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"Transformation in Christ--Changing lives inside and out." ~Romans 12:2 United Methodist Church in Williamsport, PA dedicated to spreading the gospel through invitation, sending, teaching, and prayer.

First Church Williamsport


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    Faith Speaks: Value Speaks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 22:16


    Jesus changes everything, often over food.Matthew 13:44-46Michael GlazierMay 25, 2025

    Faith Speaks: Distinction Speaks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 25:34


    Our lives naturally reflect the Good News of Jesus when we act and speak in distinct ways that are graceful and truth-filled.John 8:2-11Reverend Matthew LakeMay 18, 2025 (Graduate Recognition)

    Faith Speaks: Joy Speaks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 27:15


    We can effectively share the good news of Jesus when we walk joyfully alongside others.Luke 24:13-35Reverend Matthew LakeMay 11, 2025 (Mother's Day)

    Faith Speaks: Compassion Speaks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 27:23


    As we consider sharing the good news of Jesus with others from a posture of compassion, we must first realize and embrace the good news of Jesus in our own lives.John 20:11-17Reverend Matthew LakeMay 4, 2025

    Faith Speaks: Confidence Speaks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 27:41


    Abiding prepares us to share the good news of Jesus and the difference that it is making today in our life.John 20:1-18Reverend Janet DurrwachterApril 27, 2025

    Abide (Lent): Jesus is Resurrected (Easter)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 20:22


    Abiding allows us to repeatedly experience the personal reality of the Risen Christ.John 20:1-20Reverend Matthew LakeApril 20, 2025

    Abide (Lent): Jesus Surrenders (Palm Sunday)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 28:47


    Abiding in Christ redefines our expectations by helping us connect with Jesus rather than observing Jesus from a distance.John 12:12-16Reverend Matthew LakeApril 13, 2025

    Abide (Lent): Jesus Endures Temptations

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 30:15


    Abiding in God's word fortifies us so we can be resilient in overcoming temptation.Matthew 4:1-11Reverend Matthew LakeApril 6, 2025

    Abide (Lent): Hagar

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 28:27


    Abiding requires trust that God sees us and is in control, even when we can't see God. Genesis 21:8-21Reverend Janet DurrwachterMarch 30, 2025

    Abide (Lent): Elijah

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 29:16


    When we abide with God, spiritual and non-spiritual needs are met. We are reassured that God is in control, and that we are not alone in our despair.1 Kings 19:1-18Reverend Matthew LakeMarch 23, 2025

    Abide (Lent): Jonah

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 32:59


    Jonah shows us the transformative power, peace, presence, and challenge that abiding in God fosters.Jonah 1:1-4, 11-12, 17; 2:1; 3:1, 7-10Reverend Matthew LakeMarch 16, 2025

    Abide (Lent): Abraham

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 26:02


    Abiding in Christ necessitates us to model after Abraham; to trust God as we walk into the unknown.Genesis 12:1-4, Genesis 15:1-6Reverend Matthew LakeMarch 9, 2025

    The Ten Commandments: Contentment

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 31:36


    We must be aware of the desires of our heart, so our actions can honor God.Exodus 20:1-17Reverend Matthew LakeMarch 2, 2025

    The Ten Commandments: Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 26:11


    The truth will set you free.Exodus 20:1-16Dr. Benjamin ConradFebruary 23, 2025

    The Ten Commandments: Simplicity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 31:43


    God invites us to live distinctly by trusting Him to care for all our needs, thereby rejecting the impulse to steal from others.Exodus 20:1-15Reverend Matthew LakeFebruary 16, 2025

    The Ten Commandments: Faithfulness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 30:59


    Living into a life of no adultery fosters a deeper foundation in God that allows us to experience intimate love with God and our spouses in the community of God's people called the church. Exodus 20:1-14Reverend Matthew LakeFebruary 9, 2025

    The Ten Commandments: Love Thy Enemy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 33:45


    The sixth commandment reminds us that giving and taking life is God's responsibility. We live distinct lives when we choose to see people as God sees them and to treat them accordingly.Exodus 20:1-13Reverend Matthew LakeFebruary 2, 2025

