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Rev. Diane McClanahan HopeGateWay’s Community Care Coordinator notes, in ser sermon for September 25, 2022, that faith “opens us to mystery. It enables us to see our place in the Universe - it grounds us.”

Rev. Allen Ewing-Merrill suggests “Maybe it’s time to take our cues…from the earliest church, committing ourselves to awe and wonder, trusting that God is right there with us, present with us, present with us, gifting us with new vision.”

Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill, HopeGateWay’s lead pastor, introduces the new sermon series, “What Good is Faith?” “When we invest in a faith community,” she says, we are choosing to listen to others and to let them influence us.” She shares some of the provocative questions that will be addressed during the conversations.

Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill, HopeGateWay’s lead pastor, concludes HopeGateWay’s “Water Water Everywhere” sermon series with this message from August 28, 2022.

Rev. Larry Kalajainen focuses on the biblical story of Jonah in this message for HopeGateWay’s “Water Water Everywhere” series. He reminds us that while Jonah waited for God to come around to his way of thinking God is still waiting for a whole host of Jonahs to come around to God’s way of loving.

Ophelia Hu Kinney, HopeGateWay’s worship coordinator, presents the message for August 14, 2022, as part of HopeGateWay’s “Water Water Everywhere” series. She asks, “What is the river that God has parted in your own life? What is the river that God has ferried you across? Were you alone? What is the story that is coming to life through you?”

Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill, HopeGateWay’s lead pastor, believes, “when we value the individual over the many in economics, in public health, or salvation, we fail to see the way that Jesus is inviting us into. Solidarity calls us to be willing to lay down our lives for the sake of our friends and our enemies.” Her message, for August 7, 2022, is presented as part of HopeGateWay’s “Water Water Everywhere” series.

Margaret Menger, chairperson of HopeGateWay's Leadership Team, presents the concluding sermon in the "Queering Genesis - Joseph" series

In this episode of HopeGateWay Conversations, Sean McConnell, of Episcopal Relief and Development, talks with Dr. Art McClanahan about the tragic impact that the war in Ukraine is having on the more than 7 million who have fled their country and nearly as many who are internally displaced persons. McConnell urges the HopeGateWay community to continue to be in relationship with them through generous giving, as he speaks about the extraordinary humanitarian work being done by ACT Alliance.

Jeff Huot suggests that because God is with us “we can make the dreams of equality for all a reality.” In his sermon for July 10, 2022, as part of HopeGateWay’s “Queering Genesis-Joseph” series, he adds, “Our job is to take our dreams to God and allow God to transform the dream into a reality.”