Church of the Resurrection Leawood Sermons

In this week's sermon, Rev. Scott Chrostek looks at the film "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" and considers how Mister Rogers was intentional about being present with the people around him at any given moment. How can we learn from this to genuinely connect with the people we meet today?

In this week's sermon, Rev. Scott Chrostek considers the gospel messages in the movie "Onward" and how this story can teach us to have hope and peace.

This week, Rev. Cheryl Jefferson Bell considered the story of Harriet Tubman and challenged us to continue her work – the work of seeing the suffering of people around us and helping set them free to a full life in Christ.

In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam Hamilton concludes our series on being People of the Light by teaching us three keys to a life filled with meaning: Using discernment in the voices we listen to, remembering to rejoice, pray, and give thanks, and pursuing the good of our fellow humans.

In this weekend's sermon, Pastor Adam explores what Paul (and Jesus) said about the Second Coming, the end times, death and the afterlife as we continue our study of Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians.

What does it mean to live a life pleasing to God? In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam Hamilton considers what that kind of faithfulness ought to look like for Christians today.

What does it look like to live in community as our society emerges from the lockdowns of COVID-19? This week, Pastor Adam considers the power of our lives when we're pouring into relationships with the people around us.

Today is a good day for us to stop and reflect on the pandemic – to consider how we've changed and what is different in our lives. In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam Hamilton draws our attention to the wisdom that can be found in this type of reflection.

Even in the most difficult of circumstances, we know that God walks with us. When we reflect on the painful parts of our life, we can often find unexpected gifts for which we can be thankful. Over this past year, we know that COVID wasn't sent by God, but God has used COVID to move our hearts toward compassion to other people.

The message of Jesus' resurrection is that there is always hope for us. The worst thing is never the last thing – every Friday is followed by a Sunday.