Catch up on recent sermons at UPC! You can read the manuscripts, watch the videos, or listen to the podcast.
“Snap Out of It!”
Jarrett McLaughlin “Snap Out of It!” April 21, 2024 Psalm 24: 1-2, 7-10 Prayer of Illumination: The earth is yours, O God, and all that is within it – including us. Speak to us now and remind us that we, too, are a part of creation’s fabric – not exalted above as...
Youth Sunday
Heckifiknow
Meg Peery McLaughlin HeckifIknow April 7, 2024 John 20: 19-31 He is Risen! He is Risen indeed! And in these weeks that follow Easter, we will be looking at what the gospel writers have to say after Jesus is out of the tomb, what these Holy Scriptures have to say about...
Active Recovery (Easter Sunday)
Jarrett McLaughlin Active Recovery March 31, 2024 John 20: 1-18 Pre-Scripture: Bret Turner teaches first grade in the Bay Area. He enjoys giving his students word puzzles. One day he had this one written on the board. I am the beginning of everything, the end of...
Speaking to God in the Dark
Meg Peery McLaughlin Speaking to God in the Dark March 29, 2024 (Good Friday) Luke 23 God, it is dark. And we are here here in the dark to speak to you, speak directly to you tonight. To tell you the truth we need this darkness, God, these shadows. We came on purpose...
Maundy Thursday Meditation
Nancy Myer Maundy Thursday March 28, 2024 John 13: 1-17, 31-35 13Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2The devil...
Cross Talk: Join the Parade (Theory of Atonement: Christus Victor)
Meg Peery McLaughlin Cross Talk: Join the Parade Theory of Atonement: Christus Victor March 24, 2024 Mark 11: 1-11 Prayer for Illumination As the beams of the cross join together at the point of intersection, meet us here, O God, in the reading of your word. Meet us...