MVP Message

Preacher: Lee Aber, Minister of Engagement & Discipleship

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-18; 31:31-34

Join us this week as we finish this series with hearts open to mystery—trusting in the God who releases us from the ruins of what was and calls us toward the justice, mercy, and belonging of what could yet be.

Preacher: Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15

How might the dark and challenging moments through which we are living provide opportunities to plant and invest for the future? Join us this week, as we ponder these questions and again hear a message of hope—even on the eve of Jerusalem's destruction.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14

Join us this week as our series on the book of Jeremiah continues with a deeper exploration of exile and God's call to be faithful no matter what.

Preacher: Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-31

Join us this week as we ponder how God might be speaking truth to power in similar ways today, sing restorative and joyful songs, gather at the altar where all are welcome for the sacrament of Holy Communion and no one is turned away, and experience authentic community.

Preacher: Carie Dupree, Candidate for Ordained Ministry

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-11Join us this week to explore the image of God the potter, God’s changing mind, our call to reverse course, and the hope that God’s shaping work offers us.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:1-10

Join us this week as our series on the book of Jeremiah begins. Together we will seek to enter this ancient ache, explore the prophet’s fierce honesty and fragile hope, and prayerfully discover wisdom to sustain us in our own times of turmoil—and perhaps even deepen our trust in God who has not and will not let us go. 

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-14

Methodist historian Ashley Boggan has coined the phrase "Wesleyan Vile-Tality," and defines it as "a willingness to look beyond today's acceptable practices, standards, and norms and bend the rules in order to ensure that more and more persons can be included within the kin-dom of God." What might we learn from this concept? How have MVPers been vile in the past? How might we allow their example to inspire us today? Join us as we ponder these questions and more.

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

God uses the sense of hearing to break down barriers and open hearts. Join us this week, as we reflect not only on the wind and fire, but on the miracle of hearing—and consider how we, too, might dare to be open to the Spirit’s fresh, bold, and boundary-breakin

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol, Pastor

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34Join us this week as our series, "A Faith Worth Living: What We Believe as United Methodists and Why" continues with an exploration of the power of praise and the role that singing and music can play in our faith.

Preacher: Lee Aber, Minister of Engagement & Discipleship

Scripture: Acts 16:9-15

Join us this week, as our series, "A Faith Worth Living: What We Believe as United Methodists and Why" continues with an exploration of what it means to be called and sent out in mission to the whole world.