Park View Mennonite Church sermons

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.

Phil Kniss: Insecuritocracy

On October 29, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the sermon series entitled "And God saw..." focusing on the story of insecuritocracy - ruling by ones insecurities, fears of being insignificant, being forgotten, losing power - displayed in Rehoboam and Jeroboam vying for power in 1 Kings.

Lynn Jost: Giving David, Grasping David

On October 22, 2023, guest speaker Lynn Jost preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the sermon series entitled "And God saw..." looking through God's eyes at giving David and grasping David. Lynn Jost is uniquely qualified to preach on this text about King David, as an Old Testament professor with a PhD in preaching and Hebrew Bible from Vanderbilt, and the author of the Kings volume of the Believers Church Commentary by Herald Press. He is currently Professor of Old Testament at Fresno Pacific University, and a member (and moderator) of Willow Avenue Mennonite Church in Fresno, CA, part of Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference of MC USA.

Phil Kniss: Between cloud and ground

On October 15, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the sermon series entitled "And God saw..." focusing on the story of God seeing a people in danger of becoming unmoored, adrift and gave them the gift of the law to provide grounding.

Phil Kniss: Do you see what I see? - God

On October 8, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the sermon series entitled "And God saw..." focusing on the story of Moses and the burning bush from Exodus, the story of an attentive and compassionate God searching for an attentive and compassionate partner to collaborate with.

Loren Swartzendruber: Faith Beyond Borders

On October 1, 2023, Loren Swartzendruber preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service on World Communion Sunday exploring politics and church as followers of Jesus with the call to pledge our allegiance to Jesus.

Phil Kniss: Wrestling for love

On September 24, 2023, Pastor Phil Kniss preaches at a Park View Mennonite Sunday morning service continuing the sermon series entitled "And God saw..." focusing on the story of Jacob's wrestling match in Genesis where God struggles to connect with Jacob and with humanity for love.