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Tumwater From the PulpitThe Way | May 18, 2025This week, we participated in another co-op pulpit swap! Tumwater was happy to welcome Pastor Heather from First Olympia UMC to preach on being lost (both physically and spiritually).2025-05-1926 minTumwater From the PulpitMothering Shepherd | May 11, 2025Pastor Kellen continued our Easter Series this Mother's Day with a reframing of John 10 away from an exclusionary reading and towards one of nurture and care. Catch the sermon recording here on our podcast and join us on Sundays at 10:45.2025-05-1421 minTumwater From the PulpitBlessed and Broken Bread | May 4, 2025This week, Pastor Kellen reflected on the moments when we realize God has been walking alongside us the whole time without our knowing. When has that happened in your life? How did you respond? 2025-05-0622 minTumwater From the PulpitEaster | April 20, 2025Christ is risen! This Easter Sunday, Pastor Kellen preached on the resurrection and God's Kingdom of belonging. 2025-04-2427 minTumwater From the PulpitKing of Your Heart | April 13, 2025This Palm Sunday, Pastor Kellen finished our series on practicing the way and challenged us to give Jesus the very thing he wants most, our hearts. 2025-04-1425 minTumwater From the PulpitRule of Life: Limits & Longings | April 6, 2025On Sunday, Pastor Alexa joined us from First Olympia UMC to preach while Pastor Kellen was out recovering from a youth overnight. She preached on how, without a rule of life, without knowing our longings, and establishing our limits, we will not thrive. We may feel free, but we will never reach our full potential, we will never bear the fruit we could otherwise.2025-04-0925 minTumwater From the PulpitDo As He Did | March 30, 2025This week pastor Kellen continued his series on Practicing the Way. Listen to the recording online and join us for worship next week at 10:45.2025-04-0121 min
Anti Racist Film ClubFlamin' Hot (2023)In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC to discuss Flamin' Hot, Cheetos, representation, problematic endorsement of capitalism, initiative, and how the flavors of a Mexican neighborhood changed chips forever. Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.orgRead the articles Pastor Kellen mentioned: https://www.latinorebels.com/2023/06/09/flaminhotreview/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/opinion/flamin-hot-propaganda.html2025-03-2738 minTumwater From the PulpitPractice, Practice, Practice | March 23, 2025Pastor Kellen continued the Lent series on Apprenticing to Jesus by inviting the congregation to consider the ways they are being formed by everything around them. Listen to the recording here and join us for service on Sundays at 10:452025-03-2424 minTumwater From the PulpitPulpit Swap | March 16, 2025This week, the South Sound co-op participated in a pulpit swap. While Pastor Kellen was away, we were joined by Pastor Denise from Lacey-St Andrews UMC who blessed us with a wonderful message. Listen to the podcast recording here and join us each Sunday morning at 10:45.2025-03-1720 minTumwater From the PulpitLift Back The Veil | March 2, 2025On transfiguration Sunday, pastor Kellen taught the congregation the examen prayer and encouraged us to find the divine light among us so that we can share it with the world. 2025-03-0419 minTumwater From the PulpitSermon From February 16, 2025This week, Pastor Kellen preached on transformative stillness (especially in times of distress).2025-02-2520 minTumwater From the PulpitThank You God with my Whole Heart | February 9, 2025This week Pastor Kellen challenged the congregation to practice more gratitude as a way of being more active participants in our own lives and to 'catch others alive' for the gospel.2025-02-1020 minTumwater From the PulpitBut I Am Just A... | February 3, 2025We continued the Luke story from last week to see how Jesus' ministry is first and foremost to those on the margins. We as the church are called to that same work.2025-02-0321 minTumwater From the PulpitWisdom and Bravery | January 26, 2025This week Pastor Kellen challenged us to find God's wisdom in Scripture and live bravely into our call to follow Jesus in the face of difficult times.
Listen to the recording here and join us on Sundays at 10:452025-01-2724 minTumwater From the PulpitThe Theodicy of Water | January 19, 2025Pastor Kellen preached on the story of Jesus turning water into wine and challenged the congregation to lean into the mystery of how God works in the midst of tragedy and our role as Christians to petition God. 2025-01-2222 minTumwater From the PulpitYou Are My Beloved Child | January 12, 2025This week Pastor Kellen taught us about the sacrament of Baptism and invited us to consider what daily living of our baptismal vows looks like. Listen to the recording and join us for worship at 10:45 on Sundays.
