2017

  • Advent 4 – Directions For Singing

    By on December 31, 2017

    12/24/17 Psalm 96 Chris Breslin “Sing lustily and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were...

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  • Advent 3: Lying at Rest & Letting the Pieces Fly

    By on December 19, 2017

    12/17/2017 Psalm 126 & Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Chris Breslin “And I knew that the Spirit that had gone forth...

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  • Advent 2: Landscaping for Peace (and Kissing Babies)

    By on December 12, 2017

    12/10/2017 Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2; 8-13 Sarah Neff “The peace between God and man and the salvation which comes...

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  • Advent 1: Seeing God’s Face

    By on December 9, 2017

    12/03/2017 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Isaiah 64:1-9 Curt Lowndes Rev. Curt Lowndes is the Associate Pastor of the Gathering Church....

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  • Get Your Hopes Up

    By on November 27, 2017

    11/26/2017 Romans 15:3-11 Chris Breslin   “Advent is an invitation to plunge into the deep, dark waters of our...

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  • The Practice of Welcoming Children

    By on November 20, 2017

    11/19/2017 Mark 9:36-37; 10:13-16 Meg Hoffman   ‘Welcome’, the word is always on your lips, Each welcome warms another...

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  • Simply Sit Among the Shards

    By on November 15, 2017

    11/12/2017 Matthew 25:31-46 Chris Breslin “When we allow ourselves to be disarmed, we become both vulnerable and strong. The...

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  • Just as Long as I am in this World…

    By on November 7, 2017

    11/05/2017 John 9:1-17 Chris Breslin “To proclaim the Gospel is to proclaim that it is at last possible to...

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  • Praying in the [King]dom

    By on November 1, 2017

    10/29/17 Matthew 6:1-13 Kate Hamman   “The Lord’s Prayer, along with the Eucharist, forms the liturgical equivalent to what...

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  • The Hospitality of God [Norman Wirzba]

    By on October 23, 2017

    10/22/2017 Luke 14:12-24 Norman Wirzba Dr. Norman Wirzba was raised on a farm in Southern Alberta, and went on...

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  • Our Gifts Combined: the Fullness of Christ in Our Midst

    By on October 17, 2017

    10/15/2017 Ephesians 4:1-16 Chris Breslin “Being a Christian was always about living by faith in Jesus’ sovereign Lordship in...

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  • Be Reconciled: Peace-making as Ecology, Geology, & Hydrology

    By on October 14, 2017

    10/01/2017 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 Sarah Neff “When God sets out to embrace the enemy, the result is the cross.”...

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  • Presence Takes Practice (& vice versa)

    By on October 2, 2017

    10/1/17 Psalm 46 Chris Breslin “Silence is not the absence of something, but the presence of everything.” –Gordon Hempton...

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  • The Floor & the Ceiling

    By on September 25, 2017

    09/24/2017 Philippians 4:10-23 Chris Breslin “’This present world is a perfectly safe place for us to be.’ That certainly...

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  • Incarcerated Joy

    By on September 18, 2017

    09/17/2017 Acts 16:16-28 Dewey Williams Rev. Dewey Williams is a minister at Mt. Level Missionary Baptist Church in Durham,...

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  • The Lord is Near!

    By on September 11, 2017

    09/10/2017 Philippians 4:1-9 “Thanksgiving means giving God the glory in everything, making room for him, casting our care on...

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  • Third Culture Kids

    By on September 5, 2017

    09/03/2017 Philippians 3:17-21 Chris Breslin Testimony by Bryan Diver & Blake “Slowly, I started to enter more fully into...

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  • Humility, Even Unto Death

    By on August 28, 2017

    8/27/2017 Philippians 2:1-11 Charlene Brown Rev. Charlene Brown is the National Director of Black Campus Ministries for Intervarsity Christian...

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  • Renouncing Our Righteousness

    By on August 23, 2017

    08/20/2017 Philippians 3:1-16 Chris Breslin “Faith in its decisive act is the collapse of every effort of our own...

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  • REI Groundwater Testimony

    By on August 23, 2017

    8/20/2017 Stephanie Holmer, Joe Longarino, Nate Hood, Erin Victor, Elizabeth Christenson & Chris Breslin

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  • A Family on Mission

    By on August 15, 2017

    08/13/2017 Philippians 2:19-30 Chris Breslin A Congregational Prayer for Churches after Charlottesville by Rich Villodas (Missio Alliance) “Hitherto I...

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  • Fear and Trembling…and Joy?!

    By on August 9, 2017

    8/6/2017 Philippians 2:12-18 Chris Breslin   “Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though...

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  • Everything that Converges Must Kneel

    By on July 31, 2017

    07/30/2017 Philippians 2:1-11 Chris Breslin “We can increasingly resemble Christ in character and in power by following him in...

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  • The Impeded Stream Sings

    By on July 25, 2017

    07/23/2017 Philippians 1:27-30 Chris Breslin It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have...

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  • The Gospel in Chains? [Richard B. Hays]

    By on July 18, 2017

    07/16/2017 Philippians 1:12-26 Dr. Richard B. Hays   Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Leave it There by Tindley Rejoice...

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  • Of Slaves & Saints…

    By on July 10, 2017

    07/09/2017 Philippians 1:1-11 Chris Breslin “All Joy reminds. It is never a possession, always a desire for something longer...

