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Living Impact: Committed to the Future, Part 3 // Rev. Magrey Devega // October 6, 2024
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Giving of our time, talent, and treasure is a central aspect of discipleship, and, for some, is the most difficult one to surrender. Reflection Questions: 1. When have you had a good experience baking bread, or enjoying bread someone else made? 2. What difference does it make to see yourself as part of the global church of Jesus Christ? 3. How will…
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Living Impact: Committed to the Future, Part 4 // Heidi Aspinwall // October 13, 2024
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What does it mean to serve others? For many of us, growing in our ability to serve means learning how to be uncomfortable in situations that stretch our boundaries. It means learning new names, extending ourselves, and focusing on the needs of others instead of our own. Learning to serve can be a process. Thankfully we have many examples of process…
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Living Impact: Committed to the Future, Part 2 // Rev. Clarke Campbell-Evans // September 29, 2024
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Since the early church, Christians have been called to gather (ekklesia, which is translated as both “church” and “gathering.”) When we are present to each other, in worship, small groups, and service, we can experience the presence of God in a powerful way, along with the mutual support and accountability that comes with being together.…
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Living Impact: Built to Last, Part 1 // The Rev. Justin LaRosa // September 22, 2024
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A natural and important follow-up to our 125th Anniversary Celebration is a season of recommitment to grow deeper as disciples, wider in our reach to others, and united in mission to love God and love all. This five-part series reviews the five-fold membership vow that each member took to become a part of this church. Prayer is the lifeblood of the…
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Celebrating 125 Years of Making God's Love Real, Part 3 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // Sept. 15, 2024
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Stories from our heritage not only tell us about our past. They remind us of who we are. Such is the story of our church’s beginning, back in 1899, when a small group chose to sing “I Love to Tell the Story” at the site of what would become our church. Their courage and witness, coupled with their choice of song, tells us something about who we are…
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Beyond the Sermon: What Thread Runs Through Your Life?
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This week Mat sits down with former senior pastor of Hyde Park, Jim Harnish, with the topic of discovering and recognizing continuing threads of your life in the both spiritual and historical sense. HydeParkUMC.org/nextstepsVon Hyde Park United Methodist
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Living Impact: 125 Years of Making God’s Love Real, Part 2 // The Rev. Jim Harnish // September 8, 2024
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The writer of Hebrews scans over the long history of men and women who lived by faith, some of it in gory detail! But then the text looks directly at us to say that God’s story will not be perfect (complete, whole) without us. We have the beautiful stories of how God has been at work through the people of this congregation over the past 125 years, …
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Beyond the Sermon: The Church's One Foundation
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As Hyde Park begins its celebration of 125 years, Magrey and Mat sit down to discuss what it means to have a spiritual legacy. HydeParkUMC.org/nextstepsVon Hyde Park United Methodist
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Living Impact: 125 Years of Making God’s Love Real, Part 1 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // September 1, 2024
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In 1899, a group of 30 people from First Methodist in Tampa crossed the Hillsborough River to begin meeting in a two-room schoolhouse at the corner of Platt and Magnolia. 125 years later, we are living into a legacy that has proclaimed