The Kingstowne Communion

Daily Prayer Oct 2, 2018 | Pray with us through the weekly Revised Common Lectionary scriptures assigned that prior Sunday, usually including an Old Testament passage, two psalms, an epistle reading, and a Gospel lesson. Every weekday morning, a new 10-13 minute Lectio Divina prayer meditation will be uploaded. Lectio Divina is an ancient practice of scriptural reading, meditation, and prayer inte...

Daily Prayer Oct 1, 2018 | Pray with us through the weekly Revised Common Lectionary scriptures assigned that prior Sunday, usually including an Old Testament passage, two psalms, an epistle reading, and a Gospel lesson. Every weekday morning, a new 10-13 minute Lectio Divina prayer meditation will be uploaded. Lectio Divina is an ancient practice of scriptural reading, meditation, and prayer inte...

Sunday, September 23, 2018 | Going Retro: Old Testament, New Tune | Listen as Pastor Michelle continues our series on the Old Testament with a sermon on Proverbs 6 and 31 entitled "Proverbs: Retuning the God of Prudence & Morals." The band leads us in "So Will I (100 Billion X)" and a contemporary take on "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise."

Sunday, September 16, 2018 | Going Retro: Old Testament, New Tune | Listen as Pastor Michelle continues our series on the Old Testament with a sermon on Deuteronomy 6 and 10 entitled "Deuteronomy: Retuning the God Who Plays Favorites." The band leads us in "The Lion and The Lamb" and a contemporary take on "Psalm 139 (Far Too Wonderful)."

Sunday, September 9, 2018 | Leviticus: Retuning the God of Judgement | Listen as Pastor Michelle kicks off our series on the Old Testament titled "Going Retro: Old Testament, New Tune" with a sermon on Leviticus. The Old Testament can seem angry and antiquated. We’d like to just stick with Jesus’ all-loving words, but the fulfillment of God’s love in Jesus only makes sense when we go retro, findin...

Sunday, August 19, 2018 | Acts: Early Church Block Party | Listen as Pastor Michelle continues in our Acts: Early Church Block Party series with a sermon on Acts 10, the stories of Cornelius and Peter. The band leads us in "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go", the old southern gospel favorite "Sweet By & By," and this week's mystery party send-off song, "Don't Stop Believein'".

Sunday, August 12, 2018 | Acts: Early Church Block Party | Listen as Pastor Michelle continues in our Acts: Early Church Block Party series with a sermon on Acts 9, the stories of Paul and Tabitha's conversions, entitled "Extraordinary Conversions". The band leads us in "Build Your Kingdom Here" and "Reckless Love", and this week's mystery party send-off song, "Party Like It's 1999".

Week of August 5, 2018 | Morning Prayer & Bible Study in 20 min or less | We gather on Wednesdays for morning prayer and bible study on Facebook Live. After going live, we'll upload the audio here for those wanting to listen along at another point in the week. | This Week: Acts 5-8 & our Acts theme song "The Cause of Christ."

Sunday, August 5, 2018 | Acts: Early Church Block Party | Listen as Pastor Michelle continues in our Acts: Early Church Block Party series with a sermon on Acts 8, the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch, entitled "What is to Stand in Your Way?" The band leads us in a contemporary song "What a Beautiful Name", an old hymn favorite "Blessed Assurance", and this week's mystery party send-off so...

Sunday, July 29, 2018 | Acts: Early Church Block Party | Listen as Pastor Michelle continues in our Acts: Early Church Block Party series with a sermon on Acts 6-7, entitled "The Divine Rip & Rocky Waters." The band leads us in a contemporary song "Lay Me Down", an old hymn favorite "Grace Greater Than All Our Sin", and this week's mystery party send-off song, "Get This Party Started".

Week of June 22, 2018 | Morning Prayer & Bible Study in 20 min or less | We gather on Wednesdays for morning prayer and bible study on Facebook Live. After going live, we'll upload the audio here for those wanting to listen along at another point in the week. | This Week: Acts 2-4 & our Acts theme song "The Cause of Christ."

Sunday, July 22, 2018 | Acts: Early Church Block Party | Listen as Pastor Michelle continues in our Acts: Early Church Block Party series with a sermon on Acts 4, entitled "The Stone the Builders Rejected." The band leads us in a modern hymn setting of Acts 4, "Cornerstone", our series theme song for Acts, "The Cause of Christ," and this week's mystery party send-off song, "Celebrate Good Times!"

