Texts: Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 1:46-55 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/12/Sing-for-Joy-and-Liberation.mp3"][/audio] It is the third Sunday of Advent! We’ve lit the pink candle, which is pink in recognition of Gaudete Sunday, a celebration of…
Text: Joel 2:12-13, 21-29 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/12/2024-12-08-Turn-to-Peace.mp3"][/audio]   Today is the second Sunday of Advent. In the liturgical calendar, it’s often the Sunday that centers the theme of Peace. And once…
Texts: Daniel 6:6-27, Luke 1:5-20 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/12/Practicing-Hope.mp3"][/audio]   It’s Advent! This is a season of waiting and wonder. A season of anticipation. A season of hope. Today in particular, the…
Text: Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-28; 31:31-34 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/11/2024-11-24-Burn.mp3"][/audio] We’ve spent a couple of weeks now with Biblical prophets. People called by God to a particular task. Me met Jonah, who…

Called Amid Chaos

November 19, 2024
Text: Isaiah 6:1-13 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/11/2024-11-17-Called-to-Chaos.mp3"][/audio]   Our text and story for today have inspired a lot of hymns, including the one we just sang. And many others. A few weeks…

Who Deserves Mercy?

November 13, 2024
Jonah 1:1-17; 3:1-10, 4:1-11 [audio mp3="https://evergreenmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2024/11/who-deserves-mercy.mp3"][/audio] Jonah is a familiar story. One where if we have heard it too many times we forget its main purpose. We know in the…