Church of the Resurrection Leawood Sermons

Digging in the Dirt is not just for little kids. From the beginning of creation until now, God invites us to join him in caring for all of creation. In this one-week sermon series, Pastor Scott Chrostek helps us understand how caring for creation brings us fulfillment and purpose as we seek to follow God's invitation to "dig in the dirt" and care for our world.

Throughout the previous seven weeks of Lent we have reading through the Gospel of Luke. In Luke, we see Jesus consistently lifting up the outsiders, outcasts, and even outlaws. Jesus sees beauty in the people that society pushes aside. In today's message, we come to the climactic ending of Luke's Gospel and learn what it means to live both the crucified and resurrected life.

We’ve spent the last five weeks reading and studying the Gospel of Luke together. We’ve noted how Luke wants us to see the Jesus lifts up the lowly. He befriends the outsiders, the outcasts and the outlaws. But we’ve also seen that he has regularly called out religious leaders, frustrated by the way the way many, in their self-righteousness, pushed away the non-religious and nominally religious people of his day. Throughout the gospel we find the conflict building between some of the religious authorities. Today we’ll review what happened as Jesus entered Jerusalem on what we know as Palm Sunday, and what he said and did on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of that week, and we’ll conclude with the Last Supper that took place on Thursday night.

We continue studying the Gospel of Luke for Lent and this week's message focuses on two meaningful, powerful encounters that Jesus has with outsider, outcasts, and outlaws as he journeys from Galilee to Jerusalem.

For Lent we’ve been studying the Gospel According to Luke. We’ve learned that the gospel is characterized by the company Jesus keeps. He befriended the outsiders, the outcasts and the outlaws. This week's sermon explores this theme through Jesus' parables.

At the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, our purpose is to build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.

At the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, our purpose is to build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.

At the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, our purpose is to build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.

At the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, our purpose is to build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians. We have a vision to be used by God to change lives, strengthen churches, and transform the world. And we are on a journey to know, love and serve God.

At the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, our purpose is to build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians. We have a vision to be used by God to change lives, strengthen churches, and transform the world. And we are on a journey to know, love and serve God.