Sermons at Morehead FCC

Scattered Over All the Earth: a sermon for Pentecost. Acts 2:1-21; Genesis 11:1-9

Reimagining Abundant Living

Sermon for 05/25/25 with Dr. Alana Scott

A New Heaven and a New Earth

Walking Paths of Righteousness

Breakfast at the Beach

A Sermon for Holy Humor Sunday

Glory in Unexpected Places

Save Us from the Time of Trial

We Get the Kingdom We Pray For

Our Daily Bread

On Earth as in Heaven

Hallowed Be Your Name

Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Should We Stay or Should We Go?

"Love your enemies," Jesus commands his disciples. In a world which celebrates cruelty over solidarity, how can we faithfully follow Christ's call to an ethics of love? Scripture: Luke 6:27-35 Visit fccmorehead.org to support our ministries financially through PayPal.

What does Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl half-time show have to do with the blessings and woes of Jesus's sermon on the plain in Luke 6? Listen as Pastor Nancy explores the words of prophets, those ancient and those contemporary. Scriptures: Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26

More Than Enough

Pastor Nancy explores the second half of the story of Jesus's inaugural sermon in Nazareth in her sermon, "Second Thoughts." Scripture: Luke 4:21-30

Mary's song, the Magnificat: "Now that's a radical song for Christmas, isn't it? Not some vaguely wintery tune with roasting chestnuts and sleigh rides. Luke gives us Mary's song, a protest anthem to be sung in the streets, with arms linked with our neighbors. It's a cry from the heart, with defiant fists raised in the air, unbowed. " Scripture: Luke 1:46-55

God does not call us to save the world by ourselves. Instead Spirit is always inviting us to do the good that is ours to do, the good that waits right in front of us. As Pastor Nancy says in her sermon, "In other words, if you want a kinder world, be kind. If you dream of a more generous world, be more generous. If you long for a world in which Christians are known by their love, be loving above a...

We can't go alone. The Advent journey leads us through days of shadows and darkness, when grief and loss come close to the surface, threatening to overwhelm and isolate us. Can we find ways to celebrate that indeed "Two are better than one?" May we discover in our everyday human companionship that we are lifted up by the welcoming presence of the Sacred in our neighborhoods, and that we are indeed...

You are a blessing. These are words for the beginning, words which challenge us to see ourselves and our world anew. As Pastor Nancy shares in today's sermon: "The world is a hard place right now. Truth is, it's always been so. Wherever you are today, the days of Advent invite you to pay attention, to see beyond the stories of fear which dominate our world. In this time, the powerful seek to contr...

"Little birdie, why you worry like you do? Don't you worry, just do what you can do." --lyrics from Charlie Brown Thanksgiving , Vince Guaraldi Quintet In her Thanksgiving sermon on the familiar passage, "Consider the lilies...," Pastor Nancy invites us to turn our focus from counting our own blessings and instead offer blessings to others and the world around us. Scripture: Matthew 6:25-33 To rea...

How do we respond when the world is shouting, " Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"? Do we panic? Spread rumors? Head to the hills? In her sermon, "Rumors of Love," Pastor Nancy takes a deep dive into the apocalyptic vision found in Mark 13. How would Jesus's hearers have understood his words? What about the recipients of Mark's gospel--how would their situation affect their understanding? And how...