Oconee Street UMC Online Service
March 7, 2021 • Third Sunday of Lent
Full Service Stream
Welcome
Prelude: “Communion”
Discussing Sin
Call to Confession
Opening Hymn: “Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation”
Sin
Sermon: Out of the Dark
In Mark 1:29, Jesus heals Mary — not with words — but with a touch. Later he goes into town, taking time to diagnose the problems with the afflicted. For those with physical problems, he heals them. For those with spiritual problems, he casts out the demons troubling them.
And to this day, Jesus’ calm presence heals and restores us … Read the rest
Sermon: “The Quality of Mercy”
Jesus tells us how to deal with those who sin against us, and not surprisingly, it’s countercultural. Where in society when we confront disagreement it’s so easy to block someone on Twitter, or unfriend them on Facebook, Jesus says we should first go talk to the person, face-to-face. Because when we talk to someone, there’s something about our humanity that … Read the rest
Sermon: Church is not a den …
When Jesus enters the temple in Matthew 21:12, he overturns tables and chairs, saying “My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you are making it a den of robbers.”
Many interpretations of this passage focus on the evil Jesus felt was happening inside the church. That’s an easy way to view this passage. We would never do … Read the rest
Sermon: The Baptism-shaped Life
“The Baptism-shaped Life”
Sermon by The Rev. Lisa Caine
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
May 29, 2016
Sermon
Lenten Devotional: Thursday, March 3
by Andrea Farnham
Luke 18: 9-13 (NIV)
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like … Read the rest
Sermon: I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (or Why I Became a United Methodist)
“I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” (or Why I Became a United Methodist)
Sermon by Dr. Jodie Lyon
April 12, 2015
1 John 1:5-2:2
Choir Anthem: “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light”
Sermon
I officially joined the United Methodist Church in the summer of 2006 after years of stubborn resistance. Yes, I … Read the rest