2025-01-1419 minTumwater From the PulpitNames | January, 5, 2025This week Pastor Kellen was away on a pulpit swap and we were joined by Pastor Alexa from First Olympia UMC! Pastor Alexa spoke on the meaning and importance of names.
Listen to the podcast recording here and join us for worship on Sunday at 10:45.
2025-01-0720 minTumwater From the PulpitHope Stamping out Despair | December 1, 2024Pastor Kellen's message on the first Sunday of Advent reminded us that hope is the churches antidote to a world that brings us despair.
Listen to the podcast recording here and join us for worship on Sunday at 10:45.2024-12-0423 minAnti Racist Film ClubChristmas in the Clouds (2001)In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC to discuss Christmas in the Clouds, the vile history of Indigenous peoples on screen, subversive normalcy, fantasy romance novels, militant vegetarians, and goofy holiday hijinks.
Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org
Read the article Pastor Kellen mentioned:
https://www.nhonews.com/features/christmas-in-the-clouds----a-movie-review/article_224f8f3d-0ae0-5319-955f-a200130c5660.html
Watch a short interview with Marian Tosca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCxIRQ...2024-11-2739 minTumwater From the PulpitResisting Individualism With Gratitude | November 24, 2024This week was the end of our series on Many Gifts.
Pastor Kellen grounded our work together in the practice of gratitude as we seek to foster a world where all have what they need and share with each other. 2024-11-2519 minTumwater From the PulpitWasteful Giving | November 17, 2024This week we reflected on the gospel stories of wasteful giving to imagine how we can be wasteful givers to others in our lives. 2024-11-1819 minTumwater From the PulpitA Gift to the World in Chaos | November 10, 2024Pastor Kellen reminded the congregation this week that the work of the church is always the same, no matter the election results. 2024-11-1223 minTumwater From the PulpitGod's Dream | November 3, 2024Pastor Kellen folded together some learnings from Tim Sorens visit to the Co-op and our stewardship series in our last worship service. 2024-11-0421 minTumwater From the PulpitDwelling and Seeking | October 27, 2024Pastor Kellen's second sermon in our Many Gifts series focused on the gifts of dwelling and seeking.
Listen to the sermon recording here and join us for worship on Sundays at 10:45.2024-10-3119 minTumwater From the PulpitUnderstanding Gifts Differently | October 20, 2024Pastor Kellen introduced his series on Many Gifts by expanding our understanding of Spiritual gifts beyond Paul's list. 2024-10-2420 minTumwater From the PulpitOur Collective Salvation | October 13, 2024Pastor Kellen offered a new way of looking at the famous Mark scripture about the rich man and his possessions this Sunday. He suggested that this teaching is all about how we are called to care for one another.
Listen to the sermon podcast here and join us this Sunday at 10:45 for worship!2024-10-1520 minTumwater From the PulpitOn Suffering | October 6, 2024Pastor Kellen invited us to reflect on Suffering within the Christian experience this week through the story of Job.
Listen to the podcast recording here and join us for worship next week at 10:45.2024-10-0819 minTumwater From the PulpitPrayer & Relationship | September 29, 2024Pastor Kellen urged us to use prayer as a way to melt our hard hearts when we experience resentment towards those around us in last week's sermon.
Listen to the recording here online and join us for next week's sermon in person on Sundays at 10:45.2024-10-0124 minTumwater From the PulpitOur Citizenship in Heaven | September 22, 2024Pastor Kellen finished our series on connecting across the political divide by reminding us of our task as Christians: to invest in the people around us.
Listen to the podcast and join us for worship on Sundays at 10:452024-09-2422 minTumwater From the PulpitThe Earth is Burning and We are Fighting | September 1, 2024Pastor Kellen continued our series on politics and faith by encouraging us to set aside differences in opinion for the sake of connection and care of our planet.
Listen to the podcast recording and join us this Sunday at 10:45.
2024-09-0420 minTumwater From the PulpitConnection Across the Political Spectrum: Taxes | August 25, 2024Lay preacher Chris Taylor continued our series on connection across the political spectrum this week by taking on the issue of money and taxes.
