Text: Acts 17:1-9; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/04/2024-04-21-Dear-Church.mp3"][/audio] Remember letters? I know there are at least a few folks here for whom letters were at one time an important way…
Acts 3:1-10 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/04/2024-04-14-What-Can-We-Give_.mp3"][/audio] This morning I’m going to tell you about Carmen. Carmen is the kind of person who has a level of empathy for people that is deeper…
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…
Scripture: Mark 16:1-8 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/04/2024-03-31-Inconceivable-Surprise.mp3"][/audio] I recently heard a quote from the Jewish scholar and theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel. It’s part of a longer essay, but this is the snippet…
Text: Mark 13:1-8, 24-37 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/03/2024-03-17-The-End-Of-The-World.mp3"][/audio] 🎵It’s the end of the world as we know it. 🎵It’s the end of the world as we know it. 🎵It’s the end of…
Text: Mark 12:28-44 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/03/2024-03-10-Bible-Boiled-Down.mp3"][/audio] Let me tell you about one of the many hobbies my dad practices. My dad makes maple syrup. You might thing, of course, Canadians are…
Text: Mark 12:1-17 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/03/2024-03-03-Whose-Image.mp3"][/audio] Whose image? Whose inscription? Those are the words have been echoing in my heart and mind this week. Jesus asks “Whose image and inscription is…
[audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/02/2024-02-25-What-Do-You-Want-Me-To-Do_.mp3"][/audio] Mark 10:32-52 In today’s scripture we continue down the road with Jesus. Literally. We learn that Jesus and his companions are almost at Jerusalem. Mark's first listeners will…
[audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/02/2024-02-18-Impossible-Love.mp3"][/audio] Mark 10:17-31 Welcome to the season of Lent, my friends. As our theme for these next six weeks we’re using “Look, Listen Feel: Experiencing the Way with Jesus.” …
Pastor Amy Epp, February 4, 2024 Today’s scripture from Mark is a success story. And it is a story of rejections. Two stories that, in a way, mirror each other. …