The Wild Indigo Guild

This week's sermon, from July 3rd, was recorded during an intergenerational service, meaning all of the service has elements for children built in. Enjoy the sounds of kids in the recording!

Kyle Webster, elder at The Open Door, delivers a powerful message on courage, accountability and forgiveness in the face of child sexual abuse in the church. As a child Kyle was a victim of sexual assault at the hands of a church leader in the Catholic church. Today, news of sexual abuse in both Catholic and Southern Baptist denominations have made us all realize this is an issue for us all to address, be more open about and find the courage to confront head on. May Kyle's courage be an inspiration for God's love to work in your life like God has in Kyle's life.

For our worship during Earth Week we joined Valley View Presbyterian Church to celebrate the installation of their solar panels in a large outdoor gathering. Rev. Dr. Asa Lee of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary shared a powerful message of hope and responsibility for God's faithful.

So many of us have gone through significant deconstruction of the faiths we were taught as children. Many of us are left desiring a restoration of our connection to the Divine, but unsure how to address the Christian practices that seemed damaging to us and to the world in which we live. Dr. Bahler helps us begin the process of decolonization for the sake of restoration.

Join us for worship every Sunday at 10:10am at The Neighborhood Academy or at Garfield Community Farm during the season of Easter!

Hard to put a title to this sermon. It's the third in a series on waste during Lent.

Jeremiah, the "weeping prophet," said that those who trust in God are like a tree planted by a stream. That tree, even in times of danger, finds its well being through it’s rootedness. In Jeremiah’s example, the tree trusts that the river will provide and is blessed by having a lack of anxiety.  Listen here to the sermon from last Sunday on this hope producing passage.

Today in worship our meditation was on Psalm 84. Find a quiet spot where you can focus your attention on your breath and God's presence in your every day life.

Last Sunday we welcomed Rev. Bala Khyllep to preach God's word. It was a real treat to get to know Bala better through this sermon and his great ability to tell stories that seem to connect us to one another and to God. Bala is the spouse of our pastor, Rev. Cheryl Khyllep, and he is the Associate Director of World Mission Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. His first book, written in partnership with Hunter Farrell, Freeing Congregational Mission, was released last week!