Middle Church

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Middle Church is a multicultural, multi-ethnic, inter-generational movement of Spirit and justice, powered by Revolutionary Love, with room for everyone. We're so glad you're here!

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God's Doing Something New :: Apr 3 03.04.2022 11:37

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT :: Apr 3 03.04.2022 43:14

• What is God telling you in this wilderness journey? • When you look around your life, where, what, or who has God provided that has been a way in the wilderness or a river in the desert? • Through the prophet Isaiah God declares to be doing a new thing. Do you perceive it?

Do We Want to Be Found? :: Mar 27 27.03.2022 17:10

Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft, preacher

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH :: Mar 27 27.03.2022 50:57

• Why do we resist that which is good for us? • How might our “coming home to God” heal us in this season of Lent? • When have we been the caregiver welcoming, and when have we been the child leaving?

Are You Sure, Sweetheart, That You Want to Be Well? :: Mar 13 13.03.2022 12:08

Natalie Renee Perkins, preacher

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH :: Mar 13 13.03.2022 43:33

• How does grit and determination factor into God’s call on your life? • Where do you see this enacted in the world—both good and bad? • How can a can a community use this toward societal shift?

Testing, Testing, 123 :: Mar 6 08.03.2022 17:20

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH :: Mar 6 08.03.2022 48:57

• Jesus’ testing in Luke’s gospel depicts him as a model Jewish human being. What does it teach you about being human? • As we consider how to “wade in the wilderness,” during Lent, what does Jesus’ response to testing teach us about both being still and building a movement? • As the living body of Jesus, how does our partnership with God give us tools to heal the world?

Changed :: Feb 27 01.03.2022 15:32

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

They Call Me Mr. Tibbs! :: Feb 20 20.02.2022 15:52

Darrell Hamtilon, preacher

BLACK HISTORY MONTH :: Feb 20 20.02.2022 49:09

• Where in your life are you wrestling between what you are hearing from God versus what you are feeling within yourself? • God is not calling us to take mistreatment. God is calling us to not recycle the behaviors of evil, oppression, violence, and hate from our perceived enemies. Where in your life can you end a cycle of evil, oppression, violence, and hate? • Fierce Love is rooted in a deep lov...

Just Blessed :: Feb 13 16.02.2022 15:16

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

BLACK HISTORY MONTH :: Feb 13 16.02.2022 53:15

• They came with dis-ease, troubled, powerless--to hear and to be healed. What do you want God to do for you? • Blessed were the poor, the hungry, the weeping. Where is your poverty, your hunger, what makes you weep? Why is that a blessing? • Why are we to leap with joy when hated or reviled? How does that translate to our current socio-political context?

"I Just Called to Say..." :: Feb 6 06.02.2022 11:36

Natalie Renee Perkins, preacher

Black History Month :: Feb 6 06.02.2022 50:55

• Prayer Life Check-in! Take some time this week to examine what your prayer life looks like. Do you set aside specific times to pray? What is your conversation with God like? If you haven't been setting aside time, create a routine this week.

Release. Recovery. Reparations. OH MY! :: Jan 23 23.01.2022 14:54

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

Middle Church Worship Celebration :: Jan 23 23.01.2022 51:32

• Jesus’ call to ministry is ours; we are the living Body of X. What does it mean to preach good news to the poor, release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind?

Ain’t It Shocking What Love Can Do! :: Jan 16 16.01.2022 17:36

Jacqui Lewis, preacher

REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SUNDAY :: Jan 16 16.01.2022 58:27

• How does God's unfailing love for all creation source our love of self? • What does it mean for us to take refuge in God and create refuge for others? • Connect the dots between a Beloved Community and a Just Community.

Into the Unknown :: Jan 9 09.01.2022 9:22

Natalie Renee Perkins, preacher

EPIPHANY / BAPTISM OF JESUS :: Jan 9 09.01.2022 44:47

• What unknowns are you walking into this new year? • How do you plan to face them?

Love IS Enough :: Dec 26 26.12.2021 9:59

Ben Perry, preacher

FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS :: Dec 26 26.12.2021 38:04

As you listen to the sermon, reflect on this theme: It feels like compassion and kindness aren’t enough to overcome the evil we face, but actually they’re the only things that can. God could have come as a conquering army, but manifested as vulnerable love instead. What does this vulnerable fierce love have for us in this season?

Fierce Love in a Manger :: Dec 24 26.12.2021 9:01

Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, preacher

Middle Church Christmas Eve Worship Celebration :: Dec 24 26.12.2021 2:34:11

Middle Church Christmas Eve Worship Celebration