Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons

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Seattle Mennonite Church is an active Anabaptist Mennonite Christian congregation working faithfully at following Jesus in our urban context. All are welcome! Listen in to our Sunday morning sermons to get a sense of who we are.

September 17, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Foolishness

Pastor Megan kicks off our 6-week series on 1 Corinthians reflecting on what it's like to read someone else's mail from 2000 years ago and across the globe, what resonance there...
September 10, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Not Fair

Pastor Megan reflects on the parable of the day laborers from Matthew 20.1-16, the lack of fairness in life (no one said it would be...), and the (sometimes annoying) generosity...
August 27, 2017
Rex Rempel

Beloved

Rex Rempel auctioned off a sermon on the topic of bid-winner's choosing to support our youth traveling to Orlando for the Mennonite Church USA gathering. Pete Lagerwey won the b...
August 06, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Rich Food

Pastor Megan reflects on packing for a 7-day backpacking trip, Isaiah's prophetic encouragement to eat what is good and delight in rich foods, the life (and imminent death) of o...
July 30, 2017
SMC preachers

2017-07-30 Ordinary and Subversive AME.m4a

The reign of the loving God sneaks in and gets in the way and grows and is a nuisance. But it’s so sweet!
July 23, 2017
Caitlin, Zach, Alex

God's Heart

A rich time of storytelling about God’s heart for the refugee, foreigner, and immigrant! We heard from our own Caitlin and Zach, as well as Caitlin's co-worker Alex. We were tre...
July 09, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Reflections from MCUSA in Orlando

Pastor Megan shares some stories and initial reflections from her time at the biennial gathering of Mennonite Church USA in Orlando, July 4-8.
July 02, 2017
Amy Epp

It Takes Two to Tango

Pastor Amy reflects on our interdependence in this weekend of celebrating July 4th and the nation telling us how independent we should be.
June 18, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Gutsy Compassion

Pastor Megan reflects on the compassion Jesus has for the "helpless, harassed, oppressed, and discarded" crowds of his day as well as our day. What compassion is stirring and ri...
June 04, 2017
Megan M Ramer

The Alchemy of Quilting & Community

Remembering the childhood enchantment of lying under a quilt in its frame while her grandmother quilted, Pastor Megan reflects on the magic of forever binding together three dis...
May 28, 2017
Amy Marie Epp

Wait, Worship, Witness

"Wait. Do it actively and with intention and expect the Holy Spirit to show up. Worship. Refocus on loving and being loved by God. Witness. Tell the story of Jesus. Enact the...
May 07, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Calling Cows & Listening for God

Jesus said that the sheep know the shepherd's voice. Pastor Megan reflects on her experience as a farmhand on a Swiss dairy farm - calling cows in from pasture who knew the voic...
April 30, 2017
Pastor Amy Marie Epp

We Had Hoped

Pastor Amy explores the place between disappointment and hope with the disciples who encounter the risen Jesus on the road and at the table.
April 16, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Proximity & Proclamation: For MJ Sharp

Pastor Megan reflects on the untimely and violent death of dart-throwing, prankster peacemaker MJ Sharp, Mary Magdalene weeping at the tomb of Jesus on that first Easter Sunday ...
April 09, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Procession of the Ridiculous

An undomesticated look at the Palm Processional and just how funny, just how serious, and just how dangerous it was for Jesus to ride a baby donkey into the eastern gate of Jeru...
April 02, 2017
Sarah Sommers & Megan M Ramer

Interview with Sarah Sommers

Pastor Megan interviews Sarah Sommers from Christian Peacemaker Teams, asking her to reflect on the actively nonviolent way of Jesus as it connects with the gospel story of enco...
March 26, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Mud made with spit & a pool called Sent

Pastor Megan tells the story of the man born blind who has a healing encounter with Jesus and then tense encounters with some would-be prosecutors in John 9, and reflects on her...
March 19, 2017
Jonathan Neufeld

Softening the stories we tell ourselves

Pastor Jonathan reflects on Jesus encountering the woman at the well and offering her living water. What harsh stories do we tell about ourselves and what self-judgments do we h...
March 12, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Nighttime Musings

Nicodemus comes to Jesus under cover of night. Pastor Megan preaches the third Sunday of Lent
March 05, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Attended by Angels

