Gray Memorial United Methodist Church Sermons

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Sermons offered at Gray Memorial UMC in Tallahassee, Florida. To learn more, visit graymumc.org.

  1. Love Has Come Close

    4H AGO

    Love Has Come Close

    On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, we reflect on the nearness of God’s love, a love that does not stay distant but comes close to hold life in the midst of a complicated world. Drawing on Luke’s Christmas story and the image of refugia, we see how God creates small and unexpected places of refuge such as Bethlehem, a manger, and ordinary shepherds where love awakens and begins to move. The good news is this: God has already come close, God is already at work, and God will carry love forward through us, not because we are perfect, but because God’s love is. Sermon by Rev. Beth Demme For more information, visit www.graymumc.org

    24 min
  2. Blue Christmas 2025: An Empty Chair

    5D AGO

    Blue Christmas 2025: An Empty Chair

    On one of the longest nights of the year, we gather to make space for what is often left unspoken at Christmas. Absence, sorrow, and long seasons of waiting still exist. God meets us not by erasing our pain, but by sitting with us in it, offering presence rather than quick fixes. Jesus is the steadfast light that the darkness cannot, and will not, overcome. Sermon by Rev. Beth Demme For more information, visit www.graymumc.org

    16 min
  3. Joy Breaks In So That It Can Break Out

    DEC 14

    Joy Breaks In So That It Can Break Out

    On Joy Sunday, we explore how the angels’ proclamation of “good news of great joy” transforms ordinary lives. Through the story of the shepherds, we discover that joy does not erase hardship but reshapes how we live—and how we witness to God’s nearness in the world. Joy is not just a gift we receive; joy is our witness to a God who still comes close and sends us out to share that joy with all people. Scripture reading by Susan Hutchison Sermon by Rev. Beth Demme For more information, visit www.graymumc.org

    21 min
  4. Jesus Brings Peace to Our Torn Places

    DEC 8

    Jesus Brings Peace to Our Torn Places

    The shepherds lived on the margins, carrying wounds the world refused to see—yet God chose them to receive the first news of the Savior. Their story becomes a window into our own experience of feeling torn, weary, or unworthy. This message proclaims the Advent truth that Jesus brings peace to every broken place—within us, among us, and between us and God.  Scripture reading by Susan Hutchison Sermon by Rev. Beth Demme For more information, visit www.graymumc.org

    26 min
  5. Nothing is Impossible With God

    DEC 1

    Nothing is Impossible With God

    In this Advent message, Pastor Beth reflects on what it means to wait with hope when the world feels weary and the promises of God seem slow in coming. Looking at Mary and Joseph’s story, she reminds us that hope is rooted not in certainty, but in remembering God’s faithfulness and trusting that nothing is impossible with God. Hope is not naive; hope is stubborn. As we light the first candle, we are invited to become people of hope who carry light into dark places and trust that God is still at work, even now.  Sermon by Rev. Beth Demme For more information, visit www.graymumc.org

    24 min

  6. NOV 23

    Between Two Kingdoms

    Jeremiah 23:1-6 and Luke 23:33-43  On Christ the King Sunday, we’re reminded that Jesus rules not by force or intimidation, but by mercy, compassion, and self-giving love. Standing between two kingdoms—fear and control on one side, faith and surrender on the other—Christ gathers what the world scatters and reconciles what seems beyond repair. In a week when many families struggle with division or old wounds, we’re invited to remember who our king is and let his kingdom of grace take root in us.  Sermon by Rev. Beth Demme For more information, visit www.graymumc.org

    24 min

  7. NOV 17

    God Provides

    A message by special guest, Seals Martin, a student with the Wesley Foundation at FSU and TSC.  Scripture is read by Bill Eddy. Sermon by Rev. Beth Demme For more information, visit www.graymumc.org

    19 min

  8. NOV 10

    Those Seeds Are Still Growing

    Join us as we celebrate 60 years of ministry and mark All Saints Day. Sermon by Rev. Beth Demme For more information, visit www.graymumc.org

    16 min
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