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Sunday, June 7, 2026: "From What Is to What If"

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Watch the sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “From What Is to What If” Rev. Amy Morgan June 7, 2026 Matthew 9:9-13 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with Jesus and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” But when he heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.” There is something seriously wrong with Matthew.  When Jesus tells the Pharisees that Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick, the Greek word translated as “sick,” kakos , does not primarily mean physically weak or ...
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Sunday, May 31, 2026: "The End of the Story is Just the Beginning"

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Watch the Sermon here   First United Presbyterian Church “The End of the Story is Just the Beginning” Rev. Amy Morgan May 31, 2026 Matt. 28:16-20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” This is the end of the story. We’ve just heard the very last words of Jesus, the final sentence in the Gospel of Matthew. The credits are about to start rolling on the film of the Jesus epic.   And yet, as we know all too well from the number of Downtown Abbey sequels, this story is really just beginning. This final scene is actually a set-up for the...
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Sunday, May 24, 2026: "The Church We Can Imagine"

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Watch the Sermon here  The First United Presbyterian Church “The Church We Can Imagine” Rev. Amy Morgan May 24, 2026 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 4 Now there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit, 5 and there are varieties of services but the same Lord, 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of powerful deeds, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. 12 For just as the body is one and has many mem...
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Sunday, April 19, 2026: "Holy Heartburn"

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Watch the Sermon here   The First United Presbyterian Church “Holy Heartburn” Rev. Amy Morgan April 19, 2026 Luke 24:13-35 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?” He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was ...
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