Sermons and Services
November 13 2022:
Sermon: "In the Lynn Social Security Office" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Mark 14:3-9
Link to full service here.
November 6 2022:
Sermon: "Suffering Is Human" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Philippians 1:21-30 and II Corinthians 12:9-10
Link to full service here.
October 30 2022:
Sermon: "A Missing Word Recovered" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Romans 8:28
Link to full service here.
October 23 2022:
Sermon: "Commandments for Relationship" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Exodus 19:3-7: 20: 1-17
Link to full service here.
October 16 2022:
Sermon: "The Common Ground Excluding the Common Good" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Galatians 2:11-14
Link to full service here.
October 9 2022:
Sermon: "It Should Be Hazy" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 9:14-17
Link to full service here.
October 2 2022:
Sermon: "He Left a Table" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13, I Corinthians 11:17-26, 33-34
Link to full service here.
September 25 2022:
Sermon: "What Are You Doing Here?" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: I Kings 19:11-15
Link to full service here.
September 18 2022:
Sermon: "My Neighbor's Keeper" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Matthew 25:31-40 and Romans 12:1-2 and 9-13
Link to full service here.
September 4 2022:
Sermon: "In the Capitol, On Times Square, In the Supreme Court, In ..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Proverbs 1:20-33, Matthew 5:21-26
Link to full service here.
August 28 2022:
Sermon: "Only GPS" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture: Matthew 13: 51-53
Link to full service here.
August 21 2022:
Sermon: "Aosdana" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16a and Hebrews 11:8-16
Link to full service here.
August 14 2022:
Sermon: "Burning Faith in a Dry Time" - Rev. Teri Motley
Scripture: Isaiah 5:1-7, Luke 12:49-56
Link to full service here.
August 7 2022:
Sermon: "Living the Faith of Christ" - Rev. Jack Soper
Scripture: Galatians 2:15-21, 3:23-29
Link to full service here.
July 31 2022:
Sermon: "More Than Yes or No" -Rev. Marti Soper
Scripture: John 3:1-16
Link to full service here:
July 24 2022:
Sermon: "Knocking on Heaven's Door" - Rev. Rev. Beth Horne
Scripture: Psalm 138:1-8, Luke 11:1-13
Link to full service here.
July 17 2022:
Sermon: "A Midsummer Prescription" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture: Luke 11: 1-13
Link to full service here.
July 10 2022:
Sermon: "Jesus Can Make Short People TALL" - Rev. David Woods
Link to full service here.
July 3 2022:
Link to full service here.
June 26 2022:
Sermon: "Make me a Blessing" - Rev. Judith Brain
Link to full service here.
June 19 2022:
Sermon: "God the Father" - Rev. Judith Brain
Link to full service here.
June 12 2022 (Blessing of the Animals):
Sermon: "Still a Lot to Learn" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Link to full service here.
June 5 2022:
Sermon: "Supper Is Ready" - Rev. Judy Brain
Link to full service here.
May 29 2022:
Sermon: "The Call of the Comma" - Rev. Judy Brain
Link to full service here.
May 22 2022:
Sermon: "The Rock Tumbler of Life" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Link to full service here.
May 15 2022:
Sermon: "Reaching Out - A Caregiver's Story" - Mr. Larry Atkins
Link to full service here.
May 8 2022:
Sermon: "Mothers and the Art of Faith" - Pastor David Woods
Link to full service here.
April 24 2022:
Sermon: "Holy Mysteries - Singularity Earthlings and Is-ness" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Link to full service here.
April 17 2022 (Easter):
Sermon: "You Should Know the Story By Now" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
April 10 2022:
Sermon: "Amy's Alternative Homily" - Rev. Amy Bruch.
Link to full service here.
April 3 2022:
Sermon: "Walking in the Shoes on the Other Feet" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
March 27 2022:
Sermon: "The Runaway Bunny" - Rev. Amy Bruch.
Scripture reading: Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32
Link to the full service here.
