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Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:1-21 June 4, 2023 Pentecost Sunday is a day we remember that the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples, bringing them power to share the Good News in ways their neighbors could hear it. It is a special Sunday of hope, celebration, and dedication. May 28 Worship
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 May 28, 2023 On this last Sunday in May, Pastor Tanya reminds us that we have many gifts, and one Spirit who calls us all beloved. She speaks from 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13. 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Seventh Sunday of Easter
John 17:1-11 May 21, 2023 On this last Sunday of the Easter Season Pastor Meredith speaks about the scripture John 17:1-11 when Jesus Prays for his Disciples. She also tells us about her recent trip to a Week long Festival. Sixth Sunday of Easter
Luke 13:321-35 May 14, 2023 Pastor Tanya on this Mother's Day reminds of of the passage where Jesus looks over Jerusalem. "Jesus, Mother of us all, who gathers us in an embrace of love, just as the mother hen." Fifth Sunday of Easter
John 14:1-14 May 7, 2023 On this fifth Sunday of Easter we celebrate Communion together. Pastor Meredith reminds us and the children that we know the way to the Lord. It is through knowing and following Jesus. He shows us the way. " 4 And you know the way to the place where I am going.”[c] 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you know me, you will know[d] my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”" Fourth Sunday of Easter/Reconciliation Sunday
John 10:1-10 April 30, 2022 We celebrate the anniversary of becoming a Reconciling Congregation. In 2015, after two years of church wide study and conversation, Marysville UMC made a public commitment to be a church where members of the LGBTQ+ community are fully welcome. On this Sunday, we’ll remember those who made the process possible, celebrate how our church has grown since then, and wonder where God could be leading us now. Third Sunday of Easter
Luke 24:13-35 April 23, 2023 Pastor Meredith speaks to us from Luke 24:13-35 this week about the Disciples on the Road to Emmaus. We also checked in on our star word we received a the new year. Second Sunday of Easter/Camp Sunday
John 20:19-31 April 16, 2023 Camp Sunday is a fun filled service where we have a little glimpse of what a day at camp looks like. Songs, games, devotion time around the fire and stories from last years campers. Camp is a wonderful way for elementary, middle and high school youth to spend time away from their every day lives, every day church and see God in a new way. Here are our stories of camp. Easter Worship
John 20:1-18 April 9, 2023 Christ is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed! This Easter morning Pastor Meredith reminds us that Jesus’ resurrection means that nothing, not even death, is more powerful than God. This is the good news we’ve all been hoping for! Palm Sunday
Matthew 21:1-11 April 2, 2023 Pastor Meredith wraps up the Hope for Troubled Times series with Chapter 12 of the book, Love is the Way. We also celebrate Palm Sunday, the day we commemorate Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem. Hope for Troubled Times - Week 5
Galatians 3:25-29; John 17:18-23 March 26, 2023 As we begin to wrap up our Hope for Troubled Times series, Pastor Meredith speaks about chapters 9 and 10 of the book "Love is the Way" and loving people you don't like. Why is unity important? How can unity be harmful? "Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then listening to our neighbor." Mr. Rogers Hope for Troubled Times - Week 4
John 4:5-30 March 19, 2023 We continue the Hope for Troubled Times Series with Chapters 7 & 8 of Love is the Way. Love has big expectations. We need our community, and our community needs us. Let's find ways of being together that bring joy, but knowing that we will have to change, too. How can we create space for each other? Hope for Troubled Times - Week 3
John 3:1-10 March 12, 2023 On this third Sunday in Lent Pastor Meredith continues the Love is the Way series looking at John 3:1-10 when Jesus teaches Nicodemus. Nicodemus was struggling to understanding, having to change his faith Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” Hope for Troubled Times - Week 2
Genesis 28:10-17 March 5, 2023 On this Communion Sunday and the second week of Lent, Pastor Meredith looks at Chapters 3 & 4 of our book series, Love is the Way. This world is inane, and full of pain which can lead us to despair and dashed hope. How do we keep hope at the midnight hour, when things are most perilous? p 76. We need to hold on to God, even when we are sad and mad. We need a faith of endurance, tenacity, strength. Hope for Troubled Times- Week 1
1 John 4:7-12 February 26, 2023 This week Pastor Meredith starts her Lent sermon series on the book Love is the Way by Bishop Michael Curry. We begin with Chapters 1 & 2 --- God is love, and we know God's love best in community. |
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