wyche invites the congregation to reflect on faith in a chaotic and fear-filled world. Building on the Epiphany theme of attentiveness, he reminds liste...

Joining God’s Unfolding Story ( Matthew 2:1–12) - Pastor Donnell Wyche - a2cc.org . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - vimeo.com/annarborcommunitychurch   Summary: Pastor Donnell Wyche launches a new year sermon series by inviting the church to “join God’s unfolding story,” beginning with the Epiphany account of the Magi in Matthew 2:1–12. The Magi notice a light breaking into the ordinary p...