Wesley at FSU & TSC

Send us Fan Mail Today we celebrate our seniors who are moving on to the next, big, bold stage in their lives and we hear from four seniors about the importance of Wesley and pass down their wisdom, stories, and gratitude to the younger generations of Wesley students. Today we hear from: - Hannah Ashley, Tallahassee State College - Howie Ashley, Tallahassee State College - Bailey Thomas, Florida S...

Send us Fan Mail This week we explore John's story about the disciples scared and scarred in the room, in fear, and the peace Jesus brings them and us. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @fsuwesley.  If you feel called to contribute to our ministry, you can do so at fsuwesley.com or on Venmo @fsuwesley-foundation.

Send us Fan Mail Join us for this year's Easter sermon titled "Mercy Rising" as we read the Easter story and hear about the good news of Mercy disrupting the status quo in our own lives and bringing good and new life through God's amazing and undeserved goodness. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @fsuwesley.  If you feel called to contribute to our...

Send us Fan Mail On Palm Sunday, the crowd gets Jesus’s identity right but misses his mission, praising a King they expect to seize power while he rides in humbly toward the cross. This week's message invites all of us to ask whether we will still cry “Hosanna” when Jesus refuses to fit our expectations and instead redefines power through surrender and sacrifice. Learn more about our communit...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening! This week Howie Ashley, Wesley senior from Tallahassee State College gives a message about Judas’ betrayal and the surprising ways we see ourselves in that story when disappointment pushes us to take control. Through a vulnerable story from his own life, he reminds us that even in our worst moments, God is already at work ahead of us. Learn more about our...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's message from our Journey to the Cross series, we follow Jesus’ three passion predictions in Mark 8–10 and hear his upside-down call: deny yourself, take up your cross, and trade the world’s ladder for the way of humble service.  From the cross at the center of our worship space to the table of communion, we’re invited to remember that it was never about perform...

Send us Fan Mail In this sermon, we look at the Last Supper and how Jesus shared a meal with his disciples; even Judas, who would betray him. Hopefully this week it can serve as a reminder that real friendship isn't about keeping score or cutting people off when they let us down, but about staying committed even when things get messy. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Inst...

Send us Fan Mail In a world that glorifies hustle and defines us by our output, Sabbath is an act of holy resistance. This week's sermon confronts the lie that rest is earned, exposing how our busyness, escapism, and fear of surrender keep us from entering the rest God has already prepared.  If you need rest or Sabbath in your life, may this sermon be both an introduction and an invitation fo...

Send us Fan Mail What if the thing we need most isn't another strategy, but a sacred pause? In this message, we explore Acts 13:1–3 and discover how the early church didn't leap into mission, they fasted first. They worshiped, they waited, and in that holy stillness, the Spirit spoke. We're asking: What changes when we fast? Not as panic, but as posture. Not to manipulate God, but t...

Send us Fan Mail When the noise won't stop and exhaustion sets in, where do we turn? In this week's message, we journey with the prophet Elijah into the cave: a place of fatigue, doubt, and divine encounter.  Join us as we talk about why God doesn't always speak through the earthquake or fire, but in the whisper that cuts through chaos. Together we'll learn three ways to practi...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's "Awakened to Grace," we talk about Scripture, explore the ancient Shema prayer from Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and how grace begins with listening to God. This message challenges us to keep Scripture close not as obligation, but as a companion shaping our daily lives. Jesus affirmed and expanded the Shema by connecting love for God with love for neighbor, and...

Send us Fan Mail Awakened to Grace :: Prayer Prayer often feels awkward, boring, or intimidating but what if prayer isn’t about saying the right words or trying harder to get God’s attention? In this week's message, we begin a new series called Awakened to Grace by exploring prayer as a way of waking up to the grace that is already present in our lives. Drawing from Psalm 86 and the wisdom of...

Send us Fan Mail The FSU campus has had a difficult week. Come hear a bit of hope with us, a story of Mary's darkness being overcome by the voice of a risen Savior. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @fsuwesley.  If you feel called to contribute to our ministry, you can do so at fsuwesley.com or on Venmo @fsuwesley-foundation.

Send us Fan Mail This week we look at the journey of Christ toward the cross, using the metaphor of Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" and its crescendo as a way to see Jesus's journey to the cross as a giant crescendo of what God has been doing in our world since the very beginning. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @fsuwesley.  If you feel called to contri...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's exploration of John 12:1-8, we discover how Mary's deep attentiveness to Jesus reveals the transformative power of truly seeing others. We need to be reminded that when we ground ourselves in Christ and pay attention to those around us, we participate in God's work of love in the world. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @...

Send us Fan Mail This morning's sermon covers the story of The Prodigal Son, in which we discover two sons who are lost and still received love from the Father, as we receive love from God. Love takes decision-making, who are you choosing to love today just as God loves you? Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @fsuwesley.  If you feel called to contribute to our mi...

Send us Fan Mail In today's podcast we discuss Jesus's warning to us, a broken people, about a need for repentance and then his parable about grace from the gardener who will always give us another opportunity to grow, whether or not we bear fruit. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @fsuwesley.  If you feel called to contribute to our ministry, you can do so...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight's sermon discusses the reality of performing in our lives, the places in which it's too unhealthy, and the places in our spiritual lives where God is calling us to stop performing our spirituality in person and focus on our need for God in this Lenten season. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @fsuwesley.  If you feel called to contri...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's sermon, we explore how God responds to our cries of pain and suffering with God's unwavering presence and action. We hope it reminds us that crying out to God is not a sign of weakness but an act of faith, and that even in our darkest moments, God meets us with the simple yet profound promise, "I'm here." Major Points: Crying out to God is n...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's message about slowing down and trusting God's timing, we explore Jesus' teachings from Matthew 6 about seeking first God's kingdom and letting tomorrow worry about itself. Through personal stories about parenting and the chaos of modern life, we hope to discover how Jesus calls us to release our grip on control and embrace a different pace of lif...

Send us Fan Mail Brooke Self, senior, shares with us a message form Philippians 4 where we're invited to search our prayer lives and strengthen that part of our spiritual walk. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @fsuwesley.  If you feel called to contribute to our ministry, you can do so at fsuwesley.com or on Venmo @fsuwesley-foundation.

Send us Fan Mail Sorry for the late update due to technical difficulties! Drawing from Luke 6:17-26, today's sermon examines Jesus' counter-cultural message of blessing for the poor, hungry, and marginalized. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on Instagram @fsuwesley.  If you feel called to contribute to our ministry, you can do so at fsuwesley.com or on Venmo @fsuwesley-...

Send us Fan Mail In today's sermon on Luke 5:1-11, we explore how God's calling often builds upon our existing skills and experiences while pushing us beyond our comfort zones in order to call us. Through the story of Jesus calling the first disciples, we discover that answering God's call means shifting our focus from personal success to serving others, challenging us to consider h...

Send us Fan Mail Dive in with us on Luke 4:21-30, where we explore how modern distractions parallel the challenges Jesus faced in his hometown. The distractions we talk about: popularity, assumptions, and limited thinking. Hopefully together we'll discover practical ways to stay focused on what truly matters in our own spiritual journey. Learn more about our community at fsuwesley.com or on I...

Send us Fan Mail This Sunday, dive with us into the revolutionary concept of Jubilee as Jesus declares himself the embodiment of this ancient practice of restoration and freedom in his hometown synagogue. Rev. Bryant Manning unpacks how this message of economic justice, liberation, and fresh starts isn't just ancient history - it's a blueprint for transforming our world today. Learn more...