Guest homilist Megan Laney shares her experience over the past year with the Seattle Service Corps. During her service, Megan worked with the Seattle Seafarers Center.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Worship. Serve. Grow.
Sermons (Page 31)
The Rev. Dr. Cathy Deats returns to St. Paul’s and reflects on what it means to search for God’s kingdom in a world turned upside down (Matthew 13:31-33,44-52).
The Rev. Candy Snively reflects on Matthew 13:24-30/36-43, the wonder of human persistence in the face of difficulty, and what faith can offer us when there aren’t clear answers.
Zack Rugen discusses the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23) and the ongoing challenge of cultivating good soil in our community.
The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista reflects on how Jesus’s teaching draws us out of isolation and into community in a noisy, easily distracted world where authentic connection takes effort (Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30).
The Rev. George Adamik considers the shocking story of Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 22:1-14) and the unexpected ways it speaks to our own difficult times.
Zack Rugen (Duke Divinity School) preaches on what it means to put God first, especially in a time of suffering, conflict, and change (Matthew 10:24-39).
The Rev. George Adamik reflects on Matthew 9:35-10:23: “When Jesus invites his followers to come to the margins, people are healed, but something else happens… We don’t go to the margins of our society to make a difference; we go to the margins of our society so that we are made different.”
On Trinity Sunday, the Rev. Candy Snively considers the hopeful message of unity in diversity, especially in a time of doubt, fear, and anxiety (Matthew 28:16-20).
The Rev. Javier Almendárez-Bautista reflects on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-21) and the hope it offers for our own broken world: “God doesn’t need more preachers, politicians, or heroes. God just needs you to join the throng of those who have witnessed God’s justice and love, a cloud of witnesses who choose life not in spite of but in the face of calamity, persecution, war, grief, death, and loss. Are you ready to learn new ways of belonging and being together?”