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Kearney First UMC Podcasts
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Listen to Kearney First United Methodist Church’s Sunday sermons for thought provoking and uplifting messages or check out our weekly ponderings about the sermon, upcoming events, or interviews with members of the congregation.
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Psalm 46
2w ago00:12:07Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday Morning podcast! In this episode, Pastor Matt reads through Psalm 46 and invites us to ponder a few questions. When have we experienced God being a present help in times of trouble? When have we experienced times of trouble and felt like God was not our refuge or strength? In what ways does God end violence through Jesus? In what ways might God through Jesus call us to end violence in ways Jesus did? Extra resource: United Methodist Social Principles: The Political Community
Transcribe →How Do We Know: When There Is No Clear Message?
2w ago00:18:04Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon podcast! In this episode, Pastor Jo Ellen looks at a hard scripture for graduates today. Life has lots of lemons. Some are good lemons that we can make into lemonade, others are not so good that we may struggle with. What do we do with our lemons? Have there been times in your life when you did not know where your life was going? Ponder a time in life when the path was much clearer, when you saw this from the “end of the journey” instead of the start. How does hindsight help us ponder the future?
Transcribe →A Prayer for Graduates and Seeking God
3w ago00:12:27Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday Podcast! In this episode, Pastor Jo Ellen offers a prayer for all of our graduates from little preschoolers through to doctoral students. She encourages all of us to live into God's Will and lean on God in all stages of our lives.
Transcribe →How Do We Know: When Things Are Overwhelming
3w ago00:23:43Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon podcast! In this sermon, Pastor Matt invites us to think of times when others have offered us advice. Did you take that advice right away? Did you think about it for a while? Did you ask others for their opinions? Pastor Matt challenges us to foster relationships of grace and humility with one another so we may discover God guiding us to whole and beautiful lives together.
Transcribe →Taking His Yoke
May 400:12:57Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday morning podcast! In this episode, Pastor Matt asks how do we take Jesus' yoke upon us? How do we learn from Him? Do we trust Jesus to be gentle and humble in heart like He says He is?
Transcribe →When You're Finding Your Calling - Confirmation Sunday
May 300:17:02Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon Podcast! In this sermon, Pastor Jo Ellen reminds us that God calls each of us by name. When God speaks, do we listen? Our confirmation students are a gift to our church and the world. We are so proud of them and the steps they've made in their faith journey! Pastor Jo Ellen shares some of the letters the confirmands have written reflecting on why they wanted to be confirmed.
Transcribe →How Do We Know Our Calling?
Apr 2700:13:13Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday Podcast! In this episode, Pastor Matt asks, "How do we know the right thing or the truth when finding our calling? How do we know when we are finding our calling? Do we expect God to speak in only certain ways to us or for us?"
Transcribe →How Do We Know: When You Need More Assurance
Apr 2600:24:39Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon Podcast! In this sermon, Pastor Matt asks if you are someone who trusts GPS or do you use it as a suggestion? How do we know what we hear on the news or social media is true or not? How do we know when we need to make a change in our lives? When we need help, does our pride or cultural pressure get in the way of asking others for the help or advice we need? How have you experienced God's confirming grace in relationship with others?
Transcribe →Unexpected Kindness
Apr 2000:09:10Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday Podcast! In this episode, Pastor Matt looks at the first part of Ruth asks, "How have you experienced an unexpected kindness or protection?"
Transcribe →How Do We Know: When the Messenger is Unexpected
Apr 1900:24:44Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon Podcast! In this sermon, Pastor Matt invites us to think about how we know what God wants for us to do, say, or be? Do we really believe that God cares about our decisions? How do we test spirits to know if they come from God? Do we take the time to be reflective and seek the Lord rather than to be quick to act?
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