Midway Christian Church Sermon Podcast

Midway Christian Church sermon for July 5, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: Hope in Bloom: Practicing Spiritual Gardening “What does it mean to ‘grow in the Spirit’ in a world that often feels divided and exhausted? In this series, we move beyond seeing the Fruit of the Spirit as a checklist for individual perfection. Instead, we explore these ni...

Midway Christian Church sermon for June 28, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: Hope in Bloom: Practicing Spiritual Gardening “What does it mean to ‘grow in the Spirit’ in a world that often feels divided and exhausted? In this series, we move beyond seeing the Fruit of the Spirit as a checklist for individual perfection. Instead, we explore these n...

Midway Christian Church sermon for June 21, 2026 Guest Preacher: Rev. Christy Messick, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY “Who is My Neighbor?" Luke 10:25-37 True neighborliness is about the joy, and inconveniences, of being confronted with one another’s reality. It’s about realizing that there is someone in a ditch and not pretending you did not see them. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.midwaychristian.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠...

Midway Christian Church sermon for June 7, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: Hope in Bloom: Practicing Spiritual Gardening “What does it mean to ‘grow in the Spirit’ in a world that often feels divided and exhausted? In this series, we move beyond seeing the Fruit of the Spirit as a checklist for individual perfection. Instead, we explore these ni...

Midway Christian Church sermon for June 7, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: Hope in Bloom: Practicing Spiritual Gardening “What does it mean to ‘grow in the Spirit’ in a world that often feels divided and exhausted? In this series, we move beyond seeing the Fruit of the Spirit as a checklist for individual perfection. Instead, we explore these ni...

Midway Christian Church sermon for May 31, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: Hope in Bloom: Practicing Spiritual Gardening “What does it mean to ‘grow in the Spirit’ in a world that often feels divided and exhausted? In this series, we move beyond seeing the Fruit of the Spirit as a checklist for individual perfection. Instead, we explore these ni...

Midway Christian Church/Historic Second Christian Church sermon for May 24, 2026 Pastor Rick Smith, Historic Second Christian, Church, Midway KY “How will you respond when the Spirit moves?” Acts 1:12-14 Jesus has ascended into heaven and the disciples are now waiting. For what at this point, they do not know. All they know is that Jesus tells them before he leaves, that they will be baptized in t...

Midway Christian Church sermon for May 17, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: Hope in Bloom: Practicing Spiritual Gardening “What does it mean to ‘grow in the Spirit’ in a world that often feels divided and exhausted? In this series, we move beyond seeing the Fruit of the Spirit as a checklist for individual perfection. Instead, we explore these ni...

Midway Christian Church sermon for May 10, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: Hope in Bloom: Practicing Spiritual Gardening “What does it mean to ‘grow in the Spirit’ in a world that often feels divided and exhausted? In this series, we move beyond seeing the Fruit of the Spirit as a checklist for individual perfection. Instead, we explore these ni...

Midway Christian Church sermon for May 3, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: Hope in Bloom: Practicing Spiritual Gardening “What does it mean to ‘grow in the Spirit’ in a world that often feels divided and exhausted? In this series, we move beyond seeing the Fruit of the Spirit as a checklist for individual perfection. Instead, we explore these nin...

Midway Christian Church sermon for April 26, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: A New Creation This is an invitation to harvest the fruits which came from being rooted in the Good News. As we embrace the new life given to us in Jesus, let us expand our vision to realize that this new life is not only spiritual and not only human, but a new life for...

Midway Christian Church sermon for April 19, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: A New Creation This is an invitation to harvest the fruits which came from being rooted in the Good News. As we embrace the new life given to us in Jesus, let us expand our vision to realize that this new life is not only spiritual and not only human, but a new life for...

Midway Christian Church sermon for April 12, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY Worship Series: A New Creation This is an invitation to harvest the fruits which came from being rooted in the Good News. As we embrace the new life given to us in Jesus, let us expand our vision to realize that this new life is not only spiritual and not only human, but a new life for...

