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Common Table Richmond

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Cultivating ministers of reconciliation around the table of Jesus Christ in our city, Richmond, VA.

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  1. 20th Sunday after Pentecost - Joshua 24:1-15 at Common Table: Friction and Renewal w/Drew

    Our featured preacher, Ginny Foran, continues our worship series about the core practices of partnership at Common Table by considering the value of giving in community. What sort of commitments do our past experiences lead us to make today? And what happens when those commitments lead to…

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  2. 19th Sunday after Pentecost - Exodus 19:3-7; 20:1-17 at Common Table: Covenant and Commandments w/Drew

    As we prepare for our invitation to church partnership next month, we’re beginning a worship series about the five practices of partnership at Common Table: gather, give, pray, serve, and share. Reflect with us on the value of gathering in community through our text in Exodus. God's people are...

  3. 18th Sunday after Pentecost - Exodus 14:5-7, 10-14, 21-29 at Common Table: Rescue at Sea w/Drew

    Wade with us into the well-known story of Israel's exodus from Egypt and observe how God engages with a people who are frightened by what lies ahead. We all have choices to make about our place in the world. Will you join us as we negotiate good boundaries and take a risk for something good...

  4. 17th Sunday after Pentecost - Genesis 39:1-23 at Common Table: Resistance w/Drew Willson

    September's theme at Common Table is New Starts, New Families. Join us as we wrap up our journey through Genesis, following the lineage of a family that wrestles with God in a land where they're not in control. Joseph's story in Potiphar's house introduces the question: How should we respond to...

  5. 16th Sunday after Pentecost - Genesis 12:1-9 at Common Table: Out of the Familiar w/Drew Willson

    Join us as we explore the story of a God who calls people out of the familiar and makes room for both the emigrant and the immigrant.

  6. 15th Sunday after Pentecost - Genesis 1:1-2:4a at Common Table: The Queerness of Creation w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's September 6 sermon. 15th Sunday after Pentecost - Genesis 1:1-2:4a // The Queerness of Creation w/Drew Willson. In the first chapter of the book of Genesis, God creates the natural world and sees that all of it is good—including us. Join us in experiencing this story that...

  7. 12th Sunday after Pentecost - Psalm 34:1-8 at Common Table: I Will w/Demetrius Frazier

    Common Table's August 16, 2026 sermon. 12th Sunday after Pentecost - Psalm 34:1-8 // I Will w/Demetrius Frazier. Demetrius Frazier believes literacy is the greatest avenue to societal growth and evolution. His love of reading has led him to co-found a literacy nonprofit and open Resist…

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  8. 11th Sunday after Pentecost - Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 at Common Table: Consumerism, Creation, Community w/Pai Koehler-Masavisut

    Common Table's August 9, 2026 sermon. 11th Sunday after Pentecost - Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 // Consumerism, Creation, Community w/Pai Koehler-Masavisut. RISC associate community organizer Pai Koehler-Masavisut leads our reflection on the first chapter of Ecclesiastes. If "there is nothing new under…

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  9. Second Sunday in Lent - John 13:1-17 at Common Table: Wash Feet, Clean Hands, Can't Lose w/Drew Willson

    Explore the story of Jesus washing his disciples' feet after the Last Supper. What wondrous love is this? Reflect on Jesus' commandment that we love each other the way he's loved us.

  10. First Sunday in Lent - John 11:1-17 at Common Table: A World of Pure Imagination w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s February 22, 2026 sermon. First Sunday in Lent - John 11:1-17 // A World of Pure Imagination w/Drew Willson With the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights activist and colleague of the Rev. Dr. King, we enter the Lenten season pondering prophetic imagination. What voices…

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  11. Transfiguration Sunday - John 4:46-54 at Common Table: Actions Speak Louder w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s February 15, 2026 sermon. Transfiguration Sunday - John 4:46-54 // Actions Speak Louder w/Drew Willson. While we're flooded with disturbing words every day, Jesus offers healing via miraculous action in John 4. Let's listen and worship to break from the chaos, rest in the liturgy,...