Sunday, July 15, 2018 | Acts: Early Church Block Party | Listen as Pastor Michelle kicks off our Acts: Early Church Block Party series with a sermon on the second half of Acts 2, entitled "The Table is Magic." The band leads us in a contemporary setting of Psalm 23, "Surely Goodness", and sends us out to Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA."

Sunday, July 1, 2018 | John Wesley Birthday Bash | Listen as Rev. Michelle Matthews jam-packs all the Methodist history and theology into a 20 min (ish) sermon. The band also leads us in some Charles Wesley favorites: "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" and "O Come Thou Traveler Unknown".

Week of June 24, 2018 | Morning Prayer & Bible Study in 20 min or less | We gather on Wednesdays for morning prayer and bible study on Facebook Live. After going live, we'll upload the audio here for those wanting to listen along at another point in the week. | This Week: Ruth 4 & the hymn "Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior".

Sunday, June 24, 2018 | Ruth: Poverty, Privilege, & the Presence of God | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches on Ruth 4. Listen as Michelle tells the love story of God with us by focusing in on the love story of Ruth & Boaz, suggesting that it is in the meet-cute moments of life that we most profoundly see God. The band (led by guest musician Jeff Long) leads us in the old hymn "Pass Me Not O...

Week of June 17, 2018 | Morning Prayer & Bible Study in 20 min or less | We gather on Wednesdays for morning prayer and bible study on Facebook Live. After going live, we'll upload the audio here for those wanting to listen along at another point in the week. | This Week: Ruth 3 & the hymn "Rock of Ages (When the Day Seems Long)".

Sunday, June 17, 2018 | Ruth: Poverty, Privilege, & the Presence of God | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches on Ruth 3. Listen as Michelle helps us understand how the story of Ruth gives us a new way of understanding redemption and salvation, and tune in as Dr. Norman Wirzba, Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Agrarian Studies at Duke Divinity School talks about food justice, migrant workers, an...

Week of June 10, 2018 | Morning Prayer & Bible Study in 20 min or less | We gather on Wednesdays for morning prayer and bible study on Facebook Live. After going live, we'll upload the audio here for those wanting to listen along at another point in the week. | This Week: Ruth 2 & the Charles Wesley hymn, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul"

Week of June 3, 2018 | Morning Prayer & Bible Study in 20 min or less | We gather on Wednesdays for morning prayer and bible study on Facebook Live. After going live, we'll upload the audio here for those wanting to listen along at another point in the week. | This Week: Ruth 1 & the hymn "O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus"

Sunday, June 10, 2018 | Ruth: Poverty, Privilege, & the Presence of God | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches on Ruth 2. The story of Ruth and the character of Naomi cannot be easily categorized, contained, and defined. Listen as Michelle suggests that what lies at the heart of our brokenness and our privilege is our tendency towards walling things off, dividing our lives into categories, and livi...

Sunday, June 3, 2018 | Ruth: Poverty, Privilege, & the Presence of God | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches on Ruth 1. The story of Ruth is a story of failure. Listen as Michelle suggests that the DC metro fear of failure is in fact a sign of privilege, and as Naomi Evans shares her testimony about her work with the Coalition for Juvenile Justice. The band leads us in a song based on Ruth 1, "I W...

Sunday, May 20, 2018 | Fake News: Pentecost & Tongues of Fire | Acts 2 | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches a sermon on the Day of Pentecost & the Acts 2 tongues of fire, and the band leads us in "Holy Spirit" and "Christ in Me".

Sunday, May 13, 2018 | Fake News: Ascension & the Missing God | Luke 24:50-53 & Acts 1:6-11 | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches on Jesus' ascension, and the band helps us celebrate all women everywhere with our Female Power Ballad Sunday set list including: Beyonce, Madonna, Tina Turner, Pink, and more. For the sermon, fast foreward to 13:40.

Sunday, May 6, 2018 | Fake News: New Testament Miracles | Matthew 14:22-36 | Rev. Drew Ensz, guest preacher, delivers a sermon about the story of Jesus walking on water and other miracles like it in the New Testament, and the band leads us in "Jesus" and old spiritual "Shall We Gather at the River".