The Table Church DC

Tonetta Landis-Aina: Divest and Reinvest

Sunday, November 20, 2022. Preacher: Tonetta Landis-Aina

Anthony Parrott: We Don’t Want Your Ten Percent: 2 Myths and 3 Truths About Giving in the Church

Sunday, November 13, 2022. Preacher: Anthony Parrott. 

Sermon - Generosity and Communal Economics - Sabbath and Shalom

Sunday, November 6, 2022. Preacher: Heidi Mills. Heidi teaches us 5 principles of developing shalom in our communities and economics. 

Learning Cohort 001: Place, Race, and Democracy in Washington, D.C.

Tonetta thinks about lingering on the porch, Anthony questions the coded language of choosing a school, and they both agree that Anthony's ego needs an adjudgment.

This is the first episode in Pastor Tonetta and Pastor Anthony's series talking through the topics of The Table's Learning Cohort.

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Sermon - Generosity and Communal Economics - Squandering

Sunday, October 30, 2022. Preacher: Tonetta Landis-Aina.

Sermon - Who Devoured the Widow’s Mite?

Sunday, October 23, 2022. Preacher: Anthony Parrott. We take a look at the story of the widow's mite in Luke 21. Is she an example to follow? Or an example of a vicious religious system set to devour?

Sermon - Generosity and Communal Economics - Introduction

Sunday, October 16, 2022. Preachers Anthony Parrott and Tonetta Landis-Aina. 

 

The Bible has plenty to say to those in the community of faith about the handling of money, possessions, and wealth. Unfortunately, churches often find themselves either being silent on the issue of money, addressing money only as it relates to giving, or speaking about money in ways that feel coercive. The goal of this sermon series is to address money, possessions, and wealth as a wider issue of discipleship – namely, in the context of the communal economics grounded in Sabbath to which we are all called.

 

In addition, we also want to be forthright about some of The Table’s Church’s financial needs, opportunities for investment, and overall philosophy of giving. October, November, and December are the traditional months when many organizations ramp up their giving campaigns. Moreover, the holiday season is often a time of unreflective spending and consumption for many Americans. In light of those realities, the goal of this series is to encourage deliberation about spending, giving, investing, and handling possessions in ways that, rather than being coercive, move us toward the alternative economics that we find repeatedly embedded in the biblical narratives.

Sermon - Faithful Presence - Indigenous Land

Sunday, October 9, 2022. Preacher Daniel Dixon