The Table MPLS: Recent Episodes
The Table MPLS
For each of the five Sundays in June, we’ll hear from LGBTQ+ voices around the themes of celebration and transformation. Today, we're joined by Rev. Oby Ballinger, a UCC pastor and founder of Prism, an organizing network for LGBTQ rights advocacy.
For each of the five Sundays in June, we’ll hear from LGBTQ+ voices around the themes of celebration and transformation. Today's message is from Justin Bell, the candidate for the co-lead pastor position. Justin preaches from Acts 2, and the connection between Pride month and Pentecost.
Cody kicks off Pride Month at The Table. For each of the five Sundays in June, we’ll hear from LGBTQ+ voices around the themes of celebration and transformation.
Debbie wraps up our series, "What Now? Living Our Resurrected Lives," by looking at the theme of reconciliation.
As part of our series, "What Now? Living Our Resurrected Lives," J gives us a new way of understanding the forgiveness present in the conversation between Jesus and Peter in John 21:15-19.
Cody Sanders continues our series, "What Now? Living Our Resurrected Lives" exploring the theme of repentance present in the conversation between Jesus and Peter in John 21:15-19.
Debbie Manning celebrates Resurrection Sunday and concludes our series on the gospel of Mark.
Our Good Friday Tenebrae service (meaning service of shadows) includes Scripture, readings, prolonged silence, and songs.
Pastor J takes us through Mark's account of the crucifixion and the good news of Jesus's embodied solidarity.
Maggie continues our series in Mark's gospel with the story of Gethsemane, in which Jesus suffers and the disciples fall asleep.
Debbie kicks off our Sunday morning worship services by taking us back to the gospel of Mark chapter 11, which we'll be working through verse by verse all the way through Lent.
Cody finishes our series "The Ways of Jesus" with the way of love, made all the more important in these days.
Cody continues our sermon series, "The Ways of Jesus," by looking at Jesus' way of loving enemies and nonviolent resistance.
Cody continues our series on the ways of Jesus by looking at the ways Jesus’ healing miracles always involve a restoration to community.
Cody kicks off our series, "The Ways of Jesus," with a closer look at the Kingdom/Kin-dom/Reign of God.
On the first Sunday of 2025, our kids lead us in an exercise of gratitude for community in 2024 and hopeful anticipation of what's to come in 2025.
Cody Sanders continues our Advent series, The Weary World Rejoices, with the promise of restoration.
Debbie Manning continues our Advent series, “The Weary World Rejoices,” by considering the coming promise of God’s compassion.
Maggie kicks off our Advent series, "The Weary World Rejoices," by considering how the prophet Jeremiah ushers in the Advent season.
Pastor J wraps up our series, "Grief, Gratitude, and Wonder" by asking that childlike question, "But why?"
Interim Pastor Cody Sanders continues our series “Grief, Gratitude, and Wonder” by exploring the cultivation of gratitude in the midst of a culture of organized abandonment.
Debbie begins our new series "Grief, Gratitude, and Wonder: Tending the Spirit in Times of Change." Tonight, she talks about grief and how to grieve well.
Pastor Jae concludes our series False White Gospel with a reminder of what is true about each of us, regardless of who is elected President this week.
Maggie Keller continues our series False White Gospel by looking at the early church's example of radical inclusivity.
Our interim pastor Cody Sanders continues our series on Christian Nationalism by sharing a new reading of the parable of the sheep and goats.
Pastor Jae continues our series, False White Gospel, by examining a familiar passage from John's gospel with fresh eyes and new understanding.
Debbie continues our series on White Christian nationalism with a return to the basics: affirming the image of God in everyone.
Pastor Jae continues our series, The False White Gospel, with a look at why the Good Samaritan wasn't actually called "good."
Doug Pagitt continues our series on Christian nationalism by urging us to sing a new song together. He reframes the parable of the Good Samaritan with the Christian nationalist in mind.
Debbie kicks off our fall series, The False White Gospel, based on Jim Wallis's new book of the same name.
Continuing our series in Mark's gospel, Debbie looks at the passage in which the disciples ask to give them whatever they ask.
As part of our continuing series on the book of Mark, Pastor Jae tackles a really difficult passage in chapter 9.
As we continue our way through the gospel of Mark, Maggie Keller helps us dream about the kind of community we want to build and become.
To close out Pride Month, Pastor Jae talks about queer apocalypse, queer blessings, and queer imagination.
This Pride Month, we welcome Cody Sanders, professor of congregational care at Luther Seminary. Cody preaches on two of Jesus’ miracles and connections to the queer community’s experience of God in the church.
As part of our Pride Month series, Marta Smith reminds us that we're never finished—God is still at work and our stories are still unfolding.
On his last Sunday as a pastor of this community, Matt Moberg shares with us the message that God is still—always—moving and working.
