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 25, 2026 | The Four Agreements: Ancient Wisdom for Dreaming Today | Pastor Michelle preaches on the third agreement "Don't Make Assumptions" in a sermon based on John 5:1-9.
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | The Four Agreements: Ancient Wisdom for Dreaming Today | Guest preacher the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Page, preaches on the second agreement "Don't Take Anything Personally" in a sermon based on Matthew 10:5-15.
Sunday, January 11, 2026 | The Four Agreements: Ancient Wisdom for Dreaming Today | Pastor Michelle preaches an on the first agreement "Be Impeccable with Your Word" in a sermon based on Matthew 12:33-37.
Sunday, January 4, 2026 | The Four Agreements: Ancient Wisdom for Dreaming Today | Pastor Michelle preaches an intro sermon, entitled "You're the Star," focusing on the story of the Epiphany and giving the WHY behind our new years series based on the "The Four Agreements".
Sunday, December 28, 2025 | Post-Christmas Sabbath Sunday | Online worship with an introduction to our January 2026 sermon series
Christmas Eve Worship 2025 | Michelle preaches a sermon about the incarnation entitled "The Material God"
Sunday, December 21, 2025 | Wicked Advent: The Gospel for Good (Wk 4) | Pastor Michelle preaches in our Advent 2025 sermon series based on the themes of Advent and the story, book, musical & movie of Wicked, with a sermon on 1 John 4:7-12, entitled "For Good: Love that Changes Us."
Sunday, December 14, 2025 | Wicked Advent: The Gospel for Good (Wk 3) | Pastor Michelle preaches in our Advent 2025 sermon series based on the themes of Advent and the story, book, musical & movie of Wicked, with a sermon focusing on Luke 1:46b-55, entitled "Defying Gravity: Joy That Rises in Resistance."
Sunday, December 7, 2025 | Wicked Advent: The Gospel for Good (Wk 2) | Pastor Michelle preaches in our Advent 2025 sermon series based on the themes of Advent and the story, book, musical & movie of Wicked, with a sermon focusing on James 3:13-4:3, entitled "Popular or Peace: Shalom Beyond Appearances."
Sunday, November 31, 2025 | Wicked Advent: The Gospel for Good (Wk 1) | Pastor Michelle preaches in our Advent 2025 sermon series based on the themes of Advent and the story, book, musical & movie of Wicked, with a sermon focusing on Isaiah 11:1-11, entitled "Who Mourns for the Wicked? Advent Hope for the Misnamed."
October-November 2025 | "Forecasting Faith in a Climate of Fear" Sermon Series | Rev. Michelle Matthews
October-November 2025 | "Forecasting Faith in a Climate of Fear" Sermon Series | Rev. Michelle Matthews
October-November 2025 | "Forecasting Faith in a Climate of Fear" Sermon Series | Rev. Michelle Matthews
October-November 2025 | "Forecasting Faith in a Climate of Fear" Sermon Series | Rev. Michelle Matthews
October 26, 2025 | Neighborkind Collective All Hallows Worship & Trail-or-Treat | Pastors Michelle, Melissa & Amber
October-November 2025 | "Forecasting Faith in a Climate of Fear" Sermon Series | Rev. Michelle Matthews
October-November 2025 | "Forecasting Faith in a Climate of Fear" Sermon Series | Rev. Michelle Matthews
October 5, 2025 | Neighborkind Collective Rise Against Hunger event | Rev. Michelle Matthews & Rev. Melissa Porter-Miller
Sunday, September 21, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Who was Jesus the ordinary man, as represented across the three Abrahamic faith traditions?"
Sunday, September 14, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God make mistakes or have regrets?"
Sunday, September 7, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Why is Christian nationalism so dangerous to our faith and the church?"
Sunday, August 24, 2025 | Summer's End Worship at Pohick Bay Park | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Does God have a plan?"
Sunday, August 17, 2025 | Back-to-School Sunday at Rising Hope | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "What's so powerful about the name of Jesus?"
Sunday, August 10, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How should we view A.I. development from a Christian perspective?"
Sunday, August 3, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How much of the Bible am I supposed to believe?"
Sunday, July 27, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Is there one universal ethical standard by which we all should live, or is morality subjective?"
Sunday, July 20, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "What if Christianity just doesn't feel like it fully fits me?"
Sunday, July 13, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "What does the Bible actually say about sex?"
Sunday, July 6, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Is there anything about Christianity that evangelicals get right?"
