March 27, 2016
Stetson Memorial United
Methodist Church
Easter Sunday
Acts
10:34-43 AMP
John
20:1-18 AMP
On The
Third Day…
Scripture Reading From John Chapter 20…
Prayer for God’s word to be heard
through me or in spite of me…
How many of you have ever had such good news that you
just couldn’t contain it? I know I have. It seems as if I would explode if I
didn’t share the news with someone…be it something about myself or someone
else…I just can’t help but spread the news! How about if you had a great idea
that would solve so many issues? It might be an easier way to do something or
an idea that would help humanity…the possibilities are endless. There is no
telling where we might have good news for some one. The only boundary that it
may have is our own imagination. We might right now have some good news that
needs to be shared. What’s stopping you?
We have come to the end of our Lenten journey. We have journeyed
many different roads to get here. We also visited the Upper Room and shared a
meal and were given a new command from Christ…the command to love others not as
we love ourselves but as Jesus loved and still loves us. We even sat at the
foot of the cross and stood with those who stood by when Christ was put to
death for all of humanity’s sake. But here…today…we celebrate Christ’s victory
over death and joyfully…with enthusiasm…with all of our heart… can say “CHRIST
IS RISEN”…YES HE IS RISEN INDEED!
But is that the end of the story? Are we to just say our
thank you’s and good bye’s to the Cross of Calvary? Or, is there something
more? My answer is NO! This is not the end but only the beginning of the story,
the beginning of the new life…the beginning of a new age. Christ went to the
cross not just to save you and me but to save all of humanity and there is so
many who need the hope and forgiveness of the cross I just can’t imagine Jesus
wanting us to keep it for ourselves. God wants all of humanity to be saved and
we are here to share the good news so that it is. That’s part of mine and your
mission here…part of the purpose of why we were created…to love, to share, to
be Christ for the world.
So…what happened on the third day? What does the
Resurrection Reveal to us? It reveals 4 things…
1.
Love reaches beyond the grave…Speak from the Spirit
2.
Loyalty to God is rewarded (Mary stood by Jesus)…
3.
God knows us personally…
4.
A gospel worth proclaiming…
In Acts Peter…the Rock…proclaims the resurrection…read Acts 10:34-43. What can we see from
Peter’s reaction that is also for us today?
·
He proclaimed Christ’s ministry of healing and peacemaking (36-39)
·
Proclaimed that God raised Christ from the dead (39-40)
·
Proclaimed that they ate and drank with the Risen Christ (41)
·
Proclaimed Christ is the judge of the living and the dead but there
is forgiveness in and through His name…
Today, Easter Sunday, is not the end of the story. We
have the best news ever to share. There are those out there who haven’t heard
the good news and it is our commission to share this news with all who will
hear.
Are there people in your lives or mine that need a little
bit of good news? Are there those around us that are suffering with the penalty
of sin that need to be freed from their oppressor? Are there people in our live
that are frozen in fear because of their uncertainty of their future of the
future of their loved ones? Share the good news…shout it from the roof
tops…give others a hope for the future. CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED!
Christ has conquered death for you and for me…for all of humanity! Alleluia He
is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
Amen!
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April 3, 2016
March 27, 2016
Stetson
Memorial UMC
Resurrection
(Easter) Sunday
Acts
10:34-43 AMP
John
20:1-18 AMP
sermon,
“On the Third Day”
text:
video:
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message from Mystery Box
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Resurrection
(Easter) Sunday
March
27, 2016
&
March 20, 2016
Stetson
Memorial UMC
Palm
Sunday
distribution
of palms
“A
New Way”
Adapted
Sermon Series
by Marcia McPhee
“The
Wandering Way”
adapted
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Luke
19:28-38
sermon,
“A New Way”
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message from Mystery Box
cotton ball, tweezers, zip lock bag
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Palm
Sunday
March
20, 2016
&
March 7, 2016
a way home
March 7, 2016
at home in our
Savior
March 6, 2016
Stetson
Memorial UMC
Fourth
Sunday of Lent
“The
Way”
Adapted
Sermon Series
by Marcia McPhee
“The
Wandering Way”
adapted
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Psalm
100
Luke
15:11-24 and
sermon,
“There’s No Place Like Home”
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message from Mystery Box
-
$1 dollar bill
-
Message – “In God We Trust”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Fourth
Sunday in Lent
March
6, 2016
&
February
28, 2016
Stetson
Memorial UMC
Third
Sunday of Lent
“The
Way”
Adapted
Sermon Series
by Marcia McPhee
“The
Wandering Way”
adapted
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Psalm 139:1-18
Isaiah
55:1-9
Acts
10:9-16
sermon,
“A Higher Calling”
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message from Mystery Box
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
3rd
Sunday in Lent
February
28, 2016
&
February
21, 2016
Stetson
Memorial UMC
Second
Sunday of Lent
“The
Way”
Adapted
Sermon Series
by Marcia McPhee
“The
Wandering Way”
adapted
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Psalm 8:1-4
Mark 1:16-20
sermon,
“The Way Around”
text:
video:
by Erica Berberena
Children’s Message from empty Mystery Box
by Raymond A. Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
2nd
Sunday in Lent
February
21, 2016
&
February
14, 2016
Stetson
Memorial UMC
First
Sunday of Lent
“The
Way”
Adapted
Sermon Series
by Marcia McPhee
“The
Wandering Way”
All
Scripture is from the AMP Bible
Luke
1:46-49
Luke
4:1-2
Luke
15:11-32
sermon,
“I Am A-Maze-D…”
text:
video:
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message from Mystery Box
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
1st
Sunday in Lent
February
14, 2016
&
Ash Wednesday service
Joel
2:12-17a
Matthew
6:1-6, 16-21
centering song,
“Surely the Presence”
Opening Words
Greeting
Lenten Prayer
Hymn, “In the
Garden”
Prayer of
Confession
Words of Assurance
Invitation to
Communion
Prayer after
Communion
Invitation to
receive ashes
Distribution of
Ashes
Lenten poem:
”Journeying to Jerusalem”
sermon,
“The Math of Lent 2.0”
text:
video:
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
and
closing hymn,
“It
Is Well with My Soul”
Closing
Prayer
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Ash
Wednesday
February
10, 2016
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