St. Elmo UMC Sermon Podcast

Pastor Debra's last Sunday at St. Elmo UMC. The message is from Romans 5:1-5 and focuses on how we experience the Trinity. Personal experiences from the recent Annual Conference were shared, as well as how we experienced the Trinity in worship. For the entire service, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

For Pentecost Sunday, we looked at being God's children, God's heirs, and how the same Spirit that was available at the day of Pentecost is available to us today. For the entire service, check it out here on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHhWblD1OUo

Ascenscion of the Lord Sunday passage from Luke 24:44-53. For the entire service, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg For this particular service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdi_u-0y5do

Sermon from John 14:23-29, focusing on the love and peace that God offers. For the entire service, go to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

On the 4th Sunday of Easter, the message came from Psalm 23: "Caring Shepherd". We looked at different versions of the Psalm and considered how the caring shepherd meets us in our lives. For the entire service, go to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

On this 3rd Sunday of Easter we explore having breakfast with Jesus-- the physical meal he offers to the disciples and the healing and redemptive relationship he offers to Peter (and the others in their presence). Check out the entire service on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

On the 2nd Sunday of Easter we studied Psalm 150 and focused on praise: whom, what, where, how, and who. We looked at the example of child who offered us contagious excitement about Easter. For the entire service, check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

We celebrate the risen Christ on this Easter Sunday as we look at the passage from Luke 24:1-12 and the empty tomb. For the entire service, you can visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg The Easter service can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_14-p2KEA

We celebrate Jesus' journey into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, thinking through today's passage and celebrating with the crowd. For the entire service, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

The Scripture for the 5th Sunday in Lent is Isaiah 43:16-21 as we explore the "new thing" that is being done in the wilderness. For the entire service, check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

The Scripture passage for the 4th Sunday in Lent is Luke 15:1-3, 11-32. We used several readers to "act out" the passage. Today's passage brings out the themes of relationships and belonging. For the entire service, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

On this 3rd Sunday in Lent we look at Luke 13: 1-9 and explore the phrase 'changed hearts and lives'. There were technological difficulties connecting to Facebook, so there is no complete service there or on YouTube for this week.

For the 2nd Sunday in Lent we looked at the passage in Luke 13: 31-35 and how Jesus wasn't deterred from his mission and ministry. For the full service, go to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

On the first Sunday in Lent, the Scripture passage is Luke 4:1-13 in which Jesus is led into the wilderness by the Spirit. We prayed a Lenten prayer by Steve Garnaas-Holmes that reminded us that the wilderness beckons us. Then entire service can be found here on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-HqEfxwySw

The Ash Wednesday message is from Psalm 51:1-12, 19. The version is Nan Merrill's Psalms for Praying. For the entire Ash Wednesday service, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hKqG-JpxBo

We look at Jesus' transfiguration/transformation experience through the Luke passage in 9:28-36 and enter into the story to consider what this experience might have been like. For the entire service, go to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

The Scripture passage is Psalm 37:1-11 and the focus is responding to the Lord as this passage teaches us. To watch the entire service, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

The Scripture passage from Jeremiah 17:5-10 helps us know where to turn our hearts and what the results are, even through difficult times and transitional times. For the entire service, you can watch on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Cha41GzF8

The Scripture reading is from Psalm 138. We looked at the people and things for which we are thankful and the things that David mentions in the Psalm. For the full service, you can go to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ExGQBL11R8s5f0nx-EJsg

The final sermon in the short series with our friends from the 100 Aker Wood. The focus is on community. Acts 2:41-43 is the Scripture passage. Eeyore, Pooh, and Owl help us understand what it means to live in community and what that looks like as unique and diverse individuals.