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May 18, 2025; To Love As Jesus Loved by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 13:31-35; www.FirstMethodist.org
May 4, 2025; So Much More Than Our Mistakes by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 20:1-18; www.FirstMethodist.org
April 27, 2025; Where Do You See Jesus? by Rev. Kale Wetekamm; Gospel Lesson John 20:19-31; www.FirstMethodist.org
April 20, 2025; He Is Risen . . . Just as He Said by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 20:1-18; www.FirstMethodist.org
April 6, 2025; What Would You Do With a Whole New Life? by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 12:1-8; www.FirstMethodist.org
January 19, 2025; Does Jesus Still Matter? (Part 2): The Truth to Guide Us by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 3:16-17; www.FirstMethodist.org
The Gospel Lesson: John 11:32-44Sermon: “We Are Grateful for our Saints”Preaching: Rev. Bill Britt, Senior Minister The post 11.03.24 | We Are Grateful for our Saints appeared first on Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
The Gospel Lesson: John 3:11-17Sermon: “And Are We Yet Alive: Heaven Now ... and Later"Preaching: Rev. Bill Britt, Senior Minister The post 08.18.24 | And Are We Yet Alive: Heaven Now … and Later appeared first on Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
The Gospel Lesson: John 14:25-27Sermon: “Inspired by the Spirit for Fifty Years"Preaching: Rev. Ron Greer | Director, Pastoral Counseling Service The post 05.19.24 | Inspired by the Spirit for Fifty Years appeared first on Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
May 5: Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Robert Sawyer, Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC, Gospel Lesson: John 15: 9-17
May 26: Sermon by the Rev. Ginny Hege Tobiassen, pastor of Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 3: 1-17
May 5, 2024; As I Have Loved You by Pattye Hewitt; Gospel Lesson John 15:9-17; www.FirstMethodist.org
The Gospel Lesson: John 10:11-18Sermon: “We Have a Good Shepherd"Preaching: Rev. Bill Britt, senior minister The post 04.21.24 | We Have a Good Shepherd appeared first on Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
April 21, 2024: Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Robert Sawyer, Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 10: 11-18
March 10, 2024: Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Robert Sawyer, Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 3: 14-21
March 31, 2024: Sermon by The Rev. Dr. Craig D. Atwood, Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 20: 1-18
March 17, 2024: Sermon by the Rev. Ginny Hege Tobiassen, pastor of Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 12: 20-33
April 28, 2024; What Was I Made For? by Rev. Kale Wetekamm; Gospel Lesson John 15:1-8; www.FirstMethodist.org
The Gospel Lesson: John 20:19-31Sermon: “Believing Thomas"Preaching: Rev. Bill Britt, senior minister The post 04.07.24 | Believing Thomas appeared first on Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
April 7, 2024; The Power of Forgiveness by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 20:19-31; www.FirstMethodist.org
The Gospel Lesson: John 20:1-18Sermon: “Christ is Risen"Preaching: Rev. Bill Britt, senior minister The post 03.31.24 | Christ is Risen appeared first on Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
March 17, 2024; The Jesus Formula for A Good Life by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 12:20-32; www.FirstMethodist.org
The Gospel Lesson: John 15:12-17 Sermon: “Rekindling the Flames of Our Faith: I Love My Church" Preaching: Rev. Bill Britt, senior minister The post 03.10.24 | Rekindling the Flames of Our Faith: I Love My Church appeared first on Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
March 3, 2024, sermon by the Rev. Robert Sawyer, former pastor of Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 2:13-22
March 3, 2024; Break My Heart for What Breaks Yours by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 2:13-22; www.FirstMetodist.org
The Gospel Lesson: John 4:5-15 Sermon: “Come to Me All Who Are Weary: Bridge Over Troubled Water” Preaching: Rev. Bill Britt, senior minister The post 01.21.24 | Come to Me All Who Are Weary: Bridge Over Troubled Water appeared first on Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
Nov. 5, 2023: Meditation for the Festival of Chief Eldership of Christ by the Rev. Ginny Hege Tobiassen, pastor of Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 10: 1-10
The Gospel Lesson: John 1:9-18 Sermon: “At the Movies: E.T. The Extraterrestrial" Preaching: Rev. Bill Britt, senior minister The post 07.16.23 | At the Movies: E.T. The Extraterrestrial appeared first on Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
A sermon by Rev. Barbara Lemmel and Rev. Mitchell Hay. Epistle 1 Peter 2:2-5, 10 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God's sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Once you were no people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Gospel Lesson John 14:1-9, 11a Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me. In Abba's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going. Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to Abba except through me. If you know me, you will know Abba also. From now on you do know God and have seen God. Philip said to him, “Lord, show us God, and we will be satisfied.” Jesus said to him, Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen Abba. Trust that I am in Abba and Abba is in me.
