Pastor Michelle continues her four week sermon series Letters to the Church in Uncertain Times in this video with Week 3: “The Right Stuff.” As the world may consider the church and its message foolish and anemic, Paul reminds us “God chose what was weak in this world to cofound the strong.” When we consider our own call, do we…
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.
What is the future of the United Methodist Church? Given the differences of opinion within the denomination, this question is at the forefront of many United Methodist (and other!) minds. On January 14, 2020, Lake Oswego UMC presented a forum including background on the questions at hand as well as proposals that will be brought before the May 2020 General…
Almost Christmas Advent Series, Week 4 On this fourth Sunday of Advent, we light the candle of Joy! Pastor Michelle continues her sermon series, ” Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience” with “Week 4: An Altogether Joy, Bursting with Good News…and Then Some!” Read Luke 1: 38-4 and consider the questions below in preparation for worship! Questions for Reflection (for…
Almost Christmas Advent Sermon Series: Week 3 We began in Hope. We prayed for God’s Shalom, and now we journey towards greater Love. On the third Sunday in Advent, we light the candle of Love! Pastor Michelle continues her Advent sermon series Almost Christmas with ” An Altogether Love: An Irrational Choice; a Cultivated Forgiveness; a Steadfast Commitment.” Read Luke…
Week 2 of An Almost Christmas We began with Hope and we continue in a quest for Peace.This Sunday we celebrate the Second Sunday of Advent!We light the candle of Peace and Pastor Michelle continues her sermon series, Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience. Read John 14: 1-4,15-21 and 25-27 and consider the questions below in preparation for the message. Questions for…
Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience Week 1 On the First Sunday of Advent, we lit the first candle in the Advent wreath and Pastor Michelle began her sermon series, Almost Christmas: A Wesleyan Advent Experience. Read Isaiah 40: 1-5 and John 1: 1-8 and consider the questions below in preparation for the sermon ” Week 1: An Altogether Hope.”…
Bounty: A Stewardship Series: Week 3 Pastor Michelle continues her stewarship series with a partner, Cecil Denney, in a dialogical sermon. Read Matthew 6: 19-21 and Malachi 3:10 and consider the questions below in preparation for the sermon, “When You Run out of Room… (in your heart and more!)” Questions for Reflection (in the sermon and beyond) Talk about the…
Bounty: A Stewardship Series Week 1 Pastor Michelle kicked off her sermon series “Bounty: A Stewardship Series” with “Week 1: When You Come Upon a Giant(s)…” Be sure to read Numbers 13 and consider the questions below in preparation for the message. Questions for Reflection: What/who are the giants in your life (not the welcome kind). What makes them so?…
All Saints Sunday Enjoy our All Saints Day worship. We “call the roll” of those from our church family who have gone on before us, light a candle for each of them and toll a bell as we remember them. Read Ephesians 1: 11-12, 15-23 in preparation for Pastor Michelle’s sermon, Inheritance Day. Resource Referenced: Hometown Tales, Recollections of Kindness, Peace and Joy , by Philip Gulley, Harper…
Pastor Michelle McKinnon-Young continues her sermon series: Building Intimate, Enduring, and Healthy Relationships Across Life with Boundaries and Healthy Relationships. Read Luke 2: 39-52 (The Boy Jesus in the Temple), Ephesians 4: 1, 14-15 (Speaking the Truth in Love) and consider the questions below in preparation for worship. Questions for Reflection (for this sermon and beyond) How good are you with setting boundaries in your own life and relationships? …