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  • Do What?!

    By on July 3, 2017

    07/02/2017 Joshua 6:1-20 Marty Childers (Director of Mission, Yates Baptist Association)   Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Take Us,...

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  • A Little Lower; Just Right

    By on June 27, 2017

    06/25/2017 Psalm 8 Chris Breslin “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” -Frederick...

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  • “and the Lord for the body?”

    By on June 23, 2017

    06/18/2017 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Joe Longarino “In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much...

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  • Here We Go

    By on June 12, 2017

    06/11/2017 Matthew 28:16-20 Matt Hoffman Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Take to the World by Tate/Webb I Saw the...

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  • Ascension Ora et Labora

    By on May 31, 2017

    05/28/2017 John 17:1-11 Chris Breslin “The glory of God is humanity fully alive.” –Irenaeus “To embrace the ascension is...

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  • Believe into God, Believe into Me Also

    By on May 22, 2017

    5/21/17 John 14:1-21 Chris Breslin “These chapters have often rightly been seen as among the most precious and intimate...

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  • Go There

    By on May 17, 2017

    05/14/2017 Sermon John 4:1-30, 39-43 Stephanie Holmer Scripture: 2 Kings 17 Ezra 4 Luke 9:51-56 John 1:32 Songs for...

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  • 2017 Ecclesia Network National Gathering & Missio Alliance Reflection

    By on May 9, 2017

    Rachel Breslin, Stephanie Holmer, Sarah Neff, & Nate Hood reflect about their week in Alexandria, VA at the Ecclesia...

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  • He Calls His Own Sheep by Name & Leads Them Out 

    By on May 9, 2017

    05/07/2017 John 10:1-15 Chris Breslin Scripture: Ezekiel 34 John 1:4 John 3:16 John 11:25 John 17:3 John 20:31 Psalm...

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  • These Things

    By on May 3, 2017

    04/30/2017 Sermon Luke 24:13-35 Jeremiah Dodson   “We do not gain a grasp of Scripture’s significance solely through lectures...

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  • Still Easter

    By on April 25, 2017

    04/23/2017 John 20:19-31 Chris Breslin   “The church exists for mission as a fire exists by burning.” –Emil Bruner...

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  • Easter: Why Are You Weeping? Who Are You Looking For?

    By on April 19, 2017

    John 20:1-18 Chris Breslin “The Word through whom all things were made is now the Word through whom all...

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  • Good Friday 2017: “Save Yourself!”

    By on April 17, 2017

    04/14/2017 Luke 23:35-43 Mark Acuff Call to Worship: Lamentations 3:40-57 Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Lamb of God by...

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  • A Weeping Messiah & A Hidden Peace

    By on April 11, 2017

    04/09/2017 Luke 19:28-44 Chris Breslin “I would not be a Christian apart from those tears.  Jesus’ wasteful tears.” –Steve...

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  • Silent God, Dissonant Prayer

    By on April 5, 2017

    04/02/2017 Lamentations 5 Sarah Neff “Lament is beating on God’s chest & trusting he’s not going anywhere.” –Mandy Smith...

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  • Calamities & Good Things

    By on March 26, 2017

    03/26/17 Lamentations 3 Meg Hoffman “Lament allows for the fullness of emotions to be expressed. Worship should not operate...

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  • Sharing Our Words & Wounds

    By on March 19, 2017

    03/19/2017 Lamentations 4:17-22 Chris Breslin “What house is it to which the Bible is the door? What sort of...

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  • The Fast I Choose

    By on March 14, 2017

    03/12/2017 Lamentations 2:6-9, 14 Chris Breslin There is no consolation in the thought of God, he said, slamming another...

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  • Freedom Through Awareness & Repentance [Christena Cleveland]

    By on March 7, 2017

    03/05/17 Psalm 32:1-7 Dr. Christena Cleveland Dr. Christena Cleveland is an Associate Professor of the Practice of Leadership, Spirituality,...

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  • Lent’s Third Effect

    By on February 28, 2017

    Lamentations 1 2/26/17 Chris Breslin “Lament is beating on God’s chest & trusting he’s not going anywhere.” –Mandy Smith...

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  • Beautiful Feet & Where to Find Them

    By on February 21, 2017

    02/19/2017 Acts 16:16-36 Sarah Neff “For there is the more excellent way of love and nonviolent protest.” –Rev. Dr....

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  • Preach the Gospel at All Times

    By on February 14, 2017

    02/12/2017 Acts 3:1-16 Chris Breslin   “Preach the gospel at all times, when necessary use words.” –St. Francis of...

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  • Restorying Our Lives

    By on February 8, 2017

    2/5/17 Acts 17:16-34 Chris Breslin   “Be missionaries cleverly disguised as good neighbors.” –J.R. Briggs   “Christ plays in...

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  • Hospitality: A People Blessed by the Lord

    By on January 31, 2017

    01/29/2017 Isaiah 61:5-11 Chris Breslin   “For most of the church’s history, faithful believers located their acts of hospitality...

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  • Healed People, Healed City

    By on January 24, 2017

    01/22/2017 Isaiah 61:1-6 Sarah Neff   “The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.”...

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  • Ordinary Hope

    By on January 18, 2017

    01/15/2017 Isaiah 61:1-3 Chris Breslin   “The calling of a prophet is to bring the world into divine focus.”...

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