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Chewing up Jesus – Aug. 18, 2024

August 18, 2024

Melissa preaching in front of a banner of ribbons on Aug. 18, 2024

Melissa continues her three-part series on Jesus’ discourse about bread. The bread of life, as Jesus talks about it in John 6:51-58, isn’t a pill you swallow or compass giving directions. It’s a feast that you get into. It’s messy and visceral and fleshy. Jesus wants to get into our lives and become a part of […]

Chewing up Jesus – Aug. 18, 2024

Tagged With: abundance, bread, bread of life, Gospel of John, hunger, meal, Melissa Florer-Bixler

God’s Persistent Care for Creatures – Aug 11, 2024

August 11, 2024

Melissa, holding her hands out, preaching on Aug. 11, 2024 in front of a banner of colorful ribbons.

Scripture: Exodus 16:4-8, 13-21 and John 6:35, 41-51 We, along with all the creatures of the world, are invited to be the fullness of our created being. The passages from Exodus and John tell a story of trust, a dependence on God. Jesus also reminds people about all of the non-human creatures who depend on […]

God’s Persistent Care for Creatures – Aug 11, 2024

Tagged With: bread, Creation care, Exodus, Gospel of John, manna, Melissa Florer-Bixler

We are Bread – April 23, 2023

April 23, 2023

Melissa preaching at RMC on April 23, 2023

Melissa preached from Luke 24:13-35 on this third Sunday of Easter. Bread weaves a thread through the pages of scripture. Bread is a character in our salvation story. Even though they had talked at length with this stranger, it wasn’t until the two traveling on the road to Emmaus sat and broke bread with Jesus […]

We are Bread – April 23, 2023

Tagged With: beloved, bread, communion, Gospel of Luke, Melissa Florer-Bixler

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

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

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