Lakeside United Methodist Church

Sermon Series:  Vision Sermon:  Our Life Together Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  Acts 2: 42-47 Description:  Churches should always be outward facing, but community culture matters too. What did it look like then and what does it look like now to be the Church for and with one another? What are the marks of a healthy culture and community?

Sermon Series:  Vision Sermon:  Between Two Worlds Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  Habakkuk 2:1-4 Description:  Perhaps the hardest part of the visioning process is not actually coming up with an exciting vision. It is comparatively easy to dream about exciting an impactful things to do. But getting from a world in which we have plans to a world in which the vision is coming to life ofte...

Sermon Series: Vision Sermon:  Willing, Ready and Listening Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  1 Samuel 3: 1-10 Description:  Throughout Scripture, the "word of the Lord" is regularly tied to "vision." What we read in the Bible and what we hear from God is not simply for our own information or encouragement, but it is meant to come alive and make a tangible difference. What the Church despe...

Sermon Series: Vision Sermon: Stop, Start, Continue Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  Acts 9: 1-22 Description:  We have all experienced the feeling of being stuck. The feeling that something has to change for us to make it to the next level in our professional lives, personal relationships, or faith journeys. Even the Apostle Paul had a moment like this, where everything he thought he kne...

Sermon Series:  Dreaming in the Deep Water Sermon:  Reality and Dreams Speaker: Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  Luke 5:1-11 Description:  When we make the decision to trust and follow Jesus, we will come to better see and understand who Jesus really is. And in coming to better understand Jesus, it actually helps us to better understand ourselves. For Simon, this caused a moment of fear, but for Je...

Sermon Series:  Dreaming in the Deep Water Sermon: Finding Faith in the Deep Water Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  Luke 5: 1-11 Description:  Have you ever gotten the sense that Jesus is asking you to do something outside of your comfort zone? Or something that you don't think will work and might actually be risky? How we respond in these moments says a lot about who we believe Jesus to...

Sermon Series:  Dreaming In The Deep Water Sermon:  There's Someone In My Boat Speaker: Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  Luke 5:1-11 Description: Peter had met Jesus before, he had heard him speak, and he had benefitted from one of Jesus' miracles. But today, Jesus was the one asking for a favor, and in doing so he was changing their relationship. In that moment, Peter had a choice: decline for any...

Sermon:  Why Seeing IS Believing: 'Doubting Thomas' Gets It Right Scripture:  John 20:19-31 Speaker:  Amanda Stallard Description:  Join us this Sunday as we tackle the aftermath of Easter and what it looks like to wrestle with the Good News of risen Christ. History has been unkind to Thomas for casting doubt and needing proof of Jesus' resurrection...but what if Thomas is the role model we all re...

Sermon:  The Key to Freedom is Christ Scripture:  John 20: 1-18 Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description:  Jesus rising from the dead on Easter Sunday is proof of his victory over sin and death. And if Jesus broke the powers of sin and death, their power in our life can be broken as well as we come to believe in and follow the risen Jesus. Whatever it is that is holding us back, the power of the...

Sermon Series:  The Third Day: Living the Resurrection Sermon:  Jesus Scripture:  Ephesians 1:18-23 Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description: Following Jesus isn't easy, and Jesus never promised it would be. Yet, at the same time, the Bible talks quite a bit about the power and victory we have thanks to Jesus' resurrection. So, how do we hold together all these ideas of life, death, love, sufferi...

Sermon Series:  The Third Day: Living the Resurrection Sermon:  Paul Scripture:  Acts 9:1-6, 17-22 Speaker: Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description: We keep saying that the resurrection changes everything. And that's easy but still possible to say about the part of our lives we want to leave behind. But what happens when the transformation calls us to challenge and even leave behind the things we are most...

Sermon Series:  The Third Day: Living the Resurrection Sermon:  Walk to Emmaus Scripture: Luke 24:13-35 Speaker:  Troy Antonik Description:  Have you ever taken a walk and missed seeing something that was right in front of you? Have you ever been oblivious to what was going on right next to you? Oftentimes, conversations, rectangular distraction devices, or things on our mind will distract us from...

