University Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, NC

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from John 14:1-13 Lent is the season when we ask ourselves, “Who is this Jesus, anyway? What is he about? Why should I want to follow him?” Nowhere is Jesus more clear about these questions than in the Gospel of John. He comes right out and says who he is through the seven “I am” statements. These statements are more than ancient words; they are promises that meet us i...

Sermon by Meg Peery McLaughlin from John 6 Lent is the season when we ask ourselves, “Who is this Jesus, anyway? What is he about? Why should I want to follow him?” Nowhere is Jesus more clear about these questions than in the Gospel of John. He comes right out and says who he is through the seven “I am” statements. These statements are more than ancient words; they are promises that meet us in ou...

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from John 10:1-10 Lent is the season when we ask ourselves, “Who is this Jesus, anyway? What is he about? Why should I want to follow him?” Nowhere is Jesus more clear about these questions than in the Gospel of John. He comes right out and says who he is through the seven “I am” statements. These statements are more than ancient words; they are promises that meet us i...

Sermon by Meg Peery McLaughlin from John 10:11-18 Lent is the season when we ask ourselves, “Who is this Jesus, anyway? What is he about? Why should I want to follow him?” Nowhere is Jesus more clear about these questions than in the Gospel of John. He comes right out and says who he is through the seven “I am” statements. These statements are more than ancient words; they are promises that meet u...

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from John 8:1-16 Lent is the season when we ask ourselves, “Who is this Jesus, anyway? What is he about? Why should I want to follow him?” Nowhere is Jesus more clear about these questions than in the Gospel of John. He comes right out and says who he is through the seven “I am” statements. These statements are more than ancient words; they are promises that meet us in...

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin for Ash Wednesday 2025

Sermons from 3 of our 2025 seniors

Sermon by Meg Peery McLaughlin from Luke 18: 9-14 Biblical Scholar C.H. Dodd says, “At its simplest, the parable is a metaphor drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in sufficient doubt about its precise application to tease it into active thought.” Join us this February as we pursue the parables and excavate what lessons lie wi...

Four of our PCM students preach from Matthew 18:10-14.

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from Mark 4:2-9; Matthew 13:3-11, 16 Biblical Scholar C.H. Dodd says, “At its simplest, the parable is a metaphor drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in sufficient doubt about its precise application to tease it into active thought.” Join us this February as we pursue the parables and excavate wha...

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from Luke 4: 16-30 It’s the new year. Many folks will be making resolutions about their lives. But what is a life worth living? As one philosopher said: He who has a why to live can bear any how . Loosely referencing the Life Worth Living course at Yale, co-taught by theologian Miroslav Volf, and the accompanying book of the same name, this January sermon series will e...

Sermon by Meg Peery McLaughlin from Matthew 3:13-17 It’s the new year. Many folks will be making resolutions about their lives. But what is a life worth living? As one philosopher said: He who has a why to live can bear any how . Loosely referencing the Life Worth Living course at Yale, co-taught by theologian Miroslav Volf, and the accompanying book of the same name, this January sermon series wi...

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from 1 Kings 19:9-13 It’s the new year. Many folks will be making resolutions about their lives. But what is a life worth living? As one philosopher said: He who has a why to live can bear any how . Loosely referencing the Life Worth Living course at Yale, co-taught by theologian Miroslav Volf, and the accompanying book of the same name, this January sermon series will...

Sermon by Meg Peery McLaughlin from John 12:20-26 It’s the new year. Many folks will be making resolutions about their lives. But what is a life worth living? As one philosopher said: He who has a why to live can bear any how . Loosely referencing the Life Worth Living course at Yale, co-taught by theologian Miroslav Volf, and the accompanying book of the same name, this January sermon series will...

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from Ephesians 1:3-12

A meditation for Christmas Eve

Sermon from Jarrett McLaughlin from Luke 1:39-55

Sermon from Meg Peery McLaughlin from Luke 3:1-14, 18

Sermon from Hadley Kifner from Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from John 18: 28-38a

Sermon by Nancy Myer from Hebrews 10:15-25

Sermon by Meg Peery McLaughlin from Luke 2:41-52

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from Acts 1: 15-17, 21-26 A sermon for All Saints' Sunday

Sermon by Meg Peery McLaughlin from Zechariah 8:1-8 About our sermon series: This fall we will be bombarded with bids for votes, allegiance, money, time, and anxious reactions. Amid the conflicting narratives on the news, UPC will seek to hold fast to the truest truth we know–our baptismal identity–we belong to God. In worship this fall we’ll explore what it means to be grounded in that truth.

Sermon by Jarrett McLaughlin from Deuteronomy 6:4-12 About our sermon series: This fall we will be bombarded with bids for votes, allegiance, money, time, and anxious reactions. Amid the conflicting narratives on the news, UPC will seek to hold fast to the truest truth we know–our baptismal identity–we belong to God. In worship this fall we’ll explore what it means to be grounded in that truth.