The Collective Table

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here—thanks for listening. 

This week, Jason's lesson is entitled "The Leftovers" and is based on the scripture found in John 6:1-15. 

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here—thanks for listening. 

This week, Jason's lesson is entitled "A Great Banquet" and is based on the scripture found in Luke 5:27-32. 

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, June 15th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

As Season 10: The 50.5% comes to a close, Claire and Jenell take a reflective journey through the stories, conversations, and wisdom that shaped this unforgettable season. With no guest this time, it’s an intimate and powerful dialogue between co-hosts and the community of listeners who’ve followed along.

In this episode: We revisit key moments from the season and reflect on what they stirred in us. Listener voices take center stage, through voicemails, comments, and deeply personal reflections. We share our thoughts on All the Buried Women, a podcast mini-series that unearthed hidden truths from the Southern Baptist Convention and resonated deeply with our own journeys in faith and leadership.

From sacred stories and hidden histories to courage, grief, and integrity - this finale is a pilgrimage in itself. It’s a love letter to every buried voice that is rising again.

Reflection Questions:

Mentioned in this episode:All the Buried Women by Savannah Locke and Beth Allison Barr: https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/all-the-buried-women/ 

Women Holding Things by Maira Kalman: https://merrittbooks.com/item/YHsfyCIcKaXSPkjSlxVkdw 

Little Women, dir. by Greta Gerwig

Thank you for walking with us this season. Your presence, your responses, and your courage matter. Season 11 is coming soon - until then, keep listening, keep questioning, and keep showing up with heart.

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here - thanks for listening. 

This week, our Co-Lead Minister, Jason, brought us a message entitled "The Antithesis of Love" which is based on the scripture found in Matthew 5:43:48. This Sunday also marks "Pride Sunday," our congregation's celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. 

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, June 8th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here - thanks for listening. 

This week, our Co-Lead Minister, Jenell, brought us a message entitled "Daughter, Go in Peace: Community as a Healing Practice" which is based on the scripture found in Luke 8:43-48.

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, May 25th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here - thanks for listening. 

This week, our Co-Lead Minister, Jason, brought us a message entitled "The Practice of Celebration: The Antidote to Despair" which is based on the scripture found in Deuteronomy 14:22-27. 

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, May 18th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

What does it mean to be called when the world says you can’t, or shouldn’t?

In our latest episode of The Collective Table Podcast, we hear from Rev. Carol Rawlings - the second woman to pastor at Oceanside Sanctuary - as she shares her story of saying yes to ministry in a time (and a church) that wasn’t sure it wanted her.

With warmth, grit, and wisdom, Carol reflects on how her call to preach collided with real-world resistance - and how, ultimately, the Spirit wouldn’t let her go. It’s a story about surrender - not to patriarchy, but to God.

Hosts Jason, Jenell, and Claire reflect on the broader story that surrounds Carol’s: one of silenced women, erased histories, and the ongoing fight to be seen and heard in sacred spaces. From Apostle Junia to clergywomen today, this episode traces a holy lineage of resistance and resilience.

Questions to Consider:
– How does it make you feel when you hear that the apostle Junia’s name in Romans 16 was changed to a man’s name in the 12th century?
– Can you remember a time when you were treated unfairly because of something about yourself you could not change (e.g., sex, race, nationality, disability)?
– What is giving you hope around the continuing struggle faced by women in our society? Or how do you feel called to subvert patriarchal norms that hold women back?

Further Resources:
Read the 1985 LA Times article about Rev. Carol Rawlings’ appointment and early ministry:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-25-vw-20043-story.html 

Learn more about the erasure of women in church history in When Women Were Priests by Karen Jo Torjesen:
Find it at your local library: https://libraryfinder.org/ 

or purchase online: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/when-women-were-priests-karen-j-torjesen?variant=32154107346978 

Listen to All the Buried Women hosted by Savannah Locke and Beth Allison Barr: https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/all-the-buried-women/ 

Stay Connected

Contact us at [email protected], or leave us a voicemail at 760-722-8522!

The Collective Table is a production of Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Learn more about what we do at https://www.oceansidesanctuary.org 

This episode was edited by Niko Butler. 

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here - thanks for listening. 

This week, guest preacher Mark Weathers brings us a message entitled "Silent Nights, Dark Nights" which is based on the scripture found in Job 23:8-10. 

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, May 11th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here - thanks for listening. 

This week, Rev. Claire Watson brings us a message entitled "Time to be Human" which is based on the scripture found in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. 

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, May 4th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Good Friday isn't tidy. It's messy. It's heavy. And it asks something radical of us.

In this Good Friday homily from Oceanside Sanctuary, we reflect on Jesus' true test - not in the desert, but in a garden, surrounded by people ready to fight for him. Faced with real power, Jesus made a choice that still shakes the world: the choice of love over control, vulnerability over violence.

Too often, we've been told that Jesus died because we are inherently bad. But what if Good Friday isn't about guilt - it's about revealing the heart of God? What if it's not about our personal failures, but about the way humanity keeps choosing power over compassion?

In this message, we wrestle with the meaning of the "cup" Jesus accepted, why his death matters, and what it truly means to follow him in a world obsessed with domination and fear.

Released a couple of Fridays late - but maybe right on time for all of us still trying to choose love over power.

This teaching was recorded on Friday, April 18th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.