Author: Sara WG

  • Kids Sermon_What Makes You You?

    Kids Sermon_What Makes You You?

    What makes you…YOU? Listen to what makes me me… And tell me what makes you…YOU! Jesus loves us…just as we are. And we get to love everyone too…just as they are! So no matter what, let’s remember that YOU ARE WONDERFUL and LOVED!

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  • Can I Get a Witness? (A Sermon on Acts 4:1-12)

    Can I Get a Witness? (A Sermon on Acts 4:1-12)

    A sermon given at Colonial Church on November 8, 2020. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them,…

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  • Be The Church #4: White Too Long

    Be The Church #4: White Too Long

    Be the Church PodcastEpisode Four: White Too Long We talked in a recent episode about how systemic racism plays out in our nation. But since the Church is a part of our nation, in what ways has the Church interacted with racism both personal and systemic? Join Rev. Sara Wilhelm Garbers and Dr. Christian Winn in their fourth…

  • Be The Church #3: Genesis thru the Gospels

    Be The Church #3: Genesis thru the Gospels

    Join Rev. Sara Wilhelm Garbers and Dr. Christian Winn in their third episode of the Be the Church podcast. Today, they’re touring through Genesis all the way to the Gospels, exploring how God has journeyed with God’s people throughout history and what it means to “Be the Church.” Join in the reflection and conversation and tune in below.

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  • Kids’ Sermon: Superheroes

    Kids’ Sermon: Superheroes

    Who is your favorite superhero? Do you know that you are already a hero? And your special power is that you can LOVE!

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  • God First (A Sermon on Judges 5:1-13)

    God First (A Sermon on Judges 5:1-13)

    Our relationship with God is supposed to shape who we are, and so that the call and the cry at the end of Judges, I’d argue, is best understood not as an apology for a monarchy, for a king here on earth to save us (even if that’s what the editors intended and what some…

  • Be The Church #2: The Color of Law

    Be The Church #2: The Color of Law

    This fall, our podcast series “Be the Church” will feature two monthly episodes, the first one each month focuses on our sermon series and what we’re learning about the Bible and ourselves,  and the second episode of each month focuses on our Faith & Justice text for the month. In this second episode, join Rev. Sara…

  • People of the Promise  (A Sermon on Genesis 12:1-9)

    People of the Promise (A Sermon on Genesis 12:1-9)

    And so as we are seeking to be the church, to be a people who live our lives connected to the God of the whole of all of the stories, we want to be a people of promise, a people who remind each other that God isn’t done with any of us yet, and that…

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  • Kids’ Sermon: Be the Church

    Kids’ Sermon: Be the Church

    Pastor Sara asks us: “What do you think of when you think of Church?” So how about you…what do you think is the Church? Tag, you’re it!

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  • Be The Church #1: Introduction

    Be The Church #1: Introduction

    In this first episode Rev. Sara WG & Rev. Christian Collins Winn invite us into our podcast series for the fall in which the first installment each month will delve more deeply into our sermon series on what it means for us to “Be the Church” and the second episode each month will summarize and introduce…

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