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Jesus in the Ordinary Sacred Spaces
For our first Sunday of Lent, Lila Hunt spoke to Matthew 4:18-22, and the version of calling of the first disciples that this gospel presents. Referencing her history with the passage, and where her interpretation in the past had led her, she wanted to take a new look at the passage from a lens on…
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Ash Wednesday Service and Lent Reading Calendar
On Wednesday, February 26, at 6:30pm, we will be celebrating Ash Wednesday in the Fellowship Hall with a service of administration of ashes and a liturgy of forgiveness. Please come join us as we inaugurate the beginning of our Lenten journey together.
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The Color of Racism and the Color of Baptism
On February 16th, Rob Muthiah spoke from Acts 2:1-12; 37-42; and 16:1-5 in the context of the the outpouring of God’s love and the expansive and inclusive nature of God’s mission. But somewhere along the way, the church in the West began to develop and live into a different vision. A new way of understanding…
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Word of the Cross
Pastor Tim Reardon preached last Sunday from 1 Cor 1:18-2:5. This is a passage on the message, or Word, of the cross. While, in the Gospels, Jesus tells his followers to pick up their crosses, here, Paul focuses on Jesus’s cross and how that changes us, saves us, reorders us, undoes us, nullifies our pretense…
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Communal Salvation, the message of John 3:16
On February 2nd, Rae Huang spoke to John 3:13-17, beginning with her introduction to John 3:16 as a child. And though it still holds meaning for her in her Christian journey, her view of the passage, as a pastor and community organizer working in interfaith circles, has changed rather radically. Hear as Rae fleshes out…
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What Did You Go Out to the Desert to See?
On January 12th, Tim Reardon preached from Luke 7:24-30 and Acts 2:40-47. He brought in John the Baptist from Luke and the community of Acts 2 — both for the welcoming of new members and a baptism we celebrated that day, and for our upcoming Consecration Sunday, the day we make our annual commitments of…
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New Members and Baptism
You may or may not have known that January 12 was the day, the liturgical calendar, on which we celebrate Jesus’s baptism. Well at Pasadena Mennonite we celebrated with a baptism of our own and the welcoming of six new members into our family. It was a wonderful occasion where we all remembered our baptisms…
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Illuminations
For Epiphany Sunday, January 5th, Mariann Reardon talks about the variety of Epiphany scriptural traditions of addressing Christ’s introduction to the world, accompanied by cultural traditions. PMC has a tradition, begun by the Sanctuary ministy, which sponsored an Epiphany service, giving the opportunity to reflect on Christ’s coming into the world and guiding us through…
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God With Us
On the 4th Sunday of Advent, Tim Reardon preached from Isaiah 7:10-16 and Matthew 1:18-25. “The day is dawning and we have hope in a savior, our brother, Jesus, the Messiah, our guide, true God, true light, who teaches the way of peace, who unfolds for us the mystery of God’s kingdom, that we may…
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Waiting in the Dark for Glimpses of Joy
Melissa Hofstetter continued our Advent journey by looking at Matthew 11: 2-11. She begins: I don’t know about you, but I have a love-hate relationship with ambivalence. (…Mixed feelings about mixed feelings) Can any of you relate? More likely, it’s maybe that I have a love-hate relationship with Adventing — not with Christmas per se,…
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