Listen to her great sermon here and join us next week at church on Sunday at 10:45
2024-08-2722 minTumwater From the PulpitAt Each Others Throats | August 18, 2024Listen to the podcast and join us for worship on Sundays at 10:45.
2024-08-1921 minTumwater From the PulpitOne Mysterious Faith | August 4, 2024This week, our Co-op Youth Group left for their SLAM trip to be in ministry with the people of Yakama Nation. In his last full sermon on Native American Theology and History, Pastor Kellen encouraged the congregation to practice staying connected instead of just striving to be right.
Listen to the podcast and join us for worship on Sundays at 10:452024-08-0519 minTumwater From the PulpitJesus and Jantin | July 28, 2204Pastor Kellen returned this week to our Native American Theology series to help expand our perspective on Jesus' relationship with the oppressed.
Listen to the podcast and join us for worship on Sundays at 10:45.2024-07-2918 minTumwater From the PulpitThe Good News? | July 7, 2024Pastor Kellen kicked off our next series on Native American History and Christianity as our youth prepare for their SLAM trip next month. 2024-07-0822 minTumwater From the PulpitThe End of The Journey | June 30, 2024Pastor Kellen wrapped up our 6 week sermon series by looking to the end of the journey. When we Christians think about the end times, what do we think of? Doom and gloom, or hope and restoration?
Listen to the sermon recording here on our podcast and join us for worship at 10:45 am2024-07-0121 minTumwater From the PulpitRest Along the Way | June 23, 2024In our second to last sermon on pilgrimage and spiritual journeys, pastor Kellen reminds us that rest is a vital part of walking the path.
Listen to our sermon recording on our podcast here and join us for worship on Sundays at 10:452024-06-2626 minTumwater From the PulpitPlanting Seeds Along the Path (Lay Sermons) | June 16, 2024This week two members of our congregation brought min-sermons about planting seeds along the path. 2024-06-1819 minTumwater From the PulpitCome And See | June 9, 2024Last week, we continued our series on pilgrimage and spiritual journeys. The story of Jesus meeting the disciples in John 1 reminded us that the simplest discipleship move is simply inviting people to join you on the walk of discipleship.
Listen to the sermon recording here on our podcast and join us on Sundays at 10:452024-06-1119 minTumwater From the PulpitGoing the Extra Mile | June 2, 2024What does it mean to go the extra mile? Our congregation asked that question this week and heard from a few of our members during the sermon time.
Listen to our podcast here or join us in worship on Sundays at 10:45.2024-06-0427 minTumwater From the PulpitAdventuring With God | May 26, 2024This week, Pastor Kellen's message weaved together Nicolas Cage, Dungeons and Dragons, and the spiritual practice of pilgrimage.
Listen to our podcast or join us as we continue our series on journeying on Sundays at 10:45.2024-05-2819 minTumwater From the PulpitSee And Share The Spirit | May 19, 2024Pastor Kellen's Pentecost message helped explain what the Holy Spirit is and how we can act as translators who point to the ways the Holy Spirit works in our everyday lives.
Listen to Tumwater from the Pulpit wherever you listen to Podcasts and join us on Sundays at 10:45.2024-05-2123 minTumwater From the PulpitResurrection, Big and Small | May 12, 2014Pastor Kellen brought the last message of Eastertide this year on Mother’s Day and invited us all to consider how resurrection can come in big and small ways.
Listen to the recording here in our podcast or join us on Sunday at 10:45am.2024-05-1517 minTumwater From the PulpitMay 5, 2024This week, Pastor Kellen was out of the pulpit due to an illness. Our very own Chris Taylor brought the message and shared how experiencing Christ in our lives can lead to transformation and redemption.
Listen to the recording here and join us at Tumwater United Methodist Church on Sundays at 10:45.2024-05-0825 minTumwater From the PulpitWe Had Hoped | April 28, 2024This week, Pastor Kellen continued his series on Resurrection stories by reflecting on the walk to Emmaus and the war in Gaza. His message called for an end to violence on all sides and echoed the words of the disciples:
"We had hoped he would be the one to redeem Israel."2024-04-3022 minTumwater From the PulpitResurrection of Redemption | April 7, 2024In the first sermon of the Easter series, Pastor Kellen reminded us that failure does not define our relationship with God. 2024-04-0819 minAnti Racist Film ClubWind River (2017)TW: discussion of sexual assault, self-harm, and violence
In this episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen and Laura Edmonston from Tumwater UMC to discuss Wind River, the historical portrayal of "cowboys and Indians" on film, cultural genocide, coyotes, systemic barriers to justice, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis.
Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org
Learn more about the MMIW movement:
https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw
https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw2024-03-2950 minTumwater From the PulpitWhat Kind of Revolution? | March 24, 2024This last Sunday was Palm Sunday!
It kicked off our Holy week and finished our Lent series on the revolution of the Cross. This week, Pastor Kellen had us considering what the revolution really means for us in our lives. 2024-03-2620 minTumwater From the PulpitWhy Do We Suffer? | March 17, 2024Last week, we explored one of the hardest life questions for Christians: Suffering.
Pastor Kellen troubled the limiting notion that the cross is the place where Jesus takes on all our suffering but perhaps the cross teaches us that about God's willingness to journey with us through suffering.
2024-03-1820 minTumwater From the PulpitThe Walking Tabernacle | March 10, 2024Pastor Kellen's sermon series on the Cross continued this week exploring how Jesus as the walking tabernacle encourages us to also be the dwelling place of God.
Listen to our podcast on Spotify or join us on Sundays at 10:45 for worship.2024-03-1119 minTumwater From the PulpitSin and Restoration | March 3, 2024This week Pastor Kellen continued our series on the Cross by exploring Sin and Restoration. He also may have confessed his love for bad reality television!
Listen to the sermon on our podcast now and join us for worship at 10:45.2024-03-0419 minTumwater From the PulpitThe Royal Priesthood | February 25, 2024This week, Pastor Kellen continued his exploration of the Cross by reminding all of us of our identity as the royal priesthood.
To learn more about this odd theological term, listen to the sermon podcast or join us for worship on Sundays at 10:45am. 2024-03-0116 minTumwater From the PulpitThe Revolution: With the End in Mind | February 18, 2024Pastor Kellen began his new sermon series this week on the Revolution of the Cross. Throughout Lent, we will explore the meaning of the cross today and how it can have an impact in our lives.
2024-02-2022 minTumwater From the PulpitThe Transformation We're All Intended For | February 11, 2024This week pastor Kellen had us consider the mentors in our lives and encouraged us to go out and mentor others. 2024-02-1319 minTumwater From the PulpitComing face to Face With Our Humanity | February 4, 2024This week, Pastor Kellen asked us to consider how we push ourselves too far and deny ourselves our own humanity.2024-02-0621 minTumwater From the PulpitBy Whose Authority | January 28, 2024"Sometimes, Lord, I ask you for guidance, when really what I want is authority. Help me to know and feel your guidance and if your authority is needed, I promise to use it wisely" - Cathy Raymond
On Sunday, we were blessed to hear from our wonderful lay leader, Cathy Raymond, while Pastor Kellen was away.
2024-01-3024 minTumwater From the PulpitHow to Prophetically Call in | January 21, 2024This week, Pastor Kellen took to the stories of Jonah and Jesus to take a look at the different ways we prophetically call in or call out.
2024-01-2917 minTumwater From the PulpitSeek and Hear the Call | January 14, 2024Pastor Kellen's sermon this last week encouraged the community to engage in the work of reflecting the voice of God into the lives of people who need to hear it.
Give it a listen and join us for church next Sunday at 10:45.2024-01-1719 minTumwater From the PulpitWho is Your King? | January 7, 2024Pastor Kellen returned this Epiphany Sunday with a message asking us to take stock of the things that rule our lives. Listen to his message on Spotify and join us for worship at 10:45 on Sundays.2024-01-0921 minTumwater From the PulpitJoy in the Midst of War | December 17, 2023This week we celebrated the 3rd week of Advent with an unusual Scripture! Join us next week on Sunday for our usual 10:45 worship or Christmas eve service at 6:00.2023-12-1920 minTumwater From the PulpitGod of the Multiverse | December 10, 2023Yesterday, our church participated in another pulpit swap with the Sound Sound United Methodist Co-op. So, while Pastor Kellen was at Shelton UMC, we were blessed to hear from Pastor Heather Sparkman from First Olympia UMC.Continuing our Advent Worship series: Written in the Stars, Pastor Heather shared with us a message on the intersections between science & faith, multiverses, and finding peace in the chaos of a cosmic mystery.Join us for worship each week on Sundays at 10:45.2023-12-1223 minTumwater From the PulpitHope in the Midst of Entropy | December 3, 2023This week, we began our Advent series: It is Written in the Stars.
