Sermons by Matt Smith (Page 33)
Growing in Faith
Our worship series, Deep, continues with reflection on Growing in Faith. Matt’s message is rooted in 2 Corinthians 8.1-15. The podcast opens with a segment of our music team leading If Not Now by Carrie Newcomer and closes with our musicians leading a version of You Gotta Move.
Rooted in Grace
Part II of Deep. How might we root our lives in Grace in the coming year? Matt’s message is centered in Philippians 2.1-13.
Measuring Depth
How do we measure the depth of our faith lives? How do measure our growth? Matt’s message is rooted in Matthew 20.1-16, the parable of the laborers in the field. What outputs do we measure in hopes of growing in faith? What are the outcomes we desire as we root your life in Grace, grow in faith, & reach in love? This is the first in a six-week series on deepening our faith lives as individuals and as a community.
September 11 Ten Years Later
Selections from worship on September 11, 2011. Ten Years Later: Grievance to Hope | Hatred to love. The music team opens with a live version of Tears by Agape (Dave Scherer). This song was woven throughout the worship. Linda frames Psalm 119 with a brief reflection on 9/11 and Matt closes with selections from Psalm 119 from The Message.
Combo
We reflect on what it means to reach in love as small groups, what we call Kitchen Tables in our community. Linda’s message is rooted in Paul’s letter to the Romans and a sermon by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Matt closes the message with an invitation to wonder about how our Kitchen Tables might sustain and embolden our efforts to reach in love through the gifts God bestows upon us all uniquely.
Ends of the Earth
Our Reaching in Love worship series continues with reflection on Acts 1.8. What might it mean to witness and reach in love “to the ends of the earth?” The recording opens and closes with our music team’s live version of Do Justice, with words and music by Agape (Dave Sherer).
Samaria
Our Reaching in Love worship series continues with reflection on Acts 1.8. What might it mean to witness in Samaria? The recording closes with a cut from our music team’s live version of “All For The Love” by Beth Nielsen Chapman.
Judea
Our Reaching in Love worship series continues with reflection on Acts 1.8. The recording opens with a cut from our music team’s live version of “All For The Love” by Beth Nielsen Chapman. Our community gathered in prayer stations around this song to begin worship. Matt then reflects on what it means to witness and reach in love in our own neighborhoods. The recording closes with our communion liturgy, in which we weave spoken prayers by Linda Dew-Hiersoux with “All…
Jerusalem
Our Reaching in Love worship series begins with reflection on Acts 1.8. What might it mean to reach in love in the places we call home? The opening song is called Do Justice by Dave Scherer (Agape) with Benwar Shephard and Emily Kollars on vocals.
Confirmation
We celebrate the story of Pentecost in Acts 2. The message ends with powerful & provocative spoken word by Jovi Radtke with Amazing Grace by Sarah Myles Spencer.
Baptism
Matt invites reflection on the meaning of baptism and offers insights into how we might read Paul’s letter to the Galatians, specifically Galatians 3.23-29. This is the first in a three-part sereis on Ekklesia.
Purpose
I am? Vocation, Ambition, & Purpose. Week 3 of this three part series reflects upon ambition and purpose as we discern our sense of calling and vocation.