Sermons from First United Presbyterian Church

Watch the Sermon here   The First United Presbyterian Church “The Heart of the Matter: Rooted and Grounded in Love” Rev. Amy Morgan October 12, 2025 Ephesians 3:16-17 I pray that, according to the riches of God’s glory, the Holy One may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through the Spirit and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. As we walked around City Park in New Orleans a few weeks ago, Jason and I marveled at the incredible root systems of the oak trees, which can easily live more than a thousand years because of the way their root systems grow. Young trees develop a deep taproot, which anchors the tree and seeks stable moisture sources. Once the taproot is well-established, the lateral root system begins to spread out in all directions and can eventually reach 2 to 4 times the width of the tree’s canopy. The canopy can spread up to 150 feet or more, so we’re talking about 300 to 600 fe...

Watch the Sermon here   The First United Presbyterian Church “The Image of God: Relationship” Rev. Amy Morgan October 5, 2025 Matthew 3:16-17 And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw God’s Spirit descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 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. ” 5,280. That’s a number we’re pretty familiar with around here. As clos...

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...