Pearl of Great Price
Matt’s message celebrates the election of Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto as a Bishop in the United Methodist Church. The message is rooted in the parable of the great pearl (Matthew 13.45-46) and asks how we might go all-in for the great pearl in our lives? What is of ultimate concern for us? What will we need to let go of in order to go all in?
Yeast in the Dough
Linda’s message invites reflection on Black Lives Matter and the violence experienced in our nation this week. The message is rooted in Matthew 13.33. How will we receive the leaven handed down to us and knead our lives in God’s rising hope?
Good Samaritan
Matt’s message invites us to reconsider the Parable of the Good Samaritan based on Amy-Jill Levine’s Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi.
Lost Sheep. Lost Coin. Lost Son.
Matt’s message invites us to be rooted in the relationships in which we find ourselves. We look back at three parables to hear a challenge for how we might live faithfully right now. The message is rooted in Luke 15 and Amy-Jill Levine’s Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi. Music by Joe Kye is woven into the message and the opening song is a clip from his newly composed song called Part Of.
Fasting & Abstinence
Matt’s message invites reflection on how we might interrupt cycles of violence through creative acts of fasting and abstinence. How might this way of staying in love with God empower us to respond to the massacre of LGBTQ people in Orlando and the celebration of this violence by a pastor here in Sacramento. The message is rooted in Exodus 16.
Communion
Christina’s message is rooted in Matthew 26.26-28 and invites reflection on communion as a way of staying in love with God.
Searching Scripture
Matt’s message is rooted in 2 Timothy 3.14-17. He talks about staying in love with God by searching scripture.
Prayer
Linda’s message is rooted in Psalm 92.1-4, 12-15. She discusses prayer, one of the six spiritual disciplines, through the presence of God.
Witness
Lori’s message is rooted in Acts 2.37-42. Lori discusses the “Witness” Christian Discipline and spiritual growth through the words of her own testimony.
Public Worship
Linda’s message is rooted in Acts 2.1-21. On this Pentecost, she talks about what the gift of The Holy Spirit is and what it means through the 6 historical spiritual disciplines.
Unity, not Uniformity
Linda’s message is rooted in John 17.20-26. Her words discuss the ways to answer Jesus’ prayer for unity in the community.
Unlocking the ingredients of God’s love.
Linda’s message is rooted in John 14.23-29. She talks about John’s version of the Last Supper and unlocking the ingredients of God’s love.