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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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Living Like Heaven Were Here
4w ago00:15:58Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday morning podcast! In this episode, Pastor Jo Ellen challenges us to think about what Heaven will be like and how we can live as if Heaven were here. How would your life change if you lived as if Jesus were coming back today?
Transcribe →The Nature of God: God is Love
4w ago00:18:22Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon podcast! In this sermon, Pastor Jo Ellen explores God is Love through the story of a quilt. She invites you to ponder these questions as you listen: When pondering the statement, “God is love,” what do you think/realize/understand? How has God shown you love recently? How do you know that God loves you, personally? In what ways could we share the message of God’s love with our neighbors and community? What is one thing you can do this week to share God’s love? Be specific and put this on your calendar * (you are more likely to actually do this if you do!)
Transcribe →Reminding
Jul 600:10:52Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday Morning Podcast! In this episode, Pastor Matt asks how do you remember things? Do you use a calendar, sticky notes, strings, or another method? How do you remember all that God has done for you?
Transcribe →Exploring the Nature of God: God is Our Safe Place
Jul 500:16:26Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon podcast! In this sermon, Pastor Jo Ellen asks, "Where is your safe space?" Is it a physical space, a person, or a memory? How does David’s honesty in pouring out his complaint before God reflect his relationship with God? In what ways can we relate to David’s feelings of loneliness and being “overwhelmed” in our own lives? How can we cultivate the same level of trust in God that David demonstrates? If you were to write your own prayer in the style of Psalm 142, what would you say? Write your prayer this week and share it aloud with God.
Transcribe →David, Saul, and Feeling Alone
Jun 2900:07:32Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday Morning podcast! In this episode, Pastor Matt explores a little bit of the story of David hiding from Saul and Psalm 14. He asks if you have ever felt alone even though people may have been around you? Are we honest with God when we feel isolated or abandoned?
Transcribe →The Nature of God: God Knows Everything
Jun 2800:22:56Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon podcast! In this sermon, Pastor Matt explores the feelings of God knowing everything. When you were a kid, did news of what you had been up to get home before you did? Did your parents seem to know everything? Is the idea of God knowing everything comforting or discomforting to you and why? What are the differences between “knowing” and “controlling” everything, and does one or the other frustrate you, give you peace, or something else?
Transcribe →God Knows Everything: Psalm 139
Jun 2200:14:42Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday Morning Podcast! In this episode, Pastor Matt walks through Psalm 139 and asks, "Can we surprise God?"
Transcribe →Exploring the Nature of God: God Is Creator
Jun 2100:19:22Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon Podcast! In this sermon, Pastor Matt asks what was the last thing you saw that brought you a sense of awe? What is the main point of Genesis 1? Does thinking about or believing in God as creator ask anything of you as an individual or us as humans? If so, what? If the interpretive trajectory of the sermon on Genesis 1 (and 2) is new or different to you, what other questions or interpretations do you have?
Transcribe →God Is Our Creator
Jun 1500:09:48Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Monday Morning Podcast! In this episode, Pastor Jo Ellen reads part of the creation story in Genesis 1. She asks how we are taking time to be in creation and how we care for it. She share a little bit about the upcoming sermon series that looks at the same themes our children explored during Vacation Bible School.
Transcribe →Raise the Question: But What If I Don't Want to Answer?
Jun 1400:20:03Tap to summarizeWelcome to our Sunday Sermon podcast! In this sermon, Pastor Jo Ellen shares part of her calling story and how it is not always a straight forward path. What does it mean to discern God’s calling when you feel like you already have your life all figured out? What ways might God be nudging- or yanking- you out of your comfort zone? What would be one easy way and one harder way to respond to God’s calling today? Is there an “age limit” … too young or too old … to be called by God? What if my calling conflicts with my existing plans?
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