Central United Methodist Church (Arlington, Virginia) Sermon Podcast

Sermon preached on 2021-03-21 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, "God Has Work for Us To Do." Scripture, Isaiah 58: 6-12. This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, "God Has Work For Us To Do." https://vimeo.com/154877053 Our featured scripture this week speaks of being a...

Sermon preached on 2021-03-14 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, “I Choose Love.” Scripture, Luke 23: 32-43. This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, “I Choose Love” https://vimeo.com/154877032 Each time someone is baptized, the whole church body gathered also makes vows. One of t...

Sermon preached on 2021-03-07 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, "I Dream of a Church." Scripture, Matthew 25: 31-40. This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, "I Dream of a Church." https://vimeo.com/154877038 At our baptism, we promise to nurture others and are reminded...

Sermon preached on 2021-02-28 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, “How Long?” Scripture, Psalm 13. This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, “How Long?” https://vimeo.com/154877065 Over half of the liturgical songs of the Israelites were Psalms of Lament. Penned in a time of exile...

Sermon preached on 2021-02-21 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Roll Down, Justice!" Sermon, "Child of God." Scripture, Romans 8: 31-39. This worship series features the music of Mark A. Miller. Visit this link to hear his original composition, "Child of God." https://vimeo.com/145909282 In our baptismal rituals, we take a special moment to repeat the precious nam...

Sermon preached on 2021-02-14 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "God is Holding Your Life." Sermon, “In  God Alone.” Scripture, Psalm 50:1-6. “God speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.” The Psalm that comes at the end of our series speaks of an active God whose light shines for all time and in all places. God is not silent, but calls the pe...

Sermon preached on 2021-02-07 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "God is Holding Your Life." Sermon, "“We Wait, We Hope, We Stay.” Scripture, Psalm 147:1-11, 20c. Today’s Psalm comes late in the Book and offers a glimpse of a time when the exiledoutcasts are gathering back together and seeing their world built back up. We too, yearnfor a re-gathering and a day when we sing our pra...

Sermon preached on 2021-01-31 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "God is Holding Your Life." Sermon, "Whole Heart Hallelujah.” Scripture, Psalm 111. “The works of God’s hands are faithful and just.” One mode of poetry in the Psalms is all-out praise and thanksgiving, such as the one for today. We also find praise even in Psalms of lament and complaint because “God is good all the...

Sermon preached on 2021-01-24 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "God is Holding Your Life." Sermon, “In  God Alone.” Scripture, Psalm 62: 5-12. In God alone my soul finds rest, for my deliverance comes from God,  who alone is my rock, my salvation,  my fortress: I will never be shaken. Only in God—my deliverance, my glory— my refuge is God.  Trust in God always, my people;...

Sermon preached on 2021-01-10 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "God is Holding Your Life." Sermon, "Awe and Wonder.” Scripture, Psalm 29. Strength and peace is the prayer of the Psalm this week. The Psalmist says “let me count the ways” that we can know the strength of the Holy One. With awe and wonder we behold the presence of God in all the elements of creation–wate...

Sermon preached on 2021-01-17 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "God is Holding Your Life." Sermon, "Where Can I Go?” Scripture, Psalm 139: 1-18. This week’s Psalm text brings home this message: we are in an intimate relationship with God. There is nowhere we go that God is not present–no state of our being that results in our being abandoned. God has knit us together, has woven...

Sermon preached on 2021-01-03 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "God is Holding Your Life." Sermon, "These Lives are Precious.” Scripture, Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14. We do not live in a land ruled by Kings, as the hearers of our first Psalm of this series did. Nevertheless, the petitions of the psalmist for justice, deliverance, defense of the poor and oppressed, and peace for all peop...

Sermon preached on 2020-12-27 by Rev. Dr. Sarah Calvert, Arlington District Superintendent. "Go Tell it on the Mountain!" Scripture, Matthew 28:16-20. Support the show

The story of Christ's birth through scripture, song, and story. Support the show

A sermon preached for Central UMC on 2020-12-20 by the Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "Advent Apocalypse." Sermon, "The Unveiling .” Scripture, Romans 16:25-27. Support the show

A sermon preached for Central UMC on 2020-12-13 by the Rev. Allie Rosner Bass (Pastor of Arlington Temple UMC). Worship series, "Advent Apocalypse." Sermon, "Keep Awake.” Scripture, Mark 13:28-37. Support the show

Advent Apocalypse: Lessons and Carols, celebrating the season of expectation in word and song. This year our worship series Advent Apocalypse is looking at scripture that remind us Advent is not just about preparing to celebrate the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, it is also about looking forward to the return of Christ. In the Middle Ages, the Church observed Advent as a season of great solemnity....

A joint sermon preached on 2020-11-29 by the Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen (Central UMC) and the Rev. Allie Rosner Bass (Arlington Temple UMC). Worship series, "Advent Apocalypse." Sermon, "In Those Days...” Scripture, Mark 13:24-27. Support the show

Sermon preached on 2020-11-22 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "Unraveled." Sermon, "Finding Wisdom When Life Totally Unravels.” Scripture, Job 28:12-28. Support the show

Sermon preached on 2020-11-15 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Unraveled." Sermon, "The Unraveling of the Mind.” Scripture, Mark 5:1-20. Support the show

Sermon preached on 2020-11-8 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Unraveled." Sermon, "When Our Plans for Our Children Unravel.” Scripture, Exodus 1:22, 2:1-10. Support the show

Sermon preached on 2020-11-01 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "Unraveled." Sermon, "Unraveled Shame.” Scripture, John 4:1-29. Support the show

Sermon preached on 2020-10-25 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "Unraveled." Sermon, "When Humans Unravel God’s Plans for Justice.” Scripture, Exodus 7:8-23. Support the show

Sermon preached on 2020-10-18 by Rev. Sarah Harrison-McQueen. Worship series, "Unraveled." Sermon, "When Dreams Unravel.” Scripture, Jeremiah 29:1-7. Support the show

Sermon preached on 2020-10-11 by Rev. John Conway. Worship series, "Unraveled." Sermon, "Unraveled and Re-raveled.” Scripture, Acts 9:1-20. Support the show