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Renew
There is so much bringing us stress and anxiety in this time. We may be worried about wildfires and storms, illness, the political climate, and so much more. This third Sunday in our Stewardship series focuses on our need for renewal and where we might go for the source of that renewal. Scripture: Isaiah 40:21-31
Rethink
This week, we continue our Stewardship sermon series, where we will RE:IMAGINE ministry looking forward to 2021. This week, Pastor Lea invites us to rethink our spiritual lives. Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-7
Reveal
This week begins our Stewardship sermon series, where we will RE:IMAGINE ministry looking forward to 2021. The world has changed in so many ways, especially this year! We find ourselves struggling to learn how to do ministry in this time, and just as difficult is the likelihood that doing ministry in the future will be forever changed too! The “new normal” by not be a “normal” we’ve ever seen before. Even so, we are invited to live into the idea…
May it Please the Court
This is the fourth and final sermon in our series on Foundations, and this week’s message turns to practical theology. Bringing our message this Sunday is Rev. John Fanestil, who grew up in LJUMC and is a product of the nurturing community of faith in this congregation. In hearing this message, we celebrate the foundation of this community that makes it possible for members and friends to grow more fully in relationship with God. Scripture: Ruth 1:8-16
What a Gospel
This is the third in our series on Foundations, and this week’s message focuses on the of Methodism. Pastor Lea explores the important history of John Wesley and his brother Charles and the rapid expansion of Wesleyan theology and practical faith. Scripture: 1 John 4:16b-21 Resources noted in this sermon: A Plain Account of the People Called Methodists (a letter written by John Wesley in 1748) Wesley and the People Called Methodists (a look at Wesleyan history from Richard P.…
God’s Accomplishment
This is the second in our series on Foundations, and this week’s message focuses on the Protestant Reformation. The reformers were particularly informed by Paul’s writing on grace and salvation by faith. In this focus, we humble ourselves and acknowledge that salvation is not our accomplishment but God’s. Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10
Joined on the Journey
Pastor Bob begins our September series on Foundations with an exploration of Christian history before the Reformation. Beginning with Jesus walking along the road to Emmaus with the Disciples, we explore: early Christianity to Constantine and the adoption of Christianity as the official Roman faith; the early middle ages, including Byzantine Iconoclasm, the controversy of the filioque clause, Anselm and Abelard’s disagreement over atonement; and the Great Schism. Scripture: Luke 24:13-35
Hold On!
This Sunday’s sermon concludes our series on starting with why. Following last week’s message encouraging us to live as though Jesus makes a difference in our lives, Pastor Bob encourages us to hold on, because a spiritual life can bring radical change to our lives and to the world!
Who Do You Say
LJUMC online worship for the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. We continue to explore our “Why” based on our understanding of, relationship to, and calling by Jesus.
To the Lost Sheep
Continuing the series on starting with “why,” Pastor Bob wrestles with a difficult scripture about a Canaanite woman who seeks healing for a loved one.
The Word is Near You
Continuing our series on the why of our sacred stories, Pastor Lea brings a message reminding us that we must first live lives of love and compassion for one another.
You Give Them Something
We begin a new Sermon Series called Starting with Why during this month August. In this first message of the series, Pastor Bob explores the familiar story of a large crowd receiving a needed meal. Rather than focusing on how the bread and fish were multiplied to sustain such a large crowd, but instead on why Jesus responded in the way that he did. Consider the role that compassion holds in our life of faith and how we are called…