Sydenstricker United Methodist Church Podcast

Evening Service- "How Do We Understand the Trinity?" Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27; Matthew 28:18-20

Morning Services- "The Spirit Comes" Scripture: Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost is the true beginning of the church. How does this story encourage us to witness to the world? If we do, what might be the effect?

Evening Service-"Didn't Christ Go to Heaven When He Was Crucified?" Scripture: Acts 1:1-11

Morning Services- "We Are Called to Joy" Scripture: Philippians 1:15-20 What does Paul mean when he tells the church at Philippi to find joy in the Lord?

Evening Service- "Living Versus Existing" Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Morning Services- "Covenant" How are we to understand and use John Wesley's Covenant Prayer? Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Evening Service- "Does Tradition Matter?" Scripture: Luke 11:37-52

Morning Services- "A Cloud of Witnesses" Celebrating the great cloud of witnesses that has gone on before us and set the foundation of the current church. Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-15

Morning Services- "God's Grace Reflected in a Mother's Love" A mother embraces her child as God embraces and cares for us. Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Evening Service- "How Do We Protect Our World?" Scripture: Genesis 2:15 and Psalms 8:3-8

Morning Services- "Creation Story" How do we understand creation and how are we called to protect it? Scripture: Genesis 3:12-13, 16; Luke 1:27-35

Morning Services- "Prayer and Relationship" Matthew 22:37-40 Our Youth will lead us in worship and bring the message.

"Giving Up Death" Jesus' death and resurrection is the single most pivotal moment in human history, when all of creation was turned upside down. We are now faced with believing or denying. Scripture: Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18

Evening Service- "What Does Jesus' Entrance Into Jerusalem Mean?" Scripture: Luke 19:28-36

Morning Services- "Giving Up Popularity" Popularity and acclaim in the eyes of others is fleeting. What do we put our faith in, short term acclaim or long term redemption? Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Evening Service- "Passover- What Do We Understand?" Scripture: Matthew 26: 17-29

Morning Services- "I AM the Resurrection and the Life" The raising of Lazarus is a foretaste of Jesus resurrection. What can we learn from this event and how does it shape our understanding of what is coming that we celebrate at Easter? Scripture: John 11: 17-27

Evening Service- "Humanity and the Need for Divine Grace" Scripture: Romans 3: 23-24; Ephesians 2: 8-9

Morning Services- "I AM the Good Shepherd" What is that Jesus saying to us when he calls himself the good shepherd and us the sheep? Scripture: John 10: 11-18

Evening Service- "What is Sin?" Scripture: Genesis 3:1-5, 17-23; 1 John 1:5-10

Morning Services- "I AM the Door" How do Jesus' words keep us safe and how does Jesus open doors in our lives? Scripture: John 10:1-10

Evening Service- "Why Lent?" Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Morning Services- "I AM the Light of the World" What can we learn from the raising of Lazarus and how does it shape our understanding of Christ's resurrection? Scripture: John 8:12-20

Evening Service- "Is the Rapture Biblical?" Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10

Morning Services- "I AM the Bread of Life" Jesus offers himself as the Bread of Life. What does this mean during communion and in general? Scripture: John 6:35-40

Evening Service- "How Do We Understand Jesus as Lord?" Scripture: Acts 2:29-36

Morning Services- "Build My House" Haggai calls the people to repent and build the house of the Lord and that we are called to witness and bring people into relationship. Scripture: Haggai 2:1-9

Evening Service- "When We Get to Heaven" Scripture: John 14:1-6

Morning Services- "God Will Avenge" Nahum's message reminds us that, in the end, God will bring hope to the righteous and an end to evil. Scripture: Nahum 3:1-7

Evening Service- "Once Saved, Always Saved" Scripture: Revelation 2:1-5

Morning Services- "Where God is, There is Hope!" God is always present, and Habakkuk reminds us that God is moving us in the right direction all the time, even we are disobedient to God. Scripture: Habakkuk 3:2-4; 17-19

Evening Service- "Can God Forgive My Past?" Scripture: Romans 3: 1-4; 19-26

Morning Services- "Who Can Understand God?" The story of the minor prophet, Jonah, is about God's love for all people and how God uses us to bring people into relationship with God. Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Evening Service- "How Do We Understand Evil?" Scripture: Matthew 5:5-17

Morning Services- "God Cares!" Odadiah brings the word that God still cares, even though we have abandoned God and one another in the divisiveness of our current climate. Scripture: Obadiah 1:1-21

Evening Service- "Kingdom of God" Scripture: Matthew 4: 17; Mark 1: 15

Morning Services- "What is Important?" Amos reminds us that God wants us to return God's love through acts of social justice. Scripture: Amos 5:3-14

January 19 Morning Services- "What Are You Worth?" Who was Hosea, and how was his life an analogy for salvation? Scripture: Hosea 3:1-5; 14:8-9

Evening Service- "Why Is It Okay to Baptize Infants?" Scripture: John 3: 1-8; Mark 6:16

Morning Services- "Is Baptism Required for Eternal Life?" Is baptism necessary for salvation? Scripture: Mark 16:6; Acts 2:38-39

Morning Services- "Gifts and Fear" How did the arrival of the Magi create an uproar in the royal courts and what was the significance of their gifts? Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Evening Service- "What Does Love Look Like?" Scripture: Luke 2: 1-7

Morning Services- "Fulfillment" Paul speaks to the fulfillment of the scriptures. What do we have to look forward to and how should we prepare ourselves? Scripture: Colossians 1: 13-20

Morning Services- "Love Came Down at Christmas" How do we experience Christ's birth and share this ultimate gift of God's love to the world? Scripture: Luke 2:1-19

Evening Service- "The Origins of Christmas" Scripture: Luke 1: 26-35

Morning Services- "Mary's Song" What is the sacrifice that Mary made for the world and how did her faith allow her to take this journey of joy and agony? Scripture: Luke 1:46-55

Evening Service- "Betrayal" Scripture: Matthew 10:1-4

Morning Services- "Light in a Darkened World" What are the sources of our despair and how can Jesus be the light for us in the midst of it? Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7

Evening Service- "How Do We Prepare?" Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-23

Morning Services- "Promise Fulfilled" What are the promises that Christ's birth brings and what can we look forward to as a result? Scripture: Genesis 12:2-3

Evening Service- "Jesus is Lord and Savior" Scripture: Philippians 2:9-11; John 3:16-17