Shalom Mennonite is one of two English-speaking Mennonite churches in Indianapolis. We were planted in 1992 by our sister church, First Mennonite. We are a small but active congregation, with some members living in the immediate neighborhood and others spread as far as Noblesville, Greenwood, and Richmond, Indiana. No matter who you are or what you’ve done, you are welcome to visit us, worship with us, and even join us in our quest to follow Christ in a broken world.
Pastor Brian continues the Numbers sermon series by looking at "pillar of cloud," which led the Israelites through the wilderness. He talks about the challenge of waiting to hear God's voice and seek God's will and the temptation to take God's ever-present reality for granted.
Numbers 9:15-23
Pastor Brian begins a new sermon series drawing from the Book of Numbers. He offers some background on Numbers and compares the Israelite's journey through the wilderness to our spiritual journeys through uncertain and challenging times.
Numbers 1:1-3; 2:1-2 & 17
Pastor Craig talks about some of his spiritual journey while using Jeremiah 29:11-13 to look at seeking God.
Pastor Craig preaches from Matthew 5:43-48 and about how peace is connected to growing in God's likeness.
Pastor Brian preaches about the kind of humility that "considers others better than yourselves." Hebrews 12:14-15, 1 Timothy 1:12-17
Pastor Brian draws comparisons between the challenge of racism we face today and the rampant xenophobia in the Bible. He looks to the story of Ruth and Boaz as a model of people who were able to plant seeds for future generations to overcome their widespread cultural problems.
Ruth 1:22-2:12
Pastor Craig looks at Psalm 34:1-8 and how seeking the Lord moves us beyond fear.
Last week, Pastor Brian discussed four ways that people understand racism. This week, he takes us deeper into the fourth way of "system racism." This concept is complicated because it considers how communities and institutions can get stuck in cycles of racism without intending to do so. He discusses the similarities between these invisible, mysterious forces and the spiritual forces frequently mentioned in the New Testament.
Ephesians 2:1-6, 6:10-17
