Sermons from First United Presbyterian Church

(it's never too late to have a metamorphosis) The First United Presbyterian Church of Loveland “Metamorphosis” Rev. Amy Morgan February 14, 2021 Mark 9:2-9 2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,   3 and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them.   4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus.   5 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."   6 He did not know what to say, for they were terrified.   7 Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!"   8 Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus.   9 As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what

Photo by  Adi Goldstein  on  Unsplash The First United Presbyterian Church of Loveland “Holding Together: Refugees in the Kin-dom of God” Rev. Amy Morgan February 7, 2021 Colossians 1:11-20 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully   12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.   13 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,   14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.   15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;   16 for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers-- all things have been created through him and for him.   17 He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.   18 He is the head of the body,

  The First United Presbyterian Church of Loveland “Holding Together: Bodies” Rev. Amy Morgan January 31, 2021 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-- Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-- and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. 14 Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many.   15 If the foot would say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear would say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?   18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.   19 If all were