Bluegrass United Church of Christ

Reading: Matthew 5: 13-16-48 Sermon Title: Just a Sprinkle Here and a Glimmer There Pastor Pam Lee-Miller When believers are challenged to be difference-makers by allowing ourselves to be a mechanism for God's flavor and aura in the world, we are often reminded of the example Jesus gave of salt and light. Today, we are reminded again through a poignant message of challenge and encouragement We wou...

Reading: Luke 8: 40-48 Sermon Title: A Hem and a Prayer Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles Jesus did so much of his good work and ministry on the way to doing good work and ministry. That was the case when a woman, desperate with a years-long illness, pressed through the crowd in an act of incredible faith to touch the hem of his garment. What happened next was as powerful as it was beautiful. We woul...

Reading: Matthew 4: 12 - 23 Sermon Title: Dance? Fish? Surely, there’s Something! Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles When Jesus called his disciples into service he knew the kind of people he'd be working with. He knew their strengths, weaknesses, fears and skills. When he called the brothers James and John, he knew them as skilled fishermen. He knows us too... our strengths, weaknesses, fears and ski...

Reading: Galatian 3: 28 Sermon Title: Me Too! From the Inside Out Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles When the story of Bluegrass United Church of Christ is told, it will include the very special moment when two congregations, one predominantly white and progressive in its theology, the other entirely African-American and holding firmly to a much more conservative views, came together to form a united...

Reading: Luke 3: 15-16, 21-22 Sermon Title: Stepping into the Binding Water with Jesus Pastor Pam Lee-Miller It's a new day, a new year, a new decade! We go into this new season and new opportunities believing that it's possible to realize our dreams. Our new We're calling our 2020 Epiphany series "Living Into The Dream" because we believe God has something remarkable to dream into. Today, Pastor...

Reading: Matthew 2: 1-12 Sermon Title: Crossroads Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles It's a new day, a new year, a new decade! We go into this new season and new opportunities believing that it's possible to realize our dreams. Our new We're calling our 2020 Epiphany series "Living Into The Dream" because we believe God has something remarkable to dream into. We would love to have you join us for a Su...

Reading: Romans 8: 24-25 Sermon Title: Through it All Pastor Kenny Bishop As the year and the decade come to a close, we settle for a moment to give thought to the opportunities that lay ahead of us, and the voices that we may allow ourselves to hear in the days ahead. We are reminded that we often hear from God not just through the pages of the bible, but more often than not, in the voices, sound...

We would love to have you join us for a Sunday morning service. We gather at 10:00 AM at 500 Don Anna Drive in Lexington, Kentucky. You can learn more about us at www.bluegrasschurch.org and find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at bluegrassucc.

Reading: Isaiah 7: 13-15 and Matthew 1: 18-25 Sermon Title: With Us Pastor Pam Lee Miller The beloved song "Joy to the World" was written 300 years ago this year. Our 2019 Advent Series is based on the classic Christmas hymn, and this first sermon of the series explores the blessing of sharing unabashed joy. Pastor Pam reminds us of our commitment as faithful believers to the calling of being peac...

Reading: Isaiah 35: 1-10 and Luke 1: 46b-55 Sermon Title: A Rose Pastor Kenny Bishop The beloved song "Joy to the World" was written 300 years ago this year. Our 2019 Advent Series is based on the classic Christmas hymn, and this first sermon of the series explores the blessing of sharing unabashed joy. Pastor Kenny reminds us of our commitment as faithful believers to the calling of being joy in...

Reading: Isaiah 2: 1-5 & Romans 13: 11-14 Sermon Title: The "A" Life Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles The beloved song "Joy to the World" was written 300 years ago this year. Our 2019 Advent Series is based on the classic Christmas hymn, and this second sermon of the series explores the blessing of sharing loving joy. Pastor Marsha reminds us of our commitment as faithful believers to the calling of...

Reading: Isaiah 2: 1-5 & Romans 13: 11-14 Sermon Title: Life Is... Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles The beloved song "Joy to the World" was written 300 years ago this year. Our 2019 Advent Series is based on the classic Christmas hymn, and this first sermon of the series explores the joy sharing joy. Pastor Marsha reminds us of our commitment as faithful believers to the calling of being joy in our...

Reading: Matthew 6: 28-30 Sermon Title: They've Been Here Pastor Kenny & Mason Bishop November is Native American Heritage Month. The First People lived here, hunted here, cared for the land, raised their families and worshipped here. Mason Bishop is a member of the Acoma Tribe of the Pueblo Nation, and a student of Environmental Science and Environmental Justice with an emphasis on how to blend I...

