Sermons from First United Presbyterian Church

Watch the sermon here  First United Presbyterian Church “Be Good Humans” Rev. Amy Morgan April 28, 2024 Isaiah 58:6-12 Is not this the fast that I choose:     to loose the bonds of injustice,     to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free,     and to break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry     and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them     and not to hide yourself from your own kin? 8 Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,     and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator[a] shall go before you;     the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;     you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.” If you remove the yoke from among you,     the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, 10 if you offer your food to the hungry     and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness     and your g

Watch the Sermon here   First United Presbyterian Church “Endless Potential” Rev. Amy Morgan April 21, 2024 Luke 13:18-19 18 He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”   Sixteen people gathered in a log schoolhouse on Thanksgiving Day. They sang hymns, read scripture, and organized a church. They gave thanks for the abundance of the harvest and the abundance of love and fellowship and faith that enabled this congregation to form. Sixteen people felt like plenty. This small group of faithful souls planted a seed, a seed that would grow and flourish, a seed that would still be thriving and life-giving almost 150 years later.   Churches of only 16 members today are viewed very differently. They are seen as dying churches, barely able to keep the lights on and pay for supply preaching. We can’t im

  Watch the Sermon here First United Presbyterian Church “Gardener” Rev. Amy Morgan March 31, 2024 John 20:1-18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’ 3Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. 4The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, 7and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. 8Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he