    The Ten Commandments: Honor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 27:19


    Our relationship with our father and mother lays a foundation that affects all our other relationships. God wants all of us to live a life of freedom, and we aren't going to be able to do that if we can't honor our parents. Exodus 20:1-12 Reverend Janet Durrwachter January 26, 2025

    The Ten Commandments: Rest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 29:02


    Sabbath rest is not an escape from reality. Sabbath rest is an incredibly significant way to fully live into God's reality as the distinct people of God. Exodus 20:1-11 Reverend Matthew Lake January 19, 2025

    The Ten Commandments God's Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 32:00


    Honoring the name of the one, true, Triune God through obedience is a way to live into joy and embrace our identity and distinctiveness as children of God. Exodus 20:1-7 Reverend Matthew Lake January 12, 2025

    The Ten Commandments: Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 35:27


    The ten commandments are not simply a check list of moral rules to follow. They are commandments by which we live as the distinctive people of God. Exodus 19:3-6; Exodus 20:1-6; 1 Peter 2:9 Reverend Matthew Lake January 5, 2025

    Celebrating Jubilee

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 22:42


    Matthew 7:24-29 Mitch Marcello December 29, 2024

    Great Expectations: Fulfilled Expectations (Christmas Eve)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 16:05


    Jesus, born in the flesh as the Son of God, is an unexpected event for which words are not fully adequate. The birth of Christ deserves pondering in our heart and celebration with our whole being. Luke 2:1-20 Reverend Matthew Lake December 24, 2024

    Great Expectations: Joseph (Advent: Love)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 25:02


    In Joseph, we understand that we are called to act in accordance with what God wants: quietly, obediently, whether we fully understand or not, and whether we were expecting it or not. Matthew 1:18-25 Reverend Matthew Lake December 22, 2024

    Great Expectations: Mary

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 23:51


    Luke 1:39-55 Caroline Glazier December 15, 2024 (Advent: Joy)

    Great Expectations: Creation's Expectations for Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 26:45


    Through the vulnerable vessel of a child, God will bring forth peace in such a way that all of Creation and all of humanity will rejoice and learn to live without fear in the incredible beauty of that peace. Isaiah 35 Reverend Matthew Lake December 8, 2024 (Advent: Peace)

    Great Expectations: Our Expectations for Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 23:47


    Prepare for Christmas by repenting so that you can experience the hope that the kingdom of heaven has come near. Matthew 3:1-12 Reverend Janet Durrwachter December 1, 2024

    Living Jubilee: A Century of Transformation (One Hundred Year Anniversary)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 18:36


    By keeping our eyes fixed on the Sovereign Lord, we realize we are part of something greater than ourselves where God can do more than we ask or imagine throughout the generations. Psalm 141:8, Ephesians 5:25-27, and Ephesians 2:19-22 Reverend Matt Lake November 24, 2024

    Living Jubilee: Core Strength (Commitment Sunday)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 24:13


    Sharing the faith from one generation may be the most significant thing a Christian can do. We can invest in future generations today by partnering in the Jubilee Vision campaign which seeks to lay a foundation of faith, establish a bedrock of well-being, and offer liberation from debt. Leviticus 25:10, 12a and 2 Timothy 1:3-8 Reverend Matthew Lake November 17, 2024

    Living Jubilee: Bedrock of Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 21:33


    The church, as God's people, choose to invest in the community in which they find themselves so that they and the entire community may prosper.  Leviticus 25:10, 12a and Jeremiah 29:4-7 Reverend Matthew Lke November 10, 2024

    Living Jubilee: Faith Formation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 28:17


    God calls us to love our children by welcoming them and training them up in the ways of the Lord. In the spirit of Jubilee, the people of First Church seek to lay a strong faith foundation for our kids today and tomorrow through their prayers, time, and financial resources. Matthew 18:1-5, James 3:5b, and Leviticus 25:10, 12a Reverend Matthew Lake November 3, 2024 (All Saints Day)

