First Sermons

The "Come To Your Senses" sermon series highlights the importance of using our five senses to experience God in the tangible things of life. Sometimes all we have to do is look, or listen, or smell, or taste, or touch to be reminded of God’s amazing grace all around us. As Christians, we always “need more Jesus” to see things clearly. There is stuff constantly coming into our field of vision which...

The "Come To Your Senses" sermon series highlights the importance of using our five senses to experience God in the tangible things of life. Sometimes all we have to do is look, or listen, or smell, or taste, or touch to be reminded of God’s amazing grace all around us. The healing power of touch is seen over and over again in the Bible. We also know how much a hug, a pat on the back or a gentle s...

Identifying, embracing, and building on our strengths as a community of faith and as individual followers of Jesus is essential to a future of forward momentum and ministry effectiveness as we step into the Fall of 2022 and beyond. How can we reflect the “already and not yet” nature of God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, by celebrating with gratitude the First UMC...

Identifying, embracing, and building on our strengths as a community of faith and as individual followers of Jesus is essential to a future of forward momentum and ministry effectiveness as we step into the Fall of 2022 and beyond. How can we reflect the “already and not yet” nature of God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, by celebrating with gratitude the First UMC...

Identifying, embracing, and building on our strengths as a community of faith and as individual followers of Jesus is essential to a future of forward momentum and ministry effectiveness as we step into the Fall of 2022 and beyond. How can we reflect the “already and not yet” nature of God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, by celebrating with gratitude the First UMC...

Identifying, embracing, and building on our strengths as a community of faith and as individual followers of Jesus is essential to a future of forward momentum and ministry effectiveness as we step into the Fall of 2022 and beyond. How can we reflect the “already and not yet” nature of God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, by celebrating with gratitude the First UMC...

Identifying, embracing, and building on our strengths as a community of faith and as individual followers of Jesus is essential to a future of forward momentum and ministry effectiveness as we step into the Fall of 2022 and beyond. How can we reflect the “already and not yet” nature of God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, by celebrating with gratitude the First UMC...

Identifying, embracing, and building on our strengths as a community of faith and as individual followers of Jesus is essential to a future of forward momentum and ministry effectiveness as we step into the Fall of 2022 and beyond. How can we reflect the “already and not yet” nature of God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, by celebrating with gratitude the First UMC...

“The Voice,” a singing competition on NBC will begin its 22nd season in the Fall of 2022. It’s popularity points toward the power of not only the sung, but also the spoken word. So many voices clamor for our attention daily, some that we want to hear and many that we don’t. During this series we’ll hear a variety of voices in scripture that will encourage us, surprise us, challenge us, and comfort...

“The Voice,” a singing competition on NBC will begin its 22nd season in the Fall of 2022. It’s popularity points toward the power of not only the sung, but also the spoken word. So many voices clamor for our attention daily, some that we want to hear and many that we don’t. During this series we’ll hear a variety of voices in scripture that will encourage us, surprise us, challenge us, and comfort...

“The Voice,” a singing competition on NBC will begin its 22nd season in the Fall of 2022. It’s popularity points toward the power of not only the sung, but also the spoken word. So many voices clamor for our attention daily, some that we want to hear and many that we don’t. During this series we’ll hear a variety of voices in scripture that will encourage us, surprise us, challenge us, and comfort...

“The Voice,” a singing competition on NBC will begin its 22nd season in the Fall of 2022. It’s popularity points toward the power of not only the sung, but also the spoken word. So many voices clamor for our attention daily, some that we want to hear and many that we don’t. During this series we’ll hear a variety of voices in scripture that will encourage us, surprise us, challenge us, and comfort...

“The Voice,” a singing competition on NBC will begin its 22nd season in the Fall of 2022. It’s popularity points toward the power of not only the sung, but also the spoken word. So many voices clamor for our attention daily, some that we want to hear and many that we don’t. During this series we’ll hear a variety of voices in scripture that will encourage us, surprise us, challenge us, and comfort...

“The Voice,” a singing competition on NBC will begin its 22nd season in the Fall of 2022. It’s popularity points toward the power of not only the sung, but also the spoken word. So many voices clamor for our attention daily, some that we want to hear and many that we don’t. During this series we’ll hear a variety of voices in scripture that will encourage us, surprise us, challenge us, and comfort...

“The Voice,” a singing competition on NBC will begin its 22nd season in the Fall of 2022. It’s popularity points toward the power of not only the sung, but also the spoken word. So many voices clamor for our attention daily, some that we want to hear and many that we don’t. During this series we’ll hear a variety of voices in scripture that will encourage us, surprise us, challenge us, and comfort...

“The Voice,” a singing competition on NBC will begin its 22nd season in the Fall of 2022. It’s popularity points toward the power of not only the sung, but also the spoken word. So many voices clamor for our attention daily, some that we want to hear and many that we don’t. During this series we’ll hear a variety of voices in scripture that will encourage us, surprise us, challenge us, and comfort...

Easter begins a new season. It’s a new week and a new day. The power and glory of the resurrection forges forth a new way of being. Life and death have been transformed through the work of Christ. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the weeks of the Easter season, we journey from the tomb with Jesus and the early d...

Easter begins a new season. It’s a new week and a new day. The power and glory of the resurrection forges forth a new way of being. Life and death have been transformed through the work of Christ. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the weeks of the Easter season, we journey from the tomb with Jesus and the early d...

Easter begins a new season. It’s a new week and a new day. The power and glory of the resurrection forges forth a new way of being. Life and death have been transformed through the work of Christ. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the weeks of the Easter season, we journey from the tomb with Jesus and the early d...

Easter begins a new season. It’s a new week and a new day. The power and glory of the resurrection forges forth a new way of being. Life and death have been transformed through the work of Christ. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the weeks of the Easter season, we journey from the tomb with Jesus and the early d...

Easter begins a new season. It’s a new week and a new day. The power and glory of the resurrection forges forth a new way of being. Life and death have been transformed through the work of Christ. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the weeks of the Easter season, we journey from the tomb with Jesus and the early d...

Easter begins a new season. It’s a new week and a new day. The power and glory of the resurrection forges forth a new way of being. Life and death have been transformed through the work of Christ. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the weeks of the Easter season, we journey from the tomb with Jesus and the early d...

Easter begins a new season. It’s a new week and a new day. The power and glory of the resurrection forges forth a new way of being. Life and death have been transformed through the work of Christ. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the weeks of the Easter season, we journey from the tomb with Jesus and the early d...

Although the road of life is always filled with unexpected twists and turns, the past two years of living in the midst of a global pandemic has taken this reality to a whole new level. This season of Lent we will find both comfort and challenge in the truth that a large part faithful discipleship is to just keep walking. Each step, including missteps, make the road before us and although we don’t...

Although the road of life is always filled with unexpected twists and turns, the past two years of living in the midst of a global pandemic has taken this reality to a whole new level. This season of Lent we will find both comfort and challenge in the truth that a large part faithful discipleship is to just keep walking. Each step, including missteps, make the road before us and although we don’t...