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A Welcoming Church Family Exploring Progressive Christian Theology
Merely Christian, Plague Year, Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church

Merely Christian: What Are We Doing Here?

March 6, 2022
As we embark on our Lenten practice and Study of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, we ask ourselves, "what is the center of our faith?" In a world where faith is…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Matthew 3:1-6
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Inspired, Plague Year

Inspired at Beer LaHoi Roi

July 11, 2021
Hagar and Ishamael run from Abram and Sarai's house. Rachel Held Evans teaches us to not forget their story as we search for the magic of the Bible.
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Genesis 16:1-15
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Plague Year, The Whole of the Thing

Understanding the Commandments

June 14, 2020
By reading the Bible only in snippets, we can tell different stories. And in churches, we do. Reading the whole thing, and wrestling with it, and discussing it with others,…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Psalm 119:25-48
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Church Identity 2019, Narrative Lectionary Year 1 (2018-19)

Caring Within (2019)

May 19, 2019
On our Sunday recognizing servant leaders and graduates, we talk about our core identity as a church that Cares Within. Sometimes that means listening, sometimes that means leading, sometimes that…
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Romans 1:8-17
Service Type: Sunday Worship
Narrative Lectionary Year 4

Changing Ourselves to Change the World

November 12, 2017
Amos says God wants justice to roll down and righteousness to flow. How do we look at ourselves and see the injustice we cooperate in?
Preacher : Nathan Willard
Passage: Amos 5:14-17
Service Type: Sunday Worship

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