9/15/2024 - Rev. Jillian Hutton - "Finding Hope"

■Sermon Summary
Here is the special sermon dedicated to "Just Peace Sunday" in the UCC.
Rev. Jillian Hutton's sermon, based on Romans 12:9-21, emphasizes the need for genuine love, humility, and radical hospitality, even toward enemies. She draws connections to figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi, advocating non-violent resistance and agape love. Through personal stories and reflections, she encourages the congregation to actively live out justice and peace, both in their community and the wider world.
Rev. Jill also praises our church’s efforts with the Northwest Detention Center, Orphans Africa, and the Key Peninsula Food Bank, highlighting how small acts of kindness contribute to a more hopeful, peaceful society.
■About Today's Preacher
Rev. Jillian Hutton is originally from Pennsylvania where she grew up in the Episcopal Church. She attended Elizabethtown College and majored in Religious Studies.
Following college, she participated in the Church of the Brethren’s volunteer program, Brethren Volunteer Services, and spent time working with a non-profit in Wichita, Kansas called Trees for Life.
Rev. Jill attended seminary at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California and became a member of the UCC. She moved to the Pacific Northwest to complete training as a chaplain and served as pastor of Eastgate UCC in Bellevue during the pandemic.
Currently, Rev. Jill lives in Federal Way with her husband Robbie and their cat Mr. Pennyweather and works with children with special needs.
She enjoys reading, listening to music, building Lego with her husband, going for walks, and enjoying the beauty of living in the Pacific Northwest.