Home Worship March - July 2020

  • Home Worship for Sunday, July 26 2020 - The Kingdom of God is a Kingdom of Grace. Inclusive, the tree is big enough for all. Matthew 13:31-33 CEB. Message: Kingdom Parables Series: "The Mustard Seed" by Pastor Emily Denmark McGee.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, July 19 2020 - We cannot deny that the weeds and the wheat grow in the mix of our lives. The thing is we can't root out the weeds without also pulling out the wheat. It's all in the mix. The only way to get rid of evil is to do good. Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 NIV. Message: Kingdom Parables Series: The Seed Sower "It's All in the Mix" by Rev. Betty Kniss.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, July 12 2020 - God takes what is human and makes something beautiful. Matthew 26: 42-50 NIV. Message: Jesus H. Christ series: "And Now the 'H'" by Pastor Emily Denmark McGee

  • Home Worship for Sunday, July 5 2020 - Maybe God doesn't want you to be efficient. Be devoted and loving, compassionate. Matthew 26: 6-13 CEB. Message: Jesus H. Christ series: "All That Waste" by Pastor Emily Denmark McGee.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, June 28 2020 - "In your world, I have another name. You must learn to know me by it. " - Aslan. John 1:1-14 CEB. Message: Jesus H. Christ series: "Is That His Last Name?" by Pastor Emily Denmark-McGee.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, June 21 2020 - Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. So Christian perfection is this kind of radical love that has no thems. Matthew 5: 43-48 NIV. Message: Jesus H. Christ series: "He Has No Them" by Pastor Emily Denmark-McGee.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, June 14 2020 - When you have been loved for who you are it does something to you.  Suddenly you have renewed energies to become a better person not out of guilt but because the point scoring is gone. Luke 15: 11-32 (NIV) The Parable of the Lost Son Message: Jesus H. Christ series: You Are Already at the Party" by Rev. Betty Kniss.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, June 7 2020 - Identify with the Disciples going to another world. Cross to the other side of the lake. Mark 5:1-20 (NIV) Message: Jesus H. Christ Series: "The Other Side of the Lake" by Pastor Emily Denmark-McGee.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, May 31 2020 Pentecost Sunday - Jesus loved Lazarus, giving us an example of loving someone right where they are - not for who they used to be or even for who they could be, but just the way they are! Scriptures: John 11:28-37 NRSV. Message: Jesus H. Christ Part 5, "Lazarus was Here" by Pastor Emily Denmark McGee

  • Home Worship for Sunday, May 24 2020 - Gospel attraction is more like a smell than a hammer. Scripture: Matthew 8: 1-4 NIV. Message: Jesus H. Christ Part 4, "Hammers and Smells" by Pastor Emily Denmark McGee

  • Home Worship for Sunday, May 17 2020 - Jesus came to open our eyes to the divine presence in all of life. Scripture: Matthew 24: 1-14 NIV. Message: Jesus H. Christ Part 3, "The Whole Thing is a Temple" by Rev. Betty Kniss.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, May 5 2020 - This is how Jesus announced the new kingdom, the revolution of love. Teaching them to pray was saying: 'this is what I believe, this is what I stand for'. Scripture Matthew 6:5-13 NIV. Message: Jesus H. Christ Part 2 by Pastor Emily Denmark McGee.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, May 3 2020 - Jesus heals the paralytic because of the faith of his friends'. Unconditional love. Scripture: Mark 2:1-12 CEB. Message: Jesus H. Christ Part 1 by Pastor Emily Denmark-McGee . 

  • Home Worship for Sunday, April 26, 2020 - United Methodist Women (UMW) has a rich history going back to 1869 and it is a history worth retelling from time to time. It helps remind us of what we are about and the work we care called to do by God. We continue striving to advocate, be the voice and support women, children and youth all over the world. Scripture Acts 4:29-31 NRSV. Special Message by Ruth Megeria, Executive Director of C.R.O.S. Ministries.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, April 19 2020 - The Gospel biographies are filled with evocative, vivid parables, all about the Kingdom of God. They were Jesus’ central teaching. But this kingdom He speaks about is not a 'where' but a 'when'. It is the state of the world when people acknowledge God; when God is honored and worshiped and respected—the Kingdom is present. 1 Corinthians 3:16 NRSV. Message: "Kingdom, Not Building" by Rev. Betty Kniss.

  • Home Worship for April 19 - Resurrection Sunday (Easter). Amid our cancelled plans, God's plan still unfolds and it is for every one of us. Message: "Resurrection Sunday". Scripture: Acts 10:34-48 NRSV by Pastor Emily Denmark McGee.

  • Home Worship for Tenebrae 2020 (Thursday and Friday), April 9th and 10th) - A Service of Tenebrae, or "Shadows," is based on a twelfth–century late night/early morning service and is an extended meditation on the passion of Christ. 


  • Home Worship for Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020 - The Love Feast is a Christian fellowship meal recalling the meals Jesus shared with disciples during his ministry and expressing the koinonia (community, sharing, fellowship) enjoyed by the family of Christ. Scripture: Matthew 27: 62-66 CEB. Message: Seven Words to the Cross "The Futile Word" by Pastor Emily Denmark McGee.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, March 29 2020 - The courage of Joseph of Arimathea who asked for the body of Jesus. Scripture: Mark 15: 42-47 CEB. Message: Seven Words to the Cross "The Courageous Word" by Rev. Betty Kniss.

  • Home Worship for Sunday, March 22 2020 - The Roman centurion was the only person in Mark's gospel to truly recognize Jesus for who he really was. Mark 15: 33-39 CEB. Message: Seven Words to the Cross "The Word of Testimony" by Pastor Emily Denmark McGee.