  12. Ordinary Time - John 3:1-21 at Common Table: For the Love of God w/Jess Houser

    Common Table’s February 8, 2026 sermon. Ordinary Time - John 3:1-21 // For the Love of God w/Jess Houser. After a long break due to weather conditions, Common Table finally gathered with our guest speaker Jess Houser, lay leader at Common Table. Jess preaches on the love of God through the lens…

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  13. Second Sunday after Epiphany - John 2:13-25 at Common Table: Turning the Tables w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s January 18, 2026 sermon. Second Sunday after Epiphany - John 2:13-25 // Turning the Tables w/Drew Willson. If you've experienced any anger at the news these days, here's some good news: Jesus gets angry, too. Listen to the story of Jesus throwing a "temple tantrum" in John 2…

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  14. First Sunday after Epiphany - John 2:1-11 at Common Table: The Miracle of Change w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s January 11, 2026 sermon. First Sunday after Epiphany - John 2:1-11 // The Miracle of Change w/Drew Willson. After another week of injustice in the news, we gathered disappointed but not discouraged, drawing strength from the saints before us and around us to act for change. How…

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  15. Epiphany Sunday - John 1:35-51 at Common Table: Come and See w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s January 4, 2026 sermon. Epiphany Sunday - John 1:35-51 // Come and See w/Drew Willson. Cold December flies away at the rose-red splendor: now the crowning glory breaks while the whole world wonders.... - En el Frío Invernal (Catalonian carol) Gather round! As light dawns on this…

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  16. Christmas Eve Service of Las Posadas at Common Table

    Common Tables December 24, 2025 Christmas Eve Service of Las Posadas. Let every heart prepare him room! Our Christmas Eve service was an interactive, family-friendly experience of the Christmas story! This shorter worship experience engaged all ages with music, drama, and candle-lighting. While…

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  17. Fourth Sunday of Advent - Matthew 1:18-25 at Common Table: Unexpectedly Expecting w/Alli Koehler-Masavisut

    Common Table’s December 21, 2025 sermon. Fourth Sunday of Advent - Matthew 1:18-25 // Unexpectedly Expecting w/Alli Koehler-Masavisut. Common Tabler and justice ministry team leader Alli Koehler-Masavisut guides our reflection on the Christmas story in the gospel of Matthew. How does God's way…

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  18. Third Sunday of Advent - Isaiah 55:1-13 at Common Table: Home for the Holidays w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s December 14, 2025 sermon. Third Sunday of Advent - Isaiah 55:1-13 // Home for the Holidays w/Drew Willson. The ancient prophet Isaiah riffs on the good news: the people in exile get to go back home! Yet the Lord is changing expectations for what home and history look like. Let's...

  19. Second Sunday of Advent - Ezekiel 37:1-14 at Common Table: Good Bones w/Drew Willson + BONUS SONG

    Common Table’s December 7, 2025 sermon and bonus song. Second Sunday of Advent - Ezekiel 37:1-14 // Good Bones w/Drew Willson with a bonus song written and performed by Drew Willson called Good Bones. The ancient prophet Ezekiel finds himself in a valley of dry bones, and we ponder the desolate...

  20. First Sunday of Advent - Daniel 3:1, 8-30 at Common Table: Into the Fire w/Lauren Leggett

    Common Table’s November 30, 2025 sermon. First Sunday of Advent - Daniel 3:1, 8-30 // Into the Fire w/Lauren Leggett Advent begins with a blaze! We lit the first Advent wreath candle as UPSEM graduate and certified lay minister Lauren Leggett led an exploration of the story of Shadrach, Meshach,...

  21. Ordinary Time - Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 at Common Table: Oh, The Places You’ll Stay w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s November 23, 2025 sermon. Second Sunday of Advent - Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 // Oh, The Places You’ll Stay w/Drew Willson O come, O come Emmanuel that mourns in lonely exile here... On Christ the King Sunday (the final Sunday of the Christian year) we read the words of the prophet...

  22. Ordinary Time - Isaiah 9:1-7 at Common Table: Light in the Dark w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s November 16, 2025 Sermon. Ordinary Time - Isaiah 9:1-7 // Light in the Dark w/Drew Willson. In preparation for the Advent season, we read the classic expectation text from Isaiah 9 that inspired Handel's Messiah: "For unto us a child is born..." Together, we reflect on Isaiah's...

