Seekers recognizes that any member of the community may be called upon by God to give us the Word, and thus we have an open pulpit with a different preacher each week. Sermons preached at Seekers, as well as sermons preached by Seekers at other churches or events, are posted here, beginning with the most recent.
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Brenda Seat: Call as Being and Doing
July 02, 2000
Call is about doing. But what I have learned from Dr. Seuss and Mack the Turtle, from Jairus’ daughter and from this woman who touched Jesus’ robe, is that we need to awake and aware of God’s call to be all we were intended to be, and then the doing is joyful, rich and fulfilling, not sacrificial. Our theme for Pentecost is “There is no one but us,” but if we are all that God intended us to be, then that is enough!
Marjory Zoet Bankson: Sonya Dyer – Completing a Call
June 25, 2000
Sonya’s vision and call for being church has shaped our life together for nearly 25 years. Now we come to bid her “farewell” as she completes her call to the staff of Seekers Church and begins a new journey with Manning that will take them to North Carolina.
Deborah Sokolove: Hineni: Here I Am
June 18, 2000
Last week, I went to a Mass at the African American church. I arrived early, and as I sat in a back pew, a middle-aged man in wash pants and open-collared short-sleeved shirt began to set things up. As his tasks took him to the back of the church, he greeted each of the few people who were talking animatedly amongst themselves. Seeing me sitting alone, he stopped to chat a little, suggesting that I move forward a row, so that I would be under one of the ceiling fans. It was only when the entry procession started that I realized this man was not just a friendly “pillar of the community,” but rather the deacon, now in vestments appropriate to his liturgical function.
David W. Lloyd: The Power Of The Holy Spirit
June 11, 2000
There is a seasonal wind that blows through the Holy Land after Passover, a wind that can become a storm wind sometimes strong enough to blow down the Cedars of Lebanon. In the Hebrew Scriptures, such a wind is a sign of God’s presence, especially a sign of God’s judgment. It is also a sign of God’s creation, overcoming the chaos of the beginning of the Genesis story. By telling us about the noise of wind coming to the apostles, Luke is telling us that the apostles are in the presence of God, and that God is about to create something from chaos again.
Sonya Dyer and Jackie McMakin: Talking about Growing
June 04, 2000
As those of you who worship here regularly know, I will be retiring at the end of this month after 24 years in this position. Over those years, many wonderful things have happened and so we want to celebrate that and see that as part of the excitement of today.