The Promises of God - Jonah - Contending with God's Mercy
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Release Date: 12/17/2023
Sermon - February 22nd, 2026
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Sermon, February 22nd, 2026 - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am -
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Preparing for Lent: Returning to God
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Preparing for Lent: Returning to God - Pastor Hannah Witte - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: As the church prepares for Lent, Pastor Hannah invites the congregation to see Genesis 3 not just as an ancient failure, but as a mirror for our own lives. The serpent’s temptation begins with a subtle distortion of God’s goodness, planting the lie that God cannot be trusted and is holding something back. Adam and Eve grasp for what they already possess—life with God—and shame fractures their intimacy. Yet even in their hiding, God comes walking toward them, asking...
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The Wilderness Between
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
The Wilderness Between - Isaiah 43:16-21 - Pastor Donnell T. Wyche - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: Pastor Donnell reflects on the church’s journey through a six-week vision series by naming the season the congregation now inhabits: a wilderness. Rooted in Isaiah 43:16–21, the sermon draws together the threads of the series, from the Magi’s attentive faith at Epiphany, through centered-set belonging, life across real difference, and freedom. Rather than rushing toward resolution, the message pauses to name the in-between, the space where the old has...
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Drawn Towards the Center: Freedom, Joy and Boundless Generosity
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Drawn Towards the Center: Freedom, Joy and Boundless Generosity - Pastor Hannah Witte - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: In the final week of this series, Pastor Hannah invites the congregation to reflect on God’s vision for freedom, joy, and generosity, especially amid grief, injustice, and personal struggle. Grounded in Galatians 5, Pastor Hannah explains that biblical freedom is not doing whatever we want, but being set free from sin, shame, and striving so we can love others in humility and love, as God designed us to. Using the image of a car stuck...
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Drawn Towards the Center: Learning to Belong Across Our Differences
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Drawn Toward the Center: Freedom, Joy and Boundless Generosity - Pastor Donnell Wyche - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary:
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Drawn Towards the Center: Desire Opens the Door
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Drawn Towards the Center: Desire Opens the Door - Pastor Hannah Witte - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: Pastor Hannah invites the church to rediscover a centered set vision of faith—one where belonging is defined not by meeting specific boundaries, but by the direction of one’s desire toward Jesus. Drawing from the Gospel of Luke, Pastor Hannah traces how Jesus consistently welcomed people who were considered outsiders: tax collectors, political extremists, women, children, sinners, and even the criminal dying beside Him on the cross. Again and again,...
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Drawn Towards the Center
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Drawn Towards the Center (John 12:20–33) - Pastor Donnell Wyche - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: In this second sermon of the 2026 series Moving Towards the Center, Pastor Donnell Wyche invites the congregation to reflect on faith in a chaotic and fear-filled world. Building on the Epiphany theme of attentiveness, he reminds listeners that the Spirit of God does not operate through fear or coercion, but through presence, desire, and attraction. Gathering together, he says, is itself an act of resistance to isolation and despair, a declaration that we are not...
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Joining God's Unfolding Story
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Joining God’s Unfolding Story ( Matthew 2:1–12) - Pastor Donnell Wyche - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: Pastor Donnell Wyche launches a new year sermon series by inviting the church to “join God’s unfolding story,” beginning with the Epiphany account of the Magi in Matthew 2:1–12. The Magi notice a light breaking into the ordinary pattern of the world and choose to follow it, even without a map, a timeline, or certainty about where it will lead. Their journey becomes a picture of faith as attentiveness—learning to recognize where God is already at work...
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Christmas Eve - The Power of Our "Yes"
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Christmas Eve - The Power of Our "Yes" - Pastor Hannah Witte - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am - Summary: In this Christmas message, Pastor Hannah walks listeners through Luke 2, inviting us to slow down and step into the wonder of the first Christmas night. She highlights how God enters the world not through power or prestige, but by interrupting ordinary lives—Mary, Joseph, and later the shepherds—with an unexpected invitation to trust Him. Though none of them seek the spotlight or have the accolades the world celebrates, each responds with a simple but courageous...
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Advent Week Four
Ann Arbor Community Church Sermon Podcast
Advent Week Four - Jonathan Hurshman - . Watch our livestream Sundays @ 11:00am -
info_outlineThe Promises of God - Jonah - Contending with God's Mercy by Rev. Donnell Wyche - a2vc.org. Like us on fb.com/vineyardannarbor or watch our livestream Sundays @ 10:45am - vimeo.com/annarborvineyard
In this sermon, Pastor Donnell encourages us to embrace gratitude and grace as we reflect on our year. He begins by expressing gratitude for those present and emphasizes the importance of focusing on what we should be thankful for, rather than dwelling on our failures and disappointments. Pastor Donnell reminds us that despite the challenges, we have made it through the year, which is a significant accomplishment.
He then delves into a sermon series on the promises of God, using the story of Jonah to illustrate his points. Pastor Donnell explores the idea of trust in God, especially in situations where God's plans might seem daunting or disagreeable. He provides a detailed analysis of Jonah's story, including Jonah's reluctance to follow God's command to go to Nineveh and his eventual compliance after trying to flee.
Pastor Donnell highlights Jonah's internal struggle and his anger towards God's mercy towards the Ninevites, which Jonah perceives as unjust. This part of the sermon invites listeners to reflect on the nature of justice, mercy, and our own responses to perceived injustices.
Throughout the sermon, Pastor Donnell skillfully weaves in contemporary applications, encouraging listeners to consider their own lives in light of Jonah's story. He challenges us to think about how we respond to God's calls, how we handle our own reluctances and disappointments, and how we can learn to trust in God's broader plan, even when it conflicts with our personal desires or sense of justice.
In conclusion, Pastor Donnell leaves us with a thought-provoking choice: to live in a world where mercy triumphs over judgment, as exemplified by God's treatment of Nineveh, or to choose a different path. This message, rooted in biblical narrative and rich in personal application, invites reflection and a deeper understanding of our relationship with God and others.