Pastor Jae introduces our high school grads, Sully and Maggie, who share reflections on the theme of transformation and transition.
Marta continues our series on John Mark's gospel by preaching on the only miracle that requires Jesus to try again.
Debbie continues our series in Mark's gospel. The same reminders Jesus gave the disciples are given to us: we've seen God's faithfulness proven over and again in the story of The Table. Debbie shares an update on Matt's sabbatical.
Pastor Jae continues our series on Mark's gospel by looking at how Jesus combined the spiritual and the physical in his healing miracle in Mark 7.
As we begin studying Mark chapter 7, Maggie takes us through the disagreement between Jesus and the Pharisees, and how our hearts are the indicators of our holiness.
We have been studying the gospel of Mark this year. Tonight, Debbie talks about what happened when Jesus appeared to the disciples as a ghost, and how we deal with the fears that grip us.
Debbie reminds us that while the resurrection story never changes, we are new people when we hear this story each year.
Pastor Jae gives us another way of understanding Palm Sunday with a close reading of what "Hosanna" really means.
As we continue our way through the gospel of Mark, Debbie tells the story of when the Bread of Life used 5 loaves and 2 fish to feed 5,000.
Katie walks us through a story in the middle of Mark 6 about Herod and a party he threw that ended with a beheading.
Debbie continues our series in Mark's gospel by examining the passage where Jesus sends out the disciples and instructs them to travel light.
Debbie continues our year-long series on John Mark's gospel with Mark 6, where Jesus returns to his hometown to mixed reactions.
Maggie Keller finishes up the fifth chapter of Mark’s gospel with the story of the bleeding woman and Jairus’s daughter—and the invitation to tell the whole truth.
We welcome Brad Herman, who was part of this community for many years, to share his story with us. Debbie shares an important Table Family Update.
Pastor Jae tackles the confusing, sometimes scary passage in Mark about demon possession and how Jesus responds to the possessed man.
Debbie takes us deeper into Mark’s gospel and the familiar passage of Jesus calming the storm. She reminds us that some storms brew, and some whip up quickly, but Jesus is always there in the boat with us.
Matt continues examining the Parable of the Sower by calling us to be more faithful to the process and less on being a finished product.
Matt continues our series in John Mark’s gospel with a well-known but not often understood story of the soil, the seed, and the Sower.
On Christmas Eve, Matt celebrates the God who wore skin like ours so we could wear skin like God's.
On the second Sunday of Advent, Matt talks about peace in a world that doesn't feel peaceful.
On the first Sunday of Advent (traditionally centered around the theme of Hope), Matt and Debbie remember Lynn Giovannelli and all our other loved ones who are not gone—they've just gone ahead.
Pastor Jae continues our journey through John Mark's gospel looking at the time that the people around Jesus called him crazy.
This year, we are making our way through John Mark's gospel. Tonight, Matt looks at the way Jesus redefined family and what that means for us.
In our journey through John Mark's gospel, Debbie takes us into Mark 3 and the healing of the man with the withered hand.
As we continue our progression through John Mark's gospel, Matt questions what we thought we knew about following the Spirit and calling ourselves progressive.
We're in a year-long series on the gospel of John Mark. This week, Pastor Jae looks at a passage that has sometimes been weaponized against people—and what it actually means for us and our relationships.
We've embarked on a year-long study of Mark. This week, Matt takes us to the story of the paralytic lowered through the roof to Jesus.
We have begun a year-long study of the gospel of Mark. This week, Debbie talks about how Jesus was moved to action out of anger at the systems of oppression of his day. Can we be a people who do the same?
We have begun a year-long study of the gospel of Mark. This week, Matt talks about how Jesus continually went away into the woods, and asks us to interrogate whether the pace of our life is actually healthy.
We are embarking on a year-long study of the gospel of Mark. This week, Matt talks about how Jesus came to confront the dysfunction that is comfortable within the church.
We are embarking on a year-long study of the gospel of Mark. This week, Debbie preaches to the entire community—kids included!—on what it means when Jesus invites us to leave the familiar and follow Him.
We've just begun a year-long study of the gospel of Mark. This week, Matt Moberg preaches on the Voice that spoke over Jesus at his baptism and how it speaks over us today.
Together, we embark on a year-long study of the gospel of Mark. In this week's episode, Matt Moberg leads us through the dark history and context in which John Mark wrote his gospel, and why the vision of John the Baptist in the wilderness was both a sorrow and a comfort to the first century Christians in Rome.
Katie Henry-Murad wraps up our series "Head, Heart, Hands" with a message on our hands and the stories they tell.
This summer, we're working through Otis Moss III's book "Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times." Together, we'll process the darkness around us and let it move us to action, so that we might dance in the midst of it.
Each summer, on one special Sunday, we have the honor of moving our service to the most beautiful spot in the city, the Lake Harriet Bandshell.
On the Sunday of Pride, our service included storytelling, music, art, and poetry to celebrate the flourishing of our LGBTQ beloveds—this is our act of protest.
This summer, we're working through Otis Moss III's book "Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times." Together, we'll process the darkness around us and let it move us to action, so that we might dance in the midst of it.
This summer, we're working through Otis Moss III's book "Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times." Together, we'll process the darkness around us and let it move us to action, so that we might dance in the midst of it.
This summer, we're working through Otis Moss III's book "Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times." Together, we'll process the darkness around us and let it move us to action, so that we might dance in the midst of it.
This service is a celebration of endings and new beginnings of all kinds: for our kids, our young adults, our kids' staff, and our new members. Hear from two of our graduates, Hannah and Stefano, about what The Table has meant to them.
Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter. Our Lenten series, The Last Days of Jesus, examines one of each of the days of Jesus' final week during each of the six Sundays in Lent.
Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter. Our Lenten series, The Last Days of Jesus, examines one of each of the days of Jesus' final week during each of the six Sundays in Lent.
Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter. Our Lenten series, The Last Days of Jesus, examines one of each of the days of Jesus' final week during each of the six Sundays in Lent.
Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter. Our Lenten series, The Last Days of Jesus, examines one of each of the days of Jesus' final week during each of the six Sundays in Lent.
Our current series, entitled The Shoulders Beneath Our Feet, examines the ordinary, extraordinary lives of the saints upon whose shoulders we stand.
Our current series, entitled The Shoulders Beneath Our Feet, examines the ordinary, extraordinary lives of the saints upon whose shoulders we stand.
Our current series, entitled The Shoulders Beneath Our Feet, examines the ordinary, extraordinary lives of the saints upon whose shoulders we stand.
Our current series, entitled The Shoulders Beneath Our Feet, examines the ordinary, extraordinary lives of the saints upon whose shoulders we stand.
Our current series, entitled The Shoulders Beneath Our Feet, examines the ordinary, extraordinary lives of the saints upon whose shoulders we stand.
We welcome the new year with our beloved Lynn Giovannelli, who shares the clarity that's come since her ALS diagnosis.
Our Advent series is based on Kate Bowler's devotional, "The Season of Waiting." The weekly themes of the Advent season are hope, love, joy, and peace.
Our Advent series is based on Kate Bowler's devotional, "The Season of Waiting." The weekly themes of the Advent season are hope, love, joy, and peace.
Our Advent series is based on Kate Bowler's devotional, "The Season of Waiting." The weekly themes of the Advent season are hope, love, joy, and peace.
Our fall series, "Do I Stay or Do I Go?" is based on Brian McLaren's new book, "Do I stay Christian?" Together, we question whether and how to practice fidelity to Christ in a time when Christians practice harm in Christ's name.
Our fall series, "Do I Stay or Do I Go?" is based on Brian McLaren's new book, "Do I stay Christian?" Together, we question whether and how to practice fidelity to Christ in a time when Christians practice harm in Christ's name.
Our fall series, "Do I Stay or Do I Go?" is based on Brian McLaren's new book, "Do I stay Christian?" Together, we question whether and how to practice fidelity to Christ in a time when Christians practice harm in Christ's name.
Our fall series, "Do I Stay or Do I Go?" is based on Brian McLaren's new book, "Do I stay Christian?" Together, we question whether and how to practice fidelity to Christ in a time when Christians practice harm in Christ's name.
Our fall series, "Do I Stay or Do I Go?" is based on Brian McLaren's new book "Do I Stay Christian?" Together, we wonder and question whether to practice fidelity to Christ in a time when Christians practice harm in Christ's name.
We start off the new school year with a message from Pastor Matt and dive into what it means to be a church that follows Jesus.
Dive into what inclusiveness really is all about, through the life of Paul, and what God has always been calling us into.
We dive into what it means to be Radically inclusive, as well as an update on our kids ministry
Continuing in our Lent series, Maggie Keller dives into who the flock is, and what exactly the Lost Sheep is.
Inspired by a Barbara Brown Taylor sermon, Pastor Matt Moberg wrote this poem for his kids last Christmas, in hopes that it would help them see how beautiful this story of the baby really is.
Merry Christmas.
Pastor Debbie Manning continues in our series What lies beneath with her sermon Failure is Formative
Listen and learn from one of our favorite peacemakers, Jon Huckins. Jon lives in San Diego and serves as the Co-Founding Director of The Global Immersion Project, a peacemaking training organization that exists to renovate and activate the US American Church as an instrument of peace.. For more info on TGIP, go to: www.globalimmerse.org
Pastor Dee McIntosh came through and brought with her some weighty words that we haven't been able to shake since.
Brad Jackson, Matt Moberg, John Crosby, and Debbie Manning all speak about God's faithfulness to The Table at CPC.