Sermons from Oak Church

03/07/2021 Psalm 90 Chris Breslin   Download Oak Lent Devotional Calendar Download the Psalms of Lament Writing Guide Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Restore Us Again by Zach/Vice Bright Field (poem) by R.S. Thomas Establish the Work of Our Hands by the Porter’s Ga...

I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way and forgotten it. But that was the pearl of great price, the one field that had treasure in it. I realize now that I must give all that I have to possess it. Life is not hurrying   on to a […]

02/28/2021 Psalm 61 Chris Breslin   Download Oak Lent Devotional Calendar Download the Psalms of Lament Writing Guide Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering River Where Mercy Flows by Miller How I Talk to God (poem) by Kelly Belmonte All the Poor and Powerless by Leonard/Jordan...

Coffee in one hand leaning in to share, listen: How I talk to God. “Momma, you’re special.” Three-year-old touches my cheek. How God talks to me. While driving I make lists: done, do, hope, love, hate, try. How I talk to God. Above the highway hawk: high, alone, free, focused. How God talks to me. Rash, impetuous chatter, followed by […]

02/21/2021 Psalm 51 Chris Breslin   Download Oak Lent Devotional Calendar Download the Psalms of Lament Writing Guide Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross by Crosby/Doane Late Results (poem) by Scott Cairns Let It Be So by Way By Your Love [&#823...

From 02/21/21 (Lent 1) worship gathering. Paired with Psalm 51. We wanted to confess our sins but there were no takers. —Milosz   And the few willing to listen demanded that we confess on television. So we kept our sins to ourselves, and they became less troubling. The halt and the lame arranged to have their hips replaced. Lepers coated […]

02/17/2021 A collaborative worship gathering with the Gathering Church Curt Lowndes   Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Show Us the Way (Psalm 51) by Walton Come Thou Fount by Robinson Have Mercy by McCracken/Cockrell Nothing I Hold Onto by Reagan

02/14/2021 1 John 4:7-21 Meg Hoffman (Godly Play lesson) & Chris Breslin (homily)   Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Give Me Love by Harrison They Will Know We Are Christians by Scholtes The Greatest Commandment by Zach Morning Song by Anderson

02/07/2021 Mark 1:29-45 Chris Breslin & Calvin Gross (testimony)   Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Come Light Our Hearts by McCracken Heal Us by Cowper/Twit/Morton How Can I Keep from Singing? by Lowry Doxology

01/31/2021 Mark 1:21-28 Chris Breslin   Slides from January 31, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Illuminate the Shadows by the Porter’s Gate Worship Project Show us the Way by Walton Jesus, What A Beautiful Name by Riches Doxology

01/24/2021 Mark 1:14-20 Chris Breslin   Slides from January 24, 2021 Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Just a Closer Walk with Thee Restore Us Again by Zach Steadfast by McCracken/Jordan/Silverberg/Nouwen Doxology

01/17/2021 John 1:43-51 Yudai Chiba   Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Woke Up this Morning by Staples/Tweedy River Where Mercy Flows by Miller Lay it All Down by United Pursuit Doxology

01/10/2021 Mark 1:4-11 Chris Breslin   Watch the whole worship gathering via YouTube. Watch this week’s Oak Kids’ Godly Play lesson.   Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Father, Let Your Kingdom Come by The Porter’s Gate Hail to the Lord’s Anointed by Montgomery/McCracken All Creatures of Our God & King by Francis of Assisi Doxology

On this Epiphany Sunday, we were joined for a brief testimony by Pastor Ricardo Correa (CANU) as he shares about his church’s Epiphany traditions which we usually are able to join in on.

12/20/2020 Luke 1:26-38 Yudai Chiba   Slides for December 20, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Wesley/Mendelssohn Oh Holy Night by Adam/Dwight/Chrétiens/Cappeau O Come Emmanuel by Traditional Messiah by Heiskell/Wardell   Advent Resources DurhamCares’ 2020 Advent Devotional: Advent in Durham (.pdf version |  daily podcast audio) Li...

12/13/2020 Luke 1:46-55 Chris Breslin   Slides for December 13, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Angels We Have Heard on High by Traditional/Barnes/Chadwick The Magnification by Walton Psalm 126 by Wardell Messiah by Heiskell/Wardell   Advent Resources DurhamCares’ 2020 Advent Devotional: Advent in Durham (.pdf version |  daily podcast audio) Light Upon Light: A...

12/06/2020 Mark 1:1-8 Chris Breslin   Slides for December 6, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering The Lord is Coming by Boudreua/Mulvahill/Wilson (H.E.R.) The First Noël Do You Hear What I Hear? by Regney/Baker Messiah by Heiskell/Wardell   Advent Resources DurhamCares’ 2020 Advent Devotional: Advent in Durham (.pdf version |  daily podcast audio) Light Upon Light:...

11/29/2020 Mark 13:24-36 Chris Breslin   Slides for November 29, 2020 Music for Sunday’s worship gathering Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus by Wesley/Prichard Come Light Our Hearts by McCracken O Come, O Come Emmanuel by Unknown (trans. Neale) Messiah by Heiskell/Wardell   Advent Resources DurhamCares’ 2020 Advent Devotional: Advent in Durham (.pdf version |  daily podcast...

11/22/2020 John 16:32-17:5 Yudai Chiba   Takashi Nagai (永井 隆) was a Catholic physician specializing in radiology, an author, and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. His subsequent life of prayer and service earned him the affectionate title “saint of Urakami,” and he has subsequently been honoured with the title of Servant of God, the first step towards […]

11/15/2020 Matthew 12:1-14 Meg Hoffman   Pauli Murray was an American civil rights activist who became a lawyer, a women’s rights activist, Episcopal priest, and author. Drawn to the ministry, in 1977 Murray was the first African-American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest, in the first year that any women were ordained by that church.   Slides from November 15, 2020 [&#82...

10/25/2020 Isaiah 61 Chris Breslin Oak Folk Testimonies by Brynn Pendrak, Joey Morningstar, & Carolina Kammel Slides from October 25, 2020 Godly Play at Home Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: River Where Mercy Flows by Miller We Will Feast in the House of Zion by McCracken Rest by Maher/Cockrell Here by Leonard/Jobe/Jordan

10/18/2020 Philemon 4-11, 17 Byron Cogdell   Howard Thurman was an African-American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader. As a prominent religious figure, he played a leading role in many social justice movements and organizations of the twentieth century. Thurman’s theology of radical nonviolence influenced and shaped a generation of civil rights activists...

10/11/2020 John 14:15-29 Yudai Chiba   Godly Play at Home   Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Pass Us Not O Gentle Savior by Crosby/Doane All Ye Refugees by McCracken The Advocate by Baltensperger

Alexandra Burchette introduces one of the 2020-21 Brehm Center Resident Artists. Nate Hood is from Matthews, NC, the home of the Harris Teeter Headquarters.  He moved to Durham in 2012ish for an experience of community life in Walltown and have been here ever since. He lives with my wife Anna, and his favorite place to hang out in Durham is any quiet […]

10/04/2020 Matthew 21:33-46 (Proper 22) Chris Breslin   “It is very easy to be servants of the word without disturbing the world: a very spiritualized word, a word without any commitment to history, a word that can sound in any part of the world because it belongs to no part of the world. A word like that creates no problems, […]