The Asbury UMC Smyrna Podcast (Smyrna, DE)

As we close 2022, we bring you a special two-fer podcast including Pastor Julie Lewis' messages from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as the community of Asbury celebrates the holiest of nights and the most blessed of days as we rejoice. Emmanuel, God is with us! Jesus Christ is BORN!For more information about worship at Asbury UMC in Smyrna, Delaware, please visit the Facebook page or website at www.asburysmyrnaumc.org.

As we listen to the story of God's love, we are invited to make room for Christ in our hearts. Once Jesus lives in us we are truly at home because Christ is at home in us. This is the true meaning of Christmas and what we celebrate this week. For more information about worship at Asbury United Methodist Church in downtown Smyrna, Delaware, please visit the Facebook page or website at www.asburysmyrnaumc.org.

Pastor Julie Lewis continues her Follow the Star sermon series with a message from Luke 2:6-7. During the Christmas season we often find that we are distracted by the hustle and bustle of the season and we don't pay attention to the story of Christ's birth. We get caught up in everything else going on and we fail to slow down and stop to listen. We find that when we take the time to understand what is happening and why that we find it easier to find our way home and it is th...

As we continue following the story of the Wise Men through the Christmas story as we approach the glorious celebration of Christmas and the birth of the Christchild. In this message, Pastor Julie Lewis shows us how the Christmas story highlights that we are all homeless - just as Jesus and his family and the Wise Men were on that holy night - and looking for a place where we belong, a place where we are at peace. We find that when we make the decision to look to him that we find h...

Pastor Julie Lewis kicks off her Follow the Star sermon series following the story of the Wise Men through the Advent season. In this first message we look at the signs and how the Wise Men knew what signs to look for and what those signs meant. In our modern world we find that when we know where and what to look for that we are able to find that peace that passes all understanding. We find peace when we look for Jesus. For more information about Asbury United Methodist...

Pastor Julie Lewis preaches on Christ the King Sunday, the final worship before the beginning of the Advent season. Today we look at the Gospel of Matthew as we learn about sharing God's love and bringing peace and calm to a world that is so often full of chaos. We know that it is when we claim Christ as King that we find strength and focus. For more information about worship at Asbury United Methodist Church in downtown Smyrna, Delaware please visit the website at www.asbury...

Sometimes, it is in our darkest moments that we hear the call of Christ telling us to "Go!" Our commission is to "go and make disciples." Through the story of Ananias and Paul, we can see how God blesses those who answer the call. It can be uncomfortable and hard to go into new places and share the love of God but we all have a call to "Go!"For more information about Asbury United Methodist Church in downtown Smyrna, Delaware please visit the website at www.asburysmyrnaumc.o...

Rev. Julie Lewis preaches the story of Lazarus as we see how, even in the best of times, we can find that we feel empty or dead inside. Christ calls us to new life and to come out of the tombs of our lives to be truly set free. We will never be truly set free until we answer Jesus' call to new life. Asbury United Methodist Church meets Sunday mornings at 9:00 and 11:00 AM. Services are livestreamed at www.facebook.com/asburyumcsmyrna. For more information about AU...

The first call we hear as individuals and as a church is "Follow Me!" Our first step is to make the decision to become disciples of Christ. Once we answer this call we gain all that is needed to do anything and everything Christ calls us to do.The Follow Me sermon series will be a five part study in the call that Jesus makes for each of us to "Follow Me" - both individually and as a Church - and we we understand that, although these calls serve the same purpose, we will each be ca...

Think the story of the Bible is too long to take in all in one sitting? It's not! Join us as Rev. Julie Lewis undertakes the feat of telling the Greatest Story Ever Told all in one sermon. Next week, we embark on a 5 week series entitled "Follow Me" focusing on the call that Jesus has placed on each of us - both individually and as the Body of the Church. When we answer Christ's call we find that we not only become disciples but we are able to reach others with the mes...