The Asbury UMC Smyrna Podcast (Smyrna, DE)

As she closes out her "Welcome to the New" sermon series, Rev. Julie Lewis looks to Acts 2:37-47 to see how God calls each of us to something bigger and how God created us with a plan in mind. We are all part of that plan. As we take our place in our own faith community, we can work to figure out our place in that plan and then be faithful in helping our faith community take it's place in God's plan for our community at large. For more information about worship at AUMC, pleas...

As we reach the middle of the first month of 2022 Pastor Julie Lewis looks to Paul as he shows how healthy habits impact not only our lives but the lives of others we touch. What healthy habits do we employ? Where do we have room for new habits? How can these habits help us move through and respond to this new world we live in as people of faith? Scripture comes from Romans 12:9-21. For more information about worshipping at AUMC please find our website at www.asb...

In the second installment of the Into the New sermon series, Pastor Julie Lewis shows how we can Set the Vision for 2022 by looking ahead at where we are going in order to evaluate our goals to discern if we are on the right track. Growing good fruit and developing knowledge of God are always good goals. We have to continue to look at the road ahead and how God is calling us to respond in this pandemic world. We hope you will join us on the journey ahead. For more infor...

Pastor Julie Lewis kicks off a new year of worship with her sermon series Into the New focusing on identifying the bad habits that exist in our lives and how those can be shed and replaced with new, life giving habits that refresh our lives and reorient us with our faith. At this time of year we can take stock of where we are, what God is calling us to, and what we need to cast off in order to follow Jesus most closely. For more information about Asbury United Methodist Church plea...

In the last message of 2021, Pastor Julie Lewis brings a message entitled "We Are the Promise" focusing on scripture from Colossians and the power of the Spirit that lives in us and enables us to create Heaven on earth until the time when the Savior, Jesus Christ, returns to this world. For more information about worship at Asbury United Methodist Church please visit the Facebook page www.facebook.com/asburyumcsmyrna.

Asbury United Methodist Church lights the candle of LOVE during the celebration of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the final worship service before the celebration of Christmas and the birth of the Christchild. Pastor Julie closes her Advent sermon series Fulfilled with a message entitled "Promises Fulfilled" focusing on the scripture from Luke 1:37-45. Video of this service in its entirety is available on both Facebook and YouTube. If you are looking for a church home in the c...

Pastor Julie Lewis continues her sermon series "Fulfilled" with a message entitled "Reason to Celebrate" as we look at the disasters that happen around the world, such as the recent tornadoes in Kentucky that have devastated so many just weeks before Christmas, and feel defeated and overwhelmed. When we look to Jesus, God in the flesh, we know that we can celebrate that all things are possible, that we are loved, and that this love is the most powerful force in the world. We are l...

In this message, "The Way of Peace" Pastor Julie Lewis reflects on the Scripture from Luke 1:68-79 and how, through the gift of Christ, God fulfilled his promise of salvation that was made to Abraham. This knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of sins shines a light in the darkness of the world and brings a peace that passes all understanding. For more information about worship at AUMC please visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/asburyumcsmyrna.

Pastor Julie Lewis begins the season of Advent and a new sermon series "Fulfilled." Her first message is entitled "The Days Are Surely Coming" and focuses on Jeremiah 33:14-16. In this message we see how God looks to fulfill the promises that were made to us. In this season of Advent, we anticipate and celebrate the birth of Jesus, the hope of the world, and the fulfillment of God's promise of justice and righteousness. For more information about Asbury United Methodis...

Pastor Julie Lewis continues her sermon series "I Promise" by showing how God is faithful and supplies all our needs. The Scripture is from Matthew 7:7-8 and Jeremiah 29:11-13 as we see how God supplies what we need in order to fulfill God's purpose for us. There are wants and needs and it is in learning to differentiate between these that we can become content with what we have and confident that God remains faithful to us. For more information about Asbury United Methodist ...