Destiny Magnett Guest Sermon at First Moravian Church
On September 21st, 2025, CMEP programs and outreach manager, Destiny Magnett, delivered a guest sermon entitled “Seeking the Path of Peace: Following Christ in Times of Violence” at First Moravian Church in Dover, OH. The sermon focused on the ways Christian communities are called to bear witness to the suffering of our siblings in the Holy Land, and especially in Gaza. Destiny’s ultimate message was that the church has failed to love our siblings in the Middle East, and that the life of Jesus might serve as a model for us to change course, and act more courageously in the name of just peace. The sermon can be viewed here.
Destiny Magnett is the Programs and Outreach Manager at Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) where she serves as the primary liaison for church partners, leads much of CMEP’s online and in-person programming, and co-leads the regional coordinator program. Destiny holds a Master of Theological Studies Degree and Religion & Public Life Certificate from Harvard Divinity School, where her work focused on decoloniality, religious ethics, peacebuilding, and religion in the public sphere. She also holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Grinnell College. Prior to joining CMEP, Destiny has experience working at the intersection of religion and peacebuilding in a variety of spheres, including the Office of International Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State, Search for Common Ground– Jordan, Harvard’s Office of Religion and Public Life, and on the digital humanities project Mapping Islamophobia. While born and raised in Kansas, she is now based in the Boston area.