Sermons from Upper Dublin Lutheran Church

From Tanzanian grace to Charlottesville's disgrace! Pastor Dyan reminds us of our calling to love all people in Christ -without labels of race or religion-or supremacy!

Pastor Keith reflects on Jesus' miracle of feeding the 5,000 and the ordinary and everyday miracles in life that we often take for granted.

Pastor Keith reflects on Jesus' parables that compare the kingdom of God to a mustard seed, yeast, a hidden treasure, and pearl of great price—small things that have surpassing value.

Pastor Keith's dog, Charlie, is the easiest person in his life to please. It got him thinking: is God easier to please than we think since God loves us more than we can imagine?

"The Parable of the Sower" is the theme of Pastor Dyan's sermon. God sows seeds of his Word wildly, extravagantly without calculating where it lands! He can bring growth and abundance from any and all settings or circumstances!

Pastor Keith invites us to spend time this summer in holy rest, remembering that our true value and worth are derived not from what we do, but from who we are—loved by God and recipients of God's grace.

Our ASP Team shares their God Moments from their week of service with the Appalachia Service Project in Tennessee.

Pastor Lawlor addresses Jesus' controversial expression to his followers, "I have not come to bring peace burt sword"! Religion can cause divisions in our family relations and the stakes are high for the entire world.

Pastor Keith draws on the new book Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant as well as the memoir Wild by Cheryl Strayed to reflect on the passage from Romans, "for we know that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us."

Pastor Dyan shares how the wonders of nature and her own miraculous moments with bluebirds refresh our souls ! Using the creation story from a Genesis 1 --she reminds us to 'tend God's garden' for it is His world!

Seminarian Eric Schwirian preaches that at Jesus' Ascension into Heaven he promised there would be witnesses to the Gospel at the ends of the earth. At Upper Dublin, we are the living proof of this promise!

Pastor Dyan tells story of Apostle Paul in Athens--and a mysterious statue to an "unknown God!" We are challenged to share his story!

Youth Sunday Messages from Jake Pogorzelski and Nate Russek.

Pastor Keith reflects on how breaking bread is at the heart of the Christian community and can connect us across geography, language, and culture—with stories about a recent wedding, eating goulash in Slovakia, and this morning's First Holy Communion.

Pastor Lawlor tells stories of our global mission partnership (for 12 years now ) with The Northeastern Diocese of Tanzania in Lushoto!!

The Blues Brothers of a Mission From God

Pastor Dyan reminds usl 'new life starts in the dark...in the womb and in the tomb...' (quoting Barbara Brown Taylor) And calls us then to rise up or awaken to the new day Christ brings on Easter! (Reveille is played as finale on trumpet to enforce the message!!)

Reflecting on the stories of Ezekiel and the Valley of Dry Bones and the Raising of Lazarus, Pastor Anderson reflects on those moments in our lives when we ask ourselves whether new life is truly possible and, as God asks Ezekiel, "Can these bones live?" Spoiler alert: the answer is yes.

Congregation joins in the fun children's song "I just wanna be a sheep, baa, baa, baaa...!!" in this sermon Pastor Dyan gives on The 23rd Psalm! A psalm she stresses and illustrates is NOT just for funerals, but for everyday life's serene hills and troubled valleys.

Pastor Lawlor enacts a story called "Hip pocket God" -- The story reveals stages of life that can move us from vibrant intimacy with God --to a formal business-relationship and finally to a mere distant acquaintance... with our Lord! Then one day a vulnerable child can change everything and her tragedy bring us back on course with God's gracious love!

Seminarian Eric Schwirian preaches that Scripture can help us in our daily challenges to overcome temptation and is a source of nourishment for our faith in Jesus Christ.

In this Transfiguration Sunday sermon, Pastor Keith draws inspiration from the music and Grammy performances of Chance the Rapper and Beyonce. Like all great artists, they illumine the world in such a way that it transforms and transfigures the way we see it (and ourselves) and enable to see moments of transfiguration everywhere.