Foundry UMC DC: Sunday Sermons

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC, March 29, 2026. “Ignite the Light” series. Palm Sunday.            Text: Matthew 21:1-17   Before the tables are turned; before the coins scatter; before the system is exposed…there is a procession. Crowds gather around Jesus, filling the streets as he makes his way into Jerusalem—waving palm branches, spreading their cloaks on the...

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC March 22 2026. “Ignite the Light” series.  Text: John 11:1-45   It is Women’s History Month. And right now, there are real reminders that the struggle for women’s full dignity—in society and in the church—is not behind us. Legislation like the SAVE Act (being debated this very weekend in the Senate) threatens to create new barriers t...

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC March 15, 2026. “Ignite The Light” series.

3.8.2026 – Rev. Ben Roberts for Foundry UMC, Washington DC The author has wasted no time being extra scandalous here. It's not just that Jesus is meeting with the Samaritan woman but also that he's doing it at a well. Other biblical narratives of men meeting with women at the well usually ends with some sort of marriage; Isaac and Rebecca.  Jacob and Rachel.  Moses and Zipporah.  These are all enc...

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC March 1, 2026. “Ignite the Light” series.  Text: John 3:1-17   Some seasons feel like one long night. Not the gentle kind with a crescent moon and a few bright stars. But the kind where you can’t quite see what’s coming next. Where the news feels relentless. Where the future feels uncertain. Where the questions get louder than the an...

A sermon preached by Jonathan Brown with Foundry UMC February 22, 2026. “Piece Us Together” series.

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC February 15, 2026. “Piece Us Together” series.

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC February 8, 2026. “Piece Us Together” series. Texts: Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 5:17-20 Our guest preacher last week invited us into the ancient wisdom of Micah 6:8—to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with God. In response to that sermon, someone commented online: “Sad when preachers preach from the old fallen Old Testam...

A sermon preached by Bishop Julius Trimble with Foundry UMC February 1, 2026. “Piece Us Together” series

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC January 25, 2026. “Piece Us Together” series

A sermon preached by Rev. Wanda Bynum-Duckett with Foundry UMC January 18, 2026. “Piece Us Together” series.   Isaiah 61: 1-8 [a]The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,     because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted,     to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives,     release to the prisoners, 2 To announce a year of favor from the Lo...

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC January 11, 2026. “Piece Us Together” series

A sermon preached by Rev. Jonathan Brow with Foundry UMC January 4, 2026. “Fear Not: Good News for a Weary World” series

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC December 28, 2025. “Fear Not: Good News for a Weary World” series

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC December 24, 2025. “Fear Not: Good News for a Weary World” series

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC December 14, 2025. The third Sunday of Advent. “Fear Not: Good News for a Weary World” series.

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC November 30, 2025. The second Sunday of Advent. “Fear Not: Good News for a Weary World” series.

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry United Methodist Church November 23, 2025.

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC July 26, 2025, the seventh Sunday after Pentecost.

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry United Methodist Church November 9, 2025.

A homily preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry United Methodist Church November 2, 2025, All Saints Sunday.

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC October 26, 2025, the twentieth Sunday after Pentecost. “Strength for Today, Bright Hope for Tomorrow” series. Consecration Sunday.

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC, October 19, 2025, the nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost. “Strength for Today, Bright Hope for Tomorrow” series.

Strength For Today By Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli October 12th, 2025 "Strength For Today, Bright Hope For Tomorrow" Series

New Every Morning By T.C. Morrow October 5th, 2025 "Strength For Today, Bright Hope For Tomorrow" Series