Living Faith

Pastor Eileen's 25rmon from October 18, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: John 8:31-36 31 Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and hav...

Vicar Megan Eppleman's sermon from October 18, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Luke 1:1-4; 24:44-53 1 Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative about the events that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, 3 I, too,...

Pastor Alina's sermon from October 11, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 22:1-14 1 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they woul...

The sermon from October 4, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Today's sermon was a recap of our youth's experiences on their trip to Appalachia this past July.

Deacon Ali Clark's ( KenCrest Faith Engagement & Outreach Coordinator) sermon from September 27, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 21:23-32 23 When [Jesus] entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and w...

Pastor Alina's sermon from September 20, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16 [Jesus said to the disciples:] 1 “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard....

Pastor Eileen's sermon from September 13, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:21-35 21 Peter came and said to [Jesus,] “Lord, if my sibling sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. 23 “For this reason the kingdom of...

Pastor Alina's sermon from September 6, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:15-20 [Jesus said to the disciples:] 15 “If your brother or sister sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If you are listened to, you have regained that one. 16 But if you are not listened to, take one or two oth...

Pastor Alina's sermon from August 30, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 16:21-28 21 From that time on, [after Peter confessed that Jesus was the Messiah,] Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the...

Pastor Eileen's sermon from August 16, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-20 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15...

Pastor Eileen's sermon from August 16, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 15: [10-20] 21-28 [10 [Jesus] called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand:11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” 12 Then the disciples approached and said to him,...

Pastor Alina's sermon from August 9, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:22-33 22 [Jesus] made the disciples get into a boat and go on ahead to the other side [of the Sea of Galilee,] while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was th...

Vicar Megan Eppleman's Sermon August 2, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 14:13-21 13 Now when Jesus heard [about the beheading of John the Baptist,] he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd,...

Pastor Alina's sermon from July 26, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 31 [Jesus] put before [the crowds] another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a t...

Pastor Eileen's sermon from July 19, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 24 [Jesus] put before [the crowds] another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while everybody was asleep an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away. 26 So when...

Vicar Megan Eppleman's Sermon July 12, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Liste...

Pastor Alina's sermon from July 5, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 [Jesus spoke to the crowd saying:] 16 “To what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, 17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ 18 “F...

Pastor Eileen's sermon from June 28, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 10:40-42 [Jesus said to the twelve:] 40 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the nam...

Kendall Ward's sermon from June 21, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 10:24-39 [Jesus said to the twelve:] 24 “A disciple is not above the teacher nor a slave above the master; 25 it is enough for thedisciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will the...

Vicar Megan's sermon from June 14, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:35—10:8 35 Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless,...

Pastor Alina's sermon from June 7, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10 And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with...

Pastor Alina's (with Rev. Dr. Fursan Zumot, pastor of our partner church, Reformation Beit Jala) sermon from May 31, 2026 (Trinity Sunday) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted. 18 And Jesus c...

Vicar Megan Eppleman's sermon from May 24, 2026 (Pentecost Sunday) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: John 20:19-23 19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hand...

Pastor Eileen's Easter sermon from May 17, 2026 (Ascension Sunday) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: Luke 24:44-53 44 [Jesus said to the eleven and those with them,] “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”45 Then he opened their mind...

Pastor Eileen's Easter sermon from May 10, 2026 at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Church in Media, PA. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Gospel Reading: John 14:15-21 [Jesus said to the disciples:] 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. 17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor...