Here are some recent (and some not-so-recent) sermons preached at
Christos Metropolitan Community Church.
13 June 2004 -- Our extra special guest was the incomparable Rev. Delores Berry. You can check out Delores at www.RevDeloresBerry.com
6 June 2004 -- Romans 5:1-5 -- "Riding the Waves" a fabulous sermon by guest preacher, our own Sandi Mansfield. (Alas, unable to post.)
30 May 2004 -- Acts 2:1-11 -- "The Spirit of MCC" -- a Pentecost sermon on the spirit of Metropolitan Community Churches. (Alas, unable to post.)
23 May 2004-- John 17:20-26 -- "Unity and Uniqueness" -- We don't have to sacrifice the latter to have the former.
16 May 2004 -- Acts 16:9-15 -- "How to Be a New Church" -- Some lessons from an old church that are still fresh and new for us!
9 May 2004-- Mothers' Day -- John 13:31-35 -- "What Would Mother Mary Say?" -- Love. She says love.
2 May 2004 -- Psalm 23 and John 10:22-28 -- "One Sheep's Perspective" -- On going through the valley of the shadow of death... and coming out alive!
25 April 2004 -- John 21:1-14 -- "Beach Blanket Breakfast.... OR... Discovering Jesus again for the first time" -- Doing something new, to discover an old, old story.
18 April 2004 -- John 20:19-31 -- "Holy Humour" -- Christos' first annual (hopefully first of many!) Holy Humour Sunday.
11 April 2004 -- Easter Sunday! -- Luke 24:1-12 -- "Resurrection: This Does Not Compute" -- Does resurrection "add up" in your life?
4 April 2004 -- Palm/Passion Sunday -- Luke 19:28-40 -- "Journey to Jerusalem" -- We're all on a bit of a journey.... where is yours going?
28 March 2004 -- John 12:1-8 -- "What's that Smell" -- There's a bit of change "in the air!"
21 March 2004 -- Luke 15:1-32 -- "Coming Home From a Far Country" -- On the Prodigal Son. Thomas Wolfe was wrong... you CAN go home again!
14 March 2004-- Luke 13:1-9 -- "Digging In" -- On figs and fig newtons. The fig tree is a blessing tree. As for fig newtons, well, this Pastor's not so sure!
7 March 2004-- Isaiah 45:11-12, 17-19 and John 15:5-12 -- "Just One Thing" -- The awful truth.... Pastor Deana really only has ONE sermon.
February 29, 2004 -- "Seeing Through Tears" -- Special guest preacher, the Rev. V. Phillip Mathews, of MCC Washington, DC, as part of our celebration of Black History Month. Rev. Phil challenged us to grab hold of a vision!
February 22, 2004 -- Christos' 20th Anniversary Celebration Service -- A preaching debut by our friend John Duval, from Holy Fellowship MCC... John's unique qualification to preach to Christos on the occasion of our 20th Anniversary is that he, like Christos, is 20!
February 15, 2004 -- Jeremiah 17:5-9 -- "Going Deeper" -- on drinking deeply from springs of living water!
February 8, 2004 -- Luke 5:1-11 -- "Going Fishing" -- on venturing out into the deeper water!
February 1, 2004 -- Christos member Jackie V. was our guest preacher. A fabulous preaching debut, but alas no text for us to put on the web site!
January 25, 2004 -- Luke 4:14-21 -- "Now is the Time" -- on how we live out our callings... with a little help from "The Simpsons"!
January 18, 2004 18, 2004 -- John 2:1-10 -- "What to Do When the Wine Runs Out" -- what God gives us to enliven our lives!
January 11, 2004-- Isaiah 43:1-7 & Luke 3:15-22 -- "Beloved" -- What we're called affects who we see ourselves to be. What are you called?
January 4, 2004 -- Isaiah 60:1-6 & Matthew 2:1-12 -- "Go For the Light" -- This may be our first annual "The CAMELS Are Coming" Sermon!
December 28, 2003 -- John 10:22-23 -- "A Great Miracle Happened" -- Christos had a Channukah party! Why? Read the sermon!
December 21, 2003 -- Advent IV -- Our annual service of Lessons & Carols (No sermon.)
December 14, 2003 -- Advent III -- Luke 1:39-55 -- "Blessed Art Thou" Are you the most God-blessed person on earth? Yes, you are!
December 7, 2003 -- Advent II -- Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-6 -- "Road Work Ahead" -- On leveling mountains and smoothing out the road ahead. (Preached at Holy Fellowship MCC this Sunday.... at Christos, Anne E. led an Advent meditation on "Comfort Ye, My People"!)
November 30, 2003 -- Advent I -- Jeremiah 33:14-16, Luke 21:25-36 -- "WHO is Coming to Town?" He's good and kind and giving, and knows if you've been naughty or nice!
November 16, 2003 -- "In God's Time" -- Mark 13:1-8 & 23-30 -- on how we can live joyfully amongst the ruins and debris of our temples and our lives.
November 9, 2003 -- "Linked by Love" -- Ruth 1:1-22 -- on what REALLY makes a family.
November 2, 2003 -- All Saints' Day -- "Lighting Our Way" -- Isaiah 25:6-9 & Revelation 21:1-6 -- Remembering the Saints "who made their lives a light, caught from the Christ-flame" to light our paths!
October 26, 2003 -- Pastor Deana & Anne got married today! So she didn't preach; we were blessed instead to hear a fabulous, inspiring messaged from our Regional Elder, Rev. Elder Diane Fisher! But alas, no text to publish. Aren't you sorry you missed it? (Pastor Deana was sorry to miss it, but she and Anne were enjoying their honeymoon!)
