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Middletown United Methodist Church

  • Feb 17, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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Episode 441: February 14, 2021 | Christ's Gift to the Church - Pastor, Shepherd & Teacher | Rev. Nancy Tinnell

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 14:57


Episode 441: February 14, 2021 | Christ's Gift to the Church - Pastor, Shepherd & Teacher | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 15:29


Episode 440: February 7, 2021 | Christ's Gift to the Church - Evangelist | Rev. Nancy Tinnell

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 15:53


Episode 440: February 7, 2021 | Christ's Gift to the Church - Evangelist | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 17:16


Episode 439: January 31, 2021 | Christ's Gift to the Church - Prophet | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 16:52


Episode 439: January 31, 2021 | Christ's Gift to the Church - Prophet | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 13:59


Episode 438: January 24, 2021 | Christ’s Gift to the Church - Apostle | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 18:38


Episode 438: January 24, 2021 | Christ’s Gift to the Church - Apostle | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 15:12


Episode 437: January 17, 2021 | Ministry 2021 - How We’re Going to Get There

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 21:10


Episode 436: January 17, 2021 | Ministry 2021 - How We’re Going to Get There | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 17:55


Episode 435: January 10, 2021 | Ministry 2021 - Where We’re Going | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 16:06


Episode 434: January 3, 2021 | Ministry 2021 - Where We Are | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 19:32


Episode 433: January 3, 2021 | Ministry 2021 - Where We Are | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 19:39


Episode 433: December 27, 2020 | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 12:29


Episode 432: December 27, 2020 | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 12:33


Episode 431: December 24, 2020 | Christmas Eve: Do Not Be Afraid | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 10:02


Episode 430: December 13, 2020 | Advent - Shepherds | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 13:13


Episode 429: December 13, 2020 | Advent - Shepherds | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 15:10


Episode 428: December 6, 2020 | Advent - Joseph | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 16:20


Episode 428: December 6, 2020 | Advent - Mary | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 14:12


Episode 427: November 29, 2020 | Advent - Zachariah & Elizabeth | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 17:28


Episode 426: November 29, 2020 | Advent - Zachariah & Elizabeth | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 14:00


Episode 425: November 22, 2020 | Imagine the Possibilities - Celebration Sunday | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 12:03


November 15, 2020 | Method Actors for Christ | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 17:19


November 15, 2020 | Clothed in Christ | Rev. Tom Smith

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 24:06


November 8, 2020 | Imagine the Possibilities - Commitment Sunday | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 13:34


November 1, 2020 | Imagine the Possibilities - Vision Sunday | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 12:53


October 25, 2020 | Imagine the Possibilities - Celebrating Ministry | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 18:45


October 18, 2020 | Imagine the Possibilities Campagin Launch

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 20:00


August 30, 2020 | Sleeping: Sabbath, Rest, and the Work of God | Rev. Emily Allen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 18:38


Theme: The rhythm of work and rest. Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

August 23, 2020 | Calling a Friend: Congregation and Community | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 18:12


The importance of congregation, community, and friendship in the Christian life.

August 16, 2020 | Losing Keys: Confession and the Truth about Ourselves | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 16:28


We all “lose our keys” at some point or another in our lives. Small but very real reminders that we are not perfect, we make mistakes, and our humanity comes through once again. These small irritations are opportunities for formation, grace, and sanctification. They are a reminder of our small fears, inadequacies, and anxieties -places where we have no placed our trust in God. Our lost keys provide moments of revelation, revealing the lostness inside us and our misplaced reliance. The liturgy of confession that we do in worship is a liturgy that we are invited to each and every day. Confession and repentance are everyday activities that remind us that we are not “pretty good people”, but we are new people marked by grace in spite of ourselves. “The practice of confession and absolution must find its way into the small moments of sinfulness in my day. When it does, the gospel –grace itself –seeps into my day, and these moments are transformed!”

August 16, 2020 | Losing Keys: Confession and the Truth about Ourselves | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 13:28


We all “lose our keys” at some point or another in our lives. Small but very real reminders that we are not perfect, we make mistakes, and our humanity comes through once again. These small irritations are opportunities for formation, grace, and sanctification. They are a reminder of our small fears, inadequacies, and anxieties -places where we have no placed our trust in God. Our lost keys provide moments of revelation, revealing the lostness inside us and our misplaced reliance. The liturgy of confession that we do in worship is a liturgy that we are invited to each and every day. Confession and repentance are everyday activities that remind us that we are not “pretty good people”, but we are new people marked by grace in spite of ourselves. “The practice of confession and absolution must find its way into the small moments of sinfulness in my day. When it does, the gospel –grace itself –seeps into my day, and these moments are transformed!”

