Mankato Hilltop Podcast

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. With two wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, and our restless hearts so prone to raging at others, especially with another election cycle about to start, PEACE comes surging into our midst again this Advent. It comes on the wings of the angels to the shepherds and in the words of the prophet Isaiah in our biblical texts, it comes in the songs of th...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. With two wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, and our restless hearts so prone to raging at others, especially with another election cycle about to start, PEACE comes surging into our midst again this Advent. It comes on the wings of the angels to the shepherds and in the words of the prophet Isaiah in our biblical texts, it comes in the songs of th...

This is part 3 of 3 episodes where we sit down with Pastor Matt Sipe, Rev. Brian Marcoulier, Pastor Jake Adams-Wilson, Pastor Matt Fowler, and Pastor Rob Hamilton. This time they discuss what 3 things each of them feels the congregation needs to know about the life of a Pastor and what has been the most important thing they have learned in that role.  Text NEW to 507-575-4222 to connect with Hillt...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. With two wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, and our restless hearts so prone to raging at others, especially with another election cycle about to start, PEACE comes surging into our midst again this Advent. It comes on the wings of the angels to the shepherds and in the words of the prophet Isaiah in our biblical texts, it comes in the songs of th...

This is part 2 of 3 episodes where we sit down with Pastor Matt Sipe, Rev. Brian Marcoulier, Pastor Jake Adams-Wilson, Pastor Matt Fowler, and Pastor Rob Hamilton. This time they discuss the split currently happening in the United Methodist Church and what it means to each of their respective conferences.  Text NEW to 507-575-4222 to connect with Hilltop United Methodist Church. Hilltop United Met...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. Hilltop is in the middle of a Capital Campaign called: Honor the Past - Hope for the Future. This campaign is based off of Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." For the next several weeks we'll be sharing about who God is, wh...

This is part 1 of 3 episodes where we sit down with Pastor Matt Sipe, Rev. Brian Marcoulier, Pastor Jake Adams-Wilson, Pastor Matt Fowler, and Pastor Rob Hamilton. This time they discuss what some of the best things about being a pastor are and what their friendship really means to them.   Text NEW to 507-575-4222 to connect with Hilltop United Methodist Church. Hilltop United Methodist Church is...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. Hilltop is in the middle of a Capital Campaign called: Honor the Past - Hope for the Future. This campaign is based off of Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." For the next several weeks we'll be sharing about who God is, wh...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. Hilltop is in the middle of a Capital Campaign called: Honor the Past - Hope for the Future. This campaign is based off of Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." For the next several weeks we'll be sharing about who God is, wh...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. Hilltop is in the middle of a Capital Campaign called: Honor the Past - Hope for the Future. This campaign is based off of Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." For the next several weeks we'll be sharing about who God is, wh...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. Hilltop is in the middle of a Capital Campaign called: Honor the Past - Hope for the Future. This campaign is based off of Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." For the next several weeks we'll be sharing about who God is, wh...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. The old axiom is true: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. While the world around us seems to devolve into chaos, fighting, and constant bickering, we want to chart a different way. A Jesus-centered way. We find ourselves in a cultural moment where people simply want to feel seen, heard, and loved. The goo...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. The old axiom is true: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. While the world around us seems to devolve into chaos, fighting, and constant bickering, we want to chart a different way. A Jesus-centered way. We find ourselves in a cultural moment where people simply want to feel seen, heard, and loved. The goo...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. The old axiom is true: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. While the world around us seems to devolve into chaos, fighting, and constant bickering, we want to chart a different way. A Jesus-centered way. We find ourselves in a cultural moment where people simply want to feel seen, heard, and loved. The goo...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. The old axiom is true: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. While the world around us seems to devolve into chaos, fighting, and constant bickering, we want to chart a different way. A Jesus-centered way. We find ourselves in a cultural moment where people simply want to feel seen, heard, and loved. The goo...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. The old axiom is true: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. While the world around us seems to devolve into chaos, fighting, and constant bickering, we want to chart a different way. A Jesus-centered way. We find ourselves in a cultural moment where people simply want to feel seen, heard, and loved. The goo...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. During this series we will be looking at some popular songs from the 1970s and a matching scripture lesson. We will see how God might be speaking and using secular music to share a message of grace and gospel for us today. Join us each week as we highlight a different song from the 1970s. Text NEW to 507-575-4222 to connect with Hilltop United M...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. During this series we will be looking at some popular songs from the 1970s and a matching scripture lesson. We will see how God might be speaking and using secular music to share a message of grace and gospel for us today. Join us each week as we highlight a different song from the 1970s. Text NEW to 507-575-4222 to connect with Hilltop United M...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. During this series we will be looking at some popular songs from the 1970s and a matching scripture lesson. We will see how God might be speaking and using secular music to share a message of grace and gospel for us today. Join us each week as we highlight a different song from the 1970s. Text NEW to 507-575-4222 to connect with Hilltop United M...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. During this series we will be looking at some popular songs from the 1970s and a matching scripture lesson. We will see how God might be speaking and using secular music to share a message of grace and gospel for us today. Join us each week as we highlight a different song from the 1970s. Text NEW to 507-575-4222 to connect with Hilltop United M...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. During this series we will be looking at some popular songs from the 1970s and a matching scripture lesson. We will see how God might be speaking and using secular music to share a message of grace and gospel for us today. Join us each week as we highlight a different song from the 1970s. Text NEW to 507-575-4222 to connect with Hilltop United M...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. Genesis 2:7 says "The Lord God formed the human from the topsoil of the fertile land and blew life's breath into his nostrils." Adam was created out of dust of the Earth. How could there be any more of a relationship with the Earth than to be created out of it? It's as if God scooped up a couple handfuls of earth and formed h...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. Genesis 2:7 says "The Lord God formed the human from the topsoil of the fertile land and blew life's breath into his nostrils." Adam was created out of dust of the Earth. How could there be any more of a relationship with the Earth than to be created out of it? It's as if God scooped up a couple handfuls of earth and formed h...

Hello and welcome, thanks for visiting this channel. If Jesus ever preached a sermon, should we take to heart what that sermon's message is? It just so happens that Jesus gives us one of his longest teachings in a sermon, called: The Sermon on the Mount. In the gospel of Matthew, chapters 5-7, Jesus preaches a sermon with some of the most poignant teaching for us as Christians. This sermon la...

Welcome to our Hilltop UMC Mankato podcast.  This week, Rev. Allison Warren reads from Luke 24:13-36, the road to Emmaus story.  Bishop Lanette Plambeck follows with her Episcopal address for the Minnesota Annual Conference.  Using the Emmaus story, the Bishop asks us when our Creator stopped us in our tracks, what were we doing, whom were we with, and how were we made aware of God with us? Text N...