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| The Smartest People I Know are the Kindest People I Know | 30 Mar 2023 | 00:21:07 | |
Thank you to Dr. Claude Jager-Rubinson for preaching today. Claude is a member of Houston Mennonite Church and an Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Houston Downtown.
Scripture Reading Romans 8:6-11
Jesus Calls Us (VT #30)
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| Called to the Light | 24 Mar 2023 | 00:23:20 | |
Opening our lives to the way of Jesus brings restored sight, and creates a new life in us.
Scripture Reading John 9:1-41
Praise to the Lord the Almighty (VT #88)
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| It’s Our Turn | 06 Jan 2023 | 00:20:09 | |
As the advent season continues, we are invited to participate in the restoration process. We will also focus on Jesus’ escape to Egypt as a refugee.
Isaiah 63:7-9 and Matthew 2:13-23
Beautiful Things (VT #551)
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| The Lord is Come | 28 Dec 2022 | 00:08:20 | |
Scripture Reading Luke 2:1-20 and John 1:1-18
Joy to the World (VT #240)
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| Do Not Be Afraid | 22 Dec 2022 | 00:19:53 | |
In the midst of our fears, God promises that he is with us; "Do not be afraid!"
Scripture Reading Isaiah 7:10-16; Matthew 1:18-25 Hymn Joy to the World (VT #240)
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| Christmas Special | 14 Dec 2022 | 01:05:23 | |
The annual HMC Christmas Special - recorded 12-11-2022 | |||
| Worth the Wait | 07 Dec 2022 | 00:22:02 | |
God accompanies us on our imperfect journey while we wait and work for the flowering of justice, peace and love. The presence of God's love, mercy, forgiveness, and presence make the wait bearable and worth it. Scripture Reading Matthew 1:18-25 Hymn Beautiful Things (VT #551) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org | |||
| Watch: The Day is Almost Here | 29 Nov 2022 | 00:25:36 | |
When restoration is needed for so many things, how do we live with hope and expectation, as a restored people?
Scripture Readings Colossian Isaiah 40:1-11 and Matthew 24:36-44 Hymn Beautiful Things (VT #551)
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| What Kind of King? | 22 Nov 2022 | 00:21:34 | |
The reign of Christ was not a campaign intended to secure national borders. His was not a movement to consolidate power and privilege and wealth. Quite the opposite.
Scripture Readings Colossian 1:11-20 and Luke 23:33-43 Hymn God of the Bible
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| On Nonconformity -- The Lollard Movement | 16 Nov 2022 | 00:33:27 | |
Guest Lecturer Dr. Katharine Jager introduces us to the Lollard Movement, a Christian movement during the Medieval Period. The Lollards followed the teachings of John Wycliffe. Dr. Jager takes us through their formation through to their martyrdom. Dr. Jager is a member of Houston Mennonite Church and an Associate Professor of English in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences at University of Houston Downtown. She is a poet and medieval scholar.
Scripture Romans 12:2 and First John 2:15-17 Hymn I Am That Great and Fiery Force (VT 663)
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| One Last Time | 07 Nov 2022 | 00:17:52 | |
"One Last Time," which is the conversation between Washington and Hamilton about Washington's decision to not run for a third term. Some of the lyrics are: One last time -- the people will hear from me -- one last time -- and if we get this right -- we're gonna teach 'em how to say goodbye - You and I If I say goodbye - the nation learns to move on - It out lives me when I'm gone.
Scripture Readings (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition) 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Hymn Rain Down (VT #703)
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| How We Finish the Race! | 25 Oct 2022 | 00:17:02 | |
What to do when you're near the finish line but the road surprised you with one... last... turn...
Scripture Readings (NRSV) 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Hymn Guide my feet (VT #816)
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| Shaped Through Thirst | 16 Mar 2023 | 00:23:33 | |
The story of Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well is a stark contrast to the story of Nicodemus.
Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-17
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (VT #606)
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| Special Guest: Bill Ogden and Memorial Assistance Ministries | 17 Oct 2022 | 00:29:51 | |
Bill Ogden is a retired lawyer. (He says he's a "recovering" lawyer.) Bill is currently working with Memorial Assistance Ministries (MAM) after 45 years of practicing law in Houston. Before retiring from law practice in September 2019, Bill was a job coach volunteer at MAM for 6 years. He now serves as the staff liaison between MAM and its 35 member congregations. He loves his "encore career," working with people of different faiths in a common cause to support the families in need within our community.
Scripture Readings (The Inclusive Bible) Mark 12:28-34 * Note: The Inclusive Bible is not available online Hymn The Blessing
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| Your Place at the Table | 10 Oct 2022 | 00:16:30 | |
For whom is there a place at the table? To whom is an invitation sent? invite the poor. Invite the differently abled. The lame. The blind. Invite the people who have no place in society and no way to repay your hospitality. Jesus does not say: everyone has a place at God's table -- though we know this to be true. Instead, Jesus specifically lists those whom society has marginalized, ostracized, and thrown away.
Scripture (The Inclusive Bible) Luke 14:1, 7-14 & Hebrews 13:1-2 * Note: The Inclusive Bible is not available online. Hymn Jesus Entered Egypt (VT 279)
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| Wise Living in a Crooked Generation | 03 Oct 2022 | 00:24:26 | |
During difficult times, perseverance on the journey of faith calls for patience, vigilance, discipline, trust, life-sustaining habits, and powerful love.
Scripture Readings (The Inclusive Bible) 2 Timothy 1:1-14 * Note: The Inclusive Bible is not available online Hymn I Know Not Why God's Wonderous (VT 590)
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| Finding Your Grandmother's Beatitudes | 20 Sep 2022 | 00:24:51 | |
According to Jesus, people not only are BLESSED, but also BEAR A BLESSING. They are the salt of the earth. They bless us in a way that preserves us, and seasons us, and heals us. So we see what God's kingdom is like. So we may be MOVED to take up the good adventure of following Christ.
Scripture Reading (The Inclusive Bible) Matthew 5:1-12 *Note: The Inclusive Bible is not online Hymn Need Thee Every Hour (HWB 555)
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| The Lost, the Found, and the Never Lost | 12 Sep 2022 | 00:19:29 | |
The angry God in Exodus 32 wants to punish sinners. In Luke 15 Jesus is described as welcoming sinners. How do we reconcile these images of the divine?
Scripture Readings (The Inclusive Bible) Luke 15:1-10; Exodus 32:7-14 * Note: The Inclusive Bible is not available online Hymn Come Away (VT #9)
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| The Jesus Parade | 06 Sep 2022 | 00:24:40 | |
What does it look like to walk in the way of Jesus?
Scripture Readings (The Inclusive Bible) Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Luke 14:25-33 * Note: The Inclusive Bible is not available online
Hymn Could It Be The God Is Singing
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| Table Talk | 30 Aug 2022 | 00:19:44 | |
In Luke's gospel Jesus is always going to or coming from a meal and often the meal is with people he should not be sitting down to eat with, according to his critics. It is a lesson about humility. Scripture Readings (NRSV) *None This Week* Hymn I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org | |||
| Standing up straight | 22 Aug 2022 | 00:17:27 | |
Jesus is all about our unbending. Our standing tall. Our finding our voices, so that we can praise the God who facilitates and celebrates our freedom.
Scripture Readings (The Inclusive Bible) Luke 13:10-17 (Note: This translation is not available online.) Hymn New Earth, Heavens New (VT #377)
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| Turn to God! Be bright with joy! | 15 Aug 2022 | 00:25:40 | |
Because we are whole people, called to gratitude and called to action, we will encounter forces on our journey that are not life affirming. God stands against such injustice, and so do we because we are a whole people who follow the way of righteousness, the way of Jesus.
Scripture Readings (The Inclusive Bible) Hebrews 11:29-12:2 (Note: This translation is not available online.) Hymn Oh, for a Thousand Tongues
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| Changing Minds | 08 Aug 2022 | 00:20:19 | |
God's dream comes true when we recognize that there exists no daylight between us. Imagine, if you will, with God, a giant circle of compassion, the kind of circle that would keep us inching ourselves closer to the margins so that the margins themselves would be erased.
