The Table Church, D.C. - Sermons: Toochi Ngwangwa

Who Actually Gets Invited to the Table

Toochi Ngwangwa — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:30:00 +0100

Who Actually Gets Invited to the Table

Preacher: Toochi Ngwangwa

DC Bilingual

Date: 30th August 2026

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Every community has a guest list — and every guest list has an unspoken logic about who makes the cut. Toochi digs into why we default to inviting people who already look, think, and live like us, and what gets lost when we do.

Using Encanto's "We don't talk about Bruno" and Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer as entry points, Toochi traces a throughline: families, institutions, and even religious spaces have a habit of erasing whoever makes them uncomfortable. Then he turns to a 2,000-year-old story Jesus told about a dinner party that gets radically reorganized — not around status, but around who's been left out. The question underneath it all: what would it take to actually widen the circle, instead of just saying we want to?

If you've ever felt like the "difficult" one in a room, this one's for you.

The Case for Crying in Public

Toochi Ngwangwa — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000

The Case for Crying in Public

Preacher: Toochi Ngwangwa

DC Bilingual

Date: 15th March 2026

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Something is wrong, and a lot of us are carrying it alone. Whether it's personal loss, political exhaustion, or the weight of watching your community get hurt — grief has a way of isolating us exactly when we need each other most.

In this sermon, Toochi Ngwangwa draws on the book of Jeremiah to make a case for grief as something meant to be shared out loud. From Jewish Shiva to New Orleans jazz funerals to Jesus walking toward the cross, the throughline is the same: mourning together is what softens us, connects us, and makes space for something new.

If you've been running from something heavy lately — this one's for you.

Witness: Externalizing the Mission

Toochi Ngwangwa — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0100

Witness: Externalizing the Mission

Series: Rethinking the Promised Land: Deuteronomy and the Mission of God

Preacher: Toochi Ngwangwa

DC Bilingual

Date: 21st April 2024

Passage: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

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Toochi continues the series, Rethinking the Promised Land: Deuteronomy and the Mission of God. She discusses how mission calls us to fulfill the greatest commandment.

How to Be Human: A Jubilee Spirituality for All of Us - Hospitality and Humility

Toochi Ngwangwa — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0100

How to Be Human: A Jubilee Spirituality for All of Us - Hospitality and Humility

Series: Jubilee Spirituality

Preacher: Toochi Ngwangwa

Downtown

Date: 13th August 2023

Passage: Luke 14:7-23

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Whether we are poor, blind, imprisoned or oppressed - we are all invited to Jesus’ party. We are all invited to the table. Join Toochi as we continue to look at the book of Luke and how hospitality and humility go hand in hand when we’re living with Jubilee spirituality.