MVP Message

preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:4-20

How can we rest in the promises of God despite what is happening within or around us?

These are some of the many questions we will ponder this week as we read the story of Hannah, a barren woman who refuses to accept what appears to be God's will for her life. Please make plans to join us as we allow her story to remind us that, even in the midst of personal suffering and injustice, God hears our cries and remains faithful to God's promises, often in ways that surpass our expectations.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: Mark 12:38-44

What would it look like for you to trust God....completely?

These are the questions posed by a familiar story in which many people give from their abundance while one woman "gives all she has, all she has to live on."

Join us on this week as we gather in community, sing the songs of our faith, place our hope in God, and ponder these questions in light of a woman's powerful example at the temple treasury.

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Ianther Mills, Asbury UMC

Scripture: Micah 6:6-8

Dr. Ianther Mills addresses the blessings that are bestowed upon us, as we work to be more like Jesus. When asked "What does the lord require", it understood, to be more like he who has never sinned. Although we are all full of sin, God wants us to aim to be more prophetic, and mindful of our ways, so we can express the goodness and blessings that we have received by his mery.

Preacher: Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Our text for worship on this week is Mark 12:28-34, a passage in which a scribe approaches Jesus to ask “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus responds by telling the scribe that one is to love God with the whole self—one’s heart, soul, strength, and mind—and love one’s neighbor as one loves oneself. Join us as we ponder what such love entails and how the embodiment of this love creates a memory with power to bless, encourage, and inspire others for generations to come.

Preacher: Grace Rogers, Howard & Mary Martin Ministry Intern

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Rather than giving into our fears, how might we lean into faith and community in a way that transforms our fear into trust and moves us from a place of scarcity to one of abundance, from a place of stasis to one of transformation?

Join us this week as we study Jesus’ last actions before his entrance into Jerusalem in which he teaches us the essential power of a stubborn voice in the pursuit of "Fearless Discipleship."

Preacher: Lee J. Schriber, Minister of Engagement and Discipleship

Scriptures: Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c & Mark 10:35-45

Rather than giving into our fears, how might we lean into faith and community in a way that transforms our fear into trust and moves us from a place of scarcity to one of abundance, from a place of stasis to one of transformation?

Join us this week as we our series, "Fearless Discipleship" continues with yet another challenging text that calls us to wonder how we might embrace More than Rainbows in our pursuit to embody faithful servanthood and celebrate MVP's 15th Anniversary of becoming a Reconciling Congregation.

Preacher: Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: Mark 10:17-31

Continuing with our series, "Awakened to the Ways of Jesus" this week with Jesus, Pastor Donna touches on the importance of letting go. We learn how it is sometimes needed to relinquish certain actions, objects, and even people in order to gain a better relationship with God. Understanding the need to gain love by letting go off things ungodly will push us closer to God.

Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Mark 10: 1-16

Our series, "Awakened to the Ways of Jesus" continues this week with Jesus on his journey to Jerusalem with the disciples. We learn how it is Goldy to given to the love and protection that is God. Being comfortable with vulnerable and open with God is nothing less then what we are expected to do.

Preacher: Grace Rogers, Howard & Mary Martin Ministry Intern

Scripture: Mark 9:30-37

Our series, "Awakened to the Ways of Jesus" continues this week with the disciples arguing about who is the greatest amongst them. Jesus settles the argument not by calling one of the disciples vying for a place at the top "the greatest," but by redefining greatness through the lens of sacrificial service. How might our doing the same bring about wholeness and healing not only for ourselves, but for everyone around us?

Join us for worship this week as we ponder what it means to be great and how we might achieve greatness for everyone around us. 

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scriptures: James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a & Mark 9:30-37

Our series, "Awakened to the Ways of Jesus" continues this week with with the disciples arguing about who is the greatest amongst them. Jesus settles the argument not by calling one of the disciples vying for a place at the top "the greatest," but by redefining greatness through the lens of sacrificial service. How might our doing the same bring about wholeness and healing not only for ourselves, but for everyone around us?

Join us for worship this week as we ponder what it means to be great and how we might achieve greatness for everyone around us.