MCF Sermon Podcast

Stop It! - 4th Sunday after Pentecost

Pastor Kevin gives a very different twist on well known and pretty disturbing Old Testament story today.  Along the way, he talks about the way we scapegoat and sacrifice each other and even justify it by thinking God demands it of us.  The point of the story?  God says, "Stop it!"

Into the Wild - 3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Pastor Ruben continues our sermon series in Genesis with a story about being cast out into the wilderness.  Wilderness experiences are often the opportunity for rebirth.

Hostility to Hospitality - 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Pastor Kevin continues in the sermon series enttitled, "Chaos to Community".  This week he shares how God is made present and impossble becomes possible when we show hospitality.

Creation out of Chaos - Trinity Sunday

Pastor Kevin kicks off a new five week sermon series entitled, "Chaos to Community" based in the stories of the book of Genesis.  In this first sermon, Kevin uses the first creation narrative of Genesis and relates it to how God is able to create new life out of our own chaos and how we can allow God to order the chaos of a local church, which he defines as a community of worship and doubt gathered around Jesus.

 

Humpday Podcast "Christine Jewel"

This is our last podcast for season 1. Christine has been part of this church for 2 years.  She shares about being brought up in the south dealing with racism and developing a deep realationAnd BruceGoing downGood morning are you

 

 

A Different Point of View - Seventh Sunday of Easter

We all have a limited human point of view.  Kevin talks about the prayer of Jesus found in John 17 and how it gives us insight into a different point of view.  It shows us the mind of Christ.  Contemplative prayer is the pathway into the mind of Christ.

Humpday Podcast "Marzette Mc Gary"

In this Podcast Marzette shares about her divorce, being a single mom.  She also talks about her struggle to accept her calling to be a pastor and gives advice on how to hear from the Lord.

 

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I and Thou - Sixth Sunday after Easter

Kevin shares the vision for rare Christian community.  The church building is not the sanctuary.  We are!  But to be open to living in rare community, we have to have a different mindset.  We have to have the mind of Christ.  What does it mean to have the mind of Christ?

Humpday Podcast "Jens Kuross"

Jens tours a lot in Europe. When he is in town he plays drums with the worship team.  In this podcast, Jens shares his love for music his opinion on Christian worship music. He also cracks me up with his lack of people skills!

A Sermon About Stones - 5th Sunday of Easter

Stones can represent the rigid "sacred" ideas we hold and must defend, or the stones we throw as a way to defend those ideas.  Or, they can be "living stones" that are a part of something much bigger than self.