August 9, 2020 | Liturgy of the Ordinary - Making the Bed | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 16:16


We all have daily habits and rituals –these things we do without even thinking about them. These sometimes unconscious and second nature things form us into the people we are becoming. We have “liturgies” that we enact throughout our days that reveal what we love and the people are becoming. As people of God, we also have liturgies of worship on Sunday morning. Repetitious things that we do week in and week out that form us.

August 2, 2020 | Liturgy of the Ordinary - Waking: Baptism and Learning to Be Beloved // Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 14:57


What did you do first thing this morning when you awoke? Did you yawn and stretch? Did you greet the one lying next to you–maybe your spouse or maybe the dog? Did you think about your day ahead and all you have to do? Whatever you did I bet it is something that you do nearly every day when you wake up. Often, people get so tied up in what they do, that becomes their identity. “I am…” fill in the blank. But, there is something else first we should all remember. It may even become our first thought as we wake up in the morning.Jesus is called “beloved” by God before he’s done anything to prove himself, before he’s resisted temptation, raised Lazarus from the dead, or anything else. When we wake up in the morning without showering, smelly breath and all, we are called Beloved by God. We are baptized and washed by the Spirit, we are new creation before we’ve done anything to prove it. “We are marked from our first waking moment by an identity that is given to us by grave: an identity that is deeper and more real than any other identity we will done that day.”

August 2, 2020 | Liturgy of the Ordinary - Waking: Baptism and Learning to Be Beloved // Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 14:57


What did you do first thing this morning when you awoke? Did you yawn and stretch? Did you greet the one lying next to you–maybe your spouse or maybe the dog? Did you think about your day ahead and all you have to do? Whatever you did I bet it is something that you do nearly every day when you wake up. Often, people get so tied up in what they do, that becomes their identity. “I am…” fill in the blank. But, there is something else first we should all remember. It may even become our first thought as we wake up in the morning.Jesus is called “beloved” by God before he’s done anything to prove himself, before he’s resisted temptation, raised Lazarus from the dead, or anything else. When we wake up in the morning without showering, smelly breath and all, we are called Beloved by God. We are baptized and washed by the Spirit, we are new creation before we’ve done anything to prove it. “We are marked from our first waking moment by an identity that is given to us by grave: an identity that is deeper and more real than any other identity we will done that day.”

July 26, 2020 // The Beatitudes - Blessed Are The Peacemakers // Rev. Lee Twombly

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 24:56


July 19, 2020 | The Beatitudes - Blessed are the Pure in Heart | Rev. Nancy Tinnell

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 20:56


July 12, 2020 | The Beatitudes - Blessed are the Merciful | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 15:04


July 5, 2020 | The Beatitudes - Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 14:51


June 28, 2020 | Be The Church - No Longer Afraid (Holy Boldness) | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 16:21


Bold. How many Christians embrace this word? What does it mean to be a bold witness for Christ? Often, the term bold, used in relation to Christian witness, generates images of brash, obnoxious people, trying to strong-arm others into believing the Christian faith. In this week’s passage, Peter demonstrates a Holy Spirit-produced boldness to preach, teach, and heal in the name and authority of Jesus Christ. How does his boldness compare with our notions of being a bold witness? The United Methodist Church pioneered a Holy Boldness ministry to engage in urban evangelism, eradicate racism and other forms of oppression, and forge interfaith and community relations for the generate economic development.

June 21, 2020 | Be The Church - The Work of Restoration | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 15:47


June 14, 2020 | Be The Church - What Now? (Responding to the Spirit) | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 17:07


Today’s passage features two essentials of Christianity: repentance and social responsibility. Repentance is the prerequisite for personal salvation: remorse over sin and sincere faith toward Jesus Christ. Social responsibility demonstrates our compassionate love for God (and creation) and neighbors. A prickly tension sometimes arises over the latter. The culture surrounding the early church was communal, ours is not. The American rugged individual persona, endemic in our culture, may hinder our ability to remember the communal benevolence practiced by the early Christian church. Could it be that the purpose of repentance is to redirect our view from self-centered navel-gazing to compassionate consideration of others? Take time to explore the implications of repentance and social responsibility for both the first-century and twenty-first-century church.

