Kearney First UMC Podcasts

Psalm 100 and Praying with Observation

Welcome to our Monday morning podcast!  In this episode, Pastor Matt invites us to pray Psalm 100 with observation. Praise does not spring from a delusion that things are better than they are, but rather from the human capacity for joy.  Are our prayer definitions too small if we think we can only pray one way?

Equipping Us For Witness

Welcome to our Sunday Sermon podcast!  In this sermon, Pastor Matt invites us to ponder these questions: * There is a significantly mystical quality to how scripture and we speak of the Holy Spirit. Does this mysticism bring you freedom, frustration, joy, or something else? Why? * How far, or in whom, does the Holy Spirit’s work and presence go, do you believe? Why do you believe this? * What is a gift the Holy Spirit has given you for the good of all?

Psalm 46

Welcome 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 [https://www.umc.org/en/content/social-principles-the-political-community]

How Do We Know: When There Is No Clear Message?

Welcome 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?

A Prayer for Graduates and Seeking God

Welcome 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.