Bothell Amplified

This week, we continue our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. Pastor Kristin Joyner, Pastor of Community Engagement, filled in to cover for Pastor Joe while he was stuck in New Jersey. Focusing on Isaiah 43, Pastor Kristin affirms that all God’s people are of sacred worth, especially LGBTQIA+ youth. Later, Pastor Joe is joined by Allen Leslie, Creative Director of Diverse Harmony Youth Choi...

This week, Pastor Joe is joined by friend and college, Rev. Jasper Peters, Lead Pastor of Belong Church in Denver, Colorado (belongchurch.org). In this conversation, they talk about the things that give them hope as they examine and connect through the rapidly changing world around them. 

This week, we continue our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. Pastor Joe is joined by Betsy Geib, founder of My Village NW, a non-profit dedicated to creating and cultivating relationships between the community and individuals with special needs and their families (https://myvillagenw.org). Reflecting on Psalm 139, Pastor Joe and Betsy talk about the importance of seeing those with disabili...

This week, Pastor Joe is joined by friend and college, Rev. Jeremy Smith. Jeremy is one of the pastors of First Church Seattle and the author of the website, Hacking Christianity (hackingchristianity.net). In this conversation, they talk about the things that give them hope and the challenges they face as they lead communities re-opening their doors after 500+ days of pandemic.  

This week, we return to Luke 10:25-37, as Pastor Joe preaches at the mid-way point of our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. For this sermon, he reflects on the Priest and the Levite and thinking about the choices we make to love our neighbors.

This week, Pastor Joe is joined by his old friend, the Rev. Grant Vissers. Grant is the Lead Pastor at Knox Church, Waterdown, outside Toronto, Canada. In this conversation, they talk leading churches during the pandemic, how technology enhances engagement, and the call for all of us to love our neighbors, both locally and globally. 

This week, we continue our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. Pastor Joe is joined by Jim O'Ferrell as they discuss how loving your neighbor extends through outreach programs like Habitat for Humanity and other community partnerships. Reflecting on Micah 4:1-5, Pastor Joe and Jim examine the need for action and activity to end homelessness. 

This week on Bothell Amplified, we launch a new format where Pastor Joe reflects on and responds to current events that are happening in the world around us. Recently, there are stories of some conservative Bishops in the Catholic Church trying to deny communion to President Biden. Not cool. Find out why on the first edition of In the News. 

This week, we continue our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. Reflecting on Matthew 25:34-46, we explore how we might "see" our neighbors. Then, we hear from Marsha Stueckle, who challenges us to think about loving our neighbors through food! 

This week, Pastor Joe is joined by his old friend, the Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III. Theon is the Lead Pastor of Downs Memorial United Methodist Church in Oakland, CA, and in this conversation, they talk through the journey towards true freedom and liberation, especially as the United States prepares to recognize Juneteenth. 

This week, we continue our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. We tune in on a prerecorded conversation between Drew Hogan, Youth and Community Engagement Coordinator of Bothell UMC, and Alex Watkinson, graduating senior and member of the Bothell UMC youth group! Alex shares her passion for agriculture and addressing the systemic injustices related to food insecurity as one of the ways she u...

Pastor Joe is joined by Rev. April Casperson, Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. Together, they talk about journey and call, and especially the ways we, as people of faith, can move our communities towards the Beloved Community!

This week, we launched our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor! Drawing from Luke 10:25-37, Pastor Joe shares how he identifies most with the lawyer who tested Jesus as we look to the challenge to "go and do likewise". 

Pastor Joe is joined by Rev. Liz Kearny, Co-Pastor of Longview Presbyterian Church and part-time chaplain at a local community hospital in SW Washington. Together, they talk about the the privilege of journeying in community in and through grief with tenderness and grace, looking to the future in hope. 

Pastor Joe finishes our sermon series, "Fresh Breath" as we explore the movement of the Holy Spirit and how the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness! Scripture reference: Romans 8:22-27

Pastor Joe is joined by Rev. Kristin Joyner, Deacon of Bothell United Methodist Church. Together, they talk about the role that faith plays in their lives and in the life of the church, and how we can put our faith into action as the body of Christ!

Pastor Joe preaches Part 3 of our sermon series, "Fresh Breath" as we explore the movement of the Holy Spirit and how the Holy Spirit connects lives! Scripture reference: Acts 2:1-12

Pastor Joe is joined by Rev. Chris Ferguson, General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). Together, they discuss the situation in Palestine and Israel, looking at the complexity of the situation historically and from a lens of faith. Learn more about the work of the WCRC here: wcrc.ch Rev Ferguson references a map at 14:15 of the podcast, see it here . 

Pastor Joe continues our sermon series, "Fresh Breath" as we explore the movement of the Holy Spirit and how the Holy Spirit revives life! Scripture reference: Ezekiel 37:1-14

We revisit our three-part sermon series from October 2020, "Faith AND Politics", where we challenge ourselves to not keep our faith personal, but to allow our faith to impact the ways we live in the world today. Scripture references: Romans 13:1-11, Numbers 27:1-11, and Luke 18:1-8.

Pastor Joe is joined by Pastor Daniel Cho of HA:N United Methodist Church, a new faith community in New York formed by Korean Americans and welcoming to all. Together, they share and reminisce on their identities as Korean-Americans and as Christians, with faith informed through a progressive lens.  Check out HA:N United Methodist Church at han-umc.org.

Pastor Joe starts a new sermon series, "Fresh Breath" as we explore the movement of the Holy Spirit. Scripture reference: Genesis 2:4-14.

We're excited to launch our new podcast, Bothell Amplified!  Join Pastor Joe of Bothell United Methodist Church and the greater Bothell (Washington) community as we navigate the ways our faith impacts our daily lives!  Visit us at bothellumc.org