Sermons at St. Paul's UMC, Houston

Rev. Kate Flint preached today.Below is an audio recording of her sermon and a video link.Title: “What You Do” To watch the video of the sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “The Upside-Down Kingdom” To watch the video of the sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Dr. Bill Kerley preached today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Allowing the Vertical to Shape the Horizontal” To watch the video of the sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “What Should We Give to God” To see the video of the sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Rejoice” To see the video of the sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Paul Richards-Kuan delivered the sermon today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “From the Wilderness” To see the video of the sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald delivered the sermon today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “God Is Generous” To watch the video of Dr. McDonald’s sermon please use the YouTube link below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald delivered the sermon today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Forgive Like Jesus?” To watch the video of Dr. McDonald’s sermon please use the YouTube link below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald delivered the sermon today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Do We Forgive and Forget?” To watch the video of Dr. McDonald’s sermon please use the YouTube link below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald delivered the sermon today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Take Up Your Cross” To watch the video of Dr. McDonald’s sermon please use the YouTube link below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald delivered the sermon today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “The Pop Quiz” To watch the video of Dr. McDonald’s sermon please use the YouTube link below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald delivered the sermon today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Is Your Filter Working?” To watch the video of Dr. McDonald’s sermon please use the YouTube link below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald delivered the sermon today.Below is an audio and video recording of his sermon.Title: “Peace in the Storm” To watch the video of the August 2 sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Kate Flint preached in the service today.Below is an audio recording of her sermon.Title: “Struggling in the Dust” To watch the video of the August 2 sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the service today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “The Kingdom of Heaven is Like” To watch the video of the July 26 sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the service today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Pulling Weeds” To watch the video of the July 19 sermon, use the player below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the service today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Planting Seeds” Below is a video of the sermon from the July 12, 2020 service.

Rev. Andrew Wolfe preached in the service today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Come to Me” To watch the video of the sermon, please use the player/link below.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the service today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “You Are Welcome” Below is a video of the sermon from the June 28, 2020 service.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the service today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.Title: “Father Abraham”

Rev. Dr. Bill Kerley preached in the service today.Sermon title:“Crossing Boundaries and Breaking Down Walls” Below is an audio recording of his sermon.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in our service today.Sermon title:” In the Beginning”Below is an audio recording of his sermon.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in our service today.Sermon title:” Lost in Translation”Below is an audio recording of his sermon.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for Ascension Sunday, Year A - May 24, 2020 Rev. Karyn Richard-Kuan preached in services on May 24. Sermon title: “History that Becomes Witness”Below is an audio recording of her sermon.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A - May 17, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the streamed on line service for May 17, 2020. Sermon title: “Love is a Verb”Below is an audio recording of his sermon.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A - May 10, 2020Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the streamed on line service for May 10, 2020. Sermon title: “The Nature of the Church”Below is an audio recording of his sermon. Use the player below to watch the entire May 10 worship service

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A - May 10, 2020Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the streamed on line service for May 3, 2020.Below is an audio recording of his sermon.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Third Sunday of Easter, Year A - April 26, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached today.Sermon title: “The Road to Emmaus”Use the player below to listen to the audio version of the sermon. If you would like to watch today’s entire service, use the video player below.Printable worship bulletin for today’s service. Worship bulletin

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald delivered the sermon in today’s 8:30 service. Sermon title: I Can See Clearly Now

Rev. Nataly Negrete preached in the 9:45 service today. She continues the Lenten sermon series, When I Was a Stranger. Sermon Title: A Stranger to “Normal”

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the 8:30 service today.Sermon Title: “Give Me This Water”Due to the ongoing health crisis, surrounding the Novel Corona virus, today’s services were only live streamed.The recording below is his sermon from the 8:30 service.

Rev. Karyn Richards-Kuan preached in the 9:45 service today.Sermon Title: “A Stranger to Community”Below is an audio recording of her sermon.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the second Sunday of Lent, Year A Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the 8:30 and 11:05 am services today.Sermon title: “That the World Might Be Saved”Below is an audio recording of the sermon from the 11:05 service

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the second Sunday of Lent, Year A Rev. Nataly Negrete led worship in the 9:45 service today.Sermon title: “A Stranger in a New Land”Below is an audio recording of her sermon.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the First Sunday of Lent, Year A - March 1, 2020Rev. Karyn Richards-Kuan preached in the 9:45 Service.Sermon title: “A Stranger to the Heart of God “ 

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the First Sunday of Lent, Year A - March 1, 2020Rev. Jeff McDonald preached in the 8:30 and 11:05 services.Sermon title: “Why I Need Lent” 

Rev. Dr. Bill Kerley preached in the 9:45 am. service today.Sermon title: “It Is Good for Us to Be Here”Below is an audio recording from this service.

Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the 8:30 and 11:05 am. services today.Sermon title: “Have You Been to the Mountain?”Below is an audio recording of the sermon from the 11:05 service.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A - February 16, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald led worship in all three services today.Below is an audio recording of his sermon in the 11:05 service.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A - February 9, 2020 All three services today were led by our St. Paul’s Youth.Below are the audio recordings of each of the two witnesses thattook the pulpit and addressed the congregation in each of the services.February 9, 2020 - 8:30 Service - Audrey Tollett and Alex Mosby February 9, 2020 - 9:45 Service - Collin Thrash and Camille Thrash February 9, 2020 - 11:05 Service - Meagan Sullivan and Julianna Reeves

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A - February 2, 2020Rev. Karyn Richards-Kuan preached in all three Services of Table and Word today— 8:30, 9:45, and 11:05 am. Sermon title: “Blessed Are You”. Below is an audio recording of her sermon from the 11:05 service. Use the video player below to watch the sermon video.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Conversion of Paul - January 26, 2020Lectionary readings, Advent 2019 to Pentecost 2020 - Year A. Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the 8:30 and 11:05 services this morning.Sermon title: “Who Was Paul”Below is an audio recording of the 11:05 service sermon. About this Sunday’s Scriptures: In the liturgy of the church, we follow cycles of seasons as part of our tradition. Currently, we are celebrating the season of Epiphany, which started with the visit of the Magi and concludes with the Transfiguration of Jesus. As another aspect of our tradition, the Church sets aside certain days as Saints’ Days. One of the more prominent of these is the Feast of the Conversion of Paul, our namesake. This feast day occurs at the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated since 1908 as an effort to cast aside our various schisms and disagreements. Just as Paul stated, “there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus (Gal. 3:28),” we are reminded that, despite divisions of denomination and culture, we are one church and one people.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Conversion of Paul - January 26, 2020Lectionary readings, Advent 2019 to Pentecost 2020 - Year A. Rev. Paul Richards-Kuan preached in the 9:45 am Service of Table and Word. Sermon title: God’s Promise of Ministry.Below is an audio recording of the 9:45 service sermon. About this Sunday’s Scriptures: In the liturgy of the church, we follow cycles of seasons as part of our tradition. Currently, we are celebrating the season of Epiphany, which started with the visit of the Magi and concludes with the Transfiguration of Jesus. As another aspect of our tradition, the Church sets aside certain days as Saints’ Days. One of the more prominent of these is the Feast of the Conversion of Paul, our namesake. This feast day occurs at the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated since 1908 as an effort to cast aside our various schisms and disagreements. Just as Paul stated, “there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus (Gal. 3:28),” we are reminded that, despite divisions of denomination and culture, we are one church and one people.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A - January 19, 2020Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the 11:05 am service today. Sermon title: “Come and See”Below is an audio recording of today’s 11:05 service.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A - January 19, 2020Rev. Nataly Negrete preached in the 9:45 am service today. Sermon title: “God’s Promise of Faithfulness”Below is an audio recording of today’s 9:45 service.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for Baptism of the Lord Sunday, Year A - January 12, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the 8:30 and 11:05 am. services today. Sermon title: “By Water and the Spirit”Below is an audio recording of the sermon from the 11:05 service.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for Baptism of the Lord Sunday, Year A - January 12, 2020 Rev. Andrew Wolfe preached in the 9:45 am. service today. Sermon title: “God’s Promise of New Life”Below is an audio recording of the sermon from the that service.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for Epiphany Sunday, Year A - January 5, 2020Lectionary readings, Advent 2019 to Pentecost 2020 - Year A. Rev. Dr. Matthew Russell preached in all three Services of Table and Word. — 8:30, 9:45, and 11:05 am. Sermon title: Everyday EpiphanyBelow is an audio recording of the sermon from the 9:45 service.

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the First Sunday after Christmas Day, Year A - December 29, 2019Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the one service at 10 am. Sermon title: “Warned in a Dream”.Below is a recording of today’s sermon. 

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for Christmas Eve, Year A - December 24, 2019Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in all of our Christmas Eve services.Below is a recording of his Homily from the 6pm service.”A Child Will Be Born” 

Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A - December 22, 2019.Rev. Dr. Jeff McDonald preached in the 8:30 am and 11:05 am services.Sermon title: “God Will Be With Us”Below is a recording of the sermon from the 11:05 service.