FUMC Bentonville Sermon Podcast First United Methodist Church | Downtown Bentonville
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Welcome to the FUMC | Downtown Bentonville podcast! Each week, listen to sermons and stay up to date with what‘s going on in the life of our community.
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May 5th, 2024 - "A Principled People: The Political Community" - Rev. Dr. T. Ray Wheeler
Micah 6:6-8 (CEB), Luke 6:31
What does the Lord require of the political community and the aspirations of the United Methodist Church? Micah 6:8 is an excellent summary of these detailed and subtle political statements in the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church. We generally try to avoid “being political“ in the religious community; however, these statements are concerned with addressing public justice and not partisan politics. Our heritage calls us to both private and social holiness. -
April 28th, 2024 - "A Principled People: The Economic Community" - Rev. Dr. Michelle Morris
Exodus 20:8-11; Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Sabbath is an economic statement. It lays claim to the need to care for ourselves in order to care for others and God’s world. Yet for far too many of us, Sabbath is a luxury. How do we reclaim this gift God has given us? -
April 21st, 2024 - "A Principled People: The Community of All Creation" - Rev. Dr. Michelle Morris
Genesis 1:28-31
We will look at aspects of our care of creation in our Social Principles in light of the very first set of instructions God gives to humanity – to be stewards of all of the earth. -
April 14th, 2024 - "A Principled People: The Social Creed" - Johnna Kosnoff
Mark 12:28-34
The words we choose and the words we say form us. That is the purpose of creeds – to form us around a collective identity. We have creeds that help us understand who we are. Our United Methodist Social Creed is one example, reflecting what we affirm in our Social Principles. -
April 7th, 2024 - "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Rev. Dr. Michelle Morris
Joel 2:1-11
Getting ready for the eclipse the next day, and also coming out of the season of Easter, we look at how people have viewed heavenly events like eclipses as apocalyptic signs, but we will also discuss the prophetic call to prepare for the Day of the Lord. It continues the prophetic call to love and care for each other or face the consequences of a world turned upside down. -
March 31st, 2024 - "Foolish Love Is the Hope of Easter" - Rev. Dr. Michelle Morris
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
On this April Fools’ Day eve, we will acknowledge how ridiculous our faith story seems on some level, and yet we cannot imagine living with any other story. This foolish story is the beginning of hope and faith, and the means of true love.