Sermon Series:  The Third Day: Living the Resurrection Title:  Thomas Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  John 20:24-31 Description:  What is the opposite of faith? Many would say "doubt," but this is a sadly mistaken assumption that drives many people out of communities of faith. In the life of Thomas, we see someone who had doubts, but whose connection to both a community of faith and the...

Sermon Series:  The Third Day: Living the Resurrection  Title:  Simon Peter Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  Matthew 26:31-35; John 21:14-17 Description:  Peter had seen the risen Jesus, and yet here he was: picking up back to his old life from before he met Jesus. If the mission wasn't over, and in fact God was doing something incedible and new, why was the one Jesus hand-seleted for lea...

Sermon Series:  The Third Day: Living the Resurrection Title:  Mary Magdalene Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  Luke 8:1-2; John 20:11-18 Description:  How many times have we thought we were over something - past it, done - only to have it creep back into our lives? A bad habit, a sin, a broken relationship, an unhealthy perspective, the weight of anxiety or loss... The power of the resurr...

Title:  Bringing the Future Into the Present Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Scripture:  Matthew 15: 21-28 Description:  In one of the more uncomfortable passages in the Gospels, Jesus seems to reject a mother's request to heal her daugher - and likens her to a dog no less! Jesus ends up healing the daugher in response to what seems like a clever come-back from the mother. But there's so much more g...

Title:  Who Am I? Scripture:  John 15:9-17 Speaker:  Rob Lewis Description: In an age of self help books and self-discovery, there is peace to be found in knowing not just who we are, but whose we are.  

Title:  Praying with Joy Scripture:  Philippians 1:1-11 Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description: Thik about the role prayer plays in your life. Is it a habit, a chore, an emergancy parachute when all else fails, or nothing at all? Or, is prayer the source of joy and connection that it's intended to be?

Title:  Good News For The Poor Scripture:  Luke 4:16-21 Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description:  As Jesus launches his earthly ministry, he reads from the book of Isaiah, but he makes a few minor edits. These edits are key to understanding who he is and why he has come. They also offer a window into his expectations of all who would follow him. 

Sermon Title:  Underestimating Jesus Scripture:  John 1:43-51 Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description: We all have our own idea of who Jesus is, what he can do, and what he wants to do in and through us. But like one of the main characters in today's story, regardless of how big or small that image is, we are likely underestimating Jesus. The invitation in today's story is to drop our expectatio...

Sermon Title: Steadying Ourselves for an Unsteady Year Scripture: Matthew 28: 16-20 Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description:  A new year is upon us, and what a year it will be! There will be drama and boredom, success and failure, conflict and peace - and this will be true from the world stage down to our own personal lives. But it is possible to remain steady in an unsteady world if we remember...

Sermon Title: God's Story to Tell Scripture:  Luke 2:1-14, 15-20 Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description: The story of the first Christmas has been told countless times in movies, TV shows, cartoons, paintings, picture books, songs, inflatables, and more. Due to the brevity of the biblical accounts, they often have to flesh the story out, adding drama, emotion, and tension. But when we look at t...

Sermon Title:  Here Is Your Tracking Number Scripture:  2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich  Description:  We all know the excitement of getting tracking numbers as Christmas packages make their way to their intended destinations. Perhaps we even know the anxiety that grows when the anticipated delivery date starts slipping closer to Christmas or you stop getting updates. And as we a...

Sermon Title Here Is Your God Scripture Isaiah 40:1-11 Speaker: Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description: A common preacher-bumper-sticker saying is that Jesus came to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. That is an important message, as we all have areas of complacency or areas where we trust things other than God, and we need to be challenged and convicted. But we all also struggle in areas...

Sermon:  Jesus, You Are Enough Scripture:  Isaiah 64: 1-9 Speaker:  Rev. Dan Wunderlich Description: Christmas is often a spectacle - lights, trees, shows, food, gifts... And even in the spiritual practices and traditions, we can take the "bigger is better approach," with massive productions like Singing Christmas Trees or performances of Handel's Messiah. And while the coming of Jesus on the firs...