Sermons from First United Presbyterian Church

Watch the Sermon here The First United Presbyterian Church “The Image of God: Elements and Objects” Rev. Amy Morgan September 28, 2025 Exodus 3:1-6 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight and see why the bush is not burned up.” When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. John 6:25-35 When they fou...

Watch the Sermon here The First United Presbyterian Church “The Image of God: Human” Rev. Amy Morgan September 14, 2025 Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” So God created humans in God’s image,     in the image of God they created them;     male and female they created them. John 1:14, 18 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth…No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known. So, as part of this series on Biblical images of God, we need to give some special attention to God as human. First, because we have in the very first chapter of the Bible the c...

Watch the Sermon here   The First United Presbyterian Church “The Image of God: Animals” Rev. Amy Morgan September 7, 2025 Hosea 11:10-11 They shall go after the Lord,     who roars like a lion; when he roars,     his children shall come trembling from the west. They shall come trembling like birds from Egypt     and like doves from the land of Assyria,     and I will return them to their homes, says the Lord. Matthew 23:37-39 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! See, your house is left to you, desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ” Images of God like the one in Monty Python and the Holy Grail are likely pretty familiar to most of us. God as a (typically) white, male, father an...

Watch the Sermon here The First United Presbyterian Church “Journey for Justice: Weary and Burdened” Rev. Amy Morgan June 29, 2025 Genesis 21:8-21 The child [Isaac] grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.” The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you. As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.” So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along...