Scripture Reading (The Inclusive Bible) Matthew 15:21-28 (Note: The Inclusive Bible is not available online.) Hymn God, Be the Love (VT #43)
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| Shaped by New Birth | 16 Mar 2023 | 00:22:58 | |
Jesus, you have come to put the world right, Scripture Reading Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-17
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| A Conversation with Mateo Quiñonez | 01 Aug 2022 | 00:38:21 | |
Mateo is a student at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana double-majoring in studio art, Japanese Language, and Linguistics. He was born in Guatemala City and attended high school in Costa Rico before coming to Earlham. Mateo has a passion for the intersection of queer and migrant identities and would like to be a middle school teacher.
Scripture Readings (The Inclusive Bible) Exodus 35:30-35 (Note: This translation is not available online.) Hymn My Life Flows On (VT #605)
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| God Made You Alive! | 26 Jul 2022 | 00:27:12 | |
Life in Christ makes us fully alive! When we discover the Christ life, we can put things in perspective. We are taught by Jesus how to respond to the challenges of life. Life in Christ gives us a place to be planted, a place to grow, a place to thrive.
Scripture Readings (The Inclusive Bible) Luke 11:1-13 (The Inclusive Bible) (Note: This translation is not available online.)
Hymn The Earth is Yours
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| Hospitality Grounded in Love | 18 Jul 2022 | 00:23:04 | |
Action or contemplation? Service or worship? Hospitality or prayer? For as long as the church has existed, we’ve debated these dichotomies. Which is more important: kneeling at the altar, or mopping the church floors? What we should prioritize? How should we find a good balance between the mystical and the practical?
Scripture (The Inclusive Bible) Luke 10:36-42 Hymn Longing for Light (VT #715)
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| Y'all, a Community Frame of Reference | 11 Jul 2022 | 00:31:56 | |
The people of God are called to act with love that overcomes drawn boundaries, love that expects no reward, and love that recognizes one human community. Love is action, not just an idea about love and mercy. We are called to be good Samaritans to the world that has plenty of folks who have fallen victim to those who would rob them of their well-being and dignity.
Scripture (The Inclusive Bible) Luke 10:25-37 (Note: This translation is not available online.) Hymn Let Us Build a House (VT #36)
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| Freedom Indeed | 05 Jul 2022 | 00:17:22 | |
What does it mean to be free?
Scripture Readings (NRSV) Hymn God of Grace and God of Glory (VT 716)
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| Free To Be | 28 Jun 2022 | 00:25:17 | |
Paul's vision for Christian freedom goes beyond the self-created, individualist concept of freedom and speaks to the freedom we find on the Christian journey with Christian community where we are free to love, serve, and produce the fruits of the Spirit.
Scripture Readings (ESV) Hymn Jesus, Be The Center (VT #584)
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| The Whole Human Family | 20 Jun 2022 | 00:26:14 | |
Finding our way to wholeness and to our true identity as loved and forgiven and whole human beings is not always an easy journey, nevertheless, it is what we are called to in Christ.
Scripture Reading Hymn Summoned by the God Who Made Us (VT 1)
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| Kinship with God, Creation, and Each Other | 13 Jun 2022 | 00:22:27 | |
On this Trinity Sunday, we wonder at the mystery of the One who created us, redeemed our lives through the life and death of Jesus Christ, and sustains us in the comfort and power of the Holy Spirit.
Scripture (The Message) Hymn There's Nothing Worth More, VT 369
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| If We Only Knew... | 06 Jun 2022 | 00:25:23 | |
If we only knew then what we know now would we have chosen to follow the resurrected god? Scripture Reading (NRSV) Hymn Holy Spirit, Come with Power (VT #57) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org | |||
| Liberating God through Tragedy | 31 May 2022 | 00:25:20 | |
Scripture Reading (NRSV) Hymn Be Thou My Vision Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org
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| Shaped by Testing | 02 Mar 2023 | 00:23:35 | |
Lent is a season of testing. Testing is the theme of the Genesis and Matthew texts. The 40 days of Lent correspond to Jesus's 40 days of testing in the wilderness. Two questions lie at the heart of our testing: What do we really want? Who are we?
