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Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-21 (NRSVUE) 1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. 2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; 3the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was. 4Then...

Text: Exodus 3:1-12 (NRSVUE) 1 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. 2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. 3Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sigh...

Text: Genesis 1:1-5, 14-19, 24-27, 31 (NRSVUE) 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the li...

Speakers: Yasmina H. & Joel B. Yasmina is a PhD student in Educational Policy Studies. She is also a member of the Steering Committee for the Palestine Justice Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Joel recently finished his PhD, specializing in political philosophy and ethics.

Text: Mark 1:35, 6:31-32 (NRSVUE) In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Series: "WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)...

Text: Matthew 15:21-28 (NRSVUE) Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.” He answered, “...

Text: Mark 9:33-41 (NRSVUE) Then they came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” Then he took a little child and put it among th...

Text: Luke 5:27-32 (NRSVUE) Preachers: Rev. Nii Addo Abrahams & Milana Lutes After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up, left everything, and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others reclining at the table with them....

Text: Matthew 20:1-16 (NRSVUE) “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you wha...

Khiem Vu 00:00 Lauren Jackson 03:04 Laura Hyde 07:58 Josie Reeve 13:17 Read reflections from other graduates on our website: preshouse.org/blog/category/grad-sunday/

Text: Acts 2:37-39 (NRSVUE) Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are fa...

Radical Hope for Our Shared Future in Creation ~ Ella Stoltz by Pres House

Text: Acts 1:1-12 (NRSVUE) In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. Wh...

Text: Matthew 28:1-10 (NRSVUE) After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became lik...

Text: Mark 10:17-22 (NRSVUE) As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. You shall not defra...

Text: John 8:2-11 (NRSVUE) Listen to the podcast mentioned in the sermon at https://onbeing.org/programs/turning-unbearable-loss-into-ground-of-shared-life/ Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and, making her stand before all of them, the...

Text: Matthew 25:35-40 (NRSVUE) 'For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something...

Text: John 2:1-11; Matthew 13:31-32 (NRSVUE) 1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to me and to you? My hour has not yet come.” 5His mother said to t...

Text: Luke 14:15-24 (NRSVUE) 15 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16Then Jesus said to him, “Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. 17At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’ 18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first s...

Text: Mark 9:2-9 (NRSVUE) Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling bright, such as no one on earth could brighten them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here...

Text: Micah 6:6-8 Visit https://preshouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/What-is-Required-Lessons-from-Black-Theology.pdf to view the handouts from the service. “With what shall I come before the LORD and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I...

Speakers: 0:0) Justyna Jakacki: "Filled With Rage, Sustained By Hope" 3:25 Dawn Drake: "The Cross" 6:45 Aaliyah Golden-Whitehead: "The Challenge of Loving Others" Read all ten reflections from the BWAP 2026 team at preshouse.org/engage/bwap. Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 (NRSVUE) 11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumc...

Text: Exodus 1:15-2:10 (NRSVUE) 15The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16“When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” 17But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live. 18So the...

Text: Esther 1:10-22 (NRSVUE) 10 On the seventh day, when the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who attended him, 11to bring Queen Vashti before the king wearing the royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the officials her beauty, for she was fair to behold. 12But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king...

Text: Isaiah 11:1-9 (NRSVUE) 1 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. 3 His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see or decide by what his ea...