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The 2024 Summer Sermon Series will be spent in the Psalms. These scriptures are great examples of the wide range of emotions expressed by ancient people of faith, how they handled them, and where God is found in the ups and downs of life.

At this time of year, when many of us are packing our suitcases for summer adventures, this series explores the “fruit of the spirit must haves” on our packing list for the daily adventure of life. We’ll also identify what things we need to unpack that weigh us down and keep us from traveling “light”!

This sermon was preached by Dr. Harold Henderson on Trinity Sunday at First UMC - Gainesville, FL.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Harold Henderson on Ascension Sunday and Mother's Day at First UMC - Gainesville, FL.

This sermon was preached by the Reverend Clair Carter who serves as the Director of Family Empowerment at Trinity UMC’s Faith Mission campus. She runs Circles Gainesville, a ministry devoted to moving families out of poverty permanently. She is on loan from the Louisiana Annual conference where she is ordained in full connection as a deacon. Service and community engagement are two of her passions and she is committed to a simple life of service through the grace of Jesus, and she will always choose to make time to be curious about this amazing world.

Using the small but mighty First Letter of John, this Easter season we’ll be reminded of the ways Jesus’ life, death and resurrection reveal the truth that “God is love and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” (1 John 4:16b) Resurrection power is found both on other side of this life in eternity, and in the right here and right now. How can we more fully embrace that truth? We can embody the words of what most of us know as a children’s song but was sung throughout the civil rights movement as an anthem of resistance and strength, “This Little Light of Mine, I’m Gonna Let it Shine!”

Using the small but mighty First Letter of John, this Easter season we’ll be reminded of the ways Jesus’ life, death and resurrection reveal the truth that “God is love and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” (1 John 4:16b) Resurrection power is found both on other side of this life in eternity, and in the right here and right now. How can we more fully embrace that truth? We can embody the words of what most of us know as a children’s song but was sung throughout the civil rights movement as an anthem of resistance and strength, “This Little Light of Mine, I’m Gonna Let it Shine!”