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Hyfrydol

“Hyfrydol” arrangement by Stan Pethel and presented as the prelude to worship by the Instrumental Ensemble at First UMC - Gainesville, FL on 12 October 2025.

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Lyons

“Lyons” arrangement Mark Albrecht and presented as the postlude to worship on 26 January 2025 by Maggie Tran on the organ.

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River in Judea

“River in Judea” by Linda Marcus and Jack Feldman, arranged by John Levitt. Presented by John Bevis, Robert Jackson, Katy Lassiter, Lynn Sandefur-Gardner (piano), and Jessica Van Leer.

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Reversal

Our choice of actions, both big and small, have a cascading impact on others, spreading outward like ripples on a pond. This visual metaphor emphasizes the power we have to create change in our communities through our choices and interactions with others. Every act of kindness and compassion, or negativity and hate, can have far-reaching consequences. In this series, we explore the beginnings of Jesus’ ministry in the Gospel of Luke. What can we learn from the choices that Jesus and those around him made? What difference did the “ripples” of those choices make both then and now? As followers of Jesus, how will the “ripples” of our choices make a difference on our campus, in our community, and around our world? In this sermon, we see that Jesus taught his disciples that the roles in the Kingdom of God will be reversed from the roles of this world. “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled.” “But woe to you are rich, for you have received your consolation.”

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Temptation

Over the past year many of us have used technology in ways we never anticipated in order to connect with each other safely. At First UMC we now offer an online livestreamed weekly worship experience and a brand new First UMC app is available to download on computer tablets and smartphones. The main purpose of an “app” or “application” is to help make life easier for the user. This Lenten season we are exploring a different kind of app that’s always free to download and never needs a Wi-Fi connection. Jesus taught his disciples to pray using this “app” or “amazing, powerful prayer” found in the Gospel of Matthew and Luke. An app that doesn’t always make life easier, but always makes it better.The 40 days of Lent are a time for spiritual reflection, rededication and renewal. This journey began with repentance and continues this week with recognizing our identity as God’s children. In this sermon, Pastor Beth reflects on Matthew 6, verses 9-13; verse 13 says “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”

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The Cup of Freedom: Freedom to Bless

When death seems to have had the last word and rising up feels locked down, we call on the power of love and life. We take up Jesus’ cup of freedom, we call on the name of the One Who Is Truly Sovereign, and we claim the freedom to move forward, to follow, to rise again, to love, bless, and be opened. In the end, we are filled with the freedom of the Spirit of God. Blessings are always meant to be shared. As God gives grace generously to us, so we are to give grace generously to others. The more we commit our lives to service over self and the common good, the more Christ-like we become.

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Follow God

Easter begins a new season. It’s a new week and a new day. The power and glory of the resurrection forges forth a new way of being. Life and death have been transformed through the work of Christ. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the weeks of the Easter season, we journey from the tomb with Jesus and the early disciples from that perspective. From the Day of Easter to the Day of Pentecost, we find God in flesh and in spirit moving in the world and in us…from the tomb.For this sermon, Pastor Beth looks at John 21 to follow God.

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Glory

Pastor Beth's sermon on 19 January 2025.

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Better Together: We’ve Got a Foundation

What a ride 2023 has been! We’ve experienced incredible highs like the world premiere of the “Requiem” this Spring which is a beautiful piece of music our congregation commissioned to honor the lives lost during the pandemic and claim hope and light for the future. We’ve also faced challenging lows like UMCs in our community and beyond who’ve chosen to disaffiliate from our denomination, a situation which has brought hurt and heartache to many. Today it’s both these realities that inspire this year’s stewardship theme, “Better Together.” God has done, is doing and will do great things through our commitment to our connection in Christ… in short, we are better together! Verse 5 of 2 Timothy, Chapter 1 says “I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you.”

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Patience

The sermon series uses some of Forrest’s most famous quotes in our exploration of the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. The Galatians passage is used weekly, along with another scripture passage in which the “fruit of the day” is evident. May our faith be more “fruit-full” as we run the race set before us with perseverance and endurance, keeping our eyes on Jesus, and encourage others to run alongside us. Run, First UMC, Run! This sermon examines the fruit of patience using Romans 15:1-7 where verses 1 and 2 say “We who are powerful need to be patient with the weakness of those who don’t have power, and not please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good in order to build them up.”

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