  23. Ordinary Time - Amos 1:1-2; 5:8-15, 21-24 at Common Table: Let Justice Roll w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s November 9, 2025 sermon. Ordinary time - Amos 1:1-2; 5:8-15, 21-24 // Let Justice Roll w/Drew Willson. Election Day is past! No more political ads! With a consequential election in the rearview and plenty of work on the horizon, let's learn from what the prophet Amos has to say…

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  24. Ordinary Time - Amos 1:1-2; 5:8-15, 21-24 at Common Table: Let Justice Roll w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s November 9, 2025 sermon. Ordinary time - Amos 1:1-2; 5:8-15, 21-24 // Let Justice Roll w/Drew Willson Election Day is past! No more political ads! With a consequential election in the rearview and plenty of work on the horizon, let's learn from what the prophet Amos has to say…

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  25. Ordinary Time - 1 Kings 19:1-18 at Common Table: On Saints, Silence, and Speaking Out w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s November 2, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Kings 19:1-18 // On Saints, Silence, and Speaking Out w/Drew Willson All Saints Sunday is a special day to gather and give thanks for our dearly departed. They loved us into being, they revealed to us how to love and live, and so they...

  26. Ordinary Time - 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:1-13 at Common Table: Holy Spaces w/Meredith McNabb

    Common Table’s October 26, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:1-13 // Holy Spaces w/Meredith McNabb We welcomed the Rev. Meredith McNabb as our guest preacher. She guided our reflection on what makes for holy spaces as we consider both Solomon's temple of old and the structures we…

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  27. Ordinary Time - 1 Samuel 16:1-13 at Common Table: Time for a Change in Leadership w/Drew Willson

    Common Table’s October 19, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Samuel 16:1-13 // Time for a Change in Leadership w/Drew Willson. In the Bible, does God get involved in human politics? If so, does that mean that God blesses all of our human politics? We consider Samuel's story in 1 Kings 13: though...

  28. Ordinary Time - 1 Samuel 3 at Common Table: Calling Ghosts w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's October 12, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - 1 Samuel 3 // Calling Ghosts w/Drew Willson. With Halloween approaching, listen to the story about the only character who ever appears as a ghost in the Bible! We reflect on the legacy of ghosts in America: what still haunts us today, and…

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  29. Ordinary Time - Exodus 16:1-18 at Common Table: Bread for the World w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's October 5, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Exodus 16:1-18 // Bread for the World w/Drew Willson. On this World Communion Sunday, we're mindful of the many gifts and cultures that make up the Body of Christ. In a time of heightened nationalism, border sensitivity, and partisan…

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  30. Ordinary Time - Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-12 at Common Table: Counter-intuitive w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's September 28, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Exodus 2:23-25; 3:1-12 // Counter-intuitive w/Drew Willson. Listen as we reflect on lunch counter sit-ins for civil rights and God calling Moses from the margins to set people free. With injustices piling high in the daily news, let's...

  31. Ordinary Time - Genesis 28:10-22 at Common Table: Changing Journey w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's September 21, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Genesis 28:10-22 // Changing Journey w/Drew Willson. We look through the lens of Jacob's story in Genesis 28 to consider how we change. We live in a time of polarized, partisan, even petrified perspectives. How might we draw on a different...

  32. Ordinary Time - Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14 at Common Table: The Right Sacrifice w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's Sept 14, 2025 Sermon. Ordinary Time - Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14 // The Right Sacrifice w/Drew Willson After another week of heart-rending national news, we gather to do some hard, hopeful, healing work. We tackle one of the toughest texts in the Bible—God’s call to Abraham to…

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  33. Ordinary Time - Genesis 1:1-2:4 at Common Table: The Oldest Story Anew w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's Sept 7, 2025 sermon*. Ordinary Time - Genesis 1:1-2:4 // The Oldest Story Anew w/Drew Willson. Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. Where would we be without the bar-fueled wisdom of Semisonic's "Closing Time"? How would we ever know when it's time to move on?...

  34. Ordinary Time - Revelation 21:1-6; 22:1-5 at Common Table: Revelation from the Cheshire Cat w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's Aug 31, 2025 sermon // Ordinary Time - Revelation 21:1-6; 22:1-5: Revelation from the Cheshire Cat w/Drew Willson At Common Table we pray for Minneapolis, ponder endings and new beginnings, and explore the Book of Revelation with wisdom from the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland....

