Posts with the tag “jesus”

Labor of Love 9-26-21Sermon Notes“Labor of Love”We will celebrate our 175th Anniversary this Sunday!  Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett will be preaching, and we will have a combined service at 10:00, spot...  Read More

Back to School Bash 8.15.21 Sermon Notes 8/15/21- Back to School Bash SundayEphesians 4:25-5:2New Revised Standard VersionRules for the New Life25 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak ...  Read More

Pop Quiz 8-8-21                Sermon Notes               “Pop Quiz”One of my favorite poems is Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken.  Remember that one?Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I co...  Read More

How to Act in the Lunchroom 8-1-21                 Sermon Notes                  “How to Act in the Lunchroom”Ready or not, “back-to-school” season is upon us. Whether you are a student or a teacher, ...  Read More

Weird is the New Normal:  A Lenten Walk Through 40 Questions in Genesis Weird – “of strange or extraordinary character.”Normal – “conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern”- Merriam Webster D...  Read More

Weird is the New Normal:  A Lenten Walk Through 40 Questions in Genesis Weird – “of strange or extraordinary character.”Normal – “conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern”Merriam WebsterDay ...  Read More

2-2-20            Sermon Notes        “Love Lifted Me (and put me back in the boat)                   #Connect2020Several years back, John Ortberg wrote a book entitled, If You Want to Walk on Water, ...  Read More

1-12-20                             Sermon Notes   “Connecting With God Through The Sacraments”When you come to worship this Sunday, you are going to notice something that looks a little strange, and ...  Read More

Tuesday, September 3, 2019  Luke 14:25-33 New King James Version (NKJV)Leaving All to Follow Christ25 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, 26  "If anyone comes to Me  an...  Read More

9-1-19               Sermon Notes                   "Be Bold! In Your Hospitality"In the mid 1990's, my mother decided to sell our farm and move to "town," after having lived on that farm for over 30 ...  Read More

Colossians 2:6-19 NRSV6As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abou...  Read More

3D  Thursday, August 1Scripture Luke 11:5-10 Common English Bible (CEB) 5 He also said to them, "Imagine that one of you has a friend and you go to that friend in the middle of the night. Imagine sayi...  Read More

August 4, 2019                 Sermon Notes                  “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”I was taught by my mom and dad that when someone sends you a gift, you need to say, “Thank you!”  Sometimes,...  Read More

Colossians 1:15-28 NRSV15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones...  Read More

3D  Thursday, July 25ScriptureLuke 10:38-42 Common English Bible (CEB)Jesus visits Martha and Mary38 While Jesus and his disciples were traveling, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha we...  Read More

7-28-19               Sermon Notes                  “All You Need Is Love”                               Gadsden FUMCPreaching is something I love to do – it’s my calling. I always try to do my best, ...  Read More

Tuesday, July 23, 2019      1 Corinthians 1:1-24 New King James Version (NKJV)1 Paul,  called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ  through the will of God, and  Sosthenes our brother,2 To the church of G...  Read More

Monday, July 22, 2019      Rotten on the inside                                  Amos 8:1-6Behind my grandmothers’ house was a very large pear tree. Growing up, we spent a lot of time playing in that ...  Read More

7-14-19      Sermon Notes                             “Ticket to Ride”Recently my mom told me about something that she would do when she was a little girl.  She grew up on a farm during the Great Depr...  Read More

Monday, July 8, 2019                  Don’t let your pride control you.                               2 King 5:1-15Our 3D scripture today comes from 2 Kings.  It’s a long story about a war hero, Naama...  Read More

Luke 15:3-7 Common English Bible (CEB)3 Jesus told them this parable: 4 "Suppose someone among you had one hundred sheep and lost one of them. Wouldn't he leave the other ninety-nine in the pasture an...  Read More

6-23-19               Sermon Notes                  “When Pigs Fly”When pigs fly…  Have you ever wondered where that saying came from?  I looked it up, and apparently it is a centuries-old Scottish pr...  Read More

Do you set goals for yourself? Goals for work, or school, or for your physical health… The reason I bring this up is because of a belief I have: I don’t think people usually make progress in any are...  Read More