Pastor Watson talks about the practice and power of testimony, and gives time for the church to share the stories that have made us grateful of God's enduring love.

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Pastor Andrea teaches on the spiritual practice of hospitality, and how God's own hospitality throughout Scripture calls us not only to open our table to strangers, but also to humbly accept the welcome of others.

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Pastor Lisa teaches on how Jesus' time in the wilderness in Luke 4 makes room for Jesus' miracle at the wedding in Luke 15, and how we can apply those same spiritual practices of fasting and feasting to our own lives.

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Pastor Justin teaches on Elijah's exhaustion under the broom tree, and his encounter with God's "sound of sheer silence" on Mount Horeb in 1 Kings 19. Like Elijah, God will draw us in to rest when we feel overwhelmed, and God will also send us back out when the time comes.

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In the second message of our series The Way of Life: Practices that Shape Us, Pastor Watson explores how Scripture has been a source of transformation, comfort, and confrontation throughout Christian history, and how Jesus himself modeled what it looks like to truly know and live by God's Word.

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Pastor Justin starts off a new series, The Way of Life: Practices that Shape Us, with a message on the practice of prayer. For more resources on prayer and the other spiritual practices within the series, visit christcitydc.org/practices.

This is the second part of a sermon collection on Acts 2, representing the remaining three members of our Preaching Cohort—a group from within our church who have spent the past five months learning and training in God's word as part of a grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship to help develop lay preachers within our congregation. The speakers featured are Nate Shultz, Kate Denson, and Chris Hamilton.

This is the first part of a sermon collection on Acts 2, representing four members of our Preaching Cohort—a group from within our church who have spent the past five months learning and training in God's word as part of a grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship to help develop lay preachers within our congregation. The speakers featured are Inga Green, Tim Margheim, Ariana Dugan and Charles Williams.

In the last sermon of our series "All Things New," Pastor Andrea teaches from two parables of seeds and growth to remind us that the kingdom of God works quietly, like seeds germinating in the dark or a mustard weed spreading in unexpected places. May we trust that God is always at work, turning even decay into new life.

In the Parable of the Sower, we see that God's liberating good news of justice, freedom, and flourishing can fall differently depending on the condition of our hearts. And still, regardless of the soil, the Sower sows.