  35. Ordinary Time - Psalm 23 at Common Table: Get In A Good Rut w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's Aug 24, 2025 sermon // Ordinary Time - Psalm 23: Get In A Good Rut w/Drew Willson You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows! As school resumes and a new year unfolds before us, come take your place at Christ's table…

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  36. Ordinary Time - Luke 19:1-5 at Common Table: Summer Symposium w/Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook

    Common Table's Aug 17, 2025 sermon // Ordinary Time - Luke 19:1-5 // Summer Symposium w/Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook We welcome the Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook, executive director of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and the final guest of our Summer Symposium worship series! Dr. Cook led our...

  37. Ordinary Time | Psalm 143:1-10 at Common Table: Summer Symposium w/Taylor Harris

    Common Table's Aug 3, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Psalm 143:1-10 // Summer Symposium w/Taylor Harris Do you ever find yourself asking in tough times, "How did I get here? What is my life supposed to look like? Do I need a different story?" Listen to our Summer Symposium guest Taylor Harris…

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  38. Ordinary Time | Ephesians 4:1-24 at Common Table: A Summer Symposium Conversation w/The Honorable Stephanie A. Lynch & Drew Willson

    Common Tables July 27, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time | Ephesians 4:1-24 // A Summer Symposium Conversation w/The Honorable Stephanie A. Lynch & Drew Willson Listen to our Summer Symposium guest, the Honorable Stephanie A. Lynch, Richmond city council member for the 5th district (including our…

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  39. Ordinary Time | Acts 9:1-22 at Common Table: Summer Symposium w/Rev. Lan Davis Wilson

    Common Table's July 20, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Acts 9:1-22 // Summer Symposium worship series w/Rev. Lan Davis Wilson Did you know that the earliest name for the church in the first century was The Way (Acts 9:2)? What happens when the way--the path we're on, the choice before us, and even...

  40. Ordinary Time | Luke 1:39-55 at Common Table: Summer Symposium w/Claire Hitchins

    Common Table's July 13, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Luke 1:39-55 // Summer Symposium worship series w/Claire Hitchins, RISC Associate Organizer. How are we called to engage at the intersection of faith and justice? We may sense that our current politics are empty of holy virtues like mercy and...

  41. Ordinary Time - Acts 4:1-22 at Common Table: In Between w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's June 22, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Acts 4:1-22 // In Between w/Drew Willson

  42. Ordinary Time - Acts 2:42-47 at Common Table: Farewell w/Stephen Poore

    Common Table's June 15, 2025 sermon. Ordinary Time - Acts 2:42-47 // Farewell w/Stephen Poore

  43. Pentecost Sunday - Acts 2:1-17 at Common Table: The Kairos Moment w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's June 8, 2025 sermon. Pentecost Sunday - Acts 2:1-17 // The Kairos Moment w/Drew Willson

  44. Seventh Sunday of Easter - Luke 24:33-53 at Common Table: Questions and Wonder w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's June 1, 2025 sermon. The Seventh Sunday of Easter - Luke 24:33-53 // Questions and Wonder w/Drew Willson

  45. Sixth Sunday of Easter - Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-21 at Common Table: The Code You Live By w/Drew Willson

    Common Table's May 25, 2025 sermon. The Sixth Sunday of Easter - Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-21 (CEB) // The Code You Live By w/Drew Willson

  46. Fifth Sunday of Easter - Acts 15:1-18 at Common Table: Binding and Loosing w/ Stephen Poore

    Fifth Sunday of Easter - Acts 15:1-18 at Common Table: Binding and Loosing w/ Stephen Poore

  47. Fourth Sunday of Easter - Acts 8:26-39 at Common Table: Waiting for an Opening w/ Drew Willson

    Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:26-39 at Common Table: Waiting for an Opening w/ Drew Willson

  48. Third Sunday of Easter Acts 6:1-7 at Common Table: Unity w/ Stephen Poore

    Third Sunday of Easter Acts 6:1-7 at Common Table: Unity w/ Stephen Poore

  49. Second Sunday of Easter Luke 24:13-35 at Common Table: Mansplaining vs. the Proustian Moment w/ Drew Willson

    Second Sunday of Easter Luke 24:13-35 at Common Table: Mansplaining vs. the Proustian Moment w/ Drew Willson

  50. Holy Week Luke 24:1-12 at Common Table: Easter w/ Stephen Poore

    Holy Week Luke 24:1-12 at Common Table: Easter w/ Stephen Poore

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