Sermons
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 […]
Eucharist: Giving Thanks
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Last week we celebrated communion in this congregation, and I mean celebrate. Communion is often a fairly somber event, but last Sunday as people came forward they smiled. In fact, […]
Resting in God’s Stillness and Silence
Speaker: Vicki Pendleton
In stillness and silence, we are offered the possibility of withdrawing from the noises in our of lives. You know our cell phones, our IPads, our computers, the TV and […]
SheepGate
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Sheep Gate. I didn’t know about “sheep gate” until this week when I walked around the church property reading this gospel from John. (I was trying to find new insights […]
In The Aftermath
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
In today’s scripture we find ourselves transported back once again to Easter Sunday as we hear about yet another experience of encounter with the resurrected Christ. This story, which has […]
Making the Path by Walking
Speaker: Boris Ozuna
Many years ago, when I was still living in Sincelejo, my home town, I was a part of a group of young adults who had started an Anabaptist bible study […]
Fear and Exhilaration
Christ is Risen! [Christ is Risen Indeed!] Alleluia! We have journeyed together throughout Lent this year as witnesses to encounters with God; encounters that happened through temptation, through blessings and […]