The Right Person at the Right Time The Apostle Paul reminds the church in Corinth that God bestows gifts of all types to Christians. This Sunday, Bob Pearson will tell us of several of those persons who have used not only spiritual gifts of God (wisdom, prophesy, etc.) but also their physical gifts (learning, skills, and experience) to accomplish great…
Decked Out In LoveA Pastor Remembers, Encourages and CelebratesDear Church Series: Week 2 Join us this Sunday at 9:30am as Pastor Michelle finishes her Dear Church series and preaches her last sermon at LOUMC. Read Colossians 3: 12-17 in preparation for this week’s sermon. You can download the bulletin from our latest QuickNews here.
Plot Twist Join Pastor Jayde this Sunday at 9:30am in the Fellowship Hall for Sunday worship. This week we’ll continue to “dream big” as we learn to take the twists and turns of the road in stride and have the courage to begin our journeys again and again. Read Mark 1: 16-20 in preparation for Sunday’s message, “Plot Twist.” You…
Join us on the front porch for Sunday Worship! Pastor Jayde continues the May sermon series on the Book of Acts this Sunday and we celebrate our high school seniors, who we send out to the world as they graduate in June! Graduation marks one of many changes we experience in our lives. How does God’s love and the support…
Pastor Michelle and a friend continue our sermon series entitled “Church: A Community Called for the Future” this Sunday with week 5, “High Risk Gardening: A Parable for the Church.” Read Matthew 9:37-38 & Matthew 13: 3-9 in preparation for worship. Where might those seeds haphazardly sown by the sower take root? * * * Van Gogh, “The Sower” Vincent…
This Sunday, join Pastor Michelle as she introduces us to the bright future and possibilities before the church and how important it is to be open to new opportunities, changes and ideas.
The Times They Are a Changing This Sunday, Pastor Michelle begins a TIMELY NEW SERIES entitled RESET: A New Normal Making Good Use of a Crisis through the Narrative of Journey. Join us over the next several weeks as we trek with the Israelites across the “never land-like” Judean wilderness. As we find ourselves in a similar place of wandering,…
I love to travel. My appetite for it is insatiable. I married a kindred spirit. But, as I typically have an every-Sunday gig (as does the preacher’s husband) weekends are not usually our own. This makes spontaneous and even planned getaways, tricky, so we never travel as liberally as we’d like. Over here at the church parsonage, we feed our…
Pastor Michelle continues her four week sermon series “Letters to the Church in Uncertain Times” with Week 2: “First Things First.” Read I Corinthians 1: 10-1 and consider the questions below in preparation for the message. Questions for Reflection (in this sermon and beyond) 1. What was the source of quarrelling in today’s text? What was really at stake? 2.…
At a time when many changes are happening in the United Methodist Church and the world, Pastor Michelle uses Paul’s letters to the church in Corinth as background for a four week sermon series, “Letters to the Church in Uncertain Times.” Week 1, “Get a Grip,” is based on 1 Corinthians 1: 1-9.
Pastor Michelle will finish her Transitions Sermon Series this Sunday with “It’s a (Scary) Wonderful New Life.” Read John 11: 1-6, 11-17 and 33-44 and consider the questions below in preparation for worship. Questions for Reflection According to William Bridges (Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes), the neutral zone is only meant to be temporary state. “It is, as they say, a…
The loss of a loved one is certainly one of the most life altering experiences each of us goes through. It puts us in a “neutral zone,” or place of uncertainty. Good ‘Death,’ Good Grief will touch on life, death and loss. You might like to read Acts 9: 10-19 and Psalm 107: 13-14 and consider the questions below in preparation for worship.…
