2014
The Forgiveness Equation
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Our son Simon is 9 months old and it is a fun age. He is all over the place, crawling and climbing and getting into anything he can. He is […]
Article 14 and Matthew 18 in 2014
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
When I turned to the lectionary for this week and saw that the gospel is this text from Matthew 18 I wanted to laugh, and scream, and cry. Really? The […]
God-fearing Midwives
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Sometimes I think about the children born in this country after September 11, 2001. I wonder how they view the world. They only know a country at war. In addition […]
Doggin’ Jesus
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Jesus is trying to get in the zone. He has a mountainous, twenty mile walk ahead of him to get to Tyre and Sidon. He is exhausted from the intense […]
Again And Again
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
As you may have become aware already, the service this morning is being brought to you by members of the Safe Congregation committee. The Safe Congregation committee is the committee […]
Lest We Forget
Speaker: Jake Short
This past week saw the start of a war full of unseen consequences, or so was the case 100 years ago. 28 July 1914 saw the first declaration of war, […]
The Reign Of God Is Like . . .
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The past few weeks we have heard quite a few of Jesus’parables that are included in the gospel of Matthew. I have struggled, along with the disciples, to understand these […]
Is HMC A Living Contradiction?
Speaker: Micah Tillman
I. Our Unofficial Identity Statement Hyattsville Mennonite is a Christ-centered welcoming church committed to peace and justice. How do I know this? you ask. I’ve been going here for years, […]
Messy Mercy
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
When the lectionary offered up Genesis 22 as the text for this Sunday, I paused and shook my head, what is one to say about this story? It is distressing, […]
O Nineveh
Speaker: Christian Parks
At a Crossroads Stuck at a fork in the road between God’s call and fear We meet Jonah You met me But what fear? To go, I think not He […]