March 20 2022:
Sermon: "Sakura" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
March 13 2022:
Sermon: "A Ray From On High" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
March 6 2022:
Sermon: "When Weakness Becomes Power" - Rev. Susan P. Mitchell
Link to full service here.
February 27 2022:
Sermon: "This Blank Canvass" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Link to full service here.
February 20 2022:
Sermon: "Buried in Obscurity" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
February 13 2022:
Sermon: "Horseradish and Mustard" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
February 6 2022:
Sermon: "Give Us a Break, Man" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
January 30 2022:
Sermon: "An Old Dog and New Tricks" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Link to full service here.
Videos of earlier sermons are available here.
They are also available on the Town of Topsfield
web site, in Cable Video On Demand here.
06/06/2021: "Living the Questions" - Martin Riekert
05/30/2021: "The Time of Ignorance" - Martin Riekert
05/23/2021: "Pentecost Homily" - Martin Riekert
05/09/2021: "Neither There...Nor There" - Martin Riekert
Scripture passage: Exodus 33: 7-11
05/02/2021: "Running Out of Blue Paint"- Martin Riekert
Scripture passage: Genesis 4: 8-16
04/25/2021: "Unperceived Existence" - Rev. Marilyn Kendrix
Scripture passages: Isaiah 53: 7-8, 56: 3-5, Acts 8: 26-40
04/18/2021: "Earth, Air, Water, Fire" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture passages: Genesis 1: 9; 2: 7, Psalm 23:2, Isaiah 43:2
04/11/2021: "The Road Untraveled" - Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 28: 16-20
04/04/2021: "(N)Ever Given" - Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Luke 9: 12-17, Mark 16: 1-8
03/28/2021: "Be A Pain.." - Larry Atkins
Scripture Passage: Matthew 21: 1-11
03/21/2021: "The Third Thing Learning to Sing" - Rev. Martin Riekert
'Scripture Passage: Matthew 16: 1-12
03/14/2021: "The Second Thing" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 26: 6-11
03/07/2021: "The First Thing" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Romans 12: 1-3 I Corinthians 13: 4-7, 11
02/28/2021: "Reset" - Larry Atkins
Scripture Passage: Exodus 33: 12-16
02/21/2021: "Repentance and Opportunity - Engaging the Climate Crisis"
Scripture Passage: Genesis 9: 8-17, Mark 1: 9-15
02/14/2021: "QAnon" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Revelation 19: 1-10, 21: 1-8
02/07/2021: "The Grant" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Genesis 32: 22-33:4
01/31/2021: "Connections" - Larry Atkins
Scripture Passage: Matthew 4: 1-11
01/24/2021: "To Light A Candle" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 5: 13-16, 43-48
01/17/2021: "A Tale of Two Meals" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 15: 32-39
A reading from John Crossan's book, The Historical Jesus here.
01/10/2021: "Epiphany?" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 2: 1-12
01/03/2021: "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture Passage: Mark 14: 3-9
12/13/2020: "Now You See" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Luke 1: 46-55, 2:28-33, Luke 4: 16-19
12/06/2020: "Survival of..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 10: 34-39
11/29/2020: "People Get Ready" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture Passages: I Corinthians 1: 3-9
Mark 13: 24-37
11/22/2020: "Not Affordable" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Romans 14: 13-23
11/15/2020: "Eternity and Immediacy" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: John 1: 1-5, Mark 1: 14-15
11/08/2020: "A Way Forward..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Philippians 2: 1-4
10/25/2020: "The Transformative Power of..." - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture Passages: Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7 Luke 17: 11-19 10/18/2020: "Syrian Sesame" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Ecclesiastes 9: 13-18 Isaiah 61: 1-4
10/11/2020: "Bunkle Up" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 7: 24-29
10/04/2020: "Breaking Bread" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Mark 2: 13-17; I Corinthians 11: 17-26
09/27/2020: "A Search Committee Snow Job" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: I Corinthians 7: 2-16
09/20/2020: "This Being Human Is A Guest House" - Rev. Amy Bruch
Scripture Passages: 2 Kings 4: 8-10 Acts 16: 1-15.
