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Abiding – May 14, 2023

May 16, 2023

Father Jemonde Taylor and Pastor Melissa prepare communion at St. Ambrose Church

This was a unique Sunday when Raleigh Mennonite joined St. Ambrose Episcopal for a joint worship service in St. Ambrose’s sanctuary. Father Jemonde Taylor and Pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler brought a dialogical sermon from the gospel reading in John 14:15-21. During Lent the choirs from both churches joined together to learn about and sing songs from […]

Abiding – May 14, 2023

Tagged With: abide, blackness, Gospel of John, Jemonde Taylor, Melissa Florer-Bixler, racism, trust, white supremacy

The Silenced and the Silentious – July 17, 2022

July 17, 2022

Greg Jarrell speaking at Raleigh Mennonite on July 17, 2022

We were privileged to have Greg Jarrell as our guest speaker this Sunday. Chrys introduces Greg, then Eric reads from Mark 9:14-29 before Greg gives the message. The silenced understand the silent spirit spoken about in the Mark passage. What it’s like to be told to go along just to get along. What it’s like […]

The Silenced and the Silentious – July 17, 2022

Tagged With: Gospel of Mark, Greg Jarrell, Micah, prayer, racism, Silenced, social justice, white supremacy

Destroying Domination – Jan. 31, 2021

January 31, 2021

Melissa preaching via Zoom on Jan. 31, 2021

Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 & Mark 1:21-28 Melissa provided us with an alternative way of looking at this passage of Jesus in the synagogue and his encounter with the man with an unclean spirit. The language Mark uses throughout his gospel is that Jesus comes to “invade enemy territory.” Melissa ties this story in with the […]

Destroying Domination – Jan. 31, 2021

Tagged With: COVID-19, domination, Fanny Lou Hamer, Gospel of Mark, Melissa Florer-Bixler, racism, W.E.B. Du Bois

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

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

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