Shalom Mennonite Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
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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 Craig continues a series on Sabbath, this time looking at Sabbath in the wilderness.
Pastor Craig looks at the confusing statement from Jesus that he came to divide and not bring peace.
Pastor Craig brings the message about the disciples and the resurrected Jesus having a grace filled beach breakfast of fresh fish.
Pastor Brian gives a Palm Sunday message looking at the unique way John tells the events of the triumphal entry and the cleansing of the temple.
Pastor Brian continues our Lenten journey through Jesus' farewell discourse by looking at how the Spirit continues to help us discern God's truths.
Pastor Craig continues the Lenten series of Jesus' Farewell Discourse in John, where Jesus introduces The Holy Spirit.
Special guest Pastor Monica brings a message looking at the messy situation addressed in Philemon which may help us address the messy situations in our time.
Pastor Brian continues the series on the Sermon on the Mount by looking at verses regarding worry.
Pastor Craig continues the series on the Sermon on the Mount looking at what we value and what we do with what we have.
Pastor Brian continues the series on the Sermon on the Mount by looking at our motives for giving, fasting, and praying.
Pastor Brian continues the series on the Sermon on the Mount by looking at Jesus' words regarding retaliation and loving enemies.
Pastor Brain continues our series on the Sermon on the Mount as Jesus continues to explain the spirit of the law.
Pastor Craig continues the sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount by looking at how Jesus fulfills the law.
Pastor Craig continues the series on the Sermon on the Mount looking at what it means to be salt and light to the world.
Pastor Brian begins a new sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount looking at the Beatitudes.
Sabrina Falls looks at the story of David and Saul and explores how we interact with our "enemies".
Pastor Brian brings a message about the importance of perpetration for God's work in transforming us.
Pastor Brian speaks about as appropriate as it is to engage in our current political context - we must always remember that our hope and security rests in God, not in any human institution.
Pastor Craig explores remembering the past, which is helpful when it informs the present but is a hindrance when you become stuck in the past.
Pastor Brian finishes the series of dysfunctional families in Genesis by looking at the story of Joseph and his brothers.
Pastor Brian looks at the Jacob and Esau story as an example of the problems of favoritism.
Pastor Brian continues the Family Matters series of dysfunctional families in Genesis by looking at Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar's story.
Pastor Brian continues the "Family Matters" series by looking at God's Covenant with Abraham.
Pastor Craig continues the "Family Matters" series of dysfunctional family systems in Genesis.
Pastor Brian continues the series "Family Matters" by looking at the dysfunction in the family of Noah.
Pastor Brian continues the sermon series on families in Genesis, this week looking at Cain and Able.
Pastor Brian starts a new series, "Family Matters" looking at family dynamics in Genesis. Starting with when trust is broken in a family system.
Pastor Craig preaches an Easter season sermon on encountering the risen Christ and are call to tell our experience afterwards.
Pastor Craig preaches an Easter sermon and challenges us to have the desire to see the risen Christ as Mary did.
Pastor Brian encourages us to cultivate a spirituality that cherishes personal integrity, which we can do by meditating on the word of God and discovering the beauty of righteous living.
Pastor Craig explores how we can miss what God is doing when we only look for God to move in ways that we expect.
Pastor Craig preaches from Matthew 15:1-2, 10-20 on the Mosaic Law and the traditions of the elders.
Pastor Craig preached again in faith and doubt, with a focus of Jesus' closeness when we don't believe we can do it on our own.
Pastor Brian preaches from Mark 14 and 16 for the Easter sermon and finishes up the series on "Jesus Untamed"
Pastor Craig continues the lent sermon series of Jesus Untamed in the Gospel of Mark from Mark 9:38-50
Pastor Craig continues the Untamed Jesus Lent series from Mark. Looking at Mark 6:1-6a. Specifically verse 5 where it says that Jesus could not do...
Pastor Brian finishes the series on Healthy Dialogue using the Scriptures of James 4:1-2 and 1 Thessalonians 5:13b-18.
