Bothell Amplified

This week, we continue our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. Pastor Joe is joined by Betsy Geib, founder of My Village NW, a non-profit dedicated to creating and cultivating relationships between the community and individuals with special needs and their families (https://myvillagenw.org). Reflecting on Psalm 139, Pastor Joe and Betsy talk about the importance of seeing those with disabilities and how the church can be present for people with disabilities. 

This week, Pastor Joe is joined by friend and college, Rev. Jeremy Smith. Jeremy is one of the pastors of First Church Seattle and the author of the website, Hacking Christianity (hackingchristianity.net). In this conversation, they talk about the things that give them hope and the challenges they face as they lead communities re-opening their doors after 500+ days of pandemic.  

This week, we return to Luke 10:25-37, as Pastor Joe preaches at the mid-way point of our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. For this sermon, he reflects on the Priest and the Levite and thinking about the choices we make to love our neighbors.

This week, Pastor Joe is joined by his old friend, the Rev. Grant Vissers. Grant is the Lead Pastor at Knox Church, Waterdown, outside Toronto, Canada. In this conversation, they talk leading churches during the pandemic, how technology enhances engagement, and the call for all of us to love our neighbors, both locally and globally. 

This week, we continue our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. Pastor Joe is joined by Jim O'Ferrell as they discuss how loving your neighbor extends through outreach programs like Habitat for Humanity and other community partnerships. Reflecting on Micah 4:1-5, Pastor Joe and Jim examine the need for action and activity to end homelessness. 

This week on Bothell Amplified, we launch a new format where Pastor Joe reflects on and responds to current events that are happening in the world around us. Recently, there are stories of some conservative Bishops in the Catholic Church trying to deny communion to President Biden. Not cool. Find out why on the first edition of In the News. 

This week, we continue our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. Reflecting on Matthew 25:34-46, we explore how we might "see" our neighbors. Then, we hear from Marsha Stueckle, who challenges us to think about loving our neighbors through food! 

This week, Pastor Joe is joined by his old friend, the Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III. Theon is the Lead Pastor of Downs Memorial United Methodist Church in Oakland, CA, and in this conversation, they talk through the journey towards true freedom and liberation, especially as the United States prepares to recognize Juneteenth. 

This week, we continue our summer sermon series, Love Your Neighbor. We tune in on a prerecorded conversation between Drew Hogan, Youth and Community Engagement Coordinator of Bothell UMC, and Alex Watkinson, graduating senior and member of the Bothell UMC youth group! Alex shares her passion for agriculture and addressing the systemic injustices related to food insecurity as one of the ways she understands what it means to Love Your Neighbor! 

Pastor Joe is joined by Rev. April Casperson, Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. Together, they talk about journey and call, and especially the ways we, as people of faith, can move our communities towards the Beloved Community!