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Spirit of the Hush Harbors – May 23, 2021

May 24, 2021

Melissa preaching from new worship space on May 23, 2021

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21 On this Pentecost Sunday Melissa told a story about the sanctuaries in wooded areas called hush harbors where enslaved people would gather to worship in freedom, away from their enslavers and overseers. Pentecost is not a call to action. It’s a description of the Spirit’s work. What have we become as the […]

Spirit of the Hush Harbors – May 23, 2021

Tagged With: church, Holy Spirit, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Pentecost, sanctuary, slavery

A weighty love – April 18, 2021

April 18, 2021

Melissa preaching from her home via Zoom on April 18, 2021

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-7 This Sunday Melissa began a series on I John. Many people are leaving the institutional church. Why is it that we have difficulty identifying with the term “Christian” or have some anxiety about it? The gap is between who Jesus is and how Jesus’ followers act in the world. “This is […]

A weighty love – April 18, 2021

Tagged With: Christian, church, COVID-19, I John, love, Melissa Florer-Bixler

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

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

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

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

Factions in the Church – July 8. 2018

July 14, 2018

Melissa preaching May 6, 2018

Using I John 2:7-15 Melissa shows that factions in the Church are nothing new.  As the Church was starting, there were different understandings of the Gospel message.  How do we handle this?

Factions in the Church – July 8. 2018

Tagged With: 1 John, church, factions, Melissa Florer-Bixler

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