Bothell Amplified

This week, we continue our sermon series called Gifts from Jesus, exploring how Jesus first embedded himself in the community before the launch of his community. How do we turn to each other and lean into shared life as we name one another as Beloved in a world that tries to push us apart? 

Happy New Year! This week, we launched a new series called Gifts from Jesus, exploring how Jesus reshapes the ways we live our lives. Turning to the arrival of the Magi in Matthew 2, we reflect on the Gift of Wonder and how wonder leads us to the courage to stay open, to keep paying attention, and to trust that God is still surprising us with love. 

On Christmas Eve, Pastor Joe reflected on how God invites us to "Make Room". When we make room for God, something else also begins to happen: Making room for God reshapes how we make room for people!

This week, we conclude our Advent Series, "Desperate Measures", by turning to God's ongoing story of love made real to the world. How might God be inviting us to be present in incarnational love this week for our communities? 

This week, we welcome our Pastor of Community Engagement, Rev. Kristin Joyner, to continue our Advent Series called Desperate Measures as we turn to Joy. In her sermon, she reminds us that Jesus offers us a path, with clear directives on how we can participate in the creation of joy not just for ourselves but for everyone!

This week, we welcome our Director of Discipleship and Care, Brian Fu, to continue our Advent Series called Desperate Measures as we turn to Peace. It is evident that the world is not as it is supposed to be. How might we be called to be peacemakers, not simply working towards the absence of conflict, but more so towards shalom? 

This week, Pastor Joe launches our Advent Series titled Desperate Measures as we recognize that our world is not as it should be. How might we live into hope, not as optimism or pretending that everything will work out, but rather as a declaration that better days are coming? 

This week, we wrapped our 140th Anniversary sermon series by turning to the story of the Israelites thirsty in the wilderness. God tells Moses: "I will be standing there in front of you on the rock." From that rock, water flowed; from hard places, streams emerge. As we celebrate 140 years, we're called to walk toward the rock with courage, trusting God is already there. The next 140...

This morning, we continue our 140th Anniversary Celebration by welcoming the Resident Bishop of the Greater Northwest Area of the United Methodist Church, Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth, and turning to Ephesians 1:15-22. The Bishop challenges us to look forward to the next 140 years with the same faithfulness and steadfastness that has carried us this far. 

This week, we launch our 140th Anniversary Celebration by turning to the story of the Israelites at the Red Sea. Pastor Joe reminds us that faith is not nostalgia. It is not about recreating what was. It is about stepping toward what could be, even when the way is not clear. How might we live into the new thing that God is doing? 

This year, we celebrate All Saints' by turning 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12. Pastor Joe reminds us saints are not perfect people, but rather those who persevered and shared love, even when times were hard. 

This week, Pastor Joe wraps up our three-week Generosity series by turning to Jesus' parable found in Luke 18:9-14. How might we be challenged to be generous by recognizing our worth, not in comparison to each other, but all under God's faithfulness and God's mercy? 

This week, we continue our Generosity Series, Grace that Grows, and welcome our Director of Discipleship and Care, Brian Fu, who challenges us to still be generous, even in times of wrestling. 

This week, Pastor Joe launched our Generosity Series titled Grace that Grows. In it, he reminds us to live as though God is present not only in the moments of joy and clarity, but also in the waiting, the uncertainty, and the in-between. 

This Sunday, we celebrated World Communion Sunday remembering that we are part of something so much bigger than ourselves, but also that sometimes, the thing that unites us is a collective crying out to God, "How long, O Lord?" 

This week, Pastor Joe wraps up our sermon series called Faith Reclaimed by turning to 1 Timothy 6:6-19 and inviting us to rethink happiness. What if happiness isn't something you earn, but rather it is something you receive and pass on? 

This week, Pastor Joe continues our sermon series called Faith Reclaimed by turning 1 Timothy 2:1-7 and inviting us to reframe prayer. How might prayer become the practice by which we confront injustice? What if prayer became the discipline by which we resist empire? 

This week, Pastor Joe continues our sermon series called Faith Reclaimed by turning 1 Timothy 1:12-17 and inviting us to reimagine regret. What might it mean for us to become guardians of the truth, and not defenders of national ego? What might it mean for us to to allow mercy to meet us in the places we’re finally brave enough to name?

This week, Pastor Joe launches a new sermon series on what it means to reclaim our faith. In this first sermon, he challenges us to understand reconciled relationships not as a way to smooth things over, but as a way to find liberation and justice against the systems that oppress.

This week, we welcome the District Superintendent of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Rev. Mark Galang, to the pulpit as he wraps up our four-week series on what it means to live a life of faith! 

This week, we welcome our Pastor of Community Engagement, Rev. Kristin Joyner, to the pulpit as she launches this four-week series on what it means to live a life of faith!  Welcome in to another episode of Bothell Amplified, I'm Mack Britton. This week, Reverend Kristin Joyner leads Bothell into a continuation of the Life of Faith sermon series, preaching from Hebrews Chapter 12 verses 18 th...

This week, Pastor Joe continues our four-week series on what it means to live a life of faith by turning to the great cloud of witnesses. How can we be buoyed by those who have gone before us, and how might we be part of that cloud of witnesses for generations to come? 

This week, we welcome Rev. Wim Mauldin to the pulpit as he launches this four-week series on what it means to live a life of faith!

This week, we turn to the letter to the Colossians and explore how we are being called to posture ourselves clothed with love. Pastor Joe challenges us to consider what it might mean for us to be known, not only for what we are for or against, but also for our compassion, forgiveness, patience and humility? 

This week, we welcome former intern, Angela Molloy, as we celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Angela is a congenitally disabled cradle Methodist who is currently studying in Denver in the Iliff/DU Joint Doctoral Program, and she challenges us in her sermon to expand God's table for all!