Scripture Reading Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11
You Shall go Out with Joy (VT #847)
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| A Hospitable Heart | 23 May 2022 | 00:32:45 | |
Hospitality, welcoming others, especially those who are different from me, is a key virtue as I seek to follow the way of Jesus and take part in the community of faith. Scripture Reading (NRSV) Hymn You Are Good Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org
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| A Reconciling Spirit | 16 May 2022 | 00:22:36 | |
Grounded in God awareness and following the way of Jesus, the Christian community is created and called to be ambassadors for peace and reconciliation in the world. Scripture Reading (NRSV) Hymn When Love is Found VT #524 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org | |||
| A Female Disciple | 09 May 2022 | 00:17:38 | |
What can the story of Tabitha, a disciple of Jesus, tell us about body autonomy and control in light of recent news. Scripture Reading (NRSV) Hymn Here in this Place (VT 10) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org | |||
| Let's Go Fishing | 02 May 2022 | 00:30:10 | |
Scripture (NRSV) Hymn Come, Christians, Join to Sing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org | |||
| All is Changed | 25 Apr 2022 | 00:21:22 | |
The Swiss Reformation began with sausage. Scripture Reading (NRSV) Hymn Low in the Grave He Lay Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org | |||
| Hope Resurrected | 21 Apr 2022 | 00:26:40 | |
Jesus is alive and at work in the world. This gives me hope... no matter what we hold in our hands!
Scripture Readings (NLT)
Hymn Forever
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| In The Wrong Place? | 11 Apr 2022 | 00:17:19 | |
Was Simon of Cyrene in the wrong place or the right place? And was of us? Are we in the wrong place or the right place?
Scripture Reading (NRSV) Hymn Fairest Lord Jesus
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| Dust to Dust | 04 Apr 2022 | 00:19:41 | |
We come from dust and we go to dust.
Scripture Reading (NRSV)
Hymn Gentle Shepherd, Come And Lead Us
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| The Letter | 27 Mar 2022 | 00:28:50 | |
Pastor LaTayna considers God and reads a letter in the aftermath of a recent death. Scripture Reading (J.B. Phillips) Hymn Here in Your Presence
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| When Bad Things Happen To Good People | 21 Mar 2022 | 00:25:44 | |
A life interrupted by difficulty or tragedy. Have we really caused it? Sermon by Chaplain William Cork Scripture (The Message) Hymn (Sung by congregation) Here In This Place
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| Only Jesus? | 24 Feb 2023 | 00:18:54 | |
What is the light I follow as I seek truth about ultimate things? Only Jesus? Where else do I turn for enlightenment?
Matthew 17:1-9
Jesus on the Mountain Peak (VT #301)
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| Safe Under Her Wings by Reverend Teresa Kim Pecinovsky | 17 Mar 2022 | 00:22:14 | |
Jerusalem turned away from safety. Many of us do.
Scripture
Hymn Be Still And Know That I am God
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| Temporary Veils, Permanent Glory | 09 Mar 2022 | 00:20:50 | |
The Bible mentions veils often and removing them. So, what happens if you remove yours? Guest Speaker: Reverend Luther Young Scripture Reading (NRSV) Hymn I Have Decided To Follow Jesus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoustonMennonite Website: https://houstonmennonite.org
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| The Transfiguration Within All | 28 Feb 2022 | 00:31:15 | |
Two Chaplains--Bill Cork and Teresa Kim Pecinovsky--talk about the transfiguration in the light of their work caring for the sick and dying.
Scripture Reading (NIV) Hymn How Great Thou Art
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| Fishers of Men | 21 Feb 2022 | 00:18:21 | |
What is that moment when we transform our whole selves. Guest speaker Tammy Coia takes us through moments of the Bible and our lives when we transform. Scripture Reading (NRSV) Hymn Help Us to Help Each Other
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