– 2013 Sermon Archives

Elkton United Methodist Church

2013 Sermon Archives

“Becoming a family, we celebrate God’s Love, serve the world and share
Christ’s message with all who seek.”

Christmas
Date Sermon Title
Scripture
December 29, 2013 Wow – talk about a change in scenery.. Matthew 2: 13-23
December 24, 2013 It’s not accidental, you know… Luke 2: 1-14
Advent
Date Sermon Title Scripture
December 22, 2013 No File for this Sunday  
December 15, 2013 Well, we all know something about unrealistic expectations.. Matthew 11: 2-12
December 8, 2013 No service today due to Weather
December 1, 2013 It was just an ordinary, warm November day in Venezuela .. Matthew 24: 36-44
Season After Pentecost
Date Sermon Title
Scripture
November 24, 2013 See next week, it’ll all start back over again.. Luke 23: 33-43
November 17, 2013 I think it was more for me than it was for them.. Luke 21: 5-19
November 10, 2013 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.. Luke 20: 27-38
November 3, 2013 Some words of clarification are always in order on All Saints’ Sunday.. Luke 6: 20-31
October 27, 2013 Who doesn’t like to see some self-righteous person get there comeuppance? Luke 18: 9-14
October 20, 2013 I couldn’t believe it, an Opera House in Marlinton, West Virginia.. Luke 18: 1-8
October 13, 2013 The late Dr. Fulton Oursler used to tell of an old woman.. Luke 17: 11-19
October 6, 2013 “Give us more faith,” they cried! Luke 17: 5-10
September 29,2013 I don’t usually begin my sermon with a joke… Luke 16: 19-31
September 22,2013 The Reverend Jim Joyner, from Mt. Clinton UMC will be preaching for both of our worship services  
September 15,2013 it occurred to me that I hadn’t secured my car keys… Luke 15: 1-10
September 8, 2013
I ended up a pastor, a preacher…
Jeremiah 18: 1-11
September 1, 2013
I got a flat tire last weekend…
Luke 14, 7-14
August 25, 2013
This whole thing is about healing…
Luke 13: 10-17
August 18, 2013
Bringing division to families. Wow…
Luke 12: 49-56
August 11, 2013
“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit…”
Luke 12: 32-40
August 4, 2013
“God gave us people to love and things to use and all the problems start when we get those two backwards…”
Luke 12: 13-21
July 28, 2013
Prayer. It’s a sticky wicket, isn’t it?
Luke 11: 1-13
July 21, 2013
I suppose you could be tempted into thinking…
Luke 10: 38-42
July 7-14, 2013 David is on Vacation…  
June 30, 2013
The children were falling about in giggles…
Luke 9: 51-62
June 16, 2013
There’s one story in my cycle of stories about…
Luke 7: 36-50
June 9, 2013
Well, I’ve never seen it happen
Luke 7: 11-17
June 2, 2013
Small and slow. That pretty well sums up my high school football career
Luke 7: 1-10
May 26, 2013
Trinity Sunday. Yay. It’s a Sunday that Lectionary preachers dread
Romans 5: 1-5
Day of Pentecost
Date Sermon Title
Scripture
May 19, 2013
He came barreling up behind me. It felt like he was right on my bumper
Acts 2: 1-13
Easter
Date Sermon Title
Scripture
May 12, 2013 The racism that keeps us from seeing others as just fellow human beings Acts 16: 16-34
May 5, 2013 Sacrificing chickens has deep cinematic ties. John 5: 1-9
April 28, 2013
Christ-like love is like trying to carry a candle against the wind.
John 13: 31-35
April 21, 2013
“Bombs…terror…are we really safe anywhere?”
John 10: 22-30
April 14, 2013
I broke my brand new fly rod
John 21: 1-19
April 7, 2013
Dude – you missed it! – Guest Preacher Sandy Cubbage
John 20: 19-31
March 31, 2013
Absolutely not. There will be no surprises on Easter!
Luke 24: 1-12
Lent
Date Sermon Title Scripture
March 24, 2013
The successful completion of the mission was never seriously in doubt
Luke 23: 1-49
March 17, 2013
If you want to know why I just love baseball
John 12: 1-8
March 10, 2013
There’s an old Jewish story about two brothers who were in the flour milling business
Luke 15: 11b-32
March 3, 2013
Poet Mary Oliver, in a poem entitled Shadows
Luke 13: 1-9
February 24, 2013
In June of 2010, nine month old twin girls were attacked and bitten
Luke 13: 31-35
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