Monthly Archives: September 2010

Sermon – September 26, 2010: A Service Call

September 26, 2010 – 12:59 pm

If you have ever had a broken down appliance, you know how frustrating it is to nail down an appliance repairman to make A Service Call. Do you suppose God ever tires of “holding” for all of our “wait – a – minutes” and busy signals we offer when we shy away from the vow [...]

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Sermon – September 19, 2010: A Gift is a Terrible Thing to Waste

September 20, 2010 – 11:41 am

You have a gift! You are gifted! Seriously, it is true! This is not just a word of affirmation to make you feel good or better about yourself. Scripture - I Corinthians 12:1-13 – says it is true! Are you aware of your gift(s)? Are you using your gifts for the building up of the church? [...]

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Sermon – September 12, 2010: Sunday: It’s Not A Day Off

September 14, 2010 – 10:25 am

We continue our 5 part sermon series entitled Church 101 with this lesson on the vow to faithfully support the church by our PRESENCE.  We look at 2 parables – The Parable of The Lost Sheep and The Parable of The Lost Coin. Both can be found in Luke 15:1-10. In both parables the roll [...]

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Please Don’t Burn the Quran

September 10, 2010 – 2:13 pm

If you are like me, you no doubt are following the story of the pastor in Florida who is considering burning copies of the Quran this weekend.  I get a weekly email newsletter from the senior pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas.  This is what Rev. Adam Hamilton had to [...]

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Sermon – September 5, 2010: CHURCH 101: PRAYERS – A Bunch of Liars, or Not?

September 8, 2010 – 2:21 pm

Children everywhere are going back to school. Guess what? So are we! We are beginning a year long course entitledDiscipleship 101. We will start with a five week sermon series titled Church 101. In this series we are reviewing the membership vow to faithfully support the church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, [...]

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Is St. Mark’s UMC Too Bland?

September 8, 2010 – 1:14 pm

Check out this article by Robin Russell of UMC news service.
http://www.umportal.org/article.asp?id=7101
So having read it, what do you think?  Is St. Mark’s UMC too bland?  Perhaps we are not as bad as Russell describes but we could certainly improve.  What would you recommend?  Do we ask enough of members?  Should we do more to explain the [...]

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