Midway Christian Church sermon for April 6, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian Church, Midway, KY Worship Series: “Rooted in the Good News” “Following Jesus leads to a richer, more expansive life, but it’s not necessarily comfortable. We often describe Jesus’ ministry as “radical” which comes from the Latin word “radicalis,” meaning “root” or “ground.”¹ Therefore, Jesus’ ministry br...

Midway Christian Church sermon for March 29, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian Church, Midway, KY Worship Series: “Rooted in the Good News” “Following Jesus leads to a richer, more expansive life, but it’s not necessarily comfortable. We often describe Jesus’ ministry as “radical” which comes from the Latin word “radicalis,” meaning “root” or “ground.”¹ Therefore, Jesus’ ministry b...

Midway Christian Church sermon for March 22, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian Church, Midway, KY Worship Series: “Rooted in the Good News” “Following Jesus leads to a richer, more expansive life, but it’s not necessarily comfortable. We often describe Jesus’ ministry as “radical” which comes from the Latin word “radicalis,” meaning “root” or “ground.”¹ Therefore, Jesus’ ministry b...

Midway Christian Church sermon for March 15, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian Church, Midway, KY Worship Series: “Rooted in the Good News” “Following Jesus leads to a richer, more expansive life, but it’s not necessarily comfortable. We often describe Jesus’ ministry as “radical” which comes from the Latin word “radicalis,” meaning “root” or “ground.”¹ Therefore, Jesus’ ministry b...

Midway Christian Church sermon for March 8, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian Church, Midway, KY Worship Series: “Rooted in the Good News” “Following Jesus leads to a richer, more expansive life, but it’s not necessarily comfortable. We often describe Jesus’ ministry as “radical” which comes from the Latin word “radicalis,” meaning “root” or “ground.”¹ Therefore, Jesus’ ministry br...

Midway Christian Church sermon for March 1, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian Church, Midway, KY Worship Series: “Rooted in the Good News” “Following Jesus leads to a richer, more expansive life, but it’s not necessarily comfortable. We often describe Jesus’ ministry as “radical” which comes from the Latin word “radicalis,” meaning “root” or “ground.”¹ Therefore, Jesus’ ministry br...

Midway Christian Church sermon for February 22, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian Church, Midway, KY Worship Series: “Rooted in the Good News” “Following Jesus leads to a richer, more expansive life, but it’s not necessarily comfortable. We often describe Jesus’ ministry as “radical” which comes from the Latin word “radicalis,” meaning “root” or “ground.”¹ Therefore, Jesus’ ministr...

MidwayChristian Church sermon for February 8, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY "Can its Saltiness be Restored?" Matthew 5:13-20 We don’t get to pick and choose what we follow and what we don’t. We don’t get to pick who we show grace to and who we won’t. We are called to be salt of the earth, light of the world, in all things, through all things, to all God’s peo...

Midway Christian Church sermon for January 25, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY “Lord, Prepare Me to be a Sanctuary” Psalm 63:1-3 NOTE: Since inclement weather cancelled in-person services, today’s video message is a conversation with the congregation about Pastor McColl’s plans for a sabbatical in the fall of 2027, which will be to focus on being a living sanct...

Midway Christian Church sermon for January 18, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY “Proclaiming the Good News” Matthew 4:12-23 Knowing that Jesus was executed as a criminal by the powers that be for what he said, for what he did, for not following the orders of Rome, we still answered the call to follow Him. We pledged our loyalty to a different kingdom, the Kingdo...

Midway Christian Church sermon for January 11, 2026 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, Midway Christian, Church, Midway KY “Baptism” Scripture: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Today we remember our baptism. The remembering of that moment is an opportunity for us to reclaim, to reaffirm who we are, especially when that narrative in our heads sometimes tells us that we are not enough, especially because we live in a w...

Midway Christian Church sermon for December 14, 2025 Rev. Dr. Heather W. McColl, MidwayChristian Church, Midway, KY Worship Series: “How does a weary world rejoice?” Joy is often a companion to many other emotions. We can feel joy in addition to feeling many other things at once: grief, anticipation, anxiety, excitement, disappointment, exhaustion. Perhaps many of us live with the myth that joy is...