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Exodus

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

Quenching our thirst – Oct. 1, 2023

October 1, 2023

Melissa preaching on Oct. 1, 2023 in front of a colorful patchwork quilt.

Exodus 17:1-7 & Matthew 21:23-32, World Communion Sunday “Is God here?” is a question that comes up throughout the Bible. And it has come up for many of us. But maybe there’s another question lingering in the lines between the lines of the scripture. Maybe it begins by saying, “What is that I need?” If […]

Quenching our thirst – Oct. 1, 2023

Tagged With: Exodus, fear, Gospel of Matthew, grief, Melissa Florer-Bixler, thirst, World Communion Sunday

Life’s gifts – Nov. 7, 2021

November 7, 2021

Melissa preaching on Nov. 7. 2021

Melissa continues the series on gifts, this time speaking from Exodus 16:1-21 and Matthew 6:24-34. Jesus tells us that our lives are more than food and our bodies are more than clothing. Almost the entirety of Jesus’ time on earth is spent fixing and feeding and holding and weeping and walking and exorcising. So do […]

Life’s gifts – Nov. 7, 2021

Tagged With: Exodus, gifts, Gospel of Matthew, 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

The house of slavery – Sept. 15, 2019

September 15, 2019

Isaac Villegas - Feb. 2018

Exodus 13:3-10 Isaac Villegas, pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship, brought the sermon this Sunday. The Exodus passage recalls the first Jewish Passover. The meal was a ritual, reminding them of the liberation from the house of slavery. “Love is contraband in Hell, Cause love is an acidthat eats away bars.”~Assata Shakur

The house of slavery – Sept. 15, 2019

Tagged With: Exodus, Isaac Villegas, passover, prison, table

The Ten Commandments – Oct. 7, 2018

October 7, 2018

Angel Cruz speaking at RMC Oct. 7, 2018

Angel brought the message on this World Communion Sunday. The lectionary reading was from Exodus 19:3-7, 20:1-17. How do the Ten Commandments speak to us today?

The Ten Commandments – Oct. 7, 2018

Tagged With: Angel Cruz, Exodus, Ten Commandments, World Communion Sunday

Waiting for God – Sept. 30, 2018

September 30, 2018

Melissa preaching at RMC June 10, 2018

Melissa brought the message from Exodus 14 about Moses and the Israelites being delivered out of the land of the Egyptians and crossing the sea.

Waiting for God – Sept. 30, 2018

Tagged With: Exodus, Melissa Florer-Bixler

The 10th Commandment-Power, Coveting, Property – June 17, 2018

June 17, 2018

Melissa speaking at RMC on April 8, 2018

In the last sermon in her series on the 10 commandments, Melissa focuses on the tenth from Exodus 20:17. To help us understand the concept of “to covet” Melissa has the congregation participate in a little biblical exegesis. She uses 2 Samuel 11:1-13, the story of David and Bathsheba, to explain that coveting has to do […]

The 10th Commandment-Power, Coveting, Property – June 17, 2018

Tagged With: #MeToo, 2 Samuel, communion, covet, Exodus, Melissa Florer-Bixler, power

Freed to Follow Jesus – June 10, 2018

June 10, 2018

Melissa preaching at RMC June 10, 2018

Melissa continues her series on what we generally call the ten commandments, found in Exodus 20:1-16. But she intertwines this Old Testament passage with the Gospel reading from Mark 10:17-31, what we typically refer to as the story of the rich young ruler. Jesus tells this man and the disciples–and us–that the commandments all along have been […]

Freed to Follow Jesus – June 10, 2018

Tagged With: Exodus, freedom, Gospel of Mark, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Ten Commandments, wealth

The Ten Commandments as an Invitation to Freedom – May 27, 2018

May 28, 2018

Melissa speaking at RMC on April 8, 2018

Melissa kicked off a two-part series on the Ten Commandments, providing a fresh perspective on how to view them. Exodus 19:1-6 and Exodus 20:1-11.  

The Ten Commandments as an Invitation to Freedom – May 27, 2018

Tagged With: Exodus, freedom, Melissa Florer-Bixler, Ten Commandments

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