Sunday, June 29, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "How do we hold together God's justice and mercy in the face of the worst humans can do?"
Sunday, June 22, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Is there such a thing as a just war?"
Sunday, June 15, 2025 | You Asked For It | Pastor Michelle preaches in our summer 2025 series based on the questions our congregation has asked for, this week answering: "Why do we still call God Father?"
June 9, 2025 | Mauren & Elise, two of our graduating seniors, offer our graduate message around the metaphor of God as potter.
Sunday, June 1, 2025 | Pastor Ryan LaRock guest preaches at our annual Pride Celebration Service
March-April 2025 | Divine Exchange (Wk 6): Uniting Us with God (Participation/Theosis Theories) | Throughout the season of Lent, we unpack six theories of Jesus's atonement (that great divine exchange), exploring all the possibilities of how Jesus achieved redemption of all the world, wrestling and finding the holes in what Christians have been known to believe, and re-centering God's love in the story of redemption as we consider the lengths to which God would go and all that God would give to be with us.
March-April 2025 | Divine Exchange (Wk 5): Defeating Sin & Death (Christus Victor Theory) | Throughout the season of Lent, we unpack six theories of Jesus's atonement (that great divine exchange), exploring all the possibilities of how Jesus achieved redemption of all the world, wrestling and finding the holes in what Christians have been known to believe, and re-centering God's love in the story of redemption as we consider the lengths to which God would go and all that God would give to be with us.
March-April 2025 | Divine Exchange (Wk 4): Relieving Our Judgement (Penal Substitution Theory) | Throughout the season of Lent, we unpack six theories of Jesus's atonement (that great divine exchange), exploring all the possibilities of how Jesus achieved redemption of all the world, wrestling and finding the holes in what Christians have been known to believe, and re-centering God's love in the story of redemption as we consider the lengths to which God would go and all that God would give to be with us.
March-April 2025 | Divine Exchange (Wk 3): Redeeming Our Human Debt (Satisfaction/Ransom Theory) | Throughout the season of Lent, we unpack six theories of Jesus's atonement (that great divine exchange), exploring all the possibilities of how Jesus achieved redemption of all the world, wrestling and finding the holes in what Christians have been known to believe, and re-centering God's love in the story of redemption as we consider the lengths to which God would go and all that God would give to be with us.
March-April 2025 | Divine Exchange (Wk 2): Transforming Our Hardheartedness (Moral Example Theory) | Throughout the season of Lent, we unpack six theories of Jesus's atonement (that great divine exchange), exploring all the possibilities of how Jesus achieved redemption of all the world, wrestling and finding the holes in what Christians have been known to believe, and re-centering God's love in the story of redemption as we consider the lengths to which God would go and all that God would give to be with us.
March-April 2025 | Divine Exchange (Wk 1): Transcending Our Created Limitation (Recapitulation Theory) | Throughout the season of Lent, we unpack six theories of Jesus's atonement (that great divine exchange), exploring all the possibilities of how Jesus achieved redemption of all the world, wrestling and finding the holes in what Christians have been known to believe, and re-centering God's love in the story of redemption as we consider the lengths to which God would go and all that God would give to be with us.
March 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the eighth sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley's three simple rules and learning from his wisdom on money and advocacy for racial justice.
February 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the seventh sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley still to London, where Wesley, late in life, begins to understand faith a journey of going on to perfection.
February 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the third sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley still to Bristol, where Wesley responds to his peers with a grace that leaves room for the mystery of God.
February 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the fifth sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley to Bristol where Wesley invites us to wrestle with grace & good works.
January 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the fourth sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley to Oxford where we find John Wesley, aiming for holiness, but discovering God's heart-warming grace.
January 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the third sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley to Oxford where head, and heart and truth and grace, collide to birth new, compelling both-and expression of faith.
January 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the second sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, expounding on Wesley's mother Susanna's impact on his middle way of faith, friendship, and "Catholic spirit."
January 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the first sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, beginning in Epworth with the Puritan prayer that sparked a revival.
Pastor Michelle connects one last Christmas movie, a cult favorite "Love, Actually," to the Christmas story and significance of the birth of Jesus.
Pastor Michelle relates the classic Christmas story to "The Polar Express" and discusses the effect of the "uncanny valley" on our perceptions of Jesus.
In our Traveler's Christmas service, Michelle recounts the life of Dr. Seuss and his writing of the Christmas classic, while asking whether our personal images of Jesus are filled with the kind of transformative, cosmic wonder that saved the Grinch.
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