Sermons
Nourishing Questions and the Reign of God
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Nicodemus comes to Jesus in the night, presumably because he has questions, questions about Jesus, questions for Jesus. He comes under cover of darkness which means these questions unnerve Nicodemus, […]
Nourishing Questions: Curiosity & Discernment
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Today we mark the first Sunday in Lent. Lent being the 40 day period that leads up to Easter Sunday. It is a season that is an echo, or reflection, […]
Enlightening
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Two weeks ago, on Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday, we read from the prophet Isaiah, “The people walking in darkness are seeing a brilliant light.” And here we have light again, […]
Anabaptist Light/Anabaptist Slant: World Anabaptist Fellowship Sunday
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
“Tell all the truth but tell it slant,” Emily Dickinson reminds us. That’s how a good story is told, gradually, with perspective, and context and details that may not be […]
The Gospel in Ordinary Time
Speaker: Brian Gorman
Many of you have met or seen our 2 year old Ammon running around. If you haven’t, he will be the one skipping back down the aisle after offering. We […]
Bathsheba’s Power
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Today in our study of the women in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus, we focus on the woman referred to as “the wife of Uriah.” Her own name is erased for […]
A Window Into Faith
Speaker: Mick Atencio
What would it look like for someone “outside” of God’s chosen people to become a predecessor to the Christ-child? And how might we as Christ-followers learn about faithfulness from someone […]
Tamar: Advent 1
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Our Advent theme will be a bit different this year at HMC – and across a number of Mennonite churches. Many congregations will be using Joanna Harader and Michelle Burkholder‘s […]
Remembering the Reign
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Today is the last Sunday of the liturgical year. Here at Hyattsville Mennonite it is the Sunday before Thanksgiving – and variously Christ the King Sunday, or Christa the Queen […]
A New Song In Deed: 20th Anniversary of Cindy Lapp’s Ordination
Speaker: Mary Hunt
Good morning on this festive occasion of Cindy Lapp’s 20th Anniversary of Ordination. What a great day for Hyattsville Mennonite Church, indeed for the whole community into which her ministry […]