May 14, 2023; Got Joy? by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson: John 15:9-17; www.FirstMethodist.org
May 7, 2023; Even Greater Things by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 14:1-14; www.FirstMethodist.org
A sermon by Rev. Barbara Lemmel and Rev. Mitch Hay. Acts Lesson Acts 2:42-47 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. Gospel Lesson John 10:1-10 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
April 6, 2023, meditation by the Rev. Andrew L. Heil, associate pastor of Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 13: 1-7,12-15, 34-35
April 16, 2023, sermon by the Rev. Ginny Hege Tobiassen, pastor of Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 20: 19-31
April 9, 2023, sermon by the Rev. Andrew L. Heil, associate pastor of Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 20: 1-18
March 19, 2023, sermon by the Rev. Ginny Hege Tobiassen, pastor of Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 9: 1-41
Quasimodo Geneti Sunday's Gospel Lesson - John 20:19-31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.” 24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” 26 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
April 16, 2023; The Benefit of the Doubt by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 20:19-28; www.FirstMethodist.org
As a way of linking arms with other Christians and preparing for worship, we will meditate on the lectionary readings for this Sunday. Today we will read the entire the Gospel Lesson - John 20:19-31. Background music from "Soul Breaker" by Alex Mason and the Minor Emotions. Connect with us: Website: NikkiRach.com Twitter: @MeditationBible Facebook Group: Spiritual Disciplines for Today Email: Nikki.Rach@NikkiRach.com
As a way of linking arms with other Christians and preparing for worship, we will meditate on the lectionary readings for this Sunday. Today we will apply Lectio Divina to the Gospel Lesson - John 20:30-31. Background music from "Soul Breaker" by Alex Mason and the Minor Emotions. Connect with us: Website: NikkiRach.com Twitter: @MeditationBible Facebook Group: Spiritual Disciplines for Today Email: Nikki.Rach@NikkiRach.com
As a way of link with other Christians and preparing for worship, we will meditate on the lectionary readings for this Sunday. Today we will apply Lectio Divina to the Gospel Lesson - John 20:27-29. Background music from "Soul Breaker" by Alex Mason and the Minor Emotions. Connect with us: Website: NikkiRach.com Twitter: @MeditationBible Facebook Group: Spiritual Disciplines for Today Email: Nikki.Rach@NikkiRach.com
As a way of link with other Christians and preparing for worship, we will meditate on the lectionary readings for this Sunday. Today we will apply Lectio Divina to the Gospel Lesson - John 20:24-26. Background music from "Soul Breaker" by Alex Mason and the Minor Emotions. Connect with us: Website: NikkiRach.com Twitter: @MeditationBible Facebook Group: Spiritual Disciplines for Today Email: Nikki.Rach@NikkiRach.com
As a way of link with other Christians and preparing for worship, we will meditate on the lectionary readings for this Sunday. Today we will apply Lectio Divina to the Gospel Lesson - John 20:21-23. Background music from "Soul Breaker" by Alex Mason and the Minor Emotions. Connect with us: Website: NikkiRach.com Twitter: @MeditationBible Facebook Group: Spiritual Disciplines for Today Email: Nikki.Rach@NikkiRach.com
As a way of link with other Christians and preparing for worship, we will meditate on the lectionary readings for this Sunday. Today we will apply Lectio Divina to the Gospel Lesson - John 20:19-20. Background music from "Soul Breaker" by Alex Mason and the Minor Emotions. Connect with us: Website: NikkiRach.com Twitter: @MeditationBible Facebook Group: Spiritual Disciplines for Today Email: Nikki.Rach@NikkiRach.com
A sermon by Rev. Barbara Lemmel and Rev. Mitchell Hay. Gospel Lesson John 11: 1–3, 5–6, 17–41a, 43b–44 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” . . . Though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. … When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many friends had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.” When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him. The neighbors who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the neighbors who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus began to weep. So the neighbors said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?” Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. … [Jesus] cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
March 19, 2023; Opening The Eyes of Your Heart by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 9:1-9, 13-21, 24-25, 32-38; www.FirstMethodist.org
March 12, 2023, sermon by the Rev. Andrew L. Heil, associate pastor of Home Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, NC. Gospel Lesson: John 4:27-42
A sermon by Rev. Mitch Hay and Rev. Barbara Lemmel. Gospel Lesson John 4, selected verses So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink'. (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?' (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “Give me a drink”, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.' The woman said to him, ‘Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?' Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.' The woman said to him, ‘Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.' … The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah is coming' (who is called Christ). ‘When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.' Jesus said to her, ‘I am he, the one who is speaking to you.' Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, ‘What do you want?' or, ‘Why are you speaking with her?' Then the woman left her water-jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, ‘Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?' They left the city and were on their way to him. … Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony, ‘He told me everything I have ever done.' So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there for two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, ‘It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.'
March 12, 2023; Good News for Oddballs and Outcasts by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 4:5-30, 39; www.FirstMethodist.org
March 5, 2023; For God So Loved The World by Rev. Brady Whitton; Gospel Lesson John 3:1-18; www.FirstMethodist.org