UMC Book of Discipline, Paragraph 346.2 “Ordained Clergy From Other Denomination” Reasons to Reject the UMCOur History:— Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and Indigenous Boarding Schools— 2 Methodist Bishops signed the letter to MLK, Jr. attempting to discourage him and his work for justice for Black Americans— 50 years of targeting, harassing, and ostracizing LGBTQ+ […]
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Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, In the United Methodist tradition, July 1st is the beginning of clergy appointments. Meaning, this week marks the official start of year three of our pastor and parish relationship! I’m thrilled and honored to continue to be your pastor. That’s just the first of a few items on my mind
Thought firecrackers?? Read More »
Dear Minooka UMC Found Family,Nearly every Sunday, our Welcoming time includes a reminder of our congregation’s purpose, mission, and vision. Why? Exactly! We share our purpose, mission, and vision to share our ‘why.’ I know sometimes purpose, mission, and vision are used interchangeably and there are multiple ways to define each of those terms. Just
What’s our ‘why’ and why is it so important? Read More »
Those participating in worship online won’t be able to see the slides we show to enhance the sermon, so our experiment with posting sermon slides here continues. Perhaps this Easter morning we can try some different words, try so other ways to talk about Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. If we say, as some scriptures
Sermon slides for Easter Sunday, April 20: Grief & Hope Read More »
Whenever I offer slides to (hopefully) enhance the sermon experience, I also try to post them here so our online audience has access to them. All Lent we have been following Jesus’ journey from Galilee to Jerusalem as told in the gospel according to Luke. In today’s reading, Jesus finally arrives in Jerusalem. Traditionally, we
Sermon slides for Palm Sunday, April 13: Shouting & Silence Read More »
Ack! I totally forgot to post this before our worship service today. My apologies! Here are the slides shared during the sermon today, “Something [in] Between: Lost & Found.” About what are we celebrating today? About what are we grumbling today? How do we seek lost folks in our world today? I think these images
Sermon slides for March 30: Lost & Found Read More »
This is another post in our ongoing experiment to give our online worshippers a method of seeing the slides shared during the sermon. No fun photos today; instead some fun facts…and some thoughts on parables. Insufficient Sleep = less than 7 hours32% of adults in Kendall and Grundy counties37% nationally20% nationally get 5 or less
Sermon slides for March 23: Rest & Growth Read More »
I’m offering a couple sermon slides this week, so the sermon slide blog post returns. Reading the story of Mary and Martha makes me think of my grandparents. Why? I’ll explain in the sermon. But let me introduce you to Charles and Irene: Beyond that personal connection, this gospel story is representative of a long-standing
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The sermon slide post experiment continues! As I wrote here last week, these sermon slide posts are mostly designed for those participating in our worship experience online and thus cannot see the slides we show to enhance the message. Today’s text is from chapter 4 of the Gospel According to Luke. As we read this
Sermon slides for February 2: Busting boundaries Read More »
Dear Found Family of Minooka UMC, Here we are already 11 days into 2025 — how are those New Year’s resolutions going? Some research suggests almost a quarter (23%) of those who set resolutions quit in the first week(!). So if yours is still going, great job! Whatever that resolution is, I hope it is
The most important resolution realization Read More »