The Table Church DC

Sunday, October 23, 2022. Preacher: Anthony Parrott. We take a look at the story of the widow's mite in Luke 21. Is she an example to follow? Or an example of a vicious religious system set to devour?

Sunday, October 16, 2022. Preachers Anthony Parrott and Tonetta Landis-Aina.    The Bible has plenty to say to those in the community of faith about the handling of money, possessions, and wealth. Unfortunately, churches often find themselves either being silent on the issue of money, addressing money only as it relates to giving, or speaking about money in ways that feel coercive. The goal of thi...

Sunday, October 9, 2022. Preacher Daniel Dixon

Week 3 Why Is Eternal Hell the Majority View? It didn't used to be. 6 Theological Schools In the first 4 centuries of Christianity, there were six known theological schools that taught three views of Hell. Alexandria, Antioch, Caesarea, and Edessa taught Universal Reconciliation Ephesus taught Annihilationism Rome (and Carthage/Hippo) taught Eternal Conscious Torment Augustine Ambrose (340-397) hu...

Sunday, October 2, 2022. Preacher Tonetta Landis-Aina. We continue our series on Faithful Presence: A Theology of Place by exploring what it means to be awake to God's presence in our particular city. We also reconstruct a more contextual understanding of Jeremiah 29 and what that means for us.

Sunday, September 25, 2022. Preacher: Tonetta Landis-Aina. Freshly returned from parental leave, Pastor Tonetta introduces us to the biblical theme of "city."

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Sunday, September 18, 2022. Preacher: Christopher Anderson.   As we as a community continue to come together, drawing in as members of Resurrection City and Table Church into one body, we also have to begin to think again about the city around us. Who are we called to help? Who is welcome at this table? If we are going to be a anti-racist, fully inclusive, radical community, then we need to also l...

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Sunday, September 11, 2022. Preacher: Anthony Parrott. We launch a new series today on the Theology of Place. Place is often an invisible reality to American Westerners who often have little connection to land and geography. We move, we leave, we move again. How do think through these issues as Christ followers?

A few months ago, a sermon got interrupted due to a medical emergency. But that sermon is finally out as a bonus episode in our podcast feed! Pastor Anthony explains how the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures regularly and routinely use feminine language for God — and we should too! 

Sunday, August 28, 2022. Preacher Anthony Parrott. 1 Corinthians 15 states, "As in Adam all died, so in Christ all will be made live." What does this mean for the future of all humanity? We explore the ideas behind Universal Reconciliation, that God ultimately will be victorious in Their desire to save us all.

Sunday, September 21, 2022. Preacher Anthony Parrott. After exploring what beliefs are even for, Pastor Anthony preaches on 1 Corinthians 15 and the hope of all creation.

Sunday, August 14, 2022. Guest Preacher Mira Sawlani-Joyner.  I believe that God intentionally chose to be birthed by an unwed, teenage girl to place a mirror to our own prejudices about women… I believe God intentionally chose to be born as a refugee… Cole Arthur Riley in This Here Flesh, “We need other people to see our own face- to bear witness to their beauty and truth.”

Sunday, August 7, 2022. Preacher: Erin Byrne. Erin shows us how the two stories of Genesis 1 and 2 intentionally paint different pictures and tell different—but complementary—stories about creation. We also learn about the connections between Revelation and Genesis, and God's desire for New Creation. 

Sunday, July 31, 2022. Preacher: Richard Kelley. What is the one thing we can know for sure about God? If that one thing is true, if affects everything else.

Sunday, July 24, 2022. Preacher: Heidi Mills. We explore the mystery of the Trinity and how it impacts our faith.

Sunday, July 17, 2022. Preacher: Rev. Tonetta Landis-Aina. Pastor Tonetta explores divine revelation and how we know anything about God.

Series: A More Beautiful Gospel Title: The Gospel In Chairs Date: July 10, 2022 Preacher: Anthony Parrott, MDiv Description This sermon is based off of the sermon of the same name by pastor and scholar Brad Jersak. It kicks off our new series as we explore the beliefs of Christianity and The Table Church. We begin with an exploration of two ways to tell the Gospel story. One is the legal-courtroom...

Sunday, July 3, 2022. Pastors Tonetta Landis-Aina and Anthony Parrott share on the vision of Revelation 7 and how The Table is working to carry out that vision.

Sunday, June 26, 2022. Heidi Mills preachers on Paul's and Lydia's conversion. 

Sunday, June 19, 2022. Pastor Raimon preaches on Acts 10:11-18 & 13:1-3

Sunday, June 12, 2022. Preacher Pastor Tonetta Landis-Aina. Being called together as a community of the Spirit meaans being called to convert not just once but repeatedly.

If you are the one on the underside of power, speaking up on behalf of yourself or your group is not wrong. It’s not complaining. It’s the right thing to do. If you are the one holding the power, we get to imitate the way of Jesus by giving away power and privilege.

Sunday, May 29, 2022. Preacher Bekki Fahrer.