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Sunday, June 4th - "Along the Way: Commissioned"

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Watch the sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Along the Way: Commissioned” Rev. Amy Morgan June 4, 2023 Matt. 28:16-20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 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 20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” They thought they knew where they were going. Up a mountain. Again. Some of them had gone up a mountain and seen Jesus transfigured. Some of them had seen him crucified on another mountain. And now, after his miraculous resurrection, they were supposed to meet him at the top of another mountain.   Surely this would be it: their final destination, the end of their
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Sunday, May 28th: "Gifts of the Spirit"

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Watch the sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Gifts of the Spirit” Rev. Amy Morgan May 28, 2023 1 Corinthians 12:4-13   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 members, and all t
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Sunday, May 21st: "I Am the Bread of Life"

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Watch the sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “I Am the Bread of Life” Rev. Amy Morgan May 21, 2023 John 6:30-40   30 So [the crowd] said to [Jesus], “What sign are you going to give us, then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” 32 Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never d
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Sunday, May 14th: "I Am the Vine"

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Watch the sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “I Am the Vine” Rev. Amy Morgan May 14, 2023 John 15:1-10 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 3 You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so
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Sunday, May 7th: "I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life"

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Watch the sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” Rev. Amy Morgan May 7, 2023 John 14:1-7 Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And you know the way to the place where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Believe it or not, I have never preached on this text. I’ve managed to avoid it all the way through seminary and more than 16 years of ordained ministry. I’ve man
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