Zionsville United Methodist Church

Listen to the October 12, 2025, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 What does it really mean to be rich? This message explores that question through both Scripture and story—connecting Paul’s words to the Corinthians with the incredible work of generosity happening right here at Zionsville UMC. Since 2018, two things stand out...

Listen to the October 5, 2025, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Mark 2:1-12 This week’s service marks our first-ever Worship in Pink Sunday—a time to honor breast cancer survivors, remember those we’ve lost, and raise awareness for continued research and care. Throughout the past few months, we’ve focused on health in many forms—mental, emotion...

Listen to the September 28, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Numbers 6:22-27 This week we wrap up our series The Work of the People, where we’ve been exploring the rhythms of worship that shape our faith. Week after week, we sing, pray, pass the peace, share in sacraments, open God’s Word, and offer our gifts. But there’s one final act of worsh...

Listen to the September 21, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Matthew 14:13-21 Bread has always been more than food—it’s a picture of God’s Word, His grace, and His Son. This week we explore how Scripture is described not just as light, a mirror, or a sword, but as bread—the daily sustenance that feeds and sustains our lives. From manna in the w...

Listen to the September 14, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Matthew 18:18-20 Prayer is often thought of as personal and private—but what happens when we pray together? This week’s message explores the practice of corporate prayer and why it has been central to Christian worship since the earliest days of the church. We’ll look at the many form...

Listen to the September 7, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. 1 Corinthians 11:17-26 What do Baptism and Communion really mean for our lives of faith? This week’s message looks at the sacraments as gifts of God’s grace, drawing us closer to Christ and to one another. We revisit John Wesley’s Three Simple Rules—do no harm, do good, stay in love wi...

Listen to the August 31, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Colossians 3:12-17 Why do we pause in worship to greet one another? At first glance, the “Passing of the Peace” may feel like a simple hello—or even an awkward interruption. But the truth is, this practice runs deep in Christian history and has profound meaning for our lives today. This...

Listen to the August 24, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Psalm 100 This week, we continue our series on liturgies—the patterns of worship that shape the way we live. From ancient hymns to contemporary praise songs, music has always been at the heart of the church’s worship. Why do we sing? Because music is a gift from God. It connects our hear...

Listen to the August 17, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Romans 12:1-3 (the Message translation) When you think about worship, what comes to mind? A favorite hymn, a creed, the Lord’s Prayer, or maybe even the offering plate being passed down the row. These repeated patterns—our liturgies—do more than mark our time in church. They shape how we...

Listen to the August 10, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Romans 8:1-14 (the Message translation) We live in a culture that prizes achievement. Good grades, sports wins, career success—everywhere we turn, the pressure to perform is relentless. Drawing from Malcolm Gladwell’s Revenge of the Tipping Point and conversations with retired high schoo...

Listen to the July 27, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. John 10:1-10 What if joy and laughter were part of your spiritual life—not distractions from it? In Week 7 of our summer series The Way We Love, Rev. Kimberly King invites us to rediscover play as a sacred practice. Rooted in Jesus' promise that he came so we might have life “to the fulles...

Listen to the July 20, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Acts 2:42-47 What does a folktale about soup have to do with the early church? This week, we look at the simple story of Stone Soup and see echoes of its lessons in Acts 2:42–47—where a community of believers gave generously, shared life together, and let God’s grace guide their love. Lovi...

Listen to the July 13, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Acts 9:36-42 This week in The Way We Love series, we explored what it means to love God with all our strength—not just physical power, but every part of ourselves that can be offered in service. We began with Samson, a man whose strength was legendary but often self-serving. Then we turned...

Listen to the July 6, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Genesis 32:22-32 What does it mean to love God with all your mind? In this week's message from The Way We Love series, we took a deep dive into the story of Jacob wrestling with a mysterious figure through the night—a story filled with ambiguity, tension, and transformation. While the strug...

Listen to the June 29, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Psalm 63:1-8 What does it look like to live out love, not just as an idea, but through daily practices that shape us? Using six active verbs— Worship, Pray, Learn, Serve, Give, and Play —we’ll discover how to love God and neighbor with our full selves: our hearts, souls, minds, and strengt...

Listen to the June 22, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Revelation 5:1-14 What comes to mind when you think of worship? A favorite song? A church sanctuary? A moving message? This week, we step into a deeper conversation—not just about how we worship, but why we worship. In the book of Revelation, we’re given a breathtaking vision of God’s thro...

Listen to the June 15, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Mark 12:28-34 What are the essential ingredients that make us human? Flour and sugar make a cookie. Wheels and a frame make a bike. But what makes a person? In this sermon, we return to the foundational words of the Shema—words that Jesus later echoed and expanded when he taught us to love...

Listen to the June 8, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Acts 2:1-12 What does it mean to trust Jesus—even when we can’t see Him? In this special VBS Sunday message that also falls on Pentecost, ZUMC Youth Director Zach Cheeseman (a.k.a. Ranger Cheese) recaps a week of joyful storytelling and powerful Bible truths from Vacation Bible School. Kids...

Listen to the June 1, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Ephesians 2:1-10 What does a good life sound like? In this sermon, we reflect on the idea that our lives—when poured out in faith—might echo with a quiet, steady refrain: “Good-good-good-good-good.” Inspired by a moment from Wendell Berry’s Jayber Crow and grounded in Paul’s words from Ephe...

Listen to the May 25, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. 2 Samuel 7:1-16 This Memorial Day weekend, we turn to the story of King David and Solomon to explore what it means to receive and carry a legacy. Just as Solomon inherited a kingdom, a covenant, and a calling from David, we too are entrusted with promises, responsibilities, and examples sha...

Listen to the May 11, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. John 19:25-27 Listen to the May 18, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. Jeremiah 29:1-14 Jeremiah 29:11 shows up everywhere during graduation season, promising hope and a future. But this beloved verse was first spoken not to graduates—but...

Listen to the May 11, 2025 Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. John 19:25-27 When Jesus looked down from the cross and said to Mary, “Here is your son,” and to John, “Here is your mother,” he was doing more than making practical arrangements. He was forming a new kind of family—one built not on bloodlines but on love, care, and shared faith. In this Mo...

Listen to the May 4, 2025 Easter Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. John 21:1-14 Explore the Emmaus story in Luke 24:13–35 and learn how Jesus meets us in seasons of doubt and distraction. This sermon offers three invitations for spiritual renewal and meaningful connection. https://www.zumc.org/sermons

Listen to the April 27, 2025 Easter Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. John 20:24-31 This Sunday, we were led in worship by our youth. In our sermon, Zach and several youth take a look at the story of Thomas, one of Jesus' disciples, and have a conversation about what it means to be a person of faith but also have doubts. This is the 9:30 Service. htt...

Listen to the April 20, 2025 Easter Sunday worship service from Zionsville United Methodist Church in Zionsville, IN. John 20:1-10 On that first Easter morning, the world changed—not just because of an empty tomb, but because of what it meant: Jesus is alive. In John’s Gospel, Easter unfolds not with fireworks but with quiet moments—Mary alone in the garden, Peter and John peering into the tomb, a...