09/13/2020: "Settled Nomads" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passages: Psalm 90: 1-2, 13-17 Mark 1: 35-39
09/06/2020: "A Quaint Name" - Rev. Martin Riekert
Scripture Passage: Matthew 20: 1-16
08/30/2020: "Easing the Burden" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/23/2020: "That Elusive Concept" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/16/2020: "On Leaving the Cow Path" - Rev. Amy Bruch
08/09/2020: "God(s) and Plague" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/02/2020: "Interpreting the Present Time"- Rev. Martin Riekert
07/26/2020: "How To Weed An Onion Bed"- Rev. Martin Riekert
07/19/2020: "The Family of Things" - Rev. Amy Bruch
07/12/2020: "Treadmill" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/05/2020: "The Second American Republic" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/28/2020: "Exceptionalism" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/21/2020: "An Idiotic Business Model" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/14/2020: "Life In A Peaceful Kindom" - Rev. Amy Bruch
06/07/2020: "Jerusalem! Washington!" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/31/2020: "Disruption" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/24/2020: "A Bag To Put It All " - Rev. Amy Bruch
05/10/2020: "Prophet of the Pandemic" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/03/2020: "Diversity and Plurality" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/26/2020: "Days Like These" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/19/2020: "Lemonese" - Rev. Amy Bruch
04/12/2020: "The Return to Normal" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/05/2020: "The Parade Is Essential Business" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/29/2020: "In Exile in a Familiar Place" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/22/2020: "Sanctuary" - Rev. Amy Bruch
03/08/2020: "Between $27.63 and Around $1 Million" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/01/2020: "A Corona Lent" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/23/2020: "Beginning to see the light" - Rev. Rona Tyndall
02/16/2020: "Everything is connected" - Rev. Amy Bruch
02/09/2020: "Wrestling with God and with humans" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/02/2020: "This Way or The Highway" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/26/2020: "Ordinary Time" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/19/2020: "Work to Do" - Rev. Amy Bruch
01/12/2020: "Watersheds" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/05/2020: "Wise Men?" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/29/2019: "Stay Awhile" - Rev. Amy Bruch
12/22/2019: "The Friendly Beasts" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/08/2019: "Flock Management 101" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/01/2019: "SETI" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/24/2019: "Blessing: Anyone Can Do It" - Rev. Amy Bruch
11/17/2019: "Grace Redux" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/10/2019: "Smoke and Medals" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/03/2019: "We Better Get This Right" - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/27/2019: Faithworks 2019 Mission Trip Reflections- Faithworks leaders
10/13/2019: "It Takes A Fairbooth" - Rev. Amy Bruch
10/06/2019: "Carbondale" - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/29/2019: "Making Your Own Sabbath Box" - Rev. Amy Bruch
09/22/2019: "Good people pay back their debt. Smart people pay theirs forward"- Larry Atkins
09/15/2019: "Fairbooth....Meetinghouse" - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/08/2019: "Closing the Garage Door" - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/01/2019: "Dream on" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/25/2019: "Walking the Walk" - Rev. Amy Bruch
08/18/2019: "The Hope of A Mustard Seed" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/11/2019: "The Four Horsemen" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/04/2019: "Finding Words To Live By" - Rev. William Main
07/28/2019: "Living the Big Questions" - Rev. Amy Bruch
07/21/2019: "The Endgame or An Endgame" - Rasheed Townes
07/14/2019: "Searching for Sunday" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/07/2019: "A Clever Dodge" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/30/2019: "The Hands of Hope" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/23/2019: "Truth and Reconciliation (and Sometimes Forgiveness)"
