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Faith Resurrected: Be Sanctified
Greenup, Cottonwood, & Lerna United Methodist Churches
Rev. Cameron D St.Michael – May 16, 2021
7th Sunday of Easter
Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19.
Reflection: Psalm 1.
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Our Easter series is Faith Resurrected. Each week’s message is based on words from the Gospel reading for that week. The message for today is “Be Sanctified” and is a reflection on what it means to walk in God’s truth. How important is the truth to our faith? How can dishonesty damage our witness to Christ? Are we of the world? Our risen Savior guides us in our journey of faith.
Our scripture readings for today come from Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19.
Gifts of Christmas: The Spirit
Greenup, Cottonwood, & Lerna United Methodist Churches
Rev. Cameron D St.Michael – January 10, 2021
The Baptism of the Lord
Reading: Mark 1:4-11.
Reflection: Psalm 29.
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Day by Day: Truth
Greenup, Cottonwood, & Lerna United Methodist Churches
Rev. Cameron D St.Michael – May 17, 2020
6th Sunday of Easter
Readings: John 14:1-21
Reflection: Psalm 66
Music: Standing on the Promises; God of Grace and God of Glory
Today’s full service can be viewed on YouTube here or below.
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This week in Day by Day we look at the subject “Truth.” Why is truth important right now? What does it mean that Christ is the truth? The way? The life? If Christ is in us, and we in him, how does that change our witness? Do we act to keep those commandments Christ gave us? Day by day, we will get by with God’s help.
Our scripture reading for today comes from John 14:1-21.
“Learning to Trust” is the message for the final Sunday of Advent, and the next to last message from our Advent Journey. What does trust look like? How do we learn to trust? Why do we trust? We embark on an Advent journey to prepare for the road ahead.
Our scripture readings come from Isaiah 7:10-16 and Matthew 1:18-25.
We come closer to the end of our 7 Deadly Sins series with today’s message, “Lust.” We hear about David and his giving in to lust, bit what is lust? What makes it so deadly? What does honesty have to do with it? How do we avoid dangerous desires? We explore this and more as we explore the 7 deadly sins.
Our scripture reading comes from 2 Samuel 11:2-16.
Transcript information will be updated later.
As we finish out Prepare to Change series we come to “Be Transformed.” We hear about how Christ appeared transformed to the disciples. But what does it mean for us to be transformed by Christ? How do we transform ourselves to better spread the Gospel truth? As we prepare for Lent, we prepare to change.
Our scripture readings come from 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 and Mark 9:2-9.
The next installment of The Word in Song comes from the band Styx. “Show Me The Way” is the name of our message and is inspired by the song of the same name. Sometimes we can be disillusioned by the world. How do we handle this? Do we trust that Christ will lead us? How do we know the way? What does it mean that Christ is the way and the truth and the light? Find inspiration anywhere and everywhere, and hear the Word in song!
Our scripture reading comes from John 14:1-14.
The musical inspiration comes from Styx with “Show Me The Way.”
