Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Matthew 23:23 & John 8:2-11Nuance didn’t disappear by accident; we traded it for speed, certainty, and the rush of being right. We feel the fallout everywhere: online arguments that...

Mark ends his Gospel with an empty tomb, a breathtaking claim, and then one of the strangest final lines in the Bible: the women run away and say nothing because they are afraid. That’s it. No closing appearance of Jesus. No tidy wrap-up. If yo...

The simplest commands can be the hardest to hear: make room, share what you have, protect the overlooked, welcome the ones society treats as interruptions. We start with a prayer for open space in our hearts, then let Deuteronomy 24 and Matthew...

Communion can feel familiar until you stop and ask what it actually means and what it demands. We run a tight, 28-minute crash course on the theology of the Eucharist using the 1982 Lima Document, a landmark ecumenical statement from Catholic, ...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Ephesians 3:20-21 & Mark 6:32-44What if the miracle isn’t only in the multiplying, but in the mobilizing? We open with breath and blessing, then step into Ephesians 3 and the feedin...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Matthew 25:35-40 & Luke 7:36-50A quiet act can carry a whole sermon. We open Matthew 25 and step into Luke 7 to watch a nameless woman kneel with an alabaster jar, turning tears int...

A hymn sing can be a history lesson, a prayer meeting, and a freedom school all at once. We gathered to honor Black History Month by lifting African American spirituals out of the margins and into the center, pairing each song with the stories ...

Texts: John 2:1-11 & Matthew 13:31-32Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingWhat if Lent began with laughter, a full dance floor, and a secret only a few people notice? We kick off a different kind of season by walking through ...

Text: Luke 14:15-24Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingWhat if Lent felt like an RSVP instead of a diet for the soul? We open the season by stepping into Jesus’s parable of the Great Banquet in Luke 14, where the first invitees ...

Preaching: Owen BealeWhat if the clearest map for your calling looks a lot like a dashboard? We open Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12 and trace a living metaphor: you are designed like a car, uniquely engineered for a purpose, meant to mov...

A city was thriving, a lie took hold, and democracy was overturned. We gather to unpack Wilmington’s Lie and trace how a coordinated white supremacy campaign in 1898 used fear, newspapers, and even pulpits to justify a violent coup—then rewrote...

Preaching: Dylan LewellynWhat if “so glad you made it” isn’t the finish line, but the starting bell? We open with Genesis 2 and Revelation 21, then move through a seminary walk, a well-timed lyric, and a fragile cat to uncover a deeper t...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Proverbs 4:25-27 & Philippians 4:6-9What happens when Scripture sits on the bench and your phone takes the stand? We put social media and AI through a playful mock trial, using Phil...

What happens when you put social media and AI on trial using Scripture as the judge? We invite you into a creative, candid journey through anxiety, attention, and the spiritual disciplines that help us live with peace in a noisy world. Grounded...

A winter storm closed our doors, but not our hearts. We met from living rooms and kitchen tables, lit by lamps and laptop screens, to breathe, pray, and remember what steadies us when the world feels heavy. Guided by Mary Oliver’s poetry and th...

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Jeremiah 6:16 & Matthew 11:28-30 When the world shouts from every screen, how do we stay awake to suffering without burning out our souls? We open with Jeremiah’s call to “stand...

Presenter: Rev. Dr. Kit SchooleyA vineyard without hedges. An angel who sounds like Christ. A slave who weeds beyond the brief and is named co‑heir with the son. We dive into The Shepherd of Hermas, a wildly popular early Christian text ...

Presenter: Rev. Dr. Kit SchooleyA fragile manuscript, a private room, and a challenge that still stings: who gets to speak for Jesus when the records are broken and the crowd isn’t there to witness it? We unpack the Gospel of Mary agains...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Kit SchooleyTexts: Genesis 1:1-9 & Mark 1:4-11A world that once felt like welter and waste can be reordered with a word and a pour. We follow the current from Genesis’s first light to the Jordan’s torn-open...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Matthew 2:1-12, 16-18A star rises over a troubled world and we’re left with a choice: move the way fear moves, or let love lead us down another road. We follow Matthew’s story of the Ma...

Presenter: GPPC Parish Associate Rev. Kit SchooleyWhat happens when the eyewitnesses are gone, the libraries are empty, and communities stretch from Syria to Africa with different memories of Jesus? We step into that world and explore ho...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingText: Luke 2:1-20Ever notice how fear always sounds like it’s holding a megaphone while hope shows up as a whisper? We gather on a holy night to test those voices against the Christmas story, ...

Preaching: Rev. Dr. Stephen M. FearingTexts: Isaiah 41:5-10 & Matthew 1:18-25Fear is loud, but solidarity speaks louder. We open with Isaiah’s steady promise and follow the quiet courage of Joseph, then bring those ancient wor...

The sanctuary felt different on the longest night: softer voices, slower breath, and a circle of candles passing from hand to hand. We opened a gentle space where grief and fear could sit beside hope without apology, naming what hurts and honor...

Fear doesn’t vanish on command, and it rarely keeps office hours. We open with a breath prayer—mercy in, mercy out—and let that rhythm carry us into Isaiah 41, where trembling coastlands meet a voice that says, “Do not be afraid, for I am with ...