Sermons delivered at Euless First United Methodist Church
Join Lee and Melissa Trigg for the latest episode of Walk the Talk. Today the couple explores the challenges and power of a regular prayer life. If you've ever struggled with prayer, this episode will be time well spent.
Welcome back to our Lenten Bible Study, examining the unique picture each gospel writer paints of Jesus. Today we will continue with our exploration of the Gospel of Matthew.
Join Pastor Lee Trigg for Episode 2 of Portraits of Jesus, Ash Lane United Methodist Church's Lenten Bible study. In this episode, we begin exploring Matthew's portrait of Jesus as the long-awaited Jewish Messiah.
Join Lee & Melissa Trigg as they explore the biblical concept of Sabbath, why it is important and why we struggle so much to make it a reality.
Welcome to Week 1 of our Lenten Bible Study, Portraits of Jesus, with Pastor Lee Trigg.
Join Lee and Melissa Trigg as they explore the honest realities of making our faith in Jesus Christ a part of our daily lives.
Join Pastor Lee Trigg of Ash Lane United Methodist Church in Euless, TX for the fourth Sunday of Advent.
Join Pastor Lee Trigg of Ash Lane United Methodist Church in Euless, TX, as we explore what it means to commit our lives to the building of God's Kingdom. Biblical text is Joshua 24:14-15.
What does it mean to serve in the church? How is serving in the name of Jesus Christ different than all the other opportunities to help others? Join Pastor Lee Trigg as we continue to explore stewardship through the lens of our membership vows.
Join Pastor Lee Trigg of Ash Lane United Methodist Church in Euless, TX as we explore what it means to pledge our gifts to the furtherance of the Kingdom of God. Text is Luke 12:14-21.
What can we learn from Esther's example of faith? Perhaps that God has brought us to this point for a reason.
Join Pastor Lee Trigg as we explore the Old Testament prophets' notion of a remnant people -- and how we are called to be that remnant today.
As we settle into our new normal, what does it look like to really make our relationship with God a priority in our lives?
Join Pastor Lee Trigg for a midweek spiritual check-in. Today we explore the nature of God's unending love.
Pastor Lee Trigg's message from Aug. 16, 2020 exploring the real nature of evangelism.
Join Pastor Lee Trigg for a midweek spiritual check-in. Today we explore why God allows us to live in the midst of sin.
Join Pastor Lee Trigg as we explore together the role of the church in tending the soil of our lives.
Join Pastor Lee Trigg for a midweek spiritual check-up. Today we explore how we experience God in the midst of struggle.
Sermon by Rev. Lee Trigg for Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020.
Welcome to worship at Euless First United Methodist Church for Sunday, July 26, 2020. Pastor Lee Trigg explores the intricacies and challenges of prayer for followers of Jesus Christ.
Norma Lively and Jimmy Payton share their memories and history of Euless First United Methodist Church.
As followers of Jesus, we are partners with God in sharing the good news of Jesus. Paul says we are "ministers of reconciliation." Today we celebrate Pentecost, one of the high holy days of the church, and the giving of the Holy Spirit.
What is the intersection of Ascension Sunday and Aldersgate Day? We are calling it Transformation Sunday!
We take the opportunity of Senior Sunday to explore how we can reach people who feel "far from God," or even people who we feel are far from God. And, of course, to honor our graduating seniors.
Rev. Rachel Heyduck's final message as an Associate Pastor at Euless First United Methodist Church. For Mother's Day, Rev. Heyduck shares some insights on how to maintain and persevere during the pandemic, and how she draws insight for this from Acts 7 and John 14.
This year is the 50th anniversary of our church's preschool. We are blessed to be able to offer the preschool to our community, and are excited for the opportunities it has given and will give us to follow Jesus better today and in the future.
Christians in America (I don't know about the rest of the world) ues the word repent as though it is some high, holy word that is particular to the Christian faith. Or maybe to religion. It isn't. Repent means "Change your heart and life." Following Jesus includes changing one's heart and life. How has yours changed? How does it still need to change?
What's Next part 1: Credible Witness. Want to help others follow Jesus? What is one thing about your life that you could tell someone to show them that following Jesus is worthwhile?
Thanks to the pandemic, we can maybe grasp a bit of the anxiety and uncertainty Mary, Mary, and the disciples likely felt that first Easter. Matthew tells us Mary and Mary felt "fear and great excitement." May you feel the excitement of knowing the Risen Christ in the midst of whatever fear you have.
Why were the people celebrating that first Palm Sunday? Because they didn't realize the path Jesus was actually on. Why do we celebrate today, in the midst of a pandemic? Because we don't know the path Jesus is on in our midst, either. Take a moment to experience joy today.
You never really had control anyway, why do we fight so hard to give up what we don't have?
