2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 and Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20; 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 and Psalm 16; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62
Butler begins her sermon by retelling the story of Elijah and his apprentice, Elisha. In vivid terms, she unpacks what it means to “take up the mantle” of another. She asks us, “What do *you* need to gather the courage it will take to become the apprentice?”
Rev. Dr. Amy Butler serves as designated pastor at the Community Church of Honolulu in Hawai’i. She is also the founder of Invested Faith. She holds degrees from Baylor University, the International Baptist Theological Seminary, and Wesley Theological Seminary. She has served as associate pastor of membership and mission at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana; as senior minister of Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.; and senior minister of The Riverside Church in New York, New York.