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The Church Found Me – June 7, 2020

June 7, 2020

Screen shot of Zinith and small images of a few others tuning into the Zoom worship service on June 7, 2020

Zinith shares about how he came to Raleigh Mennonite. The recording starts with Loretta reading Ezekiel 34:11-16 and Melissa providing context…. Read More →

The Church Found Me – June 7, 2020

Tagged With: church, COVID-19, Ezekiel, Hymns, Loretta Shaia, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Zinith Barbee

Beyond Understanding – May 31, 2020

May 31, 2020

Acts 2:1-21 Just before Melissa’s message we watched a video portrayal of today’s scripture passage. The sermon ended with us listening to “Ella’s Song” sung by Sweet Honey in the Rock. This was a terrible week leading up to Pentecost Sunday, with a White woman making false accusations about a Black man, the police murdering […]

Beyond Understanding – May 31, 2020

Tagged With: Acts, COVID-19, George Floyd, languages, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Pentecost, racism

Reorienting Toward the Marginalized – May 24, 2020

May 24, 2020

Screen shot of the gallery view of people participating in a Zoom meeting

I Corinthians 8 As we continue our Zoom services online, Melissa continued her series talking about the church in Corinth. As we work at being church together at Raleigh Mennonite, we’re given this gift of seeing how this little church in Corinth worked out its conflicts, and how it might be good news for our […]

Reorienting Toward the Marginalized – May 24, 2020

Tagged With: church, conflict, COVID-19, I Corinthians, marginalized, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Love Lived Out – May 17, 2020

May 17, 2020

A screen shot of some of the people tuned in to the video conference service, listening to Sri Mayasandra speak.

Sriprakash Mayasandra and Rachel Taylor provided our message this morning in the form of an interview. Sri, a former RMCer, has been studying in France before taking on his latest role with Mennonite Central Committee in Chad. He was able to join us via web conference and share some of his testimony and current work. […]

Love Lived Out – May 17, 2020

Tagged With: I Corinthians, love, MCC, Rachel Taylor, social justice, Sri Mayasandra

The Process of Being Saved – May 10, 2020

May 10, 2020

Melissa preaching via Zoom, with small photos of others at the top who attended the service.

Acts 18:1-4 I Corinthians 1:10-18 In the scripture passages for today we see the early church is in disarray. There is division and tumult. But Paul urges the church in Corinth to keep their focal point on one place: on Jesus. For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but […]

The Process of Being Saved – May 10, 2020

Tagged With: Acts, COVID-19, cross, I Corinthians, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Paul

Turning the World Upside Down – May 3, 2020

May 4, 2020

Melissa preaching via Zoom on May 3, 2020.

Acts 17:1-9 In our city and in our country protests have been taking place that are tinged with “rights” language, including the right for churches to hold gatherings. But a few thousand years earlier a different scene played out that also concerned the state and religion. Paul and Silas and the other Christians have disrupted […]

Turning the World Upside Down – May 3, 2020

Tagged With: Acts, COVID-19, love, Melissa Florer-Bixler, protests, Revolutionary

Eyes Fastened – April 26, 2020

April 26, 2020

Melissa preaching via Zoom on April 26, 2020

Acts 3:1-10 There’s something new in this familiar scene for Peter and John as they encounter a beggar in front of the temple gates. Unlike many times they have walked this way before, they stop and acknowledge this lame man. They really see him. With new eyes, through the Holy Spirit. It’s an invitation for […]

Eyes Fastened – April 26, 2020

Tagged With: Acts, COVID-19, Holy Spirit, hope, Melissa Florer-Bixler, miracles

Hard to Find Humor – April 19, 2020

April 20, 2020

Melissa preaching via Zoom on Holy Humor Sunday

I Corinthians 15:1-26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. But death is roaring all around us these days in the midst of the pandemic. That makes “Holy Humor Sunday,” a tradition of RMC for the last few years, a lot more difficult right now. But in many ways, our times are much less […]

Hard to Find Humor – April 19, 2020

Tagged With: COVID-19, Easter, holy humor, hope, humor, I Corinthians, Melissa Florer-Bixler

