Sermon Podcasts
5th Sunday Worship with Bryana Clover
4/30/2023 – 5th Sunday Worship with Bryana Clover
Jesus’ encounter at the well with a Samaritan woman is a model for racial healing today.
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. Watch the archived recording of this message here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8tLCGwcFlI&t=1551s
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Jesus in a Different Form
4/23/2023 – Jesus in a Different Form
On the road back home to Emmaus, Jesus appears to two disciples, but “in a different form.” Why? It seems we ALL need to see Jesus “in a different form” from time to time in order that we see him more fully. What does this mean for us today?
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. Watch the archived recording of this message here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-147Iq56gIo&t=1922s
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Doubting Thomas
4/16/2023 – Doubting Thomas
On this first Sunday after Easter, the lectionary gives us the text of doubting Thomas. Often in the church we downplay or hide from doubt. But what if doubt is actually a gift that can lead to greater insight and wisdom?
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. Watch the archived recording of this message here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKdp4wA6FM&t=2091s
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Easter 2023 – Do Not Hold On to Me
4/9/2023 – Easter 2023 – Do Not Hold On to Me
When Mary sees Jesus in the garden outside the empty tomb, she fell to the ground, “clasped his feet and worshiped him.” In that moment, Jesus says to her “Do not hold on to me.” Today on Easter Sunday, we explore the meaning of Jesus’ seemingly cryptic words. What did they mean to Mary? What do they mean for us?
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. Watch the archived recording of this message here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57lqYyENxqI&t=2063s
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Lent: Week Six – Liturgy of the Passion
4/2/2023 – Liturgy of the Passion
On Palm Sunday, the lectionary gives us two choices for worship: the liturgy of the palms, or the liturgy of the passion. Though we might prefer the singing and excitement of the triumphal entry, this Sunday we will look forward to the darkness of the cross.
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. To watch the archived live-streamed version of this message, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFXzcP954iA&t=2259s
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Lent: Week Five – Dry Bones
3/26/2023 – Dry Bones
According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, the category of non-religious/unaffiliated has become increasingly “sticky” (gaining a lot more people than it is shedding). Christianity is experiencing the opposite. In the most well-known passage from Ezekiel, he has a vision of a “valley of dry bones.” How might this scripture relate to the church today?
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Lent: Week Four – Mud, Blindness, and the Pool of Siloam
3/19/2023 – Mud, Blindness, and the Pool of Siloam
Our Gospel lectionary text on this fourth Sunday of Lent is the story of Jesus healing a man born blind and sending him to the pool of Siloam. This is a powerful act with resonance beyond what we often realize. And it poses the challenging question: what does it mean to be truly blind?
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. To watch the archived live-streamed version of this message, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSRWnoXBRz0&t=1852s
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Lent: Week Three – We Are Not Nowhen
3/12/2023 – We Are Not Nowhen
In the beautiful and compelling story of Jesus encounter with the woman at the well, we realize that God does not just meet us where we are, he meets us *when* we are. What does this mean? What gift might this create for us and for the world?
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Lent: Week Two – Cell Phones and the Spirit
3/05/2023 – Cell Phones and the Spirit
Today is our annual meeting. We’ll spend a few minutes talking about how much things have changed over the last 12 years of our life together as a church. And we’ll also discuss the famous passage when Jesus tells Nicodemus you must be born again.
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Lent: Week One – Make it Easy. Make it Spectacular.
2/26/2023 – Make it Easy. Make it Spectacular.
The gospel reading for this first Sunday of Lent is the story of Jesus in the wilderness where the devil tempts him to turn stones into bread, and to jump from the highest point of the temple and be caught by angels. What do these strange temptations mean? And are we still tempted today in the same way?
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