This is the second sermon in our series “Anabaptism at 500: Looking Back While Living Wholeheartedly into the Future.” It is based on Mark 1:1-4, 14-15 and Psalm 51. When Pat introduced this series at retreat, she said it would explore both individual and communal renewal—and then mentioned I would be preaching this Sunday about…
Youth from FMCSF and three adults traveled to Guatemala July 9 – 19, 2025. On Sunday, August 10, the youth led the service and shared these reflections with the congregation. Leah: Hello everyone and welcome to First Mennonite Church of San Francisco. Today, Youth Group will be sharing about our recent trip to Guatemala in…
Luke 11:1-13 About 16 years ago, I attended seminary for the first time – an Episcopal seminary in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where I was getting a degree in feminist liberation theology. I was definitely in “seeker” mode. I was trying out new beliefs, new ways to worship. So I was test driving a Quaker silent meeting…
by Joanna Lawrence Shenk It’s estimated that at least five million people were in the streets yesterday across this country to protest Trump’s military parade and even more importantly, his authoritarianism. History has shown that nonviolent protests and civil resistance movements that activate 3.5% of a population have the power to win. I would say…
Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost is the day when the unthinkable happens. On Pentecost, 120 people sit in an upper room, waiting to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, because Jesus told them this was going to happen. I doubt any of them could have imagined what this meant. And so they wait, in a room that…
Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-14 Who gets to belong — in any given group of people? Is it everyone? Or only certain people “our kind”? And what do people have to do to belong? What behaviors are expected of them? These kinds of questions are perennial. Anytime a group of humans comes together — even if it’s…
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