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Preacher: Samara Pitt
At Open Icon Baptist Church, we value great preaching — preaching that engages deeply, humbly and honestly with Jesus, the Bible, and the pain and joy of living in the real world. And since going permanently online, we have been able to welcome great preachers from all over the world without having to wait for them to visit our shores. Click here to meet the inspirational preachers depicted in the gallery above, none of whom have preached for us!
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Samara Pitt
Samara Pitt is long time member of our congregation. She is a singer, an activist, and even an operations manager. She is a resident community member and administrator at Gembrook Retreat, an intentional Christian/Quaker residential and spiritual space situated outside Melbourne. She previously lived at and served with the Indigenous Hospitality House in Carlton for 17 years, and worked in operations for 11 years at inner-city Melbourne's Urban Seed. She translates poetry into music, focusing on liturgical sung refrains and short phrase melodies to inspire deep listening, and she has a strong commitment to and involvement in on social justice, environmental advocacy, and addressing Australia's history of colonisation.
Sermons by Samara Pitt
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4 June, 2023
What does the first creation story in Genesis look like through a decolonised lens? We hear insights from First Nations scholars who reveal the life-giving power of Spirit and Land together.
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21 January, 2019
Preacher: Samara Pitt
Scripture: 2 Corinthians, Isaiah, John, Psalms
Love names, creation, joyful service and gifts for the common good can be signs of the nature and culture of God.
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8 July, 2012
Preacher: Samara Pitt
Topic: Discipleship, Failure, Faithfulness, Jesus, Vocation, Weakness
Scripture: Mark
Like the disciples, we stumble, but we too can pick ourselves up and re-orient ourselves to the transformed landscape that Jesus is slowly mapping out for us.
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14 August, 2011
Jesus and the Canaanite woman bring us along with them into a new understanding of what defiles, and what makes us clean and whole.
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13 March, 2011
Temptations can hook us away from where we want to be, following Jesus, but perhaps we need them in order to discover who we are in relation to them.
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2 September, 2007
When Jesus invites us to join the feast, and to invite others as well, some people need reassuring to get them in the room, while others need challenging to make space, but the invitation is there for all of us and it’s genuine.
