Sermons on Acts
DEEP COMMITMENTS: FRESH EXPRESSIONS OF CHURCH
Acts 2:42-47 In his sermon “On Visiting the Sick”, John Wesley teaches that mercy/reaching in love is not an optional Christian activity but an essential part of discipleship/growing in faith. He roots this conviction in Matthew 25, arguing that Jesus identifies himself with people who suffer—those who are sick, poor, imprisoned, or marginalized. For Wesley, ministry with the vulnerable is a means of grace: a pathway through which God forms the heart, deepens compassion, and keeps the believer grounded in…
Sky and Air
This week, in order to find God in our midst, we look into the vastness of the sky and heavens and take a deep breath to fill our lungs with life giving air. Diana Butler Bass believes that our experience of God is paradoxical, at times. That is to say, our encounter with God is often one of the most mysterious and intensely personal experiences in our life, all at the same moment. As Bass says: Unlike the ground and…
Pentecost: The Spirit Falls on Difference
This is the first in a four-week worship series on the centrality of DEI in our Christ tradition. We welcome guest Rev. Jorge Domingues for today’s Message. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Fire!
Worship is rooted in Acts 2 and the Holy Spirit visitation at Pentecost.Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Up and Out
Worship today invites us to reflect upon how this “oneness” emboldened the early Christian community to practice their faith. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Even Them?
Worship is rooted in the movement of the Holy Spirit as recorded in the book of Acts. The movement of the Holy Spirit invites us to draw our circles wide and to let go and cross boundaries of exclusion. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Sharing With Everyone
This four-week worship series in April will hold readings from the Book of Acts alongside our hopes for creating community which is rooted in the ways of the Risen One for today. This morning’s worship holds Acts 4.32-35 alongside the early Christian community’s practice of “holding in common.” Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
One Heart and Mind
Our four-week worship series in April holds readings from the Book of Acts alongside our hopes for creating community which is rooted in the ways of the Risen One for today. This morning’s worship is rooted in Acts 4. Amid threats from those in positions to judge, the early followers of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) turned to prayer and found a boldness born through intimacy with one another and the Spirit of God in their midst. They disciples came to…
Death Defeated & Life Returned
Our four-week worship series in April holds readings from the Book of Acts alongside our hopes for creating community which is rooted in the ways of the Risen One for today. This morning’s worship is rooted in Acts 4 and the experience of resurrection’s defeat of death and restoring of life. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Held in Common
This four-week worship series in April will hold readings from the Book of Acts alongside our hopes for creating community which is rooted in the ways of the Risen One for today. This morning’s worship holds Acts 4.32-35 alongside the early Christian community’s practice of “holding in common.” Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Lydia
Worship today at The Table is the culmination of our Portrait Summer. This week we consider the question: “what you would want a portrait of you to show?” Scripture paints a portrait of Lydia and an enslaved girl. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Eutychus
Worship is rooted in Acts 20:1-12, the short story of a youth named Eutychus. Using visual art and prompts for reflection, we’re excavating less prominent biblical characters by entering their stories with curiosity and openness to what they might teach us. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