Jesus is tempted in the wilderness and then attended to by angels. Pastor Megan preaches the first Sunday of Lent.
February 26, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Transfigured Earth

Pastor Megan preaches the final sermon in our 4-week "A Place We Love" series, all about Watershed Discipleship. Having moved from learning to knowing to loving, we conclude wi...
February 19, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Neighborly Waters

Pastor Megan reflects on how we come to know our waters as our neighbors and, as such, to love them as ourselves. The third Sunday in our Watershed Discipleship worship series “...
February 05, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Gloom & Nourishment

The first in our worship series "A Place We Love," Pastor Megan reflects on where we find hope and nourishment in gloomy times, and how disconnection from our watersheds and bio...
January 22, 2017
Megan M Ramer

Story of a Week

Pastor Megan tells the story of her week: listening to her favorite of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches, "A Time to Break Silence" delivered at Riverside Church, listening to a...
January 08, 2017
Amy Epp

Remembering the Future

In her final sermon before being sent with our blessing into her sabbatical, Pastor Amy reflects on the Epiphany story of the magi, power and kingship, and remembering the futur...
December 18, 2016
Megan M Ramer

Overhearing someone else's good news

Pastor Megan preaches on the fourth and final Sunday of our Advent "Revolutionary Songs" worship series. She reflects on overhearing someone else's good news - both biblical and...
December 04, 2016
Megan M Ramer

Ain't Gonna Study

Pastor Megan preaches the second Sunday of Advent, reflecting on hot fires, bouncy anvils, and - of course - revolutionary songs.
November 27, 2016
Megan M Ramer

Singing Sustains

Pastor Megan opens our Advent season of Revolutionary Songs with a sermon reflecting on how singing has sustained movements of just peace across time and place. Encounter the st...
November 20, 2016
Amy Marie Epp

It Jesus Tweeted: #actuallyblessed

Pastor Amy discussed how the understanding of what it means to be blessed has been misunderstood. In our weakness and vulnerability, there is more room for knowing God's presen...
November 13, 2016
Megan M Ramer

Salt & Light

Pastor Megan invites us to kneel at the feet of Jesus and hear just the word we need to hear on this hard post-election week.
November 06, 2016
Megan Ramer

All Saints

Pastor Megan offers a brief homily, reflecting on the introspection of this season, the intimacy of joy and sorrow, and invites the living saints of SMC to remember with candlel...
October 30, 2016
Megan Ramer

Just Peace among the Peoples

Pastor Megan preaches the final in our Just Peace series, reflecting on Jesus' teaching to pray for and love our enemies, and telling a story of the prayerful communing of tea-d...
October 23, 2016
Amy Marie Epp

Just Peace in the Marketplace

Pastor Amy continues our series on Just Peace with a sermon that highlights the community-ist vision of the early church and challenges us to communal and individual discernment...
October 16, 2016
Edie Loyer Nelson

Just Peace with the Earth

Our honored guest speaker is Edie Loyer Nelson, member of the Duwamish Tribe, first people of Seattle and the land on which our church building sits.
October 09, 2016
Jonathan Neufeld

Just Peace in the Community

...so that all may live free from fear. Pastor Jonathan preaches the first in a 4-week series on Just Peace, based on the 4 pillars established in the World Council of Churches ...
October 02, 2016
Megan Ramer

Jubilee: A Grand Dinner

Pastor Megan preaches the final in a 3-week series on Biblical Jubilee. Featuring "The Parable of the Grand Dinner," also known as "The Parable of the Lame Excuses!" How might w...
September 25, 2016
Megan Ramer

Jubilee: Totally Impractical

Pastor Megan preaches her first ever sermon on the riveting and inspiring (*ahem*) book of Leviticus. Dive in to the Levitical vision of Jubilee, with its roots in the Exodus an...
September 18, 2016
Amy Marie Epp

Jubilee: All the Years

Pastor Amy preaches the first in a series on Biblical Jubilee. Jesus proclaims Jubilee in the synagogue, calling on the tradition of the prophets. We are called to live Jubile...
September 11, 2016
Megan Ramer

Ingathering

Pastor Megan reflects on Jesus returning to his hometown in Luke 4, and marking one year of her ministry at SMC, for our annual Ingathering Sunday celebration.