Mill City Church Sermons

In week three of our four-part series focused on Mill City’s mission priorities for 2017, Pastor JD brings us into another recurring conversation in our community about God@Work. How does our faith interact with and impact the work that we do?

As we continue to examine our community’s Mission Priorities, Pastor Stephanie steps with us into a recurring conversation for our community about Gospel and Race, including spoken word performed by special guest Joseph Capehart. How does the…

We have four mission priorities for 2017: Gospel and Neighbors, Gospel and Race, God@Work, and Engaging with the Marginalized. In this first week of the new series, Pastor Michael encourages us to take a look at how our faith in Christ has changed our…

Entering into the new year, Pastor Michael walks us through an exercise in reflection and prayer.

The Advent season comes to a close as our expectations and hopes are met with the arrival of baby Jesus. Join us in celebration as we recount the significance of Christ’s birth through a series of narratives.

Pastor Michael guides us into a deeper understanding of what it means that Jesus was sent to us as the Prince of Peace. Peace, or “Shalom,” means universal flourishing, not just the absence of conflict. How is it that God is making shalom in…

How do we experience joy, even in the midst of hard circumstances? Pastor Stephanie looks at Mary’s song and the Christmas story to help us understand that the source of joy in our lives is not our circumstances, but God.

When we celebrate the birth of Jesus this Advent season, Pastor JD reminds us that we are celebrating the love communicated by God coming to be with us. As people in our communities beg the question “who will be with me?” we are challenged…

What we hope for has a great impact on how we live our lives. Pastor Michael challenges us to examine our hopes and expectations, and to consider how the hope we find in the birth of Jesus could transform our lives today.

The definition of “Todah” is Thanksgiving and Praise. As the second part of an ancient tradition of “Lament-Todah,” Pastor Stephanie leads us as we turn from longing towards hope.

Wrapping up our series on Going Public, Pastor Stephanie guides us through the first part of an ancient tradition of “Lament-Todah.” As a community, we lament in response to the division, confusion and pain erupting in our country over the…

The Gospel is good news that is meant to unite us all, but often the church has chosen to focus on different parts of that good news, leaving us divided. The Gospel of Jesus is for us all. What good news do you have to share this week?

While society is busy checking the facts around this season’s election, Leland challenges us to examine — what are the facts at the foundation of our lives? Practices and works are not the distinguishing markers of our faith, but the truth of…

Many Christians today desire to blend in with those around us, but as Christians, we are called to be different! This doesn’t mean that we should make a point to stick out in an odd or legalistic way, but following God will result in…

Like many public conversations today, Jesus was often approached with questions that attempted to lump him into one of two categories. How can we mirror Jesus’s responses in our lives as we face confrontational situations in a way that will get…

The stories we tell on an everyday basis in our public spaces are important. As we examine the way that Jesus entered public ministry, we can see how He kept God at the center of the story. How are we telling God’s story with and through our lives?

Dee McIntosh joined us this week to discuss the importance of Advocating. What does it mean to speak for those who are unheard in our society? How can we advocate for change today in a society that is wrought with issues? What does it mean for us to…

Jesus heals people publicly all the time in the gospels. So one of Jesus’ primary ways of “going public” is to bring healing to those who need it. What does it look like for us to join God in bringing healing to the public sphere of the…

God continues to invite us into relationship. When we live as public disciples, we get to be people to extend the same radical invitation into relationship to others who are different than us. How can we as disciples extend radical invitation into…

In the Going Public series, we look at how Jesus stepped into public ministry so we can learn how we ought to engage publicly in the 21st century as His followers. Jesus goes public in at an ordinary wedding to help his disciples believe in Him. How…

In the midst of a society that is constantly bombarding us with stories about what matters, Pastor Michael iterates that the importance of coming to worship in community cannot be overstated. “Worship is one of the primary ways we are rehearsing…

Pastor JD shares about the practice of Baptism. He walks us through the symbolism and meaning for this practice as a response to the gift God has given us in His Son, Jesus Christ.

God wants to shape our lives and make us into the people we were created to be, but all of that depends on our willingness to let God do God’s work. The good news is God can work in and through us; the challenge is that we have to be willing to…