Park View Mennonite Church sermons

Paula Stoltzfus: Tending and Trusting Seed and Sower

On January 14, 2024, Pastor Paula Stoltzfus preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the sermon series entitled "Mark: The Urgent! Gospel" focusing on the parables of seeds and growing from Mark 4.

Phil Kniss: The beginning of the good news of Jesus the Messiah

On January 7, 2024, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service beginning a new sermon series entitled "Mark: The Urgent! Gospel" exploring the urgency permeating the gospel of Mark.

Phil Kniss: How to sing backwards

On December 24, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the 2023 Advent season sermon series entitled "What shall we cry?" exploring the Mary and Zachariah's backwards songs of revolution, of overturning the powers and changing the status quo.

Moriah Hurst, with Eleanor Yoder, Lilianna Stoltzfus and Calvin Bixler: Expectation and Joy

On December 17, 2023, Pastor Moriah Hurst, with Eleanor Yoder, Lilianna Stoltzfus and Calvin Bixler preach at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the 2023 Advent season sermon series entitled "What shall we cry?" focusing on the story of rebuilding the temple in Ezra.

Phil Kniss: It’s on the way!

On December 10, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service beginning the 2023 Advent season sermon series entitled "What shall we cry?" reflecting on how Jews and Christians living in a war zone are hearing the common lectionary passage from Isaiah this morning, and what we can do be the prophetic spark of imaginative peace in a conflict as entrenched as it is in the Middle East.

Phil Kniss: The Collaborating Savior

On December 3, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service beginning the 2023 Advent season sermon series entitled "What shall we cry?" exploring doing the work of angels to cry out hope to the world and into our communities.

Phil Kniss, with Barbara Fast and Phil Helmuth: Reparations then and now

On November 26, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the sermon series entitled "And God saw..." focusing on the work of reparation and making things right. Also, Barbara Fast and Phil Helmuth share personal stories of joining in shared efforts to make things right through land reparations for the Dakota people in Minnesota and through rebuilding and recovery work for those displaced by extreme weather events in southwest Louisiana, respectively.

Phil Kniss: God’s love song

On November 19, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the sermon series entitled "And God saw..." focusing on God's love song to God's beloved people from Isaiah 5.

Paula Stoltzfus: Divine tenderness

On November 12, 2023, Pastor Paula Stoltzfus preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the sermon series entitled "And God saw..." focusing on God's relationship with Israel in Hosea as depicted as a parent/child relationship, where God chooses loving compassion and tenderness.

Phil Kniss: Accompanied by love

On November 5, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service on All Saints Sunday continuing the sermon series entitled "And God saw..." focusing on the reminder that we are not alone, we are being accompanied by the love of God.