Beyond the Sermon

Pastor Scott and Jeremy to discuss what it's like to be confronted about your sermon, the rest of John 8, and a baby

I Am... the Light of the World: Sermon

This week we get a special treat as we get to talk with a group of our students and youth leaders who participated in either the Jr High or Sr High retreats at Black Rock Retreat Center in January. In this conversation Jeremy and Scott are joined by Kirstan, Josiah, Elizabeth, Bethany, and Lillian, as they share favorite memories and spiritual impacts from the weekends.

The sermon you’re about to listen to is from our Lent sermon series for 2024, “I Am: Letting Jesus Be Who He Says He Is.” In this series we’re looking at Jesus’ I Am statements in the Gospel of John as we seek to gain a fuller picture of who God is. This sermon from one of our missionary partners, Don Parsons, comes from John 4 and looks at how an encounter with Jesus, the great I Am, changes everything about our lives.

The sermon you’re about to listen to is the Ash Wednesday sermon from our Lent sermon series for 2024, “I Am: Letting Jesus Be Who He Says He Is.” In this series we’re looking at Jesus’ I Am statements in the Gospel of John as we seek to gain a fuller picture of who God is. This sermon, coming from Exodus 3, sets the framework within which Jesus' original audiences would have heard Him say, "I Am..."

Since Jeremy is on paternity leave, in this week's conversation we drop in on a First Methodist staff meeting. We always open our staff meetings answering questions from the "Discipleship Deck" before moving on to other business. In this episode Scott is joined by Will, Aaron, Tina, and Marie as we talk about our discipleship cards, our fasting series, and what we're fasting from for Lent.

The sermon you’re about to listen to comes from our first series of 2024, “Fast Forward.” Today, in our final sermon in the series, we're talking about how we are called to patiently endure seasons we would rather fast forward through in prayer.

We continue the conversation with Jonathan Schwehm and discuss prayer, tithing, and more

The sermon you’re about to listen to comes from our first series of 2024, “Fast Forward.” Today we're talking about the role that our motivations play in how we practice spiritual disciplines like prayer and fasting.

Pastor Scott and Jeremy talk to Jonathan Schwehm about how he ended up as a part of our congregation, what God is doing in his life, and what God is doing in the church that excites Jonathan