Ogden Memorial UMC's Podcast

Rev. Shelley Caulder talks about having Jesus in your boat when the big storms blow into our lives. He uses Mark 4:35-42 for his scripture reference.

Today was Rev. Shannon Blosser's final Sunday with Ogden Memorial. For his final message, the sermon came from Romans 5:1-5 and focused on persevering in times of chaos.

On Pentecost Sunday, our sermon comes from Romans 8:14-17. In his next-to-last sermon as the pastor of Ogden Memorial UMC, Rev. Shannon Blosser focuses on how we often need to remember that we are part of a family that is bigger than we can imagine. That is God's family.

On Ascension Sunday, Rev. Shannon Blosser continues his series "Final Words" by looking at Luke 24:44-53. He says that we are called to be story tellers of the Gospel's love. This, he says, is the important task of the church today.

We start a new series, Four Final Words, where Rev. Shannon Blosser shares four final thoughts he wants to give Ogden Memorial before leaving June 16. This week's message is focused on John 14:23-29 and looks at what it means to be faithful. Rev. Shannon says being faithful is about living out the love of God.

In this week's sermon, Rev. Shannon Blosser takes a look at what we believe about salvation. Using Revelation 21:1-6, he looks at how salvation calls us to live with hope of God's redemptive work in the midst of a broken world.

Rev. Shannon Blosser continues to build upon what it means to live as Easter people with this message from John 10:22-30. The passage focuses on Jesus' words to the religious elites that his sheep - true followers - hear his voice and follow him. Rev. Shannon looks at what it means to listen to God and asks if we are truly willing to pay attention.

This week's sermon is centered along the shores of Galilee, where Jesus and Peter have a long conversation about their relationship. In this sermon, Rev. Shannon Blosser examines how John 21:15-19 is a call for Peter, and each of us, to love in response to God's love for us.

The Sunday after Easter is often reserved to hear the story of Thomas. Rev. Shannon Blosser looks at John 20:19-29 and wonders about where was Thomas and also how we might make room for those who have doubts in our communities of faith.

On this Easter Sunday, Rev. Shannon Blosser reflects on the meaning of the empty tomb and how it affects our lives today. The passage for the sermon is Luke 24:1-12.

On this Palm Sunday, we conclude our sermon series "Life of Discipleship" by looking at the purposes of Jesus' arrival into Jerusalem. Rev. Shannon Blosser focuses our thoughts around Luke 19:29-40 and how Jesus arrived into Jerusalem to establish God's kingdom of peace.

This week, our sermon looks at John 12:1-8 and the story of Mary anointing Jesus prior to his entry into Jerusalem. Rev. Shannon Blosser looks at this act of anointing and how it is symbolic of expressing extravagant love towards God in response to God's extravagant love towards us.

This week, our sermon series on The Life of Discipleship continues with a focus on redemption. Rev. Shannon Blosser uses Luke 15:11b-24 to describe redemption as the being brought into a new life through God's love. He shares of how the father's love in the story of the Prodigal Son is akin to God's love for all.

Our Lenten series, the Life of Discipleship, resumes with a look at repentance. Rev. Shannon focuses on Luke 13:1-5 and Jesus' call to repent of our sin. He looks at why we struggle with repentance and what it means to turn towards God.

Our Lenten sermon series, The Life of Discipleship, continues on its journey with Jesus to Jerusalem. This week, Rev. Shannon focuses on Luke 13:31-35 and how Jesus encountered sorrow in his ministry and how we might respond to moments of pain about how we see the world in our own time.

Today is the First Sunday of Lent and we are beginning a new sermon series called "The Life of Discipleship." Throughout Lent, Rev. Shannon Blosser will focus on the moments that we often encounter in our journey of discipleship. The first moment is temptation. Based on Luke 4:1-13, Rev. Blosser shares how temptations are often relational and that our relationship with God helps to sustain us when we are tempted.

In the aftermath of General Conference and on this Transfiguration Sunday, Rev. Shannon Blosser focuses on what it means to listen to God. The sermon comes from Luke 9:28-36 and the transfiguration of Jesus.

A little late in the upload, but enjoy our sermon from Sunday, February 24 on a Saturday! Our guest preacher was Pat Major.