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The Gift of the Spirit through Baptism – Nov. 21, 2021

November 21, 2021

Melissa preaching at RMC on Nov. 21, 2021

In this final sermon in the fall series on gifts, Melissa preached from Matthew 3:13-17 and Acts 2:1-13. The holy spirit is somehow both a gift and a giver of gifts. One of the awkward parts about Jesus’ baptism is that Jesus does not need to be baptized. Jesus does not need to receive the […]

The Gift of the Spirit through Baptism – Nov. 21, 2021

Tagged With: Acts, baptism, gifts, Gospel of Matthew, Holy Spirit, Melissa Florer-Bixler, water

The Faith of our Baptism – Jan. 10, 2021

January 10, 2021

Melissa preaching via Zoom, with several participants shown in the gallery above her.

Scripture: Mark 1:4-11, Acts 19:1-7 To what baptism have you been baptized? The story in Acts talks about Jesus’ followers being baptized in the Holy Spirit. This baptism gave them, among other things, the power to stand up to powerful and dangerous interests. In baptism, we receive the Holy Spirit to enter into this life […]

The Faith of our Baptism – Jan. 10, 2021

Tagged With: Acts, baptism, good news, Gospel of Mark, Holy Spirit, Melissa Florer-Bixler, white supremacy

Jesus Calls Us Friends – Aug. 9, 2020

August 9, 2020

Ann speaking via Zoom on Aug. 9, 2020

John 15:14-15 & Acts 8:26-38 Ann Roberston shared two of the favorite songs of her father as our summer series continued. She spoke of learning from him how he loved the songs “In the Garden,” which many of us know better as “He Walks with Me and He Talks with Me,” and “What a Friends […]

Jesus Calls Us Friends – Aug. 9, 2020

Tagged With: Acts, Anabaptism, Ann Roberston, baptism, COVID-19, friendship, Gospel of John, songs

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

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

The Promise of Pentecost – June 9, 2019

June 23, 2019

Rachel preaching July 15, 2018

Acts 2:1-4, Romans 8:14-39 Rachel draws from Trevor Noah’s memoir Born a Crime to recount the power of understanding many languages. Pentecost calls us to welcome others, to be changed, to be vulnerable, to learn new languages. “The promise of Pentecost is that we are being made into a people, speaking many languages, to praise […]

The Promise of Pentecost – June 9, 2019

Tagged With: Acts, languages, Pentecost, Rachel Taylor, Romans, Trevor Noah

The Unknown God – May 26, 2019

May 26, 2019

Melissa preaching May 19, 2019

The Unknown God – May 26, 2019

Tagged With: Acts, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Breaking down prison walls – May 19, 2019

May 19, 2019

Melissa preaching May 19, 2019

Acts 16:16-40 RMC has been part of an interfaith group that spends time at the NC women’s prison, celebrating birthdays and sharing times of worship. Prisons are created to get people out of the way. They did in the day of Paul and Silas, and they do so today. As Willy Jennings has said, prisons […]

Breaking down prison walls – May 19, 2019

Tagged With: Acts, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Paul, prison, Silas

Decisionmaking in the Church – May 12, 2019

May 12, 2019

Melissa preaching at RMC on May 12, 2019

Acts 15:1-29 While the passage is specifically about whether male Gentiles who followed the Way of Jesus needed to be circumcised, Melissa explains this really speaks to the broader decision-making process within the early church. We think we have difficulty coming to a consensus as a church; this was a much more volatile issue! Note: […]

Decisionmaking in the Church – May 12, 2019

Tagged With: Acts, church, decisionmaking, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Encounters with Jesus – May 5, 2019

May 8, 2019

Melissa speaking at the Dec. 24, 2018 Christmas Eve service.

Acts 9:1-19 Melissa’s retelling of the story of Saul on the road to Damascus brings a fresh perspective. Experiencing Jesus changes us. God is no longer a set of propositions, no longer a belief system that needs to be defended by logic. Instead, faith is seen in how our life is lived.

Encounters with Jesus – May 5, 2019

Tagged With: Acts, Damascus, faith, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Saul, trust

RMC – Melissa – May 20, 2018

May 20, 2018

Melissa preaching May 6, 2018

RMC – Melissa – May 20, 2018

Tagged With: Acts, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Tabitha’s Story – April 29, 2018

April 29, 2018

Rachel re-telling the story of Tabitha at RMC on April 29, 2018

This Sunday Rachel told the story of Tabitha, in  Acts 9:36-43, but from the perspective of one of Tabitha’s widowed friends in Joppa.  Tabitha shows how our whole life can be defined by little resurrections, little renewals of life, little affirmations that death, sin, division and brokenness do not have the last word.  Her story serves […]

Tabitha’s Story – April 29, 2018

Tagged With: Acts, Dorcas, Rachel Taylor, resurrection, Tabitha

Facing Imprisonment for our Beliefs – April 22, 2018

April 22, 2018

Claire Unruh preaching April 22, 2018 at RMC.

Claire Unruh provided the sermon this Sunday based on the story of Paul and Silas’s imprisonment recounted in Acts 16:16-34. They were jailed after casting out a demon in a slave girl. Claire used the story as a springboard to recount other stories of people who have been imprisoned because of their beliefs as conscientious […]

Facing Imprisonment for our Beliefs – April 22, 2018

Tagged With: Acts, Claire Unruh, conscientious objectors, Paul, peace, prison, Silas

Two Conversions – April 15, 2018

April 15, 2018

Melissa speaking at RMC on April 8, 2018

Melissa preached from Acts 9:1-19 about Saul’s conversion on the road to Damascus. However, it wasn’t only Saul who had an unexpected experience with Jesus. God involves Ananias in Saul’s conversion, even though he really wasn’t needed. Ananias also needs to be able to see.  Saul is turned from a predator to a liberator, but […]

Two Conversions – April 15, 2018

Tagged With: Acts, Ananias, Audio, conversion, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Saul

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