I Have Come for YOU! – April 12, 2020

April 12, 2020

As we celebrated Easter Sunday together via Zoom, Melissa spoke from the Gospel of John’s account of Jesus’ resurrection. The disciples are huddled together, afraid the Roman soldiers will find them and they too will be killed as Jesus was. Every person in the story recounted in this gospel is alone, in the dark. Only […]

I Have Come for YOU! – April 12, 2020

Tagged With: COVID-19, Easter, Gospel of John, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Pulling Back the Curtain – April 5, 2020

April 5, 2020

It’s Palm Sunday. Instead of processing around the outside of Hope School as we’ve done the past couple of years, we waved our branches from our homes, worshipping together via Zoom. (See raleighmennonite.org/2020/palm-sunday for a link to the video shared during the service of several RMCers waving branches in front of their homes.) Indeed, things […]

Pulling Back the Curtain – April 5, 2020

Tagged With: COVID-19, Gospel of Matthew, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Palm Sunday

Walking Toward Suffering – March 29, 2020

March 29, 2020

On our third online worship service during the COVID-19 pandemic, Melissa had some technical challenges so presented her message without notes. The scripture was from John 11, the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead. When Mary and Martha tell Jesus, “If you had been here, my brother would not have died,” Jesus doesn’t […]

Walking Toward Suffering – March 29, 2020

Tagged With: COVID-19, Gospel of John, Lazarus, love, Melissa Florer-Bixler, suffering

The Inability to See – March 22, 2020

March 28, 2020

Melissa preaching via Zoom

We all met from our homes via Zoom as the second week apart due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Melissa preached from John 9:1-41. This is a time of anxiety and fear, but it’s also a time for us to sift through our own lives and for us to think about what it will be like […]

The Inability to See – March 22, 2020

Tagged With: COVID-19, Gospel of John, listening, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Good News at the Margins – March 15, 2020

March 21, 2020

Melissa preaching at Fletcher to a Zoom audience

On this first Sunday we streamed our service rather than meet in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Melissa preached from John 4:5-42. A small group met at Fletcher to lead worship. “These are unusual and difficult times. But these are opportunities for us to both be and to receive good news. To let our […]

Good News at the Margins – March 15, 2020

Tagged With: COVID-19, Gospel of John, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Samaritan woman

He Visited Me – March 8, 2020

March 8, 2020

Ronda preaching at RMC on March 8, 2020

John 3:1-17 We had the honor of having Ronda Singletary bring the message this morning. Ronda was recently released from the women’s prison and shared her powerful testimony, including poetry that she wrote. The recording starts with Sus Long leading the congregation in the song written by and for the women she has worked with, […]

He Visited Me – March 8, 2020

Tagged With: Gospel of John, Ronda Singletary, Sus Long

Temptations – March 1, 2020

March 1, 2020

Ryan Paige preaching at RMC on March 1, 2020

Matthew 4:1-11 The temptations Jesus encountered shows Jesus was the Messiah. The most god-like thing to do in that moment was to not be godlike and while Jesus had the power to be godlike he chose not to. What would you do in the moment of temptation if you were in Jesus’ position and had […]

Temptations – March 1, 2020

Tagged With: Gospel of Matthew, Lent, power, Ryan Paige, temptation

People v. Rome – then and now – Feb. 23, 2020

February 26, 2020

Melissa Florer-Bixler preaching at RMC service Feb. 2, 2020

Scripture Isaiah 25:6-9Revelation 19:5-10 The secular world enslaves people, in Roman times literally and today through harsh work environments, low wages, unaffordable health care and debt. In Revelation God provokes us to see greed and the hoarding of wealth and align with the poor.

People v. Rome – then and now – Feb. 23, 2020

One Mennonite’s Perspective on Living into Communion – Feb. 16, 2020

February 16, 2020

Dr. Malinda Berry preaching at RMC on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020

Luke 22:14-23 Our guest preacher this Sunday was Dr. Malinda Berry. This was part of the weekend she spent with us teaching on our Mennonite theology of Communion and how we might create a robust and living theology of table as a local community. Communion helps us connect with each other. Malinda drew in part […]

One Mennonite’s Perspective on Living into Communion – Feb. 16, 2020

Tagged With: A Year at the Table, communion, Gospel of Luke, Living More with Less, Malinda Berry, Mennonite, table, theology

Bread as Life – Feb. 9, 2020

February 9, 2020

Melissa Florer-Bixler preaching at RMC service Feb. 2, 2020

John 6:25-40, I Corinthians 11:23-26, 12:12, 24-27 Melissa continued the series on communion, focusing today on the role of bread. How bread comes to be is significant, from the grains to the yeast that acts as leavening. In many ways, we are bread. How do we break ourselves open to be made whole?How do we […]

Bread as Life – Feb. 9, 2020

Tagged With: A Year at the Table, bread, communion, Gospel of John, I Corinthians, Melissa Florer-Bixler, table

Last Supper – Feb. 2, 2020

February 4, 2020

Melissa preaches at Fletcher Academy on Feb. 2, 2020, the first Sunday RMC met there.

Matthew 26:17-30 On this first Sunday that we held worship at Fletcher Academy, Melissa recounts the story of the Last Supper, Jesus having Passover with his friends. The account in Matthew spends more time talking about the betrayal by Judas than it does about breaking of the bread and sharing the cup. When we come […]

Last Supper – Feb. 2, 2020

Tagged With: A Year at the Table, communion, Gospel of Matthew, Judas, Melissa Florer-Bixler, passover, table

Here in this Place – Jan. 26, 2020

February 3, 2020

Melissa preaching, holding up hands, Jan. 26, 2020

Matthew 5:21-24 and 1 Corinthians 11:17-26 Melissa reflects on the place where we have worshiped since 1994 and how that has affected us as a community.

Here in this Place – Jan. 26, 2020

Tagged With: building, community, hope, Melissa Florer-Bixler

What is this Passover Feast? – Jan. 19, 2020

January 19, 2020

Rachel Taylor preaching at RMC January 19, 2020

Exodus 12:3-13 and Mark 14:12-25 Our biblical example of communion stems from Jesus sharing the Passover meal with his disciples. Rachel reflects on how the church’s communion practice, particularly in white-dominant congregations, can deepen rather than heal racial divisions in the church as it did in the past when white slave owners required those they […]

What is this Passover Feast? – Jan. 19, 2020

Tagged With: A Year at the Table, communion, Exodus, Gospel of Mark, passover, Rachel Taylor, racism, slavery, table

Remembrance of baptism – Jan. 12, 2020

January 12, 2020

Melissa preaching at RMC on Oct. 27, 2019

Matthew 3:3-17 NOTE: There were electronic issues during the recording which caused interference in the audio. It gets progressively worse toward the end of the recording, but it’s a good sermon, so if you can persevere, it’s worth it! Baptism is a little death. At the same time, all of life is baptism. There is […]

Remembrance of baptism – Jan. 12, 2020

Tagged With: baptism, church, community, Gospel of Matthew, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Not Belonging – Jan. 5, 2020

January 5, 2020

Stan Wilson preaching at RMC on Jan. 5, 2020

John 1, Matthew 2:1-12 Stan Wilson provided the sermon this morning. Drawing from Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, Stan says to be true to our Christian vocation, we need to “not belong.” For the church to not belong, we need to be part of a community that is called to embrace the wholeness and […]

Not Belonging – Jan. 5, 2020

Tagged With: church, Gospel of John, Gospel of Matthew, pacifism, Rowan Williams, Stan Wilson

Adoption – Dec. 22, 2019

January 5, 2020

Melissa preaching at RMC on Oct. 27, 2019

Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25 Even though Joseph is not Jesus’ biological father, Jesus becomes a part of Joseph’s story; the inheritor and adopted child of the whole line of God’s promises. Our story as Christians is also one of adoption. We were destined for adoption as God’s children through Jesus Christ.

Adoption – Dec. 22, 2019

Tagged With: adoption, Advent, Gospel of Matthew, Joseph, Melissa Florer-Bixler

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