Reading: Genesis 32: 22-31 Sermon Title: Wrestling With God in the Dark Pastor Pam Lee-Miller Sometimes doing the right thing, the work of God means meeting the task head-on. Sometimes it even means wrestling with God. In today's sermon, Pastor Pam Lee-Miller takes us back to the struggle between two brothers who fought it out, even while accomplishing God's plan for their lives and the world. We...

Reading: Amos 5: 18-24 Sermon Title: Thankful Action Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles In the month of Thanksgiving we take the time to give thanks to God for opportunities... opportunities to love, to believe, to give and to serve. In this powerful service, Pastor Marsha challenges us to step out of what we know best, our comfort zones, to imagine those opportunities and the ways the world will know...

Reading: Mark 4: 35-41 Sermon Title: Riding Out the Storm With Jesus Pastor Pam Lee-Miller Everyone faces storms in their life. They come in the form of personal issues; sometimes it's a health-related storm, or emotional, financial, or even about a relationship. Sometimes we endure it all alone, but Jesus extends the invitation to ride along with us. The storm is still there, but with Jesus, we h...

Reading: Psalm 25: 1-5 Sermon Title: A New Favorite Color Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles Issues that some believe are simple to explain, black and white, are often much more nuanced and complicated. Even while some churches and pastors preach a gospel of "hard truths," we believe that God sees our world for what it is, shade after shade of color. We would love to have you join us for a Sunday morn...

Reading: Mark 16: 1-8 Sermon Title: Surprise! Pastor Kenny Bishop When the Mary's who came to the tomb after Jesus had been crucified, they were surprised to find the grave empty. Just like Jesus, we have the ability to make the lives of those we meet more meaningful, more powerful and even surprisingly wonderful. We would love to have you join us for a Sunday morning service. We gather at 10:00 A...

Reading: Acts 4: 32-35 Sermon Title: Together We Can Pastor Pam Lee-Miller Sometimes we may feel that our small portion can't do much to make any kind of difference in the community. With this fourth sermon in our series, "It's a Wonder-Full Life," Pastor Pam reminds us that as a congregation, as a community, as a family, we can. And when we do, we offer hope and love and we're finding people to l...

Reading: 1 Timothy 6: 17-19 Sermon Title: The Cost of Hope Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles Some of the biggest scandals in America's history involved people who looked like they had it all together. Come to find out, they'd been living and succeeding off the hard-earned finances of others, and when that wealth was gone, their reputation was too. Marsha reminds us that in whatever way we may be rich...

Reading: Matthew 6: 19-24 Sermon Title: Treasures Unseen Pastor Kenny Bishop Most of us have boxes of "treasures" sitting in our garages and attics, just waiting for us to come back to them and relive the moment that made them special. In this talk, Pastor Kenny reminds of that real treasures cannot be held or touched, but can only be felt. This is the second sermon in our four-week series, "It's...

Reading: Matthew 22: 15-22 Sermon Title: Enough is Enough Pastor Marsha J. Moors-Charles This is the first sermon in our four-week series, "It's a Wonder-Full Life." As we open our eyes and come out of any avoidance we have regarding our feelings about money, we ask God to be with us on this journey, giving us fresh perspectives that can shift any dis-ease that holds us back from a courageous visi...

The final sermon in our series, "Hits & Misses" speaks to the messengers in our lives that may be dismissed or discarded simply because of their religion, nationality, gender, economic status or appearance. These are the things that happen when we're being misused or when we are doing the misusing Reading: Genesis 16: 1-6, 21: 8-21, John 4: 4-17 Sermon Title: Discarded Messengers Pastor Marsha J....

We continue our series, "Hits & Misses.' In this series, we learn lessons from the successes we've enjoyed and even our failures. We will take a look at some of the Bibles some of the most interesting characters and how their failures became transformative moments for them and us... misplaced, mistaken, misgivings, misunderstandings, misfortune and misjudged. Today we learn the lesson of judging a...

We continue our series, "Hits & Misses.' In this series, we learn lessons from the successes we've enjoyed and even our failures. We will take a look at some of the Bibles some of the most interesting characters and how their failures became transformative moments for them and us... misplaced, mistaken, misgivings, misunderstandings, misfortune and misjudged. Today Pastor Marsha challenges us to a...