Sermons
Peace to this House
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
As a child growing up in small town Oregon, we were not a very political or activist family, though we did have a decal on our front plate glass window. […]
Witness & Testify
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
I find stories like this in the Biblical text a bit scratchy. I’m never quite sure how I feel about the prevalence of demon possession and exorcisms in the life […]
Lamentations
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
What a time in the world it is. Our hearts are broken by the injustice and cruelty that we see and hear about every day. Our minds are preoccupied and […]
Saving Language
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
A few years back, pre-pandemic, we had an intergenerational Sunday School class called Big Questions. One Sunday we asked What does it mean to be saved? and then How do […]
On the Journey
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
All along my pilgrim journey, Savior let me walk with thee. That is how I attempt to live my life, walking with God. And I had been doing that, with […]
We Rise with Christ
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Christ is Risen. Christ is Risen indeed. Today is one of those Easters when it can be hard to go full joyful hallelujah. With the recent death of our beloved […]
Save us we pray: What kind of salvation is this?
Speaker: Joanna Harader
Good morning to you all at Hyattsville Mennonite Church. Joy to worship with you virtually on this Palm Sunday, just as it has been a joy to work with Michelle […]
Daughters Take A Stand
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The two parts of the story we just heard are found in the book of Numbers: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers. We hardly ever read from Numbers, maybe because it sounds […]
The Women Who Save
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
In Women’s history month, it is right and good to tell, and retell, the stories of women in the bible. Not because the stories are historically accurate. But because they […]
Prone to Wander: Wilderness Vistas
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Lent is a season that invites us to take a journey. This year as we travel the path between Ash Wednesday and Easter morning we are invited to journey in […]