Tabernacle United Church

Excerpt from Pastor Katie’s sermon on Trinity Sunday, May 27th, 2018 “For Love of the Trinity”   …God is revealing truth to us in regard to the Trinity through the experiences and testimony of queer folks. Queer people are experiencing God through the Trinity and seeing themselves in the image of God, and are actually […]

Thank you to everyone who spent time and helped to reach out to our neighbors this fall. On September 16th at the UHURU Flea MarketSpirit-led conversations continued Saturday, October 7th at the Philadelphia Family Pride Conference. Like last year we had a table at the conference, but this year we led a conference session. Pastor […]

In the face of times of trial that cause us to despair having hope and being joyful are part of following a living God! So, Tabernacle’s gonna party in the street! Come and join us! Bring a friend, invite a neighbor!     And, on Sunday, September 24, Philadelphia-based Musician Joy Ike will be performing […]

Sermon:  “From here to Timbuktu”            By Rev. Katie Aikins, preached on August 27, 2017 Texts: Romans 12:1-2 and Luke 19:1-10 (and Deut. 5:19) Key texts: So, my siblings, because of God’s mercies, I encourage you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice that is holy and pleasing to God. […]

Sermon: “Honoring Parents: It’s Complicated” (5th Word)                                       July 23, 2017 Psalm 131: YHWH, my heart has no lofty ambitions, My eyes don’t look too high. I am not concerned with great affairs or marvels beyond my scope. It’s enough for me to keep my soul tranquil and quiet like a child in its mother’s arms; […]

Sermon “Sabbath as Resistance”                                                        July 16, 2017 4th Commandment in Ten Commandments Series Texts: Exodus 5:1-9 and Deuteronomy 5:12-15   The story of creation in Genesis 2 says,“on the seventh day God finished the work that God had done and rested on the seventh day from all the work. So God blessed the seventh day […]

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Sermon: “Using God’s Name”                                                                                      July 9, 2017 Texts: Matthew 5:33-38 and Deuteronomy 5: 6 – 11 Theme: “You shall not take the name of the Lord Your God in vain”   Today we’re talking about the third commandment or third “word” in our series on the Ten Commandments this summer. The well known […]

Sermon “The Greatest Commandment (and the hardest one to keep!)”                  June 25, 2017 Series on the 10 Commandments – Part 2 I Samuel 8:4-18 and Deut. 5:6-10, 6:4-6   “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall no make for yourself an idol” This is […]

Sermon: “The First Word”                                                                             June 18, 2017 Ten Commandments Sermon Series, Part 1 Texts: Exodus 3:1-15 and Deut. 5:1-7   Do you think you could name all of the Ten Commandments if you were asked to? Let’s see if we can collectively remember them! No cheating and looking at your Bibles! —————————— The […]