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Common Table’s December 7, 2025 sermon and bonus song. Second Sunday of Advent - Ezekiel 37:1-14 // Good Bones w/Drew Willson with a bonus song written and performed by Drew Willson called Good Bones.

The ancient prophet Ezekiel finds himself in a valley of dry bones, and we ponder the desolate places we find ourselves today. Can these bones live? Let's listen to recover a life-giving word for ourselves and our world.

Common Table’s November 30, 2025 sermon. First Sunday of Advent - Daniel 3:1, 8-30 // Into the Fire w/Lauren Leggett

Advent begins with a blaze! We lit the first Advent wreath candle as UPSEM graduate and certified lay minister Lauren Leggett led an exploration of the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into the fiery furnace of the king!

Common Table’s November 23, 2025 sermon. Second Sunday of Advent - Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 // Oh, The Places You’ll Stay w/Drew Willson

O come, O come Emmanuel
that mourns in lonely exile here...
On Christ the King Sunday (the final Sunday of the Christian year) we read the words of the prophet Jeremiah to God's people exiled in Babylon. Though they'd love to come home, God encourages them to stay! Together, we ponder the strength to stay in difficult places in light of that well-known promise:
"For I know the plans I have in mind for you; plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope." -- Jeremiah 29:11

Common Table’s November 16, 2025 Sermon. Ordinary Time - Isaiah 9:1-7 // Light in the Dark w/Drew Willson.

In preparation for the Advent season, we read the classic expectation text from Isaiah 9 that inspired Handel's Messiah: "For unto us a child is born..." 
Together, we reflect on Isaiah's vision of people walking in darkness and seeing a great light.

Common Table’s November 9, 2025 sermon. Ordinary time - Amos 1:1-2; 5:8-15, 21-24 // Let Justice Roll w/Drew Willson.

Election Day is past! No more political ads! With a consequential election in the rearview and plenty of work on the horizon, let's learn from what the prophet Amos has to say about the people of God, public worship, and political life.

"While we do not believe churches should affiliate with particular political parties, we do encourage churches to speak out boldly on social issues from a Gospel perspective. We further believe churches have a right and a responsibility to educate and equip their members to be effective advocates for justice in the wider world."
~ from United Methodist Social Principles, 2025-2028

Common Table’s November 9, 2025 sermon. Ordinary time - Amos 1:1-2; 5:8-15, 21-24 // Let Justice Roll w/Drew Willson

Election Day is past! No more political ads! With a consequential election in the rearview and plenty of work on the horizon, let's learn from what the prophet Amos has to say about the people of God, public worship, and political life.

"While we do not believe churches should affiliate with particular political parties, we do encourage churches to speak out boldly on social issues from a Gospel perspective. We further believe churches have a right and a responsibility to educate and equip their members to be effective advocates for justice in the wider world."
~ from United Methodist Social Principles, 2025-2028

Common Table’s November 2, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Kings 19:1-18 // On Saints, Silence, and Speaking Out w/Drew Willson

All Saints Sunday is a special day to gather and give thanks for our dearly departed. They loved us into being, they revealed to us how to love and live, and so they encouraged us to become saints ourselves.
We celebrated the communion of saints as we remember the dead: those people of every time and place in the universal church, in our congregation at Common Table, and in our personal lives.

Common Table’s October 26, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:1-13 // Holy Spaces w/Meredith McNabb

We welcomed the Rev. Meredith McNabb as our guest preacher. She guided our reflection on what makes for holy spaces as we consider both Solomon's temple of old and the structures we create today. Together let's discover the kind of holy space we crave as we gather for holy communion around the table.

Common Table’s October 19, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Samuel 16:1-13 // Time for a Change in Leadership w/Drew Willson.

In the Bible, does God get involved in human politics?
If so, does that mean that God blesses all of our human politics?
We consider Samuel's story in 1 Kings 13: though Samuel has anointed Saul as the first king of Israel, the Lord tells him that it's time for a change in leadership. Together, let's explore the intersection of God, politics, and where holy change begins.

Common Table's October 12, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Samuel 3 // Calling Ghosts w/Drew Willson.

With Halloween approaching, listen to the story about the only character who ever appears as a ghost in the Bible! We reflect on the legacy of ghosts in America: what still haunts us today, and how we can take part in healing.