Wesley Etowah UMC

On the First Sunday of Advent, we are beginning a new sermon series entitled, “Preparing for Christmas” as we look at the life and ministry of John the Baptist. My hope is that through this series, with the help of John the Baptist, we will be able to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ at Christmas and for his second coming. Our series begins with the foretelling of John’s birth in his An...

This morning, we are concluding our sermon series: “Discovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence.” Throughout this series, we have been looking at the different ways that we experience Jesus in our daily lives. This morning we are exploring what it means to experience Jesus as Presence. Associated Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20  Your offering makes ministry possible at Wesl...

This morning, we are continuing our sermon series: “Discovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence.” In this series, we are reflecting on the questions: “Who is Jesus, really?” and “What does it mean to actually follow Jesus in our daily lives?” We are seeking to answer these questions by looking at the different ways that we experience Jesus. This morning, we are exploring...

This morning, we are continuing our sermon series: “Discovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence.” In this series, we are reflecting on the questions: “Who is Jesus, really?” and “What does it mean to actually follow Jesus in our daily lives?” We are seeking to answer these questions by looking at the different ways that we experience Jesus. This morning, we are exploring...

We are continuing our sermon series: “Discovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence.” In this series, we are reflecting on the questions: “Who is Jesus, really?” and “What does it mean to actually follow Jesus in our daily lives?” We are seeking to answer these questions by looking at the different ways that we experience Jesus. This morning, we are exploring Jesus as Savio...

In our sermon series: “Discovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence,” we are looking at the questions: “Who is Jesus, really?” and “What does it mean to actually follow Jesus in our daily lives?” These are important questions that we all need to consider as Christians. And one of the ways that we are seeking to answer these questions is by looking at the ways we experience...

In our sermon series: “Discovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence” We are going to be looking at the questions: “Who is Jesus, really?” and “What does it mean to actually follow Jesus in our daily lives?” One of the best ways to answer these questions is by talking about how we experience Jesus as Christians. This is an opportunity for us to discover who Jesus is, what J...

Through this series, we have looked at Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And we have seen how God has worked in this family bloodline through all their mistakes and failures – in good times and in bad times – from generation to generation. This morning we are wrapping up this series as we talk about Joseph and his brothers. Associated Scripture: Genesis 37:3-4, 12-18  Your of...

This morning is the penultimate sermon in our series: “Generations in Genesis.” We only have one more Sunday left after today. In this series, we have seen these family members fighting, arguing, and bickering. But we have also seen how God still works despite all the brokenness and chaos in this family. This morning we are looking at the story of two sisters, Rachel, and Leah. Associated Scriptur...

We are continuing our sermon series: “Generations in Genesis” as we explore the first family in the Bible. As we look at each of these family members and see how they are broken – it gives us an opportunity to recognize how our own families are broken as well. But God is still working in us, and through us, despite our mistakes and failures. This morning we are looking at the story of Jacob and Es...

We are continuing our sermon series: “Generations in Genesis” as we explore the first family in the Bible. As we look at each of these family members and see how they are broken – it gives us an opportunity to recognize how our own families are broken as well. But God is still working in us, and through us, despite our mistakes and failures. This morning we are looking at the story of Isaac and Re...

We are continuing our sermon series: “Generations in Genesis” as we explore the first family in the Bible. As we look at each of these family members and see how they are broken – it gives us an opportunity to recognize how our own families are broken as well. But despite all of our sins, and mistakes, and failures – we can see how God is still working in us, and through us, to bring about God’s w...

In our sermon series: “Generations in Genesis" we are exploring the first family in Genesis. And as we explore this family tree, we see how God works with us and through us despite our messy and chaotic lives. This morning we are looking at one of the most disturbing, horrific, and upsetting stories in the entire Bible – the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar. Associated Scripture: Genesis 21...

This morning we are continuing our sermon series, called: “Generations in Genesis.” Throughout this series we are tracing the bloodline of the first family in Genesis from Adam and Eve in the Garden – to Joseph and his brothers in Egypt. In each of the stories of these family members, we are reminded that our families are also chaotic, messy, and broken. But we are also reminded of how God works i...

In this sermon series, “Generations in Genesis" we are tracing the bloodline of the first family in Genesis from Adam and Eve in the Garden – to Joseph and his brothers in Egypt. In each of the stories of these family members, we are reminded that we are chaotic, messy, and broken. But we are also reminded of how God works in us and through us – despite our mistakes and failures. This morning...

This morning we are wrapping up our sermon series: “Worship in Action.” Throughout this series, we have explored how the basic pattern of worship is connected to our lives as disciples. we are concluding our series as we explore what it means to “Go and make disciples” through Jesus’ Great Commission. Associated Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20 Your offering makes ministry possible at Wesley Memorial U...

As we continue our series “Worship in Action,” we explore what it means to “share at the table” as we look at the sacrament of Holy Communion. “Worship in Action" is inspired by the basic pattern of worship that we experience on Sunday mornings: The Call to Worship, Hearing God’s Word, Offering our Response, Sharing at the Table, and Sending Forth into the World. Our worship invites us to liv...

Our sermon series entitled: “Worship in Action" is inspired by the basic pattern of our weekly worship. Our first week, we talked about what it means to “come and follow,” and we remembered the call of the first disciples. Last week, we talked about what it means to “listen and learn,” and he talked about the story of Mary and Martha. This morning we are continuing our series as we explore wh...

This sermon series: “Worship in Action” is inspired by the basic pattern of our weekly worship. Each Sunday we have: The Call to Worship, We Receive God’s Word, We Offer our Response to God, We Share at the Table, and We are Sent Forth into the World. And this pattern of worship also mimics the structure and flow of our call as disciples as we seek to: come and follow, listen and learn, give of ou...

We begin our series “Worship in Action" which is inspired by the basic pattern of worship that we experience on Sunday mornings: The Call to Worship, Hearing God’s Word, Offering our Response, Sharing at the Table, and Sending Forth into the World. Our worship invites us to live out our call as disciples as we seek: to come & follow, listen & learn, give of ourselves, commune together...