Pastor Brian continues the series of healthy dialogue using Scriptures from Matthew 18:15-17; 2 Timothy 2:24-26
Pastor Brian begins a series on healthy dialogue preaching from 1 Corinthians 1:10-15 and Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16
Pastor Brian introduces a new sermon series on the book of Amos, starting with chapters 1-2.
Pastor Brian finishes his series on human emotions by considering "Shame in the Christian Journey."
Pastor Brian preaches from Hebrews 1, which makes the case that Christ had to be more than human - and even more than a supernatural being like an angel - in order to do the work of salvation that he came to do.
Pastor Brian begins a new sermon series on Hebrews. He discusses the main focus and background of Hebrews and why theology matters.
Hebrews 10:19-25, 32-39
As we celebrate Easter Sunday, Pastor Brian looks at Romans 3:9-24; 8:1-6 to see how there is no condemnation before God.
Pastor Craig preaches from John 12:1-8. This passage shows Mary as a model for all disciples with her joyfulness of who Jesus is and what Jesus has done (in raising her brother from the dead). But it's not just a joyous response, it is also a response of her devotion to and servanthood of Jesus by stooping down and anointing his feet, even before Jesus modeled the same behavior in John 13.
Pastor Brian addresses our tendency to put off nudges from the Holy Spirit about changes in our lives.
Luke 13:1-9
Pastor Brian discusses how Jesus' time in the wilderness was a difficult but constructive time of preparation, which he made the most of by "doing it right."
Luke 4
Pastor Brian talks about the natural instinct we have to turn to ignorance, avoidance, and denial to avoid seeing the truths that God wants to communicate with us and invites us to look boldly into the face of Christ in order that we may be transformed into his image.
Exodus 34:29-35, Luke 9:28-36, and 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2
Pastor Monica from First Mennonite brings this week's message. Amidst the life-or-death drama of political intrigue in this suspenseful tale, God remains conspicuously absent. Stuck between a glass ceiling and a genocide, Esther is paralyzed until something finally clicks. Who knows what God might be up to behind the scenes to keep hope alive...
Esther 4:11-5:1
Pastor Brian examines 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 to help us better understands the "basics" of the Christian faith.
Pastor Craig looks at Jeremiah 1:4-10. In this story, we see God calling Jeremiah while he looks for a way out. This story reveals the difficulty of trusting God when God calls us.
Pastor Brian discusses Jesus' first miracle of turning water into wine in John 2 and the importance of laughter and joy in the Christian life.
Pastor Craig looks at Isaiah 43:1-7, written to a people in exile reminding them of their experience of God’s love while anticipating God’s leading for them now.
Pastor Brian looks at Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 and asks how we balance living through different seasons of life.
Pastor Craig preaches about how God’s gift of Christ is the gift that keeps on giving.
Colossians 3:12-17
Pastor Brian concludes Advent by daring us to imagine God's face. He explores how our insecurities about our failures and imperfections make us turn away from the face of God, but if we imagine God's face looking upon us as we truly are, we'll discover it is the face of love.
Psalm 80:1-7, Luke 1:46-55
Sabrina continues the advent season by focusing on "God's song" and this week's theme of Joy.
Psalm 137:1-4, Zephaniah 3:8-20
Pastor Brian preaches on the advent theme of peace. Although we look forward to Christ's coming, we must also acknowledge that anyone receiving salvation must be "refined by fire." Salvation and peace requires us to go through difficult experiences as God purges us of our character defects.
Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 3:1-6
As the Advent season begin, Shalom will be “daring to imagine” the good news of Jesus Christ. Pastor Brian preaches about how we should act as agents of hope as the world waits for Christ.
Jeremiah 33:14-16
As we close our Numbers series, Pastor Craig addresses the challenging story from Numbers 31 where God commands the Israelites to slaughter Midianite prisoners including women and children. He looks to Jesus to help better understand this disturbing story.
Numbers 31:1-16 and John 18
Pastor Brian looks at the Israelites' second census and the commissioning of Joshua as a way to reflect on Shalom's own church community. What changes are we experiencing today? Why are these changes important? What things are we willing to change? What things should stay in place as we transition from one generation to another?
Numbers 26:1-4, 63-65; 27:15-23