The Kingstowne Communion

Sunday, February 12, 2023 | I Just Can't: The two things we all crave, how God says we find them, and the culture convincing us otherwise. | Michelle preaches the first of this 2-week series through the book of Philippians beginning with "Connection in Christ" found in Philippians 1-2.

Sunday, February 5, 2023 | Biblical Race Theory (Bonus Wk 4) | A panel of five people from the Kingstowne congregation - Ryan Battle, Marcos Correa, Carolyn Ricks, Aleks Trpkovska, and Sheryl Williams, share their stories about race and faith in this final bonus week of our Biblical Race Theory sermon series.

Sunday, January 29, 2023 | Biblical Race Theory (Wk 3) | Pastor Michelle preaches the third sermon in a series on the theology and origin of race by continuing to look at the early church in Acts and Ephesians, summarizing the history of critical theory, making conclusions about what the bible actually says about race, and setting biblical justice alongside and against other predominant theories o...

Sunday, January 22, 2023 | Biblical Race Theory (Wk 2) | Pastor Michelle preaches the second sermon in a series on the theology and origin of race by continuing our look at the early church in Acts and looking back on a well-known Old Testament scripture about ethnicity and language - the story of Babel in Genesis 11.

Sunday, January 15, 2023 | Biblical Race Theory (Wk 1) | Pastor Michelle preaches the first sermon in a series on the theology and origin of race by starting with the church and it's purpose in Ephesians 1:1-12.

Sunday, January 8, 2023 | Epiphany Sunday | Pastor Michelle preaches a homily on the story of the Magi and the significance of the symbol of the star as an intro into our Prayer Stations for a New Year.

Sunday, January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day Online Worship

Sunday, December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day Online Worship | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches the fifth/bonus sermon in our Advent series Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas on Galatians 4, entitled "Mary: Mother of Us All."

Saturday, December 24, 2022 | Christmas Eve worship at Hayfield Secondary School | Pastor Michelle preaches a sermon on the Christmas Eve gospel reading from Luke 2 entitled "Heaven Makes Its Home."

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 | Longest Night Prayer Service | Pastor Michelle & Bret lead us in prayer and song on the longest, darkest night of the year, acknowledging that for some people, this Christmas is not so merry and full of grief. Let us gather, lament, and find the light together.

Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 4th Sunday of Advent | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches the fourth sermon in our Advent series Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas on Mary's Magnificat in Luke 2, entitled "Mary's Peace: A Lullaby to Her Son."

Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 3rd Sunday of Advent | Rev. Michelle Matthews writes the third sermon in our Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas sermon series for the season of Advent, entitled "Mary's Joy Seeing Her Son Grow Up," and Rev. Dirk Wooten preaches it for her while she's at home with the flu.

Sunday, December 4, 2022 | 2nd Sunday of Advent | Guest preacher Rev. Dirk Robinson preaches the second sermon in our Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas sermon series for the season of Advent, entitled "Mary's Love Seeing Her Son at Work."

Sunday, November 27, 2022 | 1st Sunday of Advent | Pastor Michelle preaches the first sermon in our Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas sermon series for the season of Advent, entitled "Mary's Hope at the Death of Her Son."

Sunday, November 20, 2022 | Rev. Dirk Wooten preaches a sermon entitled "Divine Friendship" on our Friendsgiving Sunday.

Sunday, November 13, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 7) | Pastor Michelle preaches the seventh sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 6 in a sermon entitled "Built to Be Owned", focusing on our High5 Doers (Believers, Deliverers, Problems Solvers, Time Keepers, Focus Experts). Take the High5Test at high5test.com to find out what your top 5 st...

Sunday, November 6, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 6) | Pastor Michelle preaches the sixth sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 5:1-2, 15-20 in a sermon entitled "Built to Be Wise", focusing on our High5 Thinkers (Analyst, Thinker, Strategist, Brainstormer, Philomath). Take the High5Test at high5test.com to find out what your top 5 strengt...

Sunday, October 30, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 5) | Pastor Michelle preaches the fifth sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 4:1-16 in a sermon entitled "Built to Be Shared", focusing on our High5 Motivators (Catalyst, Winner, Storyteller, Commander, Self-Believer). Take the High5Test at high5test.com to find out what your top 5 strengt...

Sunday, October 23, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 4) | Pastor Michelle preaches the fourth sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 3:14-22 in a sermon entitled "Built to Be Felt", focusing on our High5 Feelers (Empathizer, Coach, Optimist, Chameleon, Peace Keeper). Take the High5Test at high5test.com to find out what your top 5 strengths are...

Sunday, October 16, 2022 | Listen to the annual business meeting for the Kingstowne Communion, held after worship on October 16, which included approving the pastor's salary, reviewing our financials and proposed budget for 2023, and receiving a list of members for the official chartering of Kingstowne as a United Methodist church.

Sunday, October 16, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 3) | Rev. Sarah Calvert, Alexandria District Superintendent, preaches the third sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 2:11-22 in a sermon entitled "Built to Last." Take the High5Test at high5test.com.

Sunday, October 9, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 2) | Pastor Michelle preaches the second sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 1:15-23 in a sermon entitled "Built in the Glory." Take the High5Test at high5test.com.

Sunday, October 2, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 1) | Pastor Michelle preaches the first sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 1:3-14 in a sermon entitled "Built on the Ground." Take the High5Test at high5test.com.

Sunday, September 25, 2022 | The Gospel According to Pinocchio (Wk 3) | Pastor Michelle preaches the final sermon of the series on the story of Jesus forgiving the adulterous woman in John, entitled "Jiminy Jesus & the Goodness of God."

Sunday, September 18, 2022 | The Gospel According to Pinocchio (Wk 2) | Pastor Michelle preaches on the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 in a sermon entitled "Puppets & Prodigals."