Welcome to the Table! You are listening to the Kingstowne Communion podcast, with lead pastor Michelle Matthews. The Kingstowne Communion is a new United Methodist church existing to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ through courageous conversation, creative community, and collaborating for the common good. We worship at Island Creek Elementary School (7855 Morning View Lane) every Sunday at 10am. For more information about upcoming events and opportunities to serve, visit our Facebook page, facebook.com/kingstownecommunion. We’re glad that you are listening along with us. If you live close by, we hope you’ll join us in person for worship, and if you feel inclined to help us by giving financially, you can do so on our website, kingstownecommunion.net.
Sunday, January 15, 2023 | Biblical Race Theory (Wk 1) | Pastor Michelle preaches the first sermon in a series on the theology and origin of race by starting with the church and it's purpose in Ephesians 1:1-12.
Sunday, January 8, 2023 | Epiphany Sunday | Pastor Michelle preaches a homily on the story of the Magi and the significance of the symbol of the star as an intro into our Prayer Stations for a New Year.
Sunday, January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day Online Worship
Sunday, December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day Online Worship | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches the fifth/bonus sermon in our Advent series Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas on Galatians 4, entitled "Mary: Mother of Us All."
Saturday, December 24, 2022 | Christmas Eve worship at Hayfield Secondary School | Pastor Michelle preaches a sermon on the Christmas Eve gospel reading from Luke 2 entitled "Heaven Makes Its Home."
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 | Longest Night Prayer Service | Pastor Michelle & Bret lead us in prayer and song on the longest, darkest night of the year, acknowledging that for some people, this Christmas is not so merry and full of grief. Let us gather, lament, and find the light together.
Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 4th Sunday of Advent | Rev. Michelle Matthews preaches the fourth sermon in our Advent series Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas on Mary's Magnificat in Luke 2, entitled "Mary's Peace: A Lullaby to Her Son."
Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 3rd Sunday of Advent | Rev. Michelle Matthews writes the third sermon in our Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas sermon series for the season of Advent, entitled "Mary's Joy Seeing Her Son Grow Up," and Rev. Dirk Wooten preaches it for her while she's at home with the flu.
Sunday, December 4, 2022 | 2nd Sunday of Advent | Guest preacher Rev. Dirk Robinson preaches the second sermon in our Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas sermon series for the season of Advent, entitled "Mary's Love Seeing Her Son at Work."
Sunday, November 27, 2022 | 1st Sunday of Advent | Pastor Michelle preaches the first sermon in our Have Yourself a Mary Little Christmas sermon series for the season of Advent, entitled "Mary's Hope at the Death of Her Son."
Sunday, November 20, 2022 | Rev. Dirk Wooten preaches a sermon entitled "Divine Friendship" on our Friendsgiving Sunday.
Sunday, November 13, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 7) | Pastor Michelle preaches the seventh sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 6 in a sermon entitled "Built to Be Owned", focusing on our High5 Doers (Believers, Deliverers, Problems Solvers, Time Keepers, Focus Experts). Take the High5Test at high5test.com to find out what your top 5 strengths are and then tune in on Sundays to learn what category those strengths fall in (Feeling, Motivating, Thinking, or Doing).
Sunday, November 6, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 6) | Pastor Michelle preaches the sixth sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 5:1-2, 15-20 in a sermon entitled "Built to Be Wise", focusing on our High5 Thinkers (Analyst, Thinker, Strategist, Brainstormer, Philomath). Take the High5Test at high5test.com to find out what your top 5 strengths are and then tune in on Sundays to learn what category those strengths fall in (Feeling, Motivating, Thinking, or Doing).
Sunday, October 30, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 5) | Pastor Michelle preaches the fifth sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 4:1-16 in a sermon entitled "Built to Be Shared", focusing on our High5 Motivators (Catalyst, Winner, Storyteller, Commander, Self-Believer). Take the High5Test at high5test.com to find out what your top 5 strengths are and then tune in on Sundays to learn what category those strengths fall in (Feeling, Motivating, Thinking, or Doing).
