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A new worship series begins. We're looking at John Wesley's Three Simple Rules. Today, Do No Harm.

Today we finish our worship series, “Road Trippin’ with Jesus.” For the past few weeks, we’ve looked at texts from the Gospel of Luke, when Jesus journeyed to Jerusalem with his growing group of disciples. And in this series, we’ve paralleled discipleship with going on a road trip with Jesus: learning as we travel along the road of life, with Jesus as our navigator. And just like with any road tri...

Jesus is calling us to help others, not as a way to get something in return, but solely to help the other person—to lift them up, reminding them that they, too, are worthy of love and inclusion; that they, too, are a beloved child of God.

Do you have your Trip Tik?

Jesus points the way. Are we paying attention to the road signs? Hear guest speaker, Matt Mellott's message.

In today’s scripture passage, Jesus is telling his disciples—telling us—that we do not have to rush to our destination. When we live confident and assured of God’s provision—that all we really need is the God who was revealed, lived, died, and was raised, in Jesus—then we will live in a way that is not focused on our own achievements, acquisitions, or assets—on “getting there”—but on being ready t...

We sometimes wander through life, constantly seeking a purpose, a reason for living. Some store up wealth for themselves believing that the road to happiness is through the accumulation of possessions. Jesus shows us a different way to love, acceptance and wholeness.

When is the last time you used the word "dismayed" in a sentence?

Scripture tells us again and again that we are brothers and sisters in Christ—siblings in Christ. It’s a way to unify us—we’re all part of a larger family, created by One God, saved by Christ, empowered and enveloped by the Love that is the Holy Spirit.

The story of Jacob becoming Israel reminds us that intimately wrestling with God can be a good, albeit uncomfortable, part of our faith journey. We're invited to an intimate meal with Jesus, our Redeemer. Maybe taking a rest from our wrestling, knowing that even in the midst of wrestling there is grace and blessing.

Anything but Ordinary - Jacob's Dream by BrecksvilleUMC

The word of the week is "well". Throughout this week, ponder what significance this word might have in your life and how God might be speaking to you through its meaning. This is the second of two services scheduled for Sunday, June 19, 2022. The first takes place on our church lawn (weather permitting) at 8:30 am. Both services will be archived here. Try them out! Which do you connect with?

Life is anything but ordinary. Thankfully, we have a God who is anything but ordinary, who is with us through the mundane, the chaos, and everything in between. And like Abraham and Sarah, God’s promise to us is, “My call on your lives includes my blessing, my provision, and my journeying with you.”

Everyone is somebody—you are somebody—blown by the Spirit, the embers of your heart kindled so that your heart burns for God—so that you proclaim the gospel with every action—out in public—so that the world might know.

So what do we do? The answer is simple: love one another. Be with one another. The world does not know God. The world does not know unconditional love. But because of Jesus, we have seen God. We know what unconditional love is. And so we must go and show the world. That’s what Jesus prayed for in this prayer, so long ago. He hoped that our believing in him would mean that we would live in and live...

God doesn’t tap us on the shoulder and then leave us alone to figure it out from there. God is a constant presence, guiding, advising, hinting, strengthening us for the journey into discipleship. But how do we hear that voice? How do we know what God wants to say to us? How do we discern God’s voice in the midst of all the other voices in our talkative world?

Brecksville United Methodist has a commitment to courageous inclusion. What does that mean? Hear guest speaker, Megan Louttit, explain how this commitment has impacted her life.

Today we celebrate these people not because of the titles they hold, but because of the way their one ordinary act of love ripples out to transform the world. Today we give thanks to God for them, and pray that we might go and do likewise.

Why do the hard work of repentance—whether it’s with those groups of people we have collectively wronged, or those who we have personally, individually wronged? Paul answers this in today’s scripture...

God has done the impossible—bursting the bonds of time and space, because death has no dominion over the holy one!

On this Palm Sunday, we meditate on God's expansive love.

Brazen does not need to be big, but it is done with confidence. Like Mary saying, “I see you, Jesus, and can only imagine what’s going to happen. But I am here with you, and I love you.”

God's grace is prodigal - extravagant, illogical - and for you!

God encourages us—yearns for us—to turn toward the path of life. The path in which we recognize our God-given worth. A worth that was given to us at our birth, and affirmed at our baptism. A worth that we are reminded of with each breath and heartbeat.

God is our refuge. There is nothing that can separate you from God, or keep God from protecting you fiercely.