Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church - Sermon Podcast

Please read Matthew 20:1-16 and use these notes to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: Parables of Jesus – The Laborers in the Vineyard Key Verse: ”‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he ... [Read more...]

Please read Luke 15:4-32 and use these notes to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son Key Verse: “Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.” (Luke 15:7) What does this ... [Read more...]

Please read Isaiah 9:2-7 and use these notes to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: The Names for the Messiah:  Wonderful Counselor. Key Verse: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined.”(Isaiah 9:2) What does darkness mean to ... [Read more...]

Please read Psalm 130 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: The Psalms: Redemption Key Verse: “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.” (130:5) What does your soul wait for? Where do you find hope in God’s word? Key Verse: O Israel, hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there ... [Read more...]

Please read Jonah 1:1-4, 3:1-5,10 and Mark 1:14-20 Sermon Focus: “Running from God” Key Verse: Jonah 1:2-3 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the Lord… Reflection Question: Jonah’s resistance to respond to the call of God to ... [Read more...]

Please read Acts 2:1-21 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: The Spirit Awakens Key Verse: All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. (Acts 2:4) Being filled with the Holy Spirit is one of our holy mysteries along our ... [Read more...]

Please read Acts 16:16-34 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: “Jailer Becomes a Liberator” Key Verse: The jailer called for some lights, rushed in, and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.  He led them outside and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and ... [Read more...]

Please read John 21:15-23 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: “Peter Becomes a Sheepherder” He asked a third time,”Simon son of John, do you love me?”  Peter was sad that Jesus asked him a third time, ”Do you love me?”  he replied, “Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.”  Jesus said ... [Read more...]

Please read Jerimiah 31:31-34 to prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: Covenant Keeping: Words Within Key Verse: “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will ... [Read more...]

Please read Numbers 21: 4-9 prepare for Sunday morning worship. Sermon Focus: Covenant Keeping: Snakes On A Plain Key Verse: “The people came to Moses and said, ‘We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord to take away the serpents from us.’ So Moses prayed for the people.” Numbers 21: 7 Reflection ... [Read more...]