Join us as we look to the lights above our night sky to see and imagine how Christ is being born anew to us this Advent Season. Join us at church at 10:45 or catch our weekly sermon recording!2023-12-0517 minTumwater From the PulpitHolistic Stewardship | November 26, 2023We just wrapped up our four week stewardship series. Pastor Kellen finished the month with a classic story and a reminder that giving is not about the money, it's about giving of our whole selves.
Join us on Sunday's at 10:45 or find our podcast to listen to classic story told on Sunday.2023-11-2818 minTumwater From the PulpitMoney Pt 2 - Neighborhood Economy | November 19, 2023This week, Pastor Kellen moved from the personal to the communal as we explored what the Bible teaches us about our relationship with money and possessions. This was the third of four weeks of our stewardship series. Join us for the last week this Sunday at 10:45
2023-11-2121 minTumwater From the PulpitOur Relationship to Money pt 1 | November 12, 2023"...We may point at the big players with all their money and call for them to share a little more. But it can’t be an excuse for us to continue to covet our own money like we can’t give as well. If we all continue to tighten up, none of us will be able to offer that posture of giving."
This week, Pastor Kellen continued our stewardship series by getting to the core of our relationship with money. 2023-11-1422 minTumwater From the PulpitAll Things a Gift | November 5, 2023"What does it look like when all of our things are on an interest free loan from God? How does that inform the way you pray, act, and move in the world? How does that change our church to behave differently, spend differently, and organize differently?" — Pastor Kellen
Join Tumwater UMC in our new stewardship series on Sunday mornings at 10:45am or right here on the podcast anytime/anywhere.
2023-11-0718 minTumwater From the PulpitDry Bones | October 29, 2023"[P]art of our faith isn’t being able to stand here and say – I KNOW that things are going to be okay– Because sometimes we just can’t know. Faith is standing together, looking over the ruin, and responding to God saying – only you know the answer, and with your help, you will lead us in the right way."
This Sunday, Pastor Kellen wrapped up five weeks on Eco-justice. He invited us to stand in between despair and hope with a faith that doesn't have the answers but knows that following God will lead us in the right...2023-10-3118 minTumwater From the PulpitNourish | October 22, 2023"God, through the words of Ezekiel, the other prophets, Jesus, & Paul in his letter to the Romans, tells a story of Hope — even in the case of a disaster. Hope, even when the empire has their boot on your neck."
This week, Pastor Kellen returns to give us a powerful message on hope & nourishment.
2023-10-2418 minTumwater From the PulpitSpiritual Watersheds | October 15, 2023"Glow and be spicy and find your spiritual watershed and ask God can I help to spread your love?"
This week, Deb Williams gives us a wonderful message. She is a member of our congregation and leads the Food Bank Garden Ministries.
2023-10-1717 minTumwater From the PulpitOne More Year | October 8, 2023This Sunday, Tumwater UMC participated in another South Sound United Methodist Co-op pulpit swap. We were blessed to hear from Pastor Denise Roberts who joined us from Lacey St. Andrews UMC and preached on mighty cedar trees, fallen empires, and a glimpse into her own winding faith journey.2023-10-0923 minAnti Racist Film ClubUs (2019)In a spooky Halloween episode of the Anti-Racist Film Club Podcast, Lauren sits down with Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC to discuss Jordan Peele's film Us, the horrors of unacknowledged privilege, eating some unusual protein, ballet, Biblical doomsday context, and performative acts of justice.
Find more info about the ARFC here: https://fumcoly.org
Watch some BTS footage with Jordan Peele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB1aA1iAsYA&ab_channel=UniversalPicturesAll-Access
See you next month!
2023-09-2741 minTumwater From the PulpitMILE: Eliminating Racism | September 24, 2023This last Sunday we rounded out our M.I.L.E. sermon series with the E: Elimination of Racism. Pastor Kellen invited us to take a step in our anti-racist journey and imagine how we might undo its hold on our lives.
2023-09-2620 minTumwater From the PulpitMILE: Lay Empowerment | September 17, 2023"...it’s the Samaritan, the lay person, maybe even the unchurched lay person, who stops for the man in need. He doesn’t wait for a divine edict from the priest, he just knows what God calls him to do and he does it"
In our third week of the M.I.L.E. series, Pastor Kellen encourages us to take control of the ministries of our church through the work of Lay Empowerment.
2023-09-1923 minTumwater From the PulpitMILE: Ministry That Matters | September 3, 2023Pastor Kellen helped us to kick off a four week series on the M.I.L.E. Join in as we ask this week, what is the (M) Ministry that Matters?2023-09-0519 minTumwater From the PulpitRoots | August 27, 2023This week, Pastor Kellen invited the congregation to ask some questions: what are we rooted in, and how does this help us reach out and offer love to the community?2023-08-2920 minTumwater From the PulpitPotluck For All | August 20, 2023"God’s potluck is open for all, no matter who you are. You are welcome unreservedly to their table"
This week, we were blessed to hear from Jessie Gray, our guest preacher, who gave us a wonderful message about intersectional acceptance at God's table.2023-08-2320 minTumwater From the PulpitCalming the Storm | August 13, 2023"Preachers and pastors aren’t the only ones that God calls to step out of the boat. God calls tax collectors, fisher folk, stay at home spouses, retirees, teenagers, teachers, nurses, gig workers, and entire congregations. God calls each of us. And God speaks in many ways."2023-08-1538 min
First Olympia SermonsJoseph's Brothers pt 1 This week, we participated in a pulpit swap with other United Methodist churches in the Sound Sound area and heard from Pastor Kellen from Tumwater UMC. Pastor Kellen explored the story of Joseph’s brothers selling him into slavery in Genesis 37 and themes of breaking intergenerational patterns. 2023-08-1313 minTumwater From the PulpitConflict and Expression | August 6, 2023This week, we examine poetry as a divine form of expressing ourselves and wresting with both God and world.
2023-08-0816 minTumwater From the PulpitStories of Relationship: The Rich Man and LazarusTough words from the pulpit last Sunday! Pastor Kellen ended his series on the parables with the Rich man and Lazarus and challenged all of us to learn from this story and see our neighbors in a fuller light than we might have been before. 2023-08-0121 minTumwater From the PulpitStories of Justice: The Widow and the Judge"That’s the beauty of this short story. Jesus will not always hand us our moral compass. Better than that, he will ask us to come alongside him to figure it out."
This week, Pastor Kellen detached the parable of the "unjust" judge from the explanation our gospel writers gave us in last week's sermon.
2023-07-2519 minTumwater From the PulpitStories of Equity: The Laborers in the VineyardThis week we are challenged by the Parable of the Vineyard Workers. This week Pastor Kellen points to God's economy which is grounded in our universal value.
2023-07-2520 minTumwater From the PulpitStories of Humility: the Pharisee and the Tax Collector*DISCLAIMER: We are worshiping outdoors for the next few weeks while our sanctuary is under renovation. So audio quality is not as good as most weeks. Thank you for your understanding.
This week, we are challenged by the parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee to create space in our lives for all people to be justified, not just one group or the other.
2023-07-1121 minTumwater From the PulpitStories of Growing: The Kingdom of Heaven is a Mustard SeedThe parable of the mustard seed marked the halfway point in our sermon series on Jesus' Parables. This week, pastor Kellen challenges us to consider how our community creates shelter and healing for all people, just as the birds find shelter under the mustard tree. Join us and listen...
2023-07-0318 minTumwater From the PulpitStories of Wealth: The Kingdom of Heaven is Like the Pearl | June 25, 2023This week in our Sermon Series on the Short Stories by Jesus, we were challenged by the Parable of the Merchant who sought great pearls. We are reminded that the Kingdom is not like the pearls, but in fact like the Merchant.
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Tumwater From the PulpitStories of the Road: The Good Samaritan | June 11, 2023Today Pastor Kellen invites us to hear the story of the Good Samaritan with new ears. Through this famous story, how might we be challenged to consider who our neighbor is, and what our call is in regards to them? 2023-06-2224 min