Sunday, October 23, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 4) | Pastor Michelle preaches the fourth sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 3:14-22 in a sermon entitled "Built to Be Felt", focusing on our High5 Feelers (Empathizer, Coach, Optimist, Chameleon, Peace Keeper). Take the High5Test at high5test.com to find out what your top 5 strengths are and then tune in on Sundays to learn what category those strengths fall in (Feeling, Motivating, Thinking, or Doing).
Sunday, October 16, 2022 | Listen to the annual business meeting for the Kingstowne Communion, held after worship on October 16, which included approving the pastor's salary, reviewing our financials and proposed budget for 2023, and receiving a list of members for the official chartering of Kingstowne as a United Methodist church.
Sunday, October 16, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 3) | Rev. Sarah Calvert, Alexandria District Superintendent, preaches the third sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 2:11-22 in a sermon entitled "Built to Last." Take the High5Test at high5test.com.
Sunday, October 9, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 2) | Pastor Michelle preaches the second sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 1:15-23 in a sermon entitled "Built in the Glory." Take the High5Test at high5test.com.
Sunday, October 2, 2022 | Swole Church: Building the Body, Assessing Our Strengths (Wk 1) | Pastor Michelle preaches the first sermon in our fall sermon series on Ephesians on Ephesians 1:3-14 in a sermon entitled "Built on the Ground." Take the High5Test at high5test.com.
Sunday, September 25, 2022 | The Gospel According to Pinocchio (Wk 3) | Pastor Michelle preaches the final sermon of the series on the story of Jesus forgiving the adulterous woman in John, entitled "Jiminy Jesus & the Goodness of God."
Sunday, September 18, 2022 | The Gospel According to Pinocchio (Wk 2) | Pastor Michelle preaches on the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 in a sermon entitled "Puppets & Prodigals."
Sunday, September 11, 2022 | The Gospel According to Pinocchio (Wk 1) | Pastor Michelle preaches on Matthew 9:9-13 in a sermon entitled "God's Wish."
Sunday, September 4, 2022 | The Church Just Wants My Money (Wk 5) | Pastor Michelle preaches a sermon titled "Counting the Cost" from Luke 14 in the last week of our sermon series about the myths on money and what Jesus actually says about it.
Sunday, August 28, 2022 | The Church Just Wants My Money (Wk 4) | Pastor Michelle preaches a sermon titled "Rich in God" from Luke 12 in our sermon series about the myths on money and what Jesus actually says about it.
Sunday, August 21, 2022 | NBC Washington News4 Story & Hayfield Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Sunday, August 21, 2022 | The Church Just Wants My Money (Wk 3) | Pastor Michelle preaches a sermon titled "The Kingdom of Abundance" from Matthew 6:24-34 in our sermon series about the myths on money and what Jesus actually says about it.
Sunday, August 14, 2022 | The Church Just Wants My Money (Wk 2) | Pastor Michelle preaches a sermon titled "Stewarding the Kingdom" from Matthew 10 in our sermon series about the myths on money and what Jesus actually says about it.
Sunday, August 7, 2022 | The Church Just Wants My Money (Wk 1) | Pastor Michelle preaches from Matthew 22 in an introductory sermon of a sermon series about the myths on money and what Jesus actually says about it, titled "Changing the Subject."
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 | Sustaining Our Community: A 2022-2023 Stewardship Campaign | Our leadership team has decided to move up our annual stewardship campaign to this month, August 2022, due to the current financial reality of our church. Listen to Meghan Collins, our finance chair, and Renee Anderson, our new connections chair, talk about where we are and what's at stake. [Read our August Top 10 E-note](https://mailchi.mp/kingstownecommunion/stewardshipaugust2022) for all details about where we are financially and our August stewardship campaign, including figures on how far behind we are; documents for your reference including a 2023 draft budget and a list FAQs with answers; and a link to make your 2023 financial pledge as we make important decisions for the future. To give, visit kingstownecommunion.net/give. To learn more, email connect@kingstownecommmunion.net.
