What Will Prevent Us?

July 1, 2025
Text: Acts 8:26-39 [audio wav="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/07/Philip-and-Abdimahlkah.wav"][/audio]   This passage isn’t the text assigned for this day by our lectionary. The Narrative Lectionary wrapped up at Pentecost. But since we did that series…

Disciple, Citizen

June 17, 2025
Acts 25:1-12 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/06/CitizenDisciple.mp3"][/audio]   Those of you who have joined this year-long read-though of the book of Acts might remember this story. And even if you don’t, you might…

Holy Freedom

June 9, 2025
Pictured above: Pastor Rachael (center, holding her child) at her ordination service, surrounded by friends, colleagues and members of Community of Hope. -- I’m Rachael, she/her, CoH queer church plant,…

Mother Tongue

May 21, 2024
Text: Acts 2:1 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/05/2024-05-19-Mother-Tongue.mp3"][/audio] I know that many of you have done lots of traveling abroad. I wonder who among us would consider themselves fluent in a language other…
Scripture: Acts 18:1-4; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/04/2024-04-28-Good-News.mp3"][/audio] Because of the text from today I’ve been thinking about baptism this week. And it occurred to me that it’s been 30…
Scripture: Acts 1:1-14 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/04/2024-04-07-One-Thing-We-Can-Agree-On.mp3"][/audio] For the next four weeks we’ll be hearing the stories of the first Christians. It’s so early in the church they don’t even call themselves…