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Glittering Vices | Gluttony | Matthew 5:6 - Gayle Parker by Midtown Presbyterian Church

Join us this Lenten season for a transformative journey as we delve into the depths of human nature with our sermon series titled "Glittering Vices." In this series, we will courageously confront the timeless struggles that plague our souls – the seven deadly sins. As we explore each vice, from vainglory to greed, envy to wrath, we will uncover the deceptive allure that they hold, captivating us w...

Sermon Resources: 1. "Rethinking Sex: A Provocation," by Christine Emba 2. Washington Post Article on sex: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/17/sex-ethics-rethinking-consent-culture/ 3. NYT Article on sex: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/opinion/sex-consent-dating-boundaries.html 4. CNN Study on American sex lives: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/health/young-americans-less-sex-int...

Join us this Lenten season for a transformative journey as we delve into the depths of human nature with our sermon series titled "Glittering Vices." In this series, we will courageously confront the timeless struggles that plague our souls – the seven deadly sins. As we explore each vice, from vainglory to greed, envy to wrath, we will uncover the deceptive allure that they hold, captivating us w...

In a world marked by division, isolation, and loneliness, we are a people in desperate need of radical love and connection in the ordinary parts of our lives and world. Join us at Midtown for our new teaching series entitled Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: Radically Ordinary Hospitality, as we go on a spiritual journey of exploration, mining the riches of Jesus’ life and teaching to explore the radical...

In a world marked by division, isolation, and loneliness, we are a people in desperate need of radical love and connection in the ordinary parts of our lives and world. Join us at Midtown for our new teaching series entitled Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: Radically Ordinary Hospitality, as we go on a spiritual journey of exploration, mining the riches of Jesus’ life and teaching to explore the radical...

Won't You Be My Neighbor | Time, Interruptions, and New Life - Mark 5:21-43 - Clint Leavitt by Midtown Presbyterian Church

In a world marked by division, isolation, and loneliness, we are a people in desperate need of radical love and connection in the ordinary parts of our lives and world. Join us at Midtown for our new teaching series entitled Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: Radically Ordinary Hospitality, as we go on a spiritual journey of exploration, mining the riches of Jesus’ life and teaching to explore the radical...

*Editorial Note: Pastor Clint accidentally misstated two denarii as two weeks' pay in the first century; two denarii was two days' pay* In a world marked by division, isolation, and loneliness, we are a people in desperate need of radical love and connection in the ordinary parts of our lives and world. Join us at Midtown for our new teaching series entitled Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: Radically Or...

Abide | Developing A Rule Of Life - John 15:1-11 - Gabby Gustafson by Midtown Presbyterian Church

Defiance | Defiant Love - Isaiah 61 - Clint Leavitt by Midtown Presbyterian Church

Are you yearning to unearth joy in unexpected places, even in desolation? Join us as we trek through a captivating exploration of defiant joy, guided by Gayle Parker as she unpacks Isaiah 35 and probes the longing for joy, its unexpected breakthroughs, and the comforting promise of eternal joy.

We invite you on a journey through the Advent season, a time that beckons us to reflect on peace - a peace that goes beyond surface-level tranquility and embraces profound spiritual harmony. Watch as Rev. Luke Parker explores Isaiah 9 and the promise of peace in the midst of a peaceless world, and what this teaches us in our own time of seeming peacelessness.

In life, disappointment can feel like a constant companion. But what if there was a way to defy this disappointment with hope and trust? Listen as Pastor Clint begins the Advent season by exploring how we can navigate life's disappointments through the lens of the biblical figures, Ahaz, Isaiah, Mary, and Joseph. Together, we'll journey into the labyrinth of disappointment and emerge with a defian...

Watch as Pastor Clint explores an often-mentioned and little understood aspect of the Christian life: honor. Sermon Resources: 1. “Honor is the operating system of God.” -Jon Tyson, "Creating a Culture of Honor" 2. Study from the National Academy of Sciences: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1414146111 3. “This “outrage industrial complex” works by catering to just one ideological side, creat...

For those who missed our service today, here is a special recording of the full audio from our chartering service, including our installation of Reverend Clint, our ordaining of Midtown's elders, and our sermon from Gayle Parker on 1 Samuel 30. Enjoy!

What do you do without having to think about it? That is, what sort of behaviors, responses, habits, thoughts, or words flow naturally in and through your life without you having to consciously consider them? The way we answer that question leads us straight down into a foundational part of our humanity: our character. It’s the thing we don’t have to decide about because it’s already formed within...

We live in a world full of vengeance. Social media. Liam Neeson movies. Batman. For as long as we've been around, we've built our societies upon the notion that retribution and vengeance can really bring the peace and restoration we're hoping for. Yet over and over again it has failed. So what can we do to bring the peace and restoration we're hoping for. Watch as Pastor Clint unpacks the story of...

It was an honor to host Tommy Nixon, CEO of Urban Youth Workers Institute (UYWI), at Midtown this Sunday - UYWI is a non-profit committed to developing urban leaders who will shape the future of the Church. Watch as Tommy leads our community through the present challenge of a lack of leaders in the church, and also teaches us the solution: becoming RARE Christians as witnesses in our culture. Lear...

1. “She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts, She's Cheer Captain, and I'm on the bleachers, Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find, That what you're looking for has been here the whole time, If you could see that I'm the one, Who understands you, Been here all along, So, why can't you see? You belong with me, You belong with me.” -Taylor Swift, You Belong With Me 2. “But it's my right to...

Sermon Resources: 1. hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - the fear of long words 2. “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. 'He that will lose his life, the same shall save it,' is not a piece of mysticism for saints and heroes. It is a piece of everyday advice for sailors or mountaineers. It might be printed in an Alpi...

Sermon Resources: 1. “Welcome to the internet! Have a look around; Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found; We've got mountains of content, some better, some worse; If none of it's of interest to you, you'd be the first…Could I interest you in everything all of the time? A little bit of everything all of the time? Apathy's a tragedy, and boredom is a crime. Anything and everything,...

Sermon Resources: 1. “You may be an ambassador to England or France You may like to gamble, you might like to dance You may be the heavyweight champion of the world You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.” -Bob Dylan, "Gotta Serve Somebody" 2.“Freedom is not given to us merely as a firework to be shot off in the air. There are some people who se...

What do you do without having to think about it? That is, what sort of behaviors, responses, habits, thoughts, or words flow naturally in and through your life without you having to consciously consider them? The way we answer that question leads us straight down into a foundational part of our humanity: our character. It’s the thing we don’t have to decide about because it’s already formed within...

Character Matters | Gratitude - 1 Samuel 1 - 9.10.23 - Gabby Gustafson by Midtown Presbyterian Church