Sunday, July 31, 2022 | WORDLE: 8 Stabs at Understanding the Bible | Pastor Michelle preaches from Psalm 119 in the final sermon of the series on the word VALUE: How do we read it for all that it's worth?
Sunday, July 24, 2022 | WORDLE: 8 Stabs at Understanding the Bible | Pastor Michelle preaches from 1 Corinthians 15 on the word TRUTH: What is real and whose word can I trust?
Sunday, July 17, 2022 | WORDLE: 8 Stabs at Understanding the Bible | Pastor Michelle preaches from the story of Noah on the word ISSUE - how can we make sense of the Bible's many moral dilemmas?
Sunday, July 10, 2022 | WORDLE: 6 Stabs at Understanding the Bible | Guest preacher Dirk Robinson preaches on the word ERROR - how can the bible be both divinely inspired and full of contradiction and error?
Sunday, July 3, 2022 | WORDLE: 6 Stabs at Understanding the Bible | Pastor Michelle preaches on the word POWER - by what authority - Word of God or of people?
Sunday, June 26, 2022 | WORDLE: 6 Stabs at Understanding the Bible | Pastor Michelle preaches on the word SPEAK - who spoke it & why does it matter? | Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-25, John 1:1-14
Sunday, June 19, 2022 | WORDLE: 6 Stabs at Understanding the Bible | Pastor Michelle preaches on the word SCRIBE - who wrote it and what for? | Scripture: Galatians 1:1-12
Sunday, June 12, 2022 | WORDLE: 6 Stabs at Understanding the Bible | Pastor Michelle preaches the word CANON - why these books and what for? | Scriptures: Deuteronomy 8, Isaiah 7
Sunday, June 5, 2022 | Pentecost Sunday | Pastor Michelle preaches an introductory sermon entitled "What the Bible is Not" as we begin our sermon series "Wordle: 6 Stabs at Understanding the Bible."
Sunday, May 29, 2022 | 50 Days Outside (Wk 7) | Jesus on the Cloud | Rev. Michelle Matthews
Sunday, May 22, 2022 | 50 Days Outside (Wk 6) | Jesus on the Road (to Damascus) | Rev. Michelle Matthews
Sunday, May 15, 2022 | 50 Days Outside (Wk 5) | Jesus by the Sheep Gate Pool | Rev. Michelle Matthews
Sunday, May 8, 2022 | 50 Days Outside (Wk 4) | Jesus by the River | Rev. Michelle Matthews
Sunday, May 1, 2022 | 50 Days Outside (Wk 3) | Jesus by the Seaside | Rev. Michelle Matthews
Sunday, April 24, 2022 | 50 Days Outside (Wk 2) | Jesus in the Courtyard | Rev. Michelle Matthews
Sunday, April 17, 2022 | Easter Sunday | 50 Days Outside (Wk 1) | "The Same Old Story" with Rev. Michelle Matthews
Friday, April 15, 2022 | Good Friday | "The Passion That Waits for Us" with Rev. Michelle Matthews
Sunday, April 10, 2022 | Palm Sunday | "Good Enough" Sermon Series | "We're a Group Project" with Rev. Michelle Matthews
Saturday, April 16, 2022 | Lenten Congregation-Led Daily Devotional | Day 40 (Holy Saturday) with Natasha Gannon
Friday, April 15, 2022 | Lenten Congregation-Led Daily Devotional | Day 39 (Good Friday) with Renee Anderson
Thursday, April 14, 2022 | Lenten Congregation-Led Daily Devotional | Day 38 (Holy Thursday) with Betty Lynn Sprinkle
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 | Lenten Congregation-Led Daily Devotional | Day 37 (Holy Wednesday) with Melissa Russell
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