Preaching on Acts 1:1-14, Summit UMC Pastor Melinda Giese helps us to get into heads of Jesus' disciples as they slowly process the differences between the deliverance they expected and the more perfect gift Jesus was offering. Pastor Melinda challenges us to think about our current situation, and to consider how we can open ourselves up to new possibilities as well. Summit United Methodist Church in Tacoma and Puyallup United Methodist Church are sharing their pastoral leadership in online worship for the next several weeks.
Easter Message: Love Leaves Empty Tombs and Churches
Our Easter text this year comes from the 16th chapter of Mark's Gospel. The oldest version of the story of Christ's resurrection originally ends abruptly, leaving its audience with questions that were answered by early believers. According to Pastors Melinda Giese and Cara Scriven, a similar challenge faces us as our sanctuaries sit empty this Easter. This strange occurrence also has a reason we should be ready to share.
Summit United Methodist Church in Tacoma and Puyallup United Methodist Church are sharing their pastoral leadership in online worship for the next several weeks.
Palm Sunday
On this Palm Sunday, we encounter again the story of Jesus as he arrives in Jerusalem to an expectant crowd. Pastor Cara Scriven reminds us that they cried out "hosanna" meaning "save us," prompting her to ask, "What is it that you want Jesus to same you from today?"
Summit United Methodist Church in Tacoma and Puyallup United Methodist Church are sharing their pastoral leadership in online worship for the next several weeks.
The Unveiling
Summit UMC Pastor Melinda Giese helps us to understand the apocalyptic imagery that Jesus uses in Mark Chapter 13. Acknowledging the challenge posed by this week's text, Pastor Melinda draws interesting connections, and a message of hope, from this revealing piece of scripture.
Summit United Methodist Church in Tacoma and Puyallup United Methodist Church are sharing their pastoral leadership in online worship for the next several weeks.
Loving God by Staying Home
One story that Jesus tells of a widow and her giving shows up in many stewardship sermons. Pastor Cara Scriven contends that taken in its full scriptural context, the story may not say what we think it says. For Christians today so used to seeing their worth defined by what they do, what might this story say to us?
God Shows Up
For this week's sermon, Pastor Cara Scriven takes a look at two parables, one modern and one ancient. Both tell a similar story. God continues to show up whether we like (or recognize) it of not.
Fear, Control, and the path of the Servant
In these days of heightened anxiety, our scripture this morning (Mark 10:35-45) poses a question. Will we, like James and John, try to seek power and control to regain a sense of security or will we choose the path of the servant? Pastor Cara Scriven causes us to wonder, how much toilet paper is too much?
All that you can't leave behind...
On this first Sunday of Lent, our scripture lesson comes form Mark's gospel (10:17-31) where Jesus encounters a rich man. The man asks Jesus what it will take to inherit eternal life. Pastor Cara Scriven helps us to understand Jesus' answer using the illustration of a popular contemporary sitcom, Schitt's Creek.
On this first Sunday of Lent, our scripture lesson comes form Mark's gospel (10:17-31) where Jesus encounters a rich...
Posted by Puyallup United Methodist Church on Sunday, March 1, 2020