Sermons
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 […]
Transfigured and Transforming
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
This is a magical moment on the mountain top, the Transfiguration. A retelling of this scene appears in Matthew, Mark and Luke. The gospel of John misses out on this […]
The Cliff’s Edge
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
We know well the beginning of Luke 4, but the next part perhaps we would rather avoid. The chapter starts with Jesus on his vision quest in the wilderness; he […]
Visions of the Madonna: Advent 4
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
In this advent season, we are exploring darkness. We remember and name the ways that God pierced, and is piercing, the veil between heaven and earth. While Scripture Sketchers have […]
Patience in the Dark: Advent 3
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
I used to have a brick of a phone, some might call it a burner phone or even a drug dealer phone. I wasn’t very good at using the phone. […]
Nourishing Darkness: Advent 2
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
From Isaiah 11 Then a shoot will sprout from the stump of Jesse; from Jesse’s roots a branch will blossom. The Spirit of YHWH will rest on you – a […]
The Holiness of Night: Advent 1
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Once again we have arrived at the season of Advent. Advent is the liturgical season of waiting for the arrival of Christmas. Advent comes at the end of the calendar […]