Author: CokesburyUMC

3rd Sunday After Pentecost – 6/21/20

Eschatology Junkies – Mark 4.21-29Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, our God, you know who we are: People with good and bad onsciences; satisfied and dissatisfied, sure and unsure people; Christians out of conviction and Christians out of habit; believers, half-believers, and unbelievers. But now we are before you: … [Read more…]

2nd Sunday After Pentecost – 6/14/20

The Sower Reconsidered – Matthew 13.18-23Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail GATHERING Prayer:Lord, our God, you know who we are: People with good and bad consciences; satisfied and dissatisfied, sure and unsure people; Christians out of conviction and Christians out of habit; believers, half-believers, and unbelievers. … [Read more…]

Trinity Sunday – 6/7/20

Uncomfortable – Matthew 13.1-9Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, our God, you know who we are: People with good and bad consciences; satisfied and dissatisfied, sure and unsure people; Christians out of conviction and Christians out of habit; believers, half-believers, and unbelievers. But now we are before you: in … [Read more…]

Pentecost – 5/31/20

All! – Acts 2.1-13Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, you give us the joy of celebrating Easter again and again throughout this season. Give us also the joys of life in your service, and bring us at last to the full joy of life eternal; through Jesus Christ our … [Read more…]

Ascension Sunday – 5/24/20

A Job To Do – Acts 1.6-14Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, you give us the joy of celebrating Easter again and again throughout this season. Give us also the joys of life in your service, and bring us at last to the full joy of life eternal; through … [Read more…]

6th Sunday of Easter – 5/17/20

The Immeasurable Greatness – Ephesians 1.15-23Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Thoughts on giving thanks…Prayer:Lord, you give us the joy of celebrating Easter again and again throughout this season. Give us also the joys of life in your service, and bring us at last to the full joy of life … [Read more…]

5th Sunday of Easter – 5/10/20

The Story We Didn’t Choose – Acts 7.55-60Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Thoughts on carrying a cross, and people not knowing about Jesus…Prayer:Lord, you give us the joy of celebrating Easter again and again throughout this season. Give us also the joys of life in your service, and bring … [Read more…]

4th Sunday of Easter – 5/3/20

Awe-Full – Acts 2.42-47Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Thoughts on gardens, produce bags, and who it all belongs to… Prayer:Lord, you give us the joy of celebrating Easter again and again throughout this season. Give us also the joys of life in your service, and bring us at last … [Read more…]

3rd Sunday of Easter – 4/26/20

Too Good To Be True – Acts 2.14a, 36-41Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread and cutting them to the heart: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming … [Read more…]

2nd Sunday of Easter – 4/19/20

A Sermon On A Sermon – Acts 2.14a, 22-32Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here: http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Reflection on why we tell some of the same stories over and over again… Prayer:Lord, who in the Passion mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship … [Read more…]