Seattle Mennonite Church is an active Anabaptist Mennonite Christian congregation working faithfully at following Jesus in our urban context. All are welcome! Listen in to our Sunday morning sermons to get a sense of who we are.
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Are we the soil, the seed or the sower? Traditional teachings of this parable often cast people as the soil and Christ as the seed. What if we are being called to be sowers? Extravagant sowers who do not need to be concerned with the quality of the soil. Join Beth Miller Kraybill as she reflects on how this parable relates to her calling. Sermon begins at minute marker 3:52 Matthew 13.1-9, 18-23…
Join us as Tyler, Beth, Melissa, Ken and Deren share what happened at the annual PNMC meeting in Albany, Oregon. There was humor, financial reports, connections between generations and with Mennonites we only see once a year or so. There were workshops and inspiring services, shared meals and service. Scripture: Luke 6.17-31 Resources: A Call to Christian Discipleship Amidst a Culture of Christian…
Jesus says we shouldn’t store up earthly treasures. In the same breath, Jesus instructs us to store up heavenly treasures, and some of those heavenly treasures are also defiantly earthly. So go ahead and get yourselves the best treasures that earth and heaven can offer: treasures that may be truly groan-worthy, treasures that redistribute, treasures that are tended well and freely shared. Sermon…
Conference Pastor, Eric Massanari, calls us to examine how we define what it means to be human and how that affects our interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount. If we are by definition fundamentally fallen and flawed, the call of the Sermon seems impossible. What if we view humanity as potentially redeemed by Christ? That leaves the Sermon as a call for the redeemed, for a chosen portion of…
Jesus taught in the Sermon the Mount that God loves completely, and that we ought also love completely. What does that mean in a culture of pervasive and rising Christian Nationalism? Along with our Menno kin across the conference, we have pledged ourselves to “Christian Discipleship” in the midst of Christian Nationalism. We are meant to follow Jesus, to love completely, to cause no harm. We are…
…And Paul is the original Brandi Carlile?? Okay, that’s maybe a step too far. Nonetheless, go along for this wild ride in which Pastor Megan explores why specificity matters (to Bad Bunny and to God), and how staying gentle might indeed be the most powerful thing we can do (a la Brandi and, remarkably, Paul). Sermon begins right away. Scripture: Acts 2:1-21 ; Philippians 4:4-7 Resources: BibleWorm…
Paul writes an affectionate letter to the community at Philippi, making clear the strong relational bonds they share. He thanks God every time he thinks of them, and he calls them partners in God’s grace and preaching the gospel. But what on earth does preaching the gospel mean for Jesus, for Paul, and for us 2000 years later?! Jesus’ sense of God’s good news was most certainly shaped by the songs…
A pastor’s reflections on consuming Christian media on airplanes. Sermon begins at minute marker 3:39 Scripture: Acts 17.16-34 Resources: John Shelby Spong. Why Christianity Must Change or Die . Link to print version of sermon HERE Image: Richard Scarry; Busy, Busy World
Paul is a complicated character, to say the absolute least. We get a whole range of behaviors from Paul in just this one story: from a callous disregard of one, to intimate concern for another, to a courageous act in solidarity with a whole oppressed group as he was released from prison. Through it all, the Way of Jesus is liberating love for self, other, and all. And thank God for Paul’s sake…
The Tuesday Early Morning Bible Study group leads a reflection on Saul's healing and baptism - and Ananais' call to heal Saul. What does it mean to be called? How do we know when we are called? Sermon begins at minute marker 3:56 Scripture: Acts 9.1-19a Resources: BibleWorm podcast: Episode 732 - No King but the Emperor , Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr. Image: Lily Tomlin as "Ernestine"…