    Echoes of Jubilee: Jubilee is Praise

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 27:36


    We experience praise as a way of life when we live into the reality of Jubilee. Psalm 150 Pastor Matthew Lake October 27, 2024

    Echoes of Jubilee: Jubilee is Rest

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 30:52


    God's pursuing kindness and love provide a jubilee rest that is both comforting and challenging in life's good and dark times.  Psalm 23 Reverend Matt Lake October 20, 2024

    Echoes of Jubilee: Jubilee is Restoration

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 33:00


    Jubilee restoration is discovered through the surprising practice of lament. Psalm 80 Reverend Matt Lake October 13, 2024

    Echoes of Jubilee: Jubilee is Liberation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 29:36


    We experience the liberation found in Jubilee when we remember. Psalm 103 Reverend Matt Lake October 6, 2024

    Echoes of Jubilee: Jubilee is Trust

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 24:58


    The Psalms teach us to pray through our negative emotions which builds our trust in God and allows us to live as a Jubilee people. Psalm 3 Reverend Janet Durrwachter September 29, 2024

    Echoes of Jubilee: Jubilee is God's Kingdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 31:53


    Meditating on God's Word allows us to experience the Kingdom of God amidst life's highs and lows. Psalm 1 Reverend Dr. Matt Lake September 22, 2024

    Echoes of Jubilee: Jubilee is God's Kingship

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 29:27


    The Kingship of Christ is experienced when we realize that the Lord is the author of glory, that we struggle to find glory in our own strength, and that Christ alone creates a way to His glory. When the reality of this “song” fills our souls we become equipped to share God's glory through Jubilee.

    Echoes of Jubilee: The Year of the Lord's Favor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 24:27


    Psalms form us into a Jubilee people by changing our perspective to focus on praising God.

    Beatitudes: Blessed Are The Peacemakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 27:15


    The Beatitudes show us that offering peace and enduring persecution are ultimately good news that strengthen us to make God's Kingdom available to everyone.

    Beatitudes: Blessed Are The Pure In Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 34:35


    In proclaiming the Beatitudes, Jesus showed that no human condition excludes God's blessing; the Kingdom of God is available to everyone.

    Beatitudes: Blessed Are The Meek

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 27:18


    The good life is found in ways and places we do not expect, like in mourning and in meekness.

    Beatitudes: Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 33:46


    When Jesus teaches “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven,” He intends for this to be a way of life to be experienced now. The Beatitudes are not meant to be aspirational or theoretical, but rather they are meant to define the reality we live into today in the Kingdom of God.

    Parables: The Prodigal Son (The Father)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 19:16


    You are invited to not just learn about the Kingdom of God, but to step into that Kingdom and receive the unconditional, scandalous, and incomprehensible love of God.

    Parables: The Prodigal Son (The Older Son)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 23:17


    The kingdom of God is where we receive the Father's scandalous love.  

    Parables: The Prodigal Son (The Younger Son)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 22:18


    The kingdom of God is where we receive the Father's unconditional love.

    Parables: The Good Samaritan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 22:32


    The parable of the Good Samaritan is not just an “example story” about the importance of showing humanitarian compassion to all people by being like the Samaritan traveler. It teaches that in the Kingdom of God no people are considered to be “others.”

    Parables: The Workers in the Vineyard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 22:43


    God challenges us to rejoice in the inclusion of others into His Kingdom, not to compare or grumble about His generosity.

    Parables: Faith as a Mustard Seed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 23:02


    The kingdom of God grows among ordinary people in imperfect conditions—but is unstoppable.

    Parables: The Bags of Gold

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 26:55


    This parable is an example of one that has a variety of legitimate interpretations, one of which is that those who enter the kingdom of God are those who joyfully, heartily and gratefully serve God.

    Parables: The Two Sons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 16:31


    1. Those who are a part of the kingdom of God have words and actions that are aligned. 2. This parable is about authority. Does Jesus have authority over our lives such that we don't just give him lip service, but we change the way we live and do as he asks.

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