Rev. Martin Riekert
06/16/2019: "The Road Not (Yet) Travelled" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/09/2019: "It's In Our Hands" - Rev. Amy Bruch
06/02/2019: "A.M.D.G." - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/26/2019: "No One Ever Thanked Me" - Larry Atkins
05/19/2019: "We Believe in Mystery" - Rev. Amy Bruch
05/12/2019: "The Teaching of King Lemuel's Mother and "Ode To A Capable
Wife" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/05/2019: "These Three Things Abide" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/28/2019: "The Road To Everywhere" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/21/2019: "Then the Disciples Returned to their Homes" -
Rev. Martin Riekert
04/14/2019: "A Donkey, the Temple, and the Fig Tree"
04/07/2019: "We Eat Together" - Rev. Amy Bruch
03/31/2019: "Are Their Limits and Boundaries To Moral Behavior" -
Rev. Martin Riekert
03/24/2019: "The Paradoxical Commandments" - Rev. Amy Bruch
03/17/2019: "Without Condition...On the Following Conditions"
Rev. Martin Riekert
03/10/2019: "Dust and Such Matters" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/03/2019: "Some Things to Take on Our Spaceship" - Rev. Amy Bruch
2/24/2019: "Peto's Paradox" - Rev. Martin Riekert
2/17/2019: "Heroes" - Rasheed Townes
2/10/2019: "After We Are Gone" - Rev. Martin Riekert
2/03/2019: "The Consequences of Scripture" - Rev. Martin Riekert
1/27/2019: "It's Just Church" - Rev. Martin Riekert
1/20/2019: "Completely Uncredentialed and Without Pedigree" -
Rev. Amy Bruch
1/13/2019: "The Work of Our Hands" - Rev. Martin Riekert
1/06/2019: "Chalk On Doors" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/30/2018: "Preach the Gospel At All Times and If Necessary Use Words"-
Larry Atkins
12/23/2018: "Spiraling Out of Control" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/09/2018: "Passing of the Peace" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/02/2018: "Silence" - Rev. Amy Bruch
11/25/2018: "The Stories We Tell" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/18/2018: "This Blessedness" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/11/2018: "America The Beautiful" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/04/2018: "Words From Afar": - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/21/2018: "We Keep You In Our Prayers": - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/14/2018: "The Hawk Just Sat There": - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/07/2018: "Living in Community": - Rev. Amy Bruch
09/30/2018: "The Narrow Ridge": - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/23/2018: "Investing In God's Mission": - Rev. Dr. Jonathan New
09/16/2018: "Won't You Be My Neighbor?": - Rev. Amy Bruch
09/02/2018: "The More Things Change.": - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/26/2018: "To Paint an Office": - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/19/2018: "CCT Seed Vault": - Rev. Amy Bruch
08/12/2018: "Deep Blue" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/29/2018: "How We Lost The Sky" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/22/2018: "Illumination" - Rev. Amy Bruch
07/15/2018: "Jesus OnThe Border" - Rev. Roger A. Lier
07/08/2018: "Some Things You Can Fix and Some Things You Cannot Fix"-
Larry Atkins
07/01/2018: "Holding It Together Redux" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/24/2018: "Holding It Together" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/17/2018: "Nunuku's Law" - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/03/2018: "There Is No Such Question" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/27/2018: "You Can't Get There From Here" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/20/2018: "Developing Superpowers" - Rev. Amy Bruch
05/06/2018: "I Appeal To You To Be Conformed To This World" -
Rev. Martin Riekert
04.29.2018: "The Zebra Man" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/22/2018: "Let Us Sing" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/15/2018: "Going It Alone" - Dr. T. Richard Snyder
04/08/2018: "How Can You Not Get That" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/01/2018: "Eating Alone" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/25/2018: "Looking Beyond, Seeing Underneath" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/11/2018: "Korban" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/04/2018: "Holding Eastern Goutha while Celebrating Heat Pads" -