June 7, 2020 | Be The Church - Switched On (Empowered by the Spirit) | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 19:39


The Holy Spirit enables people to speak and hear in other languages. This week, we witness another miracle: evidence of the transformation of Peter from cowering denier of Christ to courageous proclaimer of the risen Lord. Peter’s proclamation comes in response to mockers in Acts 2:13. They said, “They are filled with new wine,” a comment about those enabled to speak in other languages by the Holy Spirit. Peter’s counter to their comment (prophecy from Joel 2:28-32) underscores the Pentecost experience as the inaugural event of Israel’s “last days.” During these last days, “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

May 31, 2020 | Be The Church - The Holy Spirit, Here and Now | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 13:14


Jesus dominated the four Gospel accounts, but the Holy Spirit dominates the book of Acts. Luke’s second book (Acts) begins with Jesus’ reminder of his pre-Resurrection promise to send his followers the Holy Spirit.This is what you have heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now (Acts 1:4b-5). In the second chapter of Acts we find the arrival of the Holy Spirit promised by the Resurrected Jesus in Acts 1:4-5. God pours the Holy Spirit on a community of believers. The Holy Spirit is not given to be co-opted for one’s personal, privatized use. Instead, God gives the Spirit as a distinguishing mark of a people who belong to God, people who will be sent to bear witness to Christ throughout the world. We are reminded by this passage the ways that the Spirit cannot be contained and cannot be shut up in homes for our personal private devotional life. The life of the Spirit always leads us outward. We are also reminded that the Spirit is working even we can’t imagine or understand. It is easy to focus our faith life on God the Father and God the Son, but the Spirit messes with our conceptions. We can’t pin the Spirit down, instead, she runs out ahead of us, always leading as we play catch up. We may be socially distancing, but that doesn’t stop the working of the Spirit in our lives. Some scholars note the church’s tendency toward bitarianism, worshiping God the Father and God the Son, while regarding the Holy Spirit as a marginal member of the Holy Trinity. Think of the ease with which we utter the Lord’s Prayer that begins its focus on the first person in the godhead: “Our Father.” We frequently punctuate our prayers with the second person in the godhead: “In the name of Jesus.” But how much prayer time, meditation, and Bible study do we devote to the third person in the godhead: the Holy Spirit? If our tendency is to keep the Holy Spirit cloistered in the smallest spaces of our devotional lives, only allowed to make public appearances once a year during Pentecost, then we are ignoring the tremendous promise of comfort, guidance, and empowerment Jesus offers us.

May 31, 2020 | Be The Church - The Holy Spirit, Here and Now | Rev. Lee Twombly

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 20:09


Jesus dominated the four Gospel accounts, but the Holy Spirit dominates the book of Acts. Luke’s second book (Acts) begins with Jesus’ reminder of his pre-Resurrection promise to send his followers the Holy Spirit.This is what you have heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now (Acts 1:4b-5). In the second chapter of Acts we find the arrival of the Holy Spirit promised by the Resurrected Jesus in Acts 1:4-5. God pours the Holy Spirit on a community of believers. The Holy Spirit is not given to be co-opted for one’s personal, privatized use. Instead, God gives the Spirit as a distinguishing mark of a people who belong to God, people who will be sent to bear witness to Christ throughout the world. We are reminded by this passage the ways that the Spirit cannot be contained and cannot be shut up in homes for our personal private devotional life. The life of the Spirit always leads us outward. We are also reminded that the Spirit is working even we can’t imagine or understand. It is easy to focus our faith life on God the Father and God the Son, but the Spirit messes with our conceptions. We can’t pin the Spirit down, instead, she runs out ahead of us, always leading as we play catch up. We may be socially distancing, but that doesn’t stop the working of the Spirit in our lives. Some scholars note the church’s tendency toward bitarianism, worshiping God the Father and God the Son, while regarding the Holy Spirit as a marginal member of the Holy Trinity. Think of the ease with which we utter the Lord’s Prayer that begins its focus on the first person in the godhead: “Our Father.” We frequently punctuate our prayers with the second person in the godhead: “In the name of Jesus.” But how much prayer time, meditation, and Bible study do we devote to the third person in the godhead: the Holy Spirit? If our tendency is to keep the Holy Spirit cloistered in the smallest spaces of our devotional lives, only allowed to make public appearances once a year during Pentecost, then we are ignoring the tremendous promise of comfort, guidance, and empowerment Jesus offers us.

May 24, 2020 | What Compels You? | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 17:49


This Sunday, Senior Pastor, Gary Gibson, delivered a sermon based around the scripture of Matthew 4:18-22. This was the time that Jesus called his first disciples. "18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him."

May 17, 2020 | If You Love Me | Rev. Emily Allen

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 19:23


Theme: Love Scripture: 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. 17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. 18 “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. 19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”

May 10, 2020 | Supporting Roles - Canaanite Woman | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 13:31


This week we take a look at the supporting role of the Canaanite Woman. Her story is one of faith. How might we be more like the Canaanite Woman during these times?

May 3, 2020 | Supporting Roles - Barnabas | Rev. Trent Lloyd

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 16:34


This week we take a look at the supporting role of Barnabas. His story is one of passion and conviction. How might we be more like Barnabas during these times?

April 26, 2020 | Supporting Roles - Jonathan | Rev. Gary Gibson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 14:36


This week we focused on the supporting role of Jonathan and the importance and power of relationships. By the end of this sermon you should think about who has refrigerator privileges in your home.

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