Columbus Mennonite Church

08/25/2026

https://www.columbusmennonite.org/sermons/august-23-hospitality-hostility/

https://vimeo.com/1220590108 Text: Genesis 18:1-18; John 13:5 Speaker: Joel Miller If you watched The Odyssey, you likely noticed multiple references to something called Zeus’s Law.  Hopefully you noticed this because it was a big part of the movie.  Zeus’s Law is a simple idea.  You should a...

08/07/2026

https://www.columbusmennonite.org/sermons/august-2-embracing-limits/

https://vimeo.com/1214972065?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Texts: Psalm 103:1-5, 13-18; Mark 10:17-26 Speaker: Chris Walker I want to talk about choosing less as a spiritual practice.  I wanted to start with a personal story, and a poem by Wendell Berry. But there’s not  enough time, and I respect the ...

07/31/2026

https://www.columbusmennonite.org/sermons/july-26-point-positive/

https://vimeo.com/1213091188?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Texts: Genesis 1:31-2:3; Isaiah 2:1-4; Mark 1:14-15; 2 Corinthians 5:16-18 Speaker: Joel Miller Three weeks ago, I went white water rafting with our youngest daughter, Ila, on the New River in West Virginia.  It was Ila’s first time, my third. ...

07/31/2026

https://www.columbusmennonite.org/sermons/july-19-the-gift-of-anger/

https://vimeo.com/1211175084?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Texts: Psalm 44:22-26; Mark 3:1-6 Speaker: Joel Miller What do we do with our anger? The theme of this worship series is “Rise Up! Take Courage!” It matches the current theme of Central District Conference.  When the writers of the worship gui...

07/17/2026

https://www.columbusmennonite.org/sermons/july-12/

https://vimeo.com/1209264913?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Text: Haggai 2:1-5 Speaker: Joel Call "Theology has failed us." This is how theologian, Marika Rose, Senior Lecturer at Dublin City College, begins her book A Theology Q/ Failure. We occupy a time in history of perpetual crisis in which theology se...

07/10/2026

https://www.columbusmennonite.org/sermons/july-5-the-storys-we-tell/

https://vimeo.com/1207150053?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Text: Luke 4:14-30 Speaker: Joel Miller Rock a bye baby, in the treetops When the wind blows, the cradle will rock When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall….. And daddy will catch you, cradle and all This was a favorite bedtime song for all th...

07/10/2026

https://www.columbusmennonite.org/sermons/june-21-searching-in-the-field-baptism-reflection/

Texts: Matthew 13:44-46; Revelation 22:1-3a Speaker: Joel Miller See below for the Faith Journey Reflection from Sarah Martin prior to her baptism There’s part of me that’s a bit envious of those two anonymous folks in those two short parables about the kin-dom of heaven.  They both find someth...

06/20/2026

Sunday June 21, 2026 will be our annual Outdoor Worship Service and Potluck at Highbanks Metro Park. There will be no service in the CMC building. Pack up and join us at the park! Coffee will be ready at 10a with the service beginning at 10:30a. Bring a dish to share (no nuts!) plus chairs/blankets, games, and dishes, mugs and utensils for your family. Hope to see you there!

06/20/2026

https://www.columbusmennonite.org/sermons/june-14-queer-imaginations-pride-sunday/

https://vimeo.com/1201849765?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Texts: Genesis 1:31, Luke 9:28-36 Speaker: Bethany Davey “God saw everything [God] had made: it was supremely good. There was evening and there was morning: the sixth day.” Genesis 1:31, Common English Bible (CEB) “About eight days after Jesu...

06/20/2026

https://www.columbusmennonite.org/sermons/june-7-burning-bush-hidden-leaven-baptismal-waters/

Texts: Exodus 3:1-14; Matthew 13:33 https://vimeo.com/1199575710 Speaker: Joel Miller What if I told you I’ve seen the burning bush.  Not a burning bush, but as Ohio State fans can surely appreciate, THE burning bush.  In person, on location, with my own eyes.   The one our Bibles say Moses sa...