Rev. Martin Riekert
02/25/2018: "Perpetual Euphoria" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/18/2018: "Do You See the Problem" - Rev. Donald Remick
02/11/2018: "A Sausage of Angel and Beast" - Larry Atkin
02/04/2018: "Feasting Like Disciples" - Rev. Amy Bruch
01/28/2018: "FEMA and Beyond" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/21/2018: "Falling Together" - Rev. Amy Bruch
01/14/2018: "Not through the Telescope" - Rev. Martin Riekert
01/07/2018: "Epiphany...and then?" - Rev. Martin Riekert
12/31/2017: "Christmas Spirit?" - Larry Atkins
12/24/2017: "Signs Tell the Story" - Rev. Amy Bruch
12/10/2017: "Meatless Meatballs, Sneetches, and other Stories" -
Rev. Amy Bruch
12/03/2017: "The Killing Fields" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/26/2017: "An Epistle of Straw" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/19/2017: "Deacons Stewardship Moment" - Mike Ierardi
11/19/2017: "The Trick Is To Look Down" - Rev. Martin Riekert
11/12/2017: "What Would A Good Day Look Like" - Rev. Amy Bruch
11/05/2017: "Voices in the Dark" - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/29/2017: "Mission Trip Reflections" - Members of the Mission Trip
10/22/2017: "Politics,Sausage and Church" - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/15/2017: "The Lion Has Roared" - Rev. Amy Bruch
10/08/2017: "Groundhog Day" - Rev. Martin Riekert
10/01/2017: "Rebel with a cause" - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/24/2017: "Filling it in" - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/17/2017: "Finding a balance" - Rev. Amy Bruch
09/03/2017: "Perspectives on display"-Rev. Martin Riekert
08/27/2017: "I Sing Behind the Plow" - Rev. Amy Bruch
08/20/2017: "The Question" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/13/2017: "The Trajectory of Planet Nibiru" - Rev. Martin Riekert
08/06/2017: "Legato" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/30/2017: "How We Die" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/23/2017: "What is Truth" - Rev. Amy Bruch
07/16/2017: "A weird assessment" - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/09/2017: "When Mukurob Fell..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
07/02/2017: "Nothing against lepers but..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/25/2017: "The More Things Change..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
06/18/2017: "Aha Moments" - Rev. Amy Bruch
06/04/2017: "Unbearable mundaneness" - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/28/2017: "He prepares me for war..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
05/21/2017: "They're Telling Us- Are We Listening" -Rev. Amy Bruch
05/14/2017: "Holy Encounters Mary Elizabeth and Other Beloved"
- Rev. Amy Bruch
05/07/2017: "Faith: Understanding Verses Knowing" - Rev. William Main
04/30/2017: "Waiting for the knock on the door" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/23/2017: "When in Rome..." - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/16/2017: "After Three Endings Perhaps a New Beginning"
- Rev. Martin Riekert
04/09/2017: "The triumphant entry" - Rev. Martin Riekert
04/02/2017: "On the fast track" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/26/2017: "Orchestra" - Rev. Amy Bruch
03/19/2017: "It is what it is" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/12/2017: "The Missouri Doctrine" - Rev. Martin Riekert
03/05/2017: "Nimble giants" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/26/2017: "Been there done that" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/19/2017: "One way" - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/12/2017: "Why do it?"- Rev. Martin Riekert
02/05/2017: "Mysteries, Yes"- Rev. Amy Bruch
01/29/2017: "Seeing and Looking"- Rev. Martin Riekert
01/22/2017: "Everything and the Only Thing"- Rev. Martin Riekert
01/15/2017: "An Untimely Death and that Second Death"- Rev. Martin Riekert
01/08/2017: "The Mission"- Rev. Martin Riekert
01/01/2017: Act III: "Grace and Authenticity"-Rev. Amy Bruch
12/11/2016: A Shortage of Angels- Rev. Martin Riekert
11/20/2016: Act II: We Were Made for Times Like These- Rev. Amy Bruch
11/13/2016: When the fog clears- Rev. Martin Riekert
10/2/2016: Act I: Wrestling- Rev. Amy Bruch
06/19/2016: Rights of Passing - Rev. Martin Riekert
02/08/2015: The Passion and Politics of Islam- Raheel Raza
02/02/2014: The Curse of Unity? - Rev. Martin Riekert
09/29/2013: A Willingness to Look at Nothing- Rev. Martin Riekert