Pres House
Sermons and stories from Pres House, a dynamic LGBTQ-affirming campus church at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Bring ALL of who you are!
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May 2, 2026 • 17 mins
Khiem Vu 00:00
Lauren Jackson 03:04
Laura Hyde 07:58
Josie Reeve 13:17
Read reflections from other graduates on our website: preshouse.org/blog/category/grad-sunday/
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April 25, 2026 • 10 mins
Text: Acts 2:37-39 (NRSVUE)
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our...
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April 18, 2026 • 11 mins
Radical Hope for Our Shared Future in Creation ~ Ella Stoltz by Pres House
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April 11, 2026 • 13 mins
Text: Acts 1:1-12 (NRSVUE)
In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, he ordered ...
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April 4, 2026 • 13 mins
Text: Matthew 28:1-10 (NRSVUE)
After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. But the angel said to ...
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March 21, 2026 • 11 mins
Text: Mark 10:17-22 (NRSVUE)
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. You shall not defraud. Honor your father and mother.’...
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March 13, 2026 • 13 mins
Text: John 8:2-11 (NRSVUE)
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Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and, making her stand before all of them, they said to him, “Teacher, this woma...
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March 7, 2026 • 15 mins
Text: Matthew 25:35-40 (NRSVUE)
'For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we...
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February 20, 2026 • 15 mins
Text: John 2:1-11; Matthew 13:31-32 (NRSVUE)
1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to me and to you? My hour has not yet come.” 5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells...
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February 17, 2026 • 7 mins
Text: Luke 14:15-24 (NRSVUE)
15 One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, “Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16Then Jesus said to him, “Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. 17At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’ 18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece...
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February 14, 2026 • 16 mins
Text: Mark 9:2-9 (NRSVUE)
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling bright, such as no one on earth could brighten them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us set up three tents: one f...
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February 7, 2026 • 13 mins
Text: Micah 6:6-8
Visit https://preshouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/What-is-Required-Lessons-from-Black-Theology.pdf to view the handouts from the service.
“With what shall I come before the LORD
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgres...
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January 31, 2026 • 9 mins
Speakers:
0:0) Justyna Jakacki: "Filled With Rage, Sustained By Hope"
3:25 Dawn Drake: "The Cross"
6:45 Aaliyah Golden-Whitehead: "The Challenge of Loving Others"
Read all ten reflections from the BWAP 2026 team at preshouse.org/engage/bwap.
Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 (NRSVUE)
11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the...
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January 24, 2026 • 15 mins
Text: Exodus 1:15-2:10 (NRSVUE)
15The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16“When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” 17But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live. 18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwiv...
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January 17, 2026 • 11 mins
Text: Esther 1:10-22 (NRSVUE)
10 On the seventh day, when the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who attended him, 11to bring Queen Vashti before the king wearing the royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the officials her beauty, for she was fair to behold. 12But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs...
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December 13, 2025 • 8 mins
Text: Isaiah 11:1-9 (NRSVUE)
1 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
2 The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
3 His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his ears hear,
4 but with righteousness ...
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December 6, 2025 • 14 mins
Text: Isaiah 9:2-7 (NRSVUE)
2 The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness—
on them light has shined.
3 You have multiplied exultation;
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as people exult when dividing plunder.
4 For the yoke of their burden
and the bar across their shoulders,
the rod of their oppressor,
you have broken as on the ...
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November 29, 2025 • 12 mins
Text: Isaiah 7:10-17 (NRSVUE)
10Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying, 11“Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” 13Then Isaiah said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals that you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child a...
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November 22, 2025 • 14 mins
Text: Luke 7:36-50 (NRSVUE)
36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and when he went into the Pharisee’s house he reclined to dine. 37And a woman in the city who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 38She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair, kissing his feet and anointin...
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November 15, 2025 • 13 mins
Text: Mark 8:27-38 (NRSVUE)
27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” 30And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.
31Then...
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