The Kingstowne Communion

We exist to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ.

The Kingstowne Communion

About the show

Welcome to the Table! You are listening to the Kingstowne Communion podcast, with lead pastor Michelle Matthews. The Kingstowne Communion is a new United Methodist church existing to gather people into communion with Jesus Christ and extend God's table into the world through courageous conversation, creative community, and collaborating for the common good. We worship at Hayfield Secondary School (7630 Telegraph Rd, Door 9 off Old Telegraph) every Sunday at 10am. For more information, visit kingstownecommunion.net, or like, follow, or subscribe on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Episodes

  • Divine Exchange (Wk 1): Recapitulation

    April 28th, 2025  |  31 mins 54 secs
    atonement, christus victor, cross, easter, jesus, lent, moral example, participation, penal substitution, ransom, recapitulation, resurrection, satisfaction, scapegoat, theosis

    March-April 2025 | Divine Exchange (Wk 1): Transcending Our Created Limitation (Recapitulation Theory) | Throughout the season of Lent, we unpack six theories of Jesus's atonement (that great divine exchange), exploring all the possibilities of how Jesus achieved redemption of all the world, wrestling and finding the holes in what Christians have been known to believe, and re-centering God's love in the story of redemption as we consider the lengths to which God would go and all that God would give to be with us.

  • Wesleyan Rooted (Wk 8): 3 Simple Rules

    March 8th, 2025  |  45 mins 47 secs
    charles wesley, covenant, england, grace, history, john wesley, methodism, methodist, rooted, theology, united methodist, wesley covenant prayer, wesleyan

    March 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the eighth sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley's three simple rules and learning from his wisdom on money and advocacy for racial justice.

  • Wesleyan Rooted (Wk 7): Going on to Perfection

    March 1st, 2025  |  37 mins 15 secs
    charles wesley, covenant, england, grace, history, john wesley, methodism, methodist, rooted, theology, united methodist, wesley covenant prayer, wesleyan

    February 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the seventh sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley still to London, where Wesley, late in life, begins to understand faith a journey of going on to perfection.

  • Wesleyan Rooted (Wk 6): Mystery of Grace

    March 1st, 2025  |  39 mins 34 secs
    charles wesley, covenant, england, grace, history, john wesley, methodism, methodist, rooted, theology, united methodist, wesley covenant prayer, wesleyan

    February 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the sixth sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley still to Bristol, where Wesley responds to his peers with a grace that leaves room for the mystery of God.

  • Wesleyan Rooted (Wk 5): Made For Good

    March 1st, 2025  |  40 mins 6 secs
    charles wesley, covenant, england, grace, history, john wesley, methodism, methodist, rooted, theology, united methodist, wesley covenant prayer, wesleyan

    February 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the fifth sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley to Bristol where Wesley invites us to wrestle with grace & good works.

  • Wesleyan Rooted (Wk 4): Holiness & Grace

    March 1st, 2025  |  36 mins 28 secs
    charles wesley, covenant, england, grace, history, john wesley, methodism, methodist, rooted, theology, united methodist, wesley covenant prayer, wesleyan

    January 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the fourth sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley to Oxford where we find John Wesley, aiming for holiness, but discovering God's heart-warming grace.

  • Wesleyan Rooted (Wk 3): Both-And Faith

    January 26th, 2025  |  35 mins 25 secs
    charles wesley, covenant, england, grace, history, john wesley, methodism, methodist, rooted, theology, united methodist, wesley covenant prayer, wesleyan

    January 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the third sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, following John Wesley to Oxford where head, and heart and truth and grace, collide to birth new, compelling both-and expression of faith.

  • Wesleyan Rooted (Wk 2): Methodist Middle Way

    January 24th, 2025  |  27 mins 55 secs
    charles wesley, covenant, england, grace, history, john wesley, methodism, methodist, rooted, theology, united methodist, wesley covenant prayer, wesleyan

    January 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the second sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, expounding on Wesley's mother Susanna's impact on his middle way of faith, friendship, and "Catholic spirit."

  • Wesleyan Rooted (Wk 1): The Revival Prayer

    January 24th, 2025  |  29 mins 17 secs
    charles wesley, covenant, england, grace, history, john wesley, methodism, methodist, rooted, theology, united methodist, wesley covenant prayer, wesleyan

    January 2025 | Pastor Michelle preaches the first sermon in a series on the history and theology of Methodism, beginning in Epworth with the Puritan prayer that sparked a revival.

  • Coming Soon (Wk 6): "Love, Actually"

    January 23rd, 2025  |  16 mins 24 secs
    alexandria, christmas, church, collaborative, coming soon, eve, express, gospels, jesus, kingstowne, movies, polar, uncanny, valley, waiting

    Pastor Michelle connects one last Christmas movie, a cult favorite "Love, Actually," to the Christmas story and significance of the birth of Jesus.

  • Coming Soon (Wk 5): "The Polar Express"

    December 26th, 2024  |  35 mins 33 secs
    alexandria, christmas, church, collaborative, coming soon, eve, express, gospels, jesus, kingstowne, movies, polar, uncanny, valley, waiting

    Pastor Michelle relates the classic Christmas story to "The Polar Express" and discusses the effect of the "uncanny valley" on our perceptions of Jesus.

  • Coming Soon (Wk 4): “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” | Rev. Michelle Matthews

    December 20th, 2024  |  31 mins 31 secs
    advent, alexandria, christmas, church, collaborative, coming soon, gospels, grinch, jesus, kingstowne, movies, waiting

    In our Traveler's Christmas service, Michelle recounts the life of Dr. Seuss and his writing of the Christmas classic, while asking whether our personal images of Jesus are filled with the kind of transformative, cosmic wonder that saved the Grinch.

  • Coming Soon (Wk 3): “The Santa Clause (and the Problem with Being Good for Goodness Sake)” | Luke 1:39-55 | Michelle Matthews

    December 19th, 2024  |  37 mins 52 secs
    advent, alexandria, christmas, chronicles, church, claus, clause, collaborative, coming soon, gospels, jesus, kingstowne, movies, santa, waiting

    Rev. Michelle Matthews talks about "The Santa Clause" and "The Christmas Chronicles," relates a brief history of St. Nicholas, and discusses the disconnect of being good to be on the nice list, when we can only truly be saved by the grace of Jesus.

  • Coming Soon (Wk 2): "Home Alone (for the Holidays)" | Luke 1 | Michelle Matthews

    December 14th, 2024  |  28 mins 19 secs
    advent, alexandria, christmas, church, collaborative, coming soon, gospels, home alone, jesus, kingstowne, movies, waiting

    Rev. Michelle Matthews discusses how Home Alone is the perfect Christmas movie, and how we can take Gabriel's message to Zechariah to heart this Advent season.

  • Coming Soon (Wk 1): "Old-Fashioned Griswold Christmas" | Mark 13:24-37 | Michelle Matthews

    December 7th, 2024  |  28 mins 35 secs
    advent, alexandria, christmas, church, collaborative, coming soon, gospels, jesus, kingstowne, movies, vacation, waiting

    Michelle Matthews kicks off our Coming Soon series by discussing what Christmas Vacation can teach us about Advent.

  • Built Different (Wk 6): (Built to) Reprioritize the Work

    November 30th, 2024  |  30 mins 48 secs
    alexandria, church, collaborative, commitment, community, demographics, depth, follow-through, gospels, jesus, kingstowne, loneliness, nehemiah

    In the conclusion of our sermon series on the book of Nehemiah, Michelle Matthews reads from Nehemiah 13, discusses how the demographics of the DMV affect our follow-through, and how we can refocus by going deep instead of wide.