First Olympia Sermons

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Heather who continues our Stewardship series: Cultivating a Future of Hope by preaching on Mark 4: 26-29. In her message, Pastor Heather spoke on how being sowers of God's word requires immense faith in things unseen.

This week, we heard a sermon from Pastor Alexa, who continued our Stewardship series: Cultivating a Future of Hope by preaching on Mark 4: 13-20. In her message, Pastor Alexa reflected on some challenges our church faces in our ministry this season.

This week, we heard a sermon from Pastor Heather who began our Stewardship series: Cultivating a Future of Hope by preaching on Mark 4: 1-9. In her message, Pastor Heather described sowing God’s grace generously… and with a little chaos, to reach far and wide.

This week, we heard a sermon from Pastor Heather who concluded our Fall worship series: Come to the Table by preaching on the theme of Joy in Philippians 2:1-13 & Matthew 21: 23-32. In her message, Pastor Heather invited us to celebrate World Communion Sunday as equals at God’s table.

This week, we heard a sermon from our Director of Children’s Ministry, Miss Brittney who continued our Fall worship series: Come to the Table by preaching on the theme of grace in Philippians 1: 21-30  & Matthew 20: 1-16. In her message, Miss Brittney asserted that God’s Table of Grace is open to all — no matter how long you’ve been sitting down.

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Alexa who continues our Fall worship series: Come to the Table by preaching on the theme of Peace in Romans 14: 1-12 & Matthew 18: 21-35. In her message, Pastor Alexa compared “Pax Romana” and “Pax Christi” and explained how the Peace of Christ will always triumph over the false peace of empire.

This week, we participated in another pulpit swap around the South Sound United Methodist Co-op. While Pastors Heather and Alexa were away, Pastor Kelly Dahlman-Oeth joined us from Shelton UMC and continued our Fall worship series: Come to the Table by preaching on Romans 13: 8-14 & Matthew 18: 15-20. In his message, Pastor Kelly introduced the Table of Love and how to question the ‘rules’ that se...

This week, we heard a sermon from Pastor Heather who kicked off our next worship series: Come to the Table by preaching on the theme of hospitality in Romans 12: 9-21 & Matthew 16: 24-25. In her message, Pastor Heather shared some of the many ways we eat together in both worship and fellowship and how that community reveals a deeper part of our humanity. 

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Heather who introduced our next worship series by preaching on Colossians 3: 12-17. In her message, Pastor Heather reminded us that God’s table is open to all who gather around it.  We’re in between worship series this week. In this transition, we held a hymn sing and began looking ahead to our next series: Come to the Table. When we say “yes” to a place at...

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Heather who wrapped up our Summer worship series: Camp FUMCO by preaching on Pilippians 1: 3-11. In her message, Pastor Heather shared with us some of the lessons our kids learned at Vacation Bible School last week and the celebrations we have to share with one another.

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Heather as she continues our Summer worship series: Camp FUMCO by preaching on the theme of injustice in Numbers 27: 1-11. In her message, Pastor Heather invites us to consider our prayers as petitions—asking God for guidance and a commitment to act according to God’s will. 

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Alexa who continued our Summer worship series: Camp FUMCO by preaching on the theme of guidance in 1 Kings 3: 3-15. In her message, Pastor Alexa shared some Biblical context for the kings of Israel, reminded us that Solomon was both a wise and fallible leader, and asked us to consider putting our humble trust in a God we cannot see. 

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Heather who continued our Summer worship series: Camp FUMCO by preaching on the classic camp story of Jonah. In her message, Pastor Heather reflects on how hard it can be to truly “love our neighbor” the way God asks us to. 

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Alexa who continued our Summer worship series: Camp FUMCO by preaching on the theme of bravery in Esther 4. In her message, Pastor Alexa challenged us to practice our faith through prayer and community—so that, when crisis strikes, we already have the skills ready to change the world.

If you missed Pastor Kellen's Message on Sunday, here it is again just for you. This Sunday, he kicked off our second Summer worship series: Camp FUMCO by preaching on John 1:35-51 and how being invitational to do life with other people means setting aside our prejudice.

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Heather who concluded our worship series: Treasure in Clay Jars by preaching on 2 Corinthians 12: 2-10. In her message, Pastor Heather reminds us one final time that we are NOT called to be "perfect" vessels for God's work. 

This week, we heard a sermon from Pastor Heather who continued our worship series: Treasure in Clay Jars by preaching on 2 Corinthians 8: 7-15. In her message, Pastor Heather gave a reminder that not all gifts are monetary and that fully participating in our communities is both an act of giving and receiving.

This week, we heard a sermon from Pastor Heather who continued our worship series: Treasure in Clay Jars by preaching on 2 Corinthians 6: 1-13. In her message, Pastor Heather explains what Paul meant by asking us to risk having "nothing" so that we might gain "everything."

This week, we hear a sermon from our Director of Children’s Ministry, Brittney Gilleland, who continued our worship series: Treasure in Clay Jars by preaching on 2 Corinthians 5: 6-17. In her message, Brittney speaks on the thin space between Life and Death and urges us to use our time on earth to boldly speak up and share God’s love.

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Heather who continues our worship series: Treasure in Clay Jars by preaching on 2 Corinthians 4:13 - 5:1. In her message, Pastor Heather reminds us that, while we may long for the peace and eternity of heaven, God's work for us in our temporary bodies here on earth is just as important.

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Heather who began our new worship series: Treasure in Clay Jars by preaching on 2 Corinthians 4: 5-12 and inviting us to see our bodies as fragile vessels for God's love to live beyond ourselves.

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Alexa. Between worship series this Native American Ministries Sunday, she shared a message about the importance of names and the role that we as United Methodists have played in perpetuating colonialism done in our name.

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Alexa who continues our Eastertide worship series by preaching on Acts 1: 6-14. In her message, Pastor Alexa invites us to understand the Kingdom of God as their dream for the world becoming real through the mission of God’s people. And that the logistical details are not ours to know…

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Heather, who continues our Eastertide worship series by preaching on Acts 17: 22-31 and the theme of judgment. In her sermon, Pastor Heather unpacks how Christians have historically weaponized a misunderstanding of God’s judgment and invites us to celebrate the decisions made in favor of LGBTQ+ inclusion made at General Conference last week. 

This week, we hear a sermon from Pastor Alexa, who continues our Eastertide worship series by preaching on Acts 7: 55-60 and the theme of sacrifice. In her sermon, Pastor Alexa offers the reminder that it is often harder to live our lives as a living sacrifice to God than to claim we’d sacrifice our lives in the name of our faith.