Sermons by Matt Smith (Page 25)
Deep Commitments
We celebrated the renewal of our Baptismal vows and our Deep Commitments in worship. Matt’s message is rooted in Matthew 23.1-12. How will you root your life in Grace, grow in faith, reach in love, & give generously in the year ahead? How will the waters of baptism shape your faith and life?
Celebration of Baptism
We celebrated the Baptism of 9 adults and 6 children in worship. Matt’s message is rooted in Matthew 22.34-40. Our Baptismal liturgy is based on Marcia McFee’s Water Liturgy.
Reaching in Love
Linda & Matt’s message invites reflection on reaching in love at The Table. How will we reach in love in the year to come? This is the third week of a five-week series called How Deep? The message is rooted in Matthew 14.22-33. The music woven into the podcast was recorded live in worship on Sunday. Music & Lyrics by The Brilliance for both Rescue Me (Featuring Joe Kye) and Christ Be With Me (Featuring Bryce McAnally).
Save Me
Matt’s message invites reflection on rooting our lives in Grace at The Table. How will we root our lives in Grace in the year to come? What next steps will we take in worship as The Table continues to make room for everyone? This is the first week of a five-week series called How Deep? The message is rooted in Matthew 14.22-33.
Masterpiece
Matt’s message is rooted in Jesus’ turning water to wine at the wedding at Cana in Galilee (John 2.1-11). God is our master artist and you are God’s masterpiece. What kind of art will you leave behind here at The Table? This is the fourth week in a four-week series based on The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art by Erwin McManus.
Jesus’ Call to Sabbath
Matt’s message is rooted in Matthew 11.28-30 and invites reflection on Jesus’ relationship to Sabbath. This is the third week in a three-part series on Summer Sabbath. Jesus invites his followers, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” What might it look like for us to find rest in Christ?
Resistance and Sabbath
We had technical difficulties, so the sound quality on this podcast is not optimal. We apologize for the sound levels. In the aftermath of a white police officer killing an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, Matt’s message invites reflection on how Sabbath might call us to ways of resistance as followers of Jesus. The message is rooted in Genesis 2.1-3 and is the first of a three-week series on Sabbath as Resistance.
God Loves You
Matt’s message is rooted in Psalm 133. This is the final week of our four-week worship series called Talking Ourselves into Being Christian based on Testimony by Thomas Long.
Testimony
Matt’s message is rooted in Psalm 139 and the Thomas Long’s Testimony: Talking Ourselves into Being Christian. How do we reclaim Jesus’ call to witness to our faith? This is the first week in a four-week series called Talking Ourselves into Being Christian.
jacob the trickster
Matt’s message is rooted in Genesis 25.19-34 and the writing of Marion Grau. Jacob is both an unabashed trickster and God’s preference. How might we address this tension? How have tricksters followed in the ways of Jesus? How might God call us to such ways today? This is the final week in our five-week worship series called World Cup: Rhythms of Faith from Around the World.
Forgiven Forgivers
Matt’s message is rooted in the exclusion of Hagar and Ishmael by Sarah and Abraham (Genesis 21.8-21) and the writings of Miroslav Volf of Croatia. How does our understanding of God through Christ form us as forgiven forgivers? This is the third week of our five-week worship series on the World Cup: Rhythms of Faith from Around the World.
Creation, World Cup, & Ivone Gebara
Matt’s message is rooted in the first creation story of Genesis 1.1-2.4 and invites reflection on the interrelatedness of all creation. The message begins our series on the World Cup. Each week will focus on the writing and teaching of a prophetic theologian/pastor from one of the countries competing in this year’s World Cup. This message draws on the work of Ivone Gebara of Brazil. Ivone Gebara is one of Latin America’s leading Roman Catholic theologians. Gebara writes about our relationship with earth and…