A friend recently tweeted, "I gave up sweets for Lent. I gave up Lent for coronavirus." This pandemic has changed all our lives. But it has not stopped, and nothing can stop, our mission of helping others follow Jesus better today than yesterday. We pray this message helps you!
The sound quality isn't quite as good on this one as usual; this was our first live-streaming worship experience, and we pulled this from that! Today's readings are Exodus 17:1-7 and John 4:5-15. What these have in common is water. Thirsty people. What do you do when you are thirsty? If you can get past literal, physical thirst, what do you do when your soul in thirsty? Do you grumble and complain? Do you reach out to God? The good news for today is that God is faithful and good EVEN IF we grumble and complain!
God has called you. God is calling you. God will call you. A God who calls is a God who is close enough for us to hear, close enough for us to feel God's breath. Like God's call of Abram in Genesis 12, God is calling you and me to be part of blessing all the families of the earth. How is God calling you? What is God calling you to do?
God has called you. God is calling you. God will call you. A God who calls is a God who is close enough for us to hear, close enough for us to feel God's breath. Like God's call of Abram in Genesis 12, God is calling you and me to be part of blessing all the families of the earth. How is God calling you? What is God calling you to do?
Much of American Christianity is cynical about sin. We don't believe, or act like we don't believe, in the transformative power of God in our lives, specifically over and about sin. Take this definition of sin from John Wesley, "sin is a willful violation of a known law of God." Take this definition because this is the kind of sin you and I, with the loving support of our church families, can actually do something about!
Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, a season which many Christians observe by giving up something. This year, we are focusing on "giving up for good;" whatever we give up, we do so because we want it to strengthen our connection with and deepen our experience of God.
Have you ever lost something? Ever felt lost? We want you to know that God is always looking for the lost. Walk with us through the parable of the Prodigal Son.
Christians may be tempted just to ignore the Old Testament, or set it aside. Jesus didn't do so; in fact, he said in Matthew he came to fulfill the law. What does that mean? What does it look like for us? Take a listen.
Psalm 23 is one of the most widely recognized sections of scripture. Let's think about it together, and see what life and encouragement it offers.
Rev. Rachel Heyduck preaches this morning, answering the question, "How is your relationship with the Bible?" This message includes a helpful and interesting illustration for how to read and interpret the parts of the Bible that you feel give you the most trouble.
Turn with me to Acts 8:37. Oh, wait - Help! There are verses missing from my Bible! In a Christian subculture that tries to maintain that the Bible we have now is exactly the Bible that believers have always had, how do we deal with textual variations? Easy: we accept that we have the Bible God wants us to have, and we apply the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. The Quadrilateral is Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and Experience. Scripture is primary, but we cannot access scripture without the other three. United Methodists trust God and one another so that through tradition, reason, and experience, we can read the Bible faithfully and find there everything necessary for salvation.
How is your relationship with the Bible? For the 3rd week in a row, we have read scriptures about people reading scriptures. First, Jesus, then King Josiah, and now this week, an Ethiopian Eunuch. Don't know what a eunuch is? Go ask your dad. What each of these people find in scripture is that God offers hope, freedom, and inclusion rather than condemnation, oppression, and exclusion.
The Bible we use is the Bible we inherited from our parents, our parent's parents, and our parent's parent's parents. The Bible we use is NOT the collection of writings Jesus knew as sacred scripture or even the collection that all Christians everywhere agree are the one and only sacred scripture. So, then, what is the Bible? United Methodists believe the Bible contains and/or reveals all things necessary for our salvation. May the Bible offer you with what you need for salvation!
We start our "Focus on the Bible" series with Luke 4:14-30, a splendid example of how Jesus read the Bible. Jesus was offered the Isaiah scroll, and choose to read from what we know as chapters 61 and 58. This reading refers trained listeners to Leviticus 15 and Deuteronomy 25 which meant really, really good and exciting news to God's people.
What did you do after you were born? Everything. Everything you have done you did after you were born. As we draw 2019 to a close, you are invited to consider how you are going to live your life AFTER 2019. Leave behind what you need to leave behind. Bring forward what you need to bring forward. In the midst of it all, remember God is faithful.
I thought about learning physics to prepare this Christmas Eve message, but then I remembered why I never took Physics in the first place. Instead, think with me about the value of light, the difference it makes to you and me, and how what we all know about light sheds light on the Incarnation, on Emmanuel, or God with Us, or, what God did and we celebrate on Christmas.
Mary plays a much larger role in the Christmas story than Joseph, and for good reason. But this Sunday's lectionary Gospel reading is about Joseph. So, let's take a moment and learn what we can from Joseph about following Jesus. Joseph displayed great trust and character. Imagine what a difference we might make in the world if we, followers of Jesus, behaved with the kind of trust Joseph displayed!
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