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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Renewed by Fire

June 4, 2017
On Pentecost, we were transformed. Every time we welcome new members into the church, we relive that transformation and begin our church lives anew.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Acts 2:1-4
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

One in Christ

May 28, 2017
What does Paul mean by "we are one in christ?" It means he, like Luke, recognizes that Christ seeks to break down the barriers that divide us and bring us…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Galatians 3:23-29
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Church Identity 2017, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Messages of Care

May 21, 2017
Living as the church, being the church, is the way to reconcile ourselves to one another without hypocrisy.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Galatians 2:11-14
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Church Identity 2017, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Progressing With Peter

May 7, 2017
What could the experience of a person who wanted to learn about Jesus, but who did not fit neatly into sex and gender categories back in the first century tell…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Acts 8:26-39
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Church Identity 2017, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Welcoming Strangers

April 23, 2017
On the Emmaus Road, after Jesus's resurrection, some disciples finally get it and see the truth. Let's follow their examples and share our stories with one another as we seek…
Passage: Luke 24:13-35
Service Type: Christmas
Insiders and Outsiders 2017, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

You Don’t Need to Be Told

April 16, 2017
Listen to the personal testimony of those whose experiences are different from your own. It might be miraculous.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 24:1-12
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Insiders and Outsiders 2017, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Shouting Stones

April 9, 2017
Luke's story shows us that working to change oppression comes at a cost. There are always powerful objections. Do Good Anyway. Work for Love rather than Hate, and break down…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 19:28-48
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Insiders and Outsiders 2017, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Seeing From the Tree

April 2, 2017
The story of Zaccheus and Jesus shows us the power of a meal to transform lives. To hear one another's stories requires sitting down across barriers and inviting others to…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 18:31-43
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Insiders and Outsiders, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Systemic Sores

March 26, 2017
The rich man ignored the cries of the poor on his doorstep. Will we?
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 16:19-31
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Insiders and Outsiders 2017, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

I’m Right HERE!

March 19, 2017
We sometimes get used to thinking of suffering as something deserved by others to protect ourselves. Jesus tells us to celebrate when we can end suffering and reach out to…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 15:1-32
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Insiders and Outsiders 2017, Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Fig Jam

March 12, 2017
When we seek reasons people are to blame for their own suffering, we are erecting barriers between them and us. How, instead, are we similar to others, and where can…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 13:1-9
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Familiar Strangers

March 5, 2017
In a world where government policies are being enacted to encourage fear of outsiders and immigrants, we are reminded that we have always had strangers in our midst, whose very…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 10:25-42
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

What We See

February 26, 2017
On Transfiguration, we think about how we are changed by seeing who Jesus is, and also wonder what people see when they look at us.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 9:28-45
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Tell Them What You See

February 12, 2017
Our filters often get in the way of seeing what is in front of us. Our assumptions about how the world has been keep us from seeing what might happen…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 7:18-35
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Finding Compassion

February 5, 2017
Compassion means "suffer with." How do we find compassion, rather than cruelty, when we have the power to do so?
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 7:1-16
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

What Does it Mean to be a Christian?

January 29, 2017
We sometimes see Pharisees as needlessly attached to rules. But if we look around us at the debates in modern Christianity, we face the same challenges the Pharisees and Jesus…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 6:1-16
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

Jesus Calls Us Where We Are

January 22, 2017
We don't need to drop everything to follow Jesus; the best work in building Jesus's sovereign realm is in helping others, every day, where we are, by finding ways to…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 5:1-11
Narrative Lectionary Year 3

What if it isn’t About You?

January 15, 2017
We are always the stars of our own stories. What happens when someone tells us the world isn't that simple? That's the challenge the Civil Rights Movement presented to white…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Luke 4:14-30
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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