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Highlights from Oct 23: Goodness & Pride in the ‘Virtue & Vice’ series. Come join the conversation. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Love and Lust in the ‘Virtue & Vice’ series. Loves rightly ordered: Philia, Agape, Eros, Storge Come and join us. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Church in 20 min: highlights from October 16 Love & Lust in the ‘Virtue & Vice’ series Come and join us. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Gluttony is our theme in the ‘Virtue & Vice’ series. Come join us. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Joy is our theme of the week. Come and join us. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Sloth, Joy, World Communion Sunday. Church in 20 min. Come join us. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Wrath may be American Christian’s biggest problem right now. Virtue & Vice week 2 www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Peace was this week’s topic in the ‘Virtue & Vice’ series. Come and join the conversation. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Sept 25th Highlights (aka Church in 20 min) Come and join the conversation. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Virtue & Vice week 1 Come and join the conversation. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Intro for ‘Virtue & Vice’ series of 7 Deadly Sins & the Fruit of the Spirit. Pairings for the series: Lust, Love Gluttony, Self-Control Greed, Kindness Sloth, Joy Wrath, Peace […]

When do you rest? How has your work changed? www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Psalm 40 is a great example ‘sitting with a Psalm’ and the fruit that this practice bears in our lives of faith. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

The Psalms provide us a form and a permission to ask the big questions. On our good days and our bad days, in the highs and lows of life and […]

Psalm 143 is our Psalm of the Summer week 1. Bryan helps us see the swing and flow of faith.

“What is a Christian?” is the final sermon in the “Should Christians Be Good Citizens?” series. Christians are shaped by 4 Loves: Love God Love Neighbor as you Love Yourself and Love Your Enemy Listen in and join the conversation.

3 Different Views of Church as: Complement Supplement Alternative www.VermontHillsUMC.org Join us any Sunday. All are welcome.

Part 5 in “Should Christians Be Good Citizens?” Sermon notes and video here: https://vermonthillsumc.org/why-things-seem-so-bad/

4 Types of Churches & Power. Week 4 of “Should Christians Be Good Citizens?” Summer Sermon Series Notes: https://vermonthillsumc.org/4-ways-churches-relate-to-power/

We are asking “Should Christians Be Good Citizens? and in week 3 we question the question itself. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

“Should Christians Be Good Citizens?” is our question for the Summer Sermon Series. In Week 1 Pastor Bo makes the case for “Yes! – we should be the best kind of citizens.” www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Week 2 in the sermon series asking “Should Christians Be Good Citizens?” No! Christians Should Not Be Good Citizens

Your view of humanity (aka anthropology) might be the most important thing that you believe but can't always explain. This view becomes a lens through which you see and interpret everything that happens in the world around you. This ‘sermon' presents 4-views and runs them through a case study. Conservative Evangelical Progressive Evolutionary Psychology Social […]

4 quick reminders of important ways we do things. “A church is not a museum for unwanted furniture.” Matthew 18 Principle. Join us any Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Believing different things BUT believing them in a different way… People of faith need to be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem. Join us any Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

The gift of following God’s Spirit Join us any Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Communion is the theme of the week. Join us any Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

3 versions of Palm Sunday help us see its depth and danger. Join us any Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Behold is our word for the week in Naked Spirituality. Join us any Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Highlights from hybrid worship on April 3. It was our first Sunday back in the sanctuary. Join us any time. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Highlights from online worship March 27. ‘Why’ was our word for the week in Naked Spirituality. Join us Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

The ‘Why’ question is a dangerous one. Link to sermon notes: https://vermonthillsumc.org/the-why-question/ Join us any Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

‘No’ was our word for the week in Naked Spirituality. Join us any Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Church in 20 min: Highlights from online worship on March 20. Our word for the week was ‘No’. Join us any Sunday. All are welcome. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Have you ever been in a pit of despair? This sermon is for you. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Sunia Gibbs was our special guest this past Sunday. She led us in musical worship and came to the table to chat about ministry and justice in action. Her insight and passion inspired us to think about our neighborhood and the cares of our neighbors in deeper ways. Enjoy this music and conversation as we […]

Every Wednesday we have been meditating on a passage of scripture. Today we sat with Psalm 11 and let it shape our prayers. Take a moment and follow along and see where your mind and spirit take you.

Meditate on the Serenity Prayer www.VermontHillsUMC.org

We all know the plot. What is the point? www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Love is our theme for the 4th week of Advent. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Joy is the theme of the 3rd week of Advent www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Prayerful reflection on Isaiah 9 www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Advent gives us the chance to reflect and try something a little different. www.VermontHillUMC.org

Mid-Week Meditation (prayer) on scripture: Psalm 34 Join us every Wednesday at 10am and reflect with us. www.VermontHillsUMC.org

What does it mean to ‘be the church’ in the 21st century? www.VermontHillsUMC.org

What does it mean to ‘Love God’ ? This sermon explores an invitation. The amazing poem that gets us started is from John Mark Ministries http://www.jmm.org.au/articles/30096.htm We have been wrestling with these 10 invitations from our sister denomination the UCC What the video and join the conversation. Comment below on on FB www.VermontHillsUMC.org

Racism hides in all sorts of systems through code-switch and dog-whistle. Education and real estate are two examples of this systemic concern. Here are some highlights of our BrainStorming session after reading “the new white flight” article.