University UMC Sermons ATX UUMC

This Sunday, Pastor Teresa preaches and shares about her call to ministry. The Gospel Lesson comes from Mark 2 and focuses on themes of The Sabbath.

We celebrate Trinity Sunday! The doctrine of the Trinity often sounds heavy and makes us wonder what this ancient doctrine about who God is has to do with who we are today. Come with an open heart as we meditate on the meaning of the Trinity and celebrate divine love in its diversity and communion.

This Sunday, we celebrate Pentecost Sunday! Pentecost is the day in the Christian Calendar when we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit that birthed the early church

“If we are willing to be amazed, Pentecost is one of the most awe-inspiring days in our Christian calendar. If we are willing to be transformed, it is an opportunity to be renewed in energy and faithfulness toward the work of God’s kindom on earth when all people will experience true liberation and boundless love.” - Sarah Speed, A Sanctified Art

Pastor Teresa shares a brief homily, "Caring for Mother Earth and One Another."

We continue our sermon series, Climate Justice and Creation Care. Pastor Earl preaches on Famine and Feeding.

We continue the sermon series “Creation Care and Climate Justice.” This week's sermon will center on the theme of climate migration. We will hear the account of disciples on the road to Emmaus from Luke’s Gospel and consider what it means to recognize and welcome those God sends our way.

All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matt 25:35). – from The Rule of St. Benedict

Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift. – Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants