Indian Run UMC Sermon Archive

In our "The God I Don't Believe In" sermon series, we will attempt name some of the most common ways God has been misrepresented-not to attack faith, but to make space for it. Each week we'll ask the same question: Is this who God actually is, or is this a distorted image we've inherited? Today we focus on the image of a distant God, a God who watches from afar, a God who feels silent in the face...

In our "What Do You Fear?" sermon series, we will attempt to name, understand, and call God to meet us at our fears. We are not aiming to amplify or shame each other for feeling our fears, but instead learn to move through it. Today we focus on the fears of Herod and Joseph. How Herod's fear turned to anger and violence, and how Joseph's fear turned into love and protection. How faithful people ar...

Join us this Christmas Eve for the continuation of the "What do you Fear?" sermon series. This Christmas hear what the Angels proclaim "Do not be afraid." not because life is easy, but because God is near. Let go of the fear and repeat the sounding joy, the joy of Christmas, the joy of the birth of Jesus Christ.

In our "What Do You Fear?" sermon series, we will attempt to name, understand, and call God to meet us at our fears. We are not aiming to amplify or shame each other for feeling our fears, but instead learn to move through it. Today we focus on the fears of Joseph and how he felt as the birth of Jesus approached. His fears of how society would treat him and his family due to their unusual circumst...

In our "What Do You Fear?" sermon series, we will attempt to name, understand, and call God to meet us at our fears. We are not aiming to amplify or shame each other for feeling our fears, but instead learn to move through it. Today we focus on the fears of John the Baptist at the end of his life; his fears on whether he had done enough in life, on whether it all really mattered in the end.

In our "What Do You Fear?" sermon series, we will attempt to name, understand, and call God to meet us at our fears. We are not aiming to amplify or shame each other for feeling our fears, but instead learn to move through it. Today we focus on the fears of Zechariah, and how his fears were assuaged through the hope brought by God.

In our "Following the Way" sermon series, we will look at various aspects if what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and how we can notice certain patterns throughout His life. Today we focus on the pattern of commitment. How Jesus redefined commitment from obligation and religious duty to instead a love that transforms into action; love made visible. We see how rather than shame Peter for his den...

In our "Following the Way" sermon series, we will look at various aspects if what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and how we can notice certain patterns throughout His life. Today we focus on the pattern of service and how Jesus' joy in life was to serve the people. He as Lord chose to serve the people and how that went against every social hierarchy in his day, and often in ours. He calls upon...

In our "Following the Way" sermon series, we will look at various aspects if what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and how we can notice certain patterns throughout His life. Today we focus on the pattern of generosity and how even when we have little to give, that little can be multiplied by God to be enough for everyone. Jesus shows us that our generosity can be and mean more than just the num...

In our "Following the Way" sermon series, we will look at various aspects if what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and how we can notice certain patterns throughout His life. Today we focus on remembering and giving thanks. All Saints' Day is a day of memory and hope. We look back with gratitude on those that came before us, and look forward with faith towards not just ourselves, but the next se...

In our "Following the Way" sermon series, we will look at various aspects if what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and how we can notice certain patterns throughout His life. Today we focus on the pattern of community. Guest preacher Reverend Jay Anderson is here to show that community is not just defined by those we live near, but by those that can reach and those that we can serve. In doing so...

In our "Following the Way" sermon series, we will look at various aspects if what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and how we can notice certain patterns throughout His life. Today we focus on the pattern of civil discourse and how Jesus sought not to win arguments, but instead win hearts. How that even in our ever divided modern world, we must strive to live together in unity and to live the wa...

In our "Following the Way" sermon series, we will look at various aspects if what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and how we can notice certain patterns throughout His life. Today we focus on the pattern of compassion and nonviolence that Jesus' taught and demonstrated. How the story of Barabbas and Pontius Pilate can serve as a mirror to help us reflect on our own feelings about peace.

In our "Following the Way" sermon series, we will look at various aspects if what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and how we can notice certain patterns throughout His life. Today we focus on the pattern of how Jesus was able to reach, engage, and connect with people where they were and how we hope to reestablish this here in the modern day in our Church.

In our "Called" sermon series, we will explore the stories of four people in the scriptures: Samuel, Ruth, Lydia, and Isaiah; and how each of them, in their own way, said "Yes" to God's call. Today we focus on Isaiah and how God calls us to use who we are and what we have for the sake of God’s work in the world.

In our "Called" sermon series, we will explore the stories of four people in the scriptures: Samuel, Ruth, Lydia, and Isaiah; and how each of them, in their own way, said "Yes" to God's call. Today we focus on Lydia's story, which invites us to consider how God’s call might have to do with the resources that we have available to us and how we might put those resources into use for God’s kingdom

In our "Called" sermon series, we will explore the stories of four people in the scriptures: Samuel, Ruth, Lydia, and Isaiah; and how each of them, in their own way, said "Yes" to God's call. Today we focus on Ruth and how God's call can come through our everyday relationships.

In our "Called" sermon series, we will explore the stories of four people in the scriptures: Samuel, Ruth, Lydia, and Isaiah; and how each of them, in their own way, said "Yes" to God's call. Today we focus on Samuel and how listening is an important first step in hearing and understanding God's call.