Rev. Diane McClanahan asks the question, “How can we put our woundedness in the service of others,” in her sermon for the Third Sunday after Easter, in the ”Encountering Resurrection” series.

Rev. Linda Littlefield Grenfell’s sermon for the Second Sunday after Easter, in the ”Encountering Resurrection” series is entitled, “Lifted from the No of All Nothing.” The Scripture text is John 21:1-9.

In this Children's Message, we learn that there are many ways to help people. We pray, “Dear God, thank you for boats and water and fish. Help us to remember to be the body of Jesus using our hands and feet and voices to show love and help others. Amen.”

Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill and Pastor Liz Fulmer join Dr. Art McClanahan for this episode of HopeGateWay Conversations to talk about how their congregations and two other former United Methodist churches in Maine are living into the faithful future of the Movement for Inclusive Methodism. Pastor Liz talks about her journey towards her ordination, one in which she was mentored by Rev. Sara.

In this Children's Message, we’re invited to be assured and at peace. We pray, “Dear God, thank you for Jesus who helps bring peace instead of fear and worry and help us to not be afraid.”

Dodie Sheffieled’s sermon for the Sunday after Easter is entitled, “Resurrecting Love.”

In her sermon for Easter Sunday, Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill, HopeGateWay’s lead pastor, notes, “interdependency is right there at the center of the Resurrections story”and offers an Easter challenge to make the world a more accessible place, especially in the local places of our lives.

In her sermon for Palm Sunday, Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill, HopeGateWay’s lead pastor, offers a fresh insight into Jesus and his ministry. Citing the words of Diana Butler Bass, from her book, Freeing Jesus, we discover that Jesus “was not killed so his death would save people; he was killed because he was already saving them…[he was] proving that a community could gather in love, set a table of plenty, and live in peace with a compassionate God.”

In this Children's Message, we’re invited to be thankful. “Dear God, thank you for sending Jesus on a donkey,” we pray. “Help us to be more loving, kind, and, and fair. Amen.”

In this Children's message, we’re invited to show joy. “Dear God, thank you for dance,” we pray, “and for all the ways we show joy with our bodies.”