October 19, 2003 -- "Building Blocks or Stumbling Blockheads?" -- Mark 9:38-49 -- At Christos we had our "Chosen Family" Thanksgiving potluck and no sermon, so here is the sermon preached at Holy Fellowship MCC that Sunday!
October 12, 2003 -- "Stone Soup for the Soul" -- Matthew 6:25-33 -- A Thanksgiving Sunday sermon on giving thanks for ALL of our gifts!
October 5, 2003 -- "Curse God and Die!" -- Job 1:1, 2:1-10 -- on how NOT to curse God and die when the tough times come.
September 27 -- Guest Preacher Randi Williams (a great sermon, but alas, no text for us to publish).
September 21, 2003 -- No sermon -- our Old Fashioned Hymn Sing!
September 14, 2003 -- "Babble On!" -- Genesis 11:1-9 -- on real communication and building on the right foundation!
September 7, 2003 -- "WWJD?" -- Mark 7:24-30 -- Maybe we don't always want to ask ourselves "What would Jesus Do?".... or do we?
August 31, 2003 -- "The Call to Intimacy" -- Song of Songs 2:1-13 -- Every church should have a sermon at least once a year on SEX!
August 24, 2003 -- "The Toolbelt of God" -- Ephesians 6:10-20 -- God will give us what we need... for our salvation, and to do the work God calls us to do!
August 17, 2003-- "Church Potlucks" -- Acts 20:7-12 -- Christos' Annual Church Picnic... a sermon on the importance and the subversive nature of church potlucks!
August 10, 2003 -- "The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread" -- John 6:41-58 -- you can't get to the main dish without the bread!
August 3, 2003 -- "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" (With Apologies to Mick Jagger) -- John 6:24-35 -- On the bread that REALLY satisfies!
July 27, 2003 -- "Small Beginnings" -- John 6:1-15 -- We may be small in number. We may think we don't have enough. But God makes what we are and what we have to be enough for the world!
July 20, 2003 -- "Unarmed and Dangerous" -- Mark 6:14-29 -- On speaking truth to power, and the trouble it can get you into. But love wins in the end!
July 13, 2003 -- "Dance Like No One’s Watching" -- II Samuel 6:1-5, 12-22 -- Worship with passion... it's OK to dance in church!
July 6, 2003 -- No Sermon
June 29, 2003 -- "Family Matters" -- I John 3:1-3 -- A sermon for Toronto's L/G/B/T Pride Sunday. We are family!
June 22, 2003-- "Coming Out of Fear" -- Mark 4:35-41 -- on and Faith overcoming Fear... F.A.I.T.H. means "Forget About Impossibilities... There's HOPE!"
June 15, 2003-- Trinity Sunday/ Father's Day -- "So Far, Yet So Near" -- Isaiah 6:1-8 -- an attempt to explain a Triune God in 15 minutes or less. God help us understand!
June 8, 2003-- Pentecost (Year B) -- "Speaking With Tongues of Fire" -- Acts 2:1-21 -- a sermon by hot-tongued guest preacher Anne Erskine! Do YOU have a Tongue of Fire?
June 1, 2003-- Easter VII (Year B) -- "Maple Trees and Tumbleweeds" -- Psalm 1 -- on how God provides us with deep, unseen streams to sustain us in times of drought!
May 25, 2003-- Easter VI (Year B) -- "THOSE People" -- Acts 10:9-48 -- on how God does not show partiality... God loves THOSE people just as much as God loves us!
May 18, 2003-- Easter V (Year B) -- "God is DiVine... We Are DiBranches" -- John 15:1-8 -- on how we are connected to God and one another... and how we bear fruit!
May 11,2003 -- Easter IV (Year B), Mothers' Day -- "Smelling Like a Sheep" -- John 10:11-18 and Psalm 23 -- on how God loves us like a Shepherd, even when we stink like sheep.
May 4, 2003 -- Easter III (Year B) -- "The 'One Mind' Church" -- Acts 4:32-35 and Psalm 133:1 -- on being of one mind in church.... in CHURCH????
April 27, 2003 -- Easter II (Year B) -- "A Healthy Skepticism" -- John 20:19-29 -- on bringing our doubts to church... Christos is a safe place to explore our doubts!
April 20, 2003 -- Easter (Year B) -- "I Am No Longer Afraid of Death" -- Mark 16:1-8 -- on the fact that there is no longer any death... there is only LIFE!
April 13, 2003 -- Palm Sunday (Year B) -- "Hosanna" -- Mark 11:1-11 -- our God is a God who responds, not just to our "Hallelujahs," but to our "Hosannas" as well!
April 6, 2003-- "Come to the Feast!" -- Why DO we give to the church, anyway? Here's how we give with JOY!
March 16, 2003 -- Lent II (Year B) -- Psalm 22:22-31 and Mark 8:31-38 -- "No Comparative Crosses" -- on the paradoxes of suffering, and how we don't get to compare crosses with one another!
March 2, 2003 -- Transfiguration Sunday (Year B) -- "Life at the Foot of the Mountain" -- Mark 9:2-9 -- on those "mountaintop experiences"... and how they change us!
January 19, 2003-- Epiphany II (Year B) -- "You KNOW Me!" -- on how God knows us best... and loves us most!
June 16, 2002 -- Fathers' Day -- "Our Fathers' Wells" -- Sometimes the wells we go to get clogged with a lot of junk... but there is still a refreshing spring there!
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