Author: Sheri Hostetler

By Tree During our series on “Capitalism: A Bible Study,” we invited people in our congregation to tell a short story on what the Kingdom of God looks like on earth. This story was told by Tree on Feb. 25, 2018. When I heard that the topic for Lent was going to explore Capitalism and the Bible, I thought that information about Gerrard Winstanley and the English Diggers…

By Sheri Hostetler This is the second sermon in a Lenten series called “Capitalism: A Bible Study.” Mark 10:17-31 I will start right off by saying that this sermon is going to be about the “underside of capitalism.” It’s going to be about violence and exploitation and suffering. It’s going to be about what we…

By Sheri Hostetler This is the first sermon in a Lenten series called “Capitalism: A Bible Study.” Luke 4:14-21 I’ve heard the saying, “We must read the newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other” attributed to about five different people throughout my life. But no matter who said it or even how…

By FMCSF Youth Group Note: Our church’s youth group rewrote the Gospel stories for each Sunday of Lent and then presented them as children’s stories during worship. First Sunday of Lent, Feb. 18 Luke 4:16-21, “Jesus’ first sermon” Narrator 1: Before we get started with the story, I want to tell you a little bit…

Subversive singers use hymns as protest mennoworld.org/2018/01/22/news/subversive-singers-use-hymns-as-protest/ After weeks of planning and selecting their targets, members of First Mennonite Church of San Francisco entered the bank and handed staff a note with their demands. What happened wasn’t a heist but a hymn sing. Wearing signs critical of laws facilitating skyrocketing rents and corporations not paying…