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2024

2023

Legacy

• Remember Your Vision
• Remember Your Path
• Remember Your Tradition
• Remember Your Bible!

Between The Ditches

• James: It's All Good!
• God is God, and You're Not
• Joseph: The Good Journey

The Day That Changed The World

• The Crucifixion
• The Next Step Toward The Cross
• We Can Relate
• With Friends Like These
• A Meal Like No Other

GREATER THINGS: The Early Days of Jesus

• Taking Off the Veil
• Finding the Balance
• The First Sermon
• Getting the Band Together
• You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

Baptism of the Lord

• The Water's Fine

Incarnation

• Light of the World
• What's In A Name?
• Someone With Skin On

Tough Questions/Real Answers

• ​The King Is Not Elvis
• Livin' The Life
• Showers of Blessing
• Equipping The Saints
• Rules of Engagement
• No Doubt?
• Which Way? This Way!
• Salvation
• Good Out of Evil
• The Problem of Evil

​​Bishop Merrill
September 10, 2023

• “Can these bones live?”

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Summer Sermons: Lectionary Readings

• Why Do We Laugh?
• God Will Not Cast Us Out!
• The Paradox of Faith
• When Religion Doesn't Work
• Dirt and Dandelions
• What About The Weeds?
• Little is Large
• Together In A Lonely Place
• Abandon Ship!
• A Tough Teaching
• Recognizing Christ-Getting It Right (Part 1)
• Recognizing Christ-Getting It Right (Part 2)

Aftermath: The Gospel Past Easter

• The Ultimate Touch
• Aftermath: Behind Closed Doors
• Aftermath: Recognizing Jesus
• Aftermath: The Good Shepherd Leads Us
• Aftermath: The Promise of Easter
• Aftermath: The Promise of Presence
• Aftermath: Rising Up
• Aftermath: The End and the Beginning

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2022

Baptism of the Lord

• All Things New

Don't Look Back: A Future With Hope for United Methodists

• Don't Look Back!
• The Crisis of Discipleship
• Is There Life After Divorce?
• You Can Do This!

​​LENT: Close Enough To Touch

• When The Devil is Near
• Mystery of The New Birth
• A Surprising Invitation 
• Healed By a Touch
• Come Out of Your Cave
• A Tale of Two Parades

A Season of Joy

• PERSPECTIVE
• ​HUMILITY
• HUMOR
• ACCEPTANCE
• FORGIVENESS
• COMPASSION
• GRATITUDE​
• GENEROSITY

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