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Three Doorways to the Holy Spirit – Jan. 15, 2023

January 15, 2023

Photos of two very different depictions of Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist.

Scripture: John 1:29-42 Melissa shares about Jesus’ baptism and anointing by the Holy Spirit through three different encounters: two icon images and a video. The Holy Spirit is frequently an under-considered member of the trinity, an afterthought. Feel free to participate in this visio divina by studying the icons as you listen to the sermon […]

Three Doorways to the Holy Spirit – Jan. 15, 2023

Tagged With: baptism, Gospel of John, icons, images, John the Baptist, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Theophany, video, visio divina

Body, Bread, Breath & Baptism – July 24, 2022

July 30, 2022

Scripture: Colossians 2:6-19 and Luke 11:1-13 Elizabeth Korver-Glenn provided the message this Sunday, drawing on four themes from the Gospel of Luke passage. May our bodies, the bread and the breaths we ask for and receive, and the baptism in which we participate through breaking, recreating, crush the empires of this world, and usher in […]

Body, Bread, Breath & Baptism – July 24, 2022

Tagged With: baptism, body, bread, breath, Colossians, Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Gospel of Luke

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

Baptism Service at the Eno River – Aug. 1, 2021

August 4, 2021

Elizabeth in white dress wades into the river, with Melissa standing in the river holding her outstretched hand.

You don’t go down into the waters of Jordan without stirring up a great deal of mud… if being baptized is being led to where Jesus is, then being baptized is being led towards the chaos and the neediness of a humanity that has forgotten its own destiny” – Rowan Williams

Baptism Service at the Eno River – Aug. 1, 2021

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: baptism, Brunch & Hymns, Eno River State Park

No, you shut up! – Feb. 28, 2021

February 28, 2021

Melissa preaching via Zoom on Fevb. 28, 2021

Scripture: Mark 8:31-38 Today’s scripture talks about Peter rebuking Jesus, and Jesus in turn rebuking Peter right back. Melissa tells us that term could be interpreted today as, “Shut up!” The term is used elsewhere in the gospel four times, when Jesus silences violent and evil spirits. This passage illustrates two ways for the world […]

No, you shut up! – Feb. 28, 2021

Tagged With: baptism, evil, Gospel of Mark, Melissa Florer-Bixler, suffering

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

De-mummification of Rigid Communion Ritual

February 1, 2020

Delegation around dinner table planning El Salvador itinerary

by David Rohrer Below are highlights from my reading of Laurel Marshall’s masters thesis regarding the practice of communion and baptism in Christian base communities in El Salvador: The role of liberation theology in informing communion and baptism. The emphasis on sharing and inclusiveness in practicing the communion.  Caring for one another as being a way […]

De-mummification of Rigid Communion Ritual

Filed Under: Table Tagged With: A Year at the Table, baptism, Christian base communities, communion, community, El Salvador, hospitality, Laurel Marshall, liberation-theology, 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

Baptism of Jesus – January 13, 2019

January 20, 2019

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

In the second message in the series on Jesus’ life as told in Matthew, we come to Jesus’ baptism. Melissa provides a fresh perspective on this age-old story and invites those of us who have been baptized to reflect back on what it means. Matthew 3:1-17

Baptism of Jesus – January 13, 2019

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

Born of Water & Spirit – Jan. 28, 2018

January 28, 2018

Melissa Florer-Bixler preaching at RMC on Jan. 21, 2018

Today’s message came out of John 3:1-21. Nicodemus wasn’t quite ready to trust Jesus yet, approaching him at night.  He asks what he must do to enter the kingdom. Jesus’ initial responses are rather nebulous. Then we hear what is maybe the best known verse in the Bible. Melissa helps unpack it all. In John’s gospel, […]

Born of Water & Spirit – Jan. 28, 2018

Tagged With: baptism, Gospel of John, kingdom, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Nicodemus, trust

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