A Word on Lent 2025 by Pastor Amy This season of Lent, more than most in recent years looks as if it will be an especially hard road. Perhaps in…
Text: Luke 7:36-50 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/02/Already-Forgiven-Audio.mp3"][/audio] In our new Voices Together hymnal, (801) you’ll find the hymn “I’m Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table,” which is very similar to a hymn…
Text: Luke 7:18-36 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/02/The-GOAT-Has-Questions.mp3"][/audio] It’s funny to me where sermon preparation and reflection on scripture will take me sometimes. This week, maybe because I’d just watched the Superbowl?…
Text: Luke 7:1-17 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/02/Compelled-by-Compassion-Luke-7.mp3"][/audio] I went into this story (these stories, actually; there are two) thinking it was about healing. And it is. Jesus does heal people in…
Text: Luke 6:1-12 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/02/The-Best-Fences-Have-Gates.mp3"][/audio] What's the difference between a lawyer and God? God doesn't think he’s a lawyer. The implication is, of course, that lawyers are too big…
Our sermon today is by Michele WhiteEagle (pictured). Michele is the Region 4 Board Chair of Mennonite Disaster Service. Region 4 is comprised of 6 units and 235 congregations.…
Text: Luke 4:14-30 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/01/not-in-my-backyard.mp3"][/audio] It’s a little bit of an odd thing to work and worship in one city and live in another. It’s a disconnect that is…
Text: Luke 3:1-22 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/01/Baptism-Has-Consequences.mp3"][/audio] I haven’t been at Evergreen for a baptism. I’m looking forward to the day when that’s something that I get to participate in with…
Text: Luke 2:41-52 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2025/01/2025-01-05-Tween-Aged-Turning-Point.mp3"][/audio] Sometimes when I do yoga, my yoga teacher will say “Okay, same, same but different,” when we’re about to do a similar cycle of…
Text: Luke 2:25-40 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/12/Notice-Wonder-Connect.mp3"][/audio] Amy reflects on the teen parents Mary and Joseph encountering their elders in the temple. Like them, we too benefit from living in community…