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Contextualization

7/10/2018

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​Repairing the Breaches: An Interview with José Humphreys

​How would you define “contextualization”?

I would define contextualization as the ways we proclaim, profess, and perform the gospel story within a specific place at a specific time. We do that through our daily actions, so that the gospel is manifest in both word and deed through our lives — through the momentous and also the mundane.

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Jose Humphreys

​As a faith organizer, and pastor of Metro Hope Covenant Church, José remains committed to shalom-making in NYC, through facilitating conversation across social, economic, cultural and theological boundaries.

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Who Is Metro Hope Church For

2/15/2018

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Sharing today is...

John Pickett here he shares with us his views on current events, and what he would like to see at Metro Hope Church in 2018.  See his comments below.

​How would you compare Metro Hope to other churches you’ve attended?

​Metro is a church where you can ask questions about your faith and not feel judged. Instead you’ll find yourself in dialogue with others who have their own questions.

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Metro And Me

10/1/2017

 
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Wendy Hu-Au who lives in Harlem NY and currently serves as our associate pastor.  Here she shares with us her views on why she joined Metro Hope Church, current events, and what Christ means to her. See her comments below

Why did you join Metro Hope Church?

When I first moved to New York, I felt very displaced. I found home in the people at Metro. I remember at my first potluck, meeting people who were friendly and liked to laugh and joke about how their dish was the best. At my first Cash Mob I was inspired by the ways people in this church engage the local economy. Then, a few Sundays, when I felt especially lonely, people at Metro prayed for me and lifted me out of my despair.​

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Sermon Recap: The Prodigal Son: Lavishing Grace

9/27/2017

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​Last Sunday we contemplated this famous Rembrandt painting, a depiction of the Prodigal Son.  Like the younger son in the story, what is our view of home, and the refuge we come back to?  Our imagination about the safety of home will determine if we believe we will be shamed when we response - no matter how big our mess-up was.  Or whether we will be welcomed with grace and arms open wide like the Father in the parable, and in this painting.  In a scandalous way - as Christ tells the story he is pointing the radical nature of forgiveness and inclusiveness in God's Kingdom. God's Love lavishes those on the "outs", and is ultimately restorative, not shrinking us or shaming us into hiding.  God prepares the best seat at the table for God's children, and it is with that confidence we should continue to approach God.
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Sermon Recap: The Parable of the Mustard Seed

9/19/2017

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​By: Pastor Wendy Hu-Au​

We may feel small, but we are seeds, not pebbles. The Kingdom of God is a reality where there is abundance and all people have what they need. It is a place where all people have dignity and are empowered to create.

Matthew 13:31-32, the parable of the mustard seed, is a word of encouragement to Jesus' followers that though they may feel small and insignificant in the face of empire, they are indeed seeds of the kingdom.

This word applies to us today. When we as modern day followers or people at MetroHope feel small in the face of suffering and injustice in our world, this word is for us. The mustard seed reminds us that we are the seed and the tree of this just and loving kingdom.
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Sermon Recap: Are We Neighboring?

9/14/2017

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​By: Pastor José Humphreys

We're doing a series on the parables at our church. Three things came out for me in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus didn't want to get caught up in people's selectivity about neighbor but attached a movement-oriented qualifier to the concept of neighbor.
If the gospels were a silent film how would the gospel speak in a world that places such a premium on words? Jesus placed a primacy on action when it comes to how we see and become a neighbor.
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Neighbor=Noun...People next door? People in our people group
Neighboring=Adjective; the neighboring building; speaks to proximity but doesn't necessarily mean engagement. The teacher of the law and the Pharisees were in proximity to a body and walked by. 
Neighboring=Verb. Are we neighboring? Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon use this word as a verb in their book "The Art of Neighboring." How are we neighboring beyond the labels and the preexisting conditions we can place on our compassion for those who are beaten down?
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Sermon Recap: The Power of Parables

9/7/2017

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​Speaker:  Josue Perea
Parables are powerful vehicles through which Jesus continues to communicate the presence of God's Kingdom on earth. The Parables always point outside of themselves to a greater reality and allow us to use them as a lens through which we can see what needs to be corrected with our understanding of the Kingdom of God. The Parables point out to us what theologian John Dominic Crossan highlighted that the parables change our thinking on God's kingdom by saying that 1. God's kingdom is present, 2. God's Kingdom is non-violent, 3. God's kingdom is collaborative.
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Sunday Sermon Recap: Wonderfully Made

8/28/2017

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​On Sunday we had a powerful service, the Spirit took a hold of us.  Our time of singing and celebration was Spirit-filled.  We didn't bother to pass the peace, but I jumped into a short version of my sermon (see below).   The title was: Wonderfully Made.  We are living in stressful and uncertain times.  With each new headline, with each divisive and discouraging report, our souls and our bodies can grow weary. These words are literally spoken over us, taking on "flesh", and creating daily realities of hopelessness, depression and trauma.  When God speaks, God speaks a word through our bodies, reminding us that we are fearfully made, knit together in our mothers wombs.   Our presence in the world tells us a story: We don't have to be trapped in our trauma, or even trapped in the story of race.  But our bodies communicate a story of the image of God in the world.  A powerful presence that gets to join God in telling the story of a whole gospel.  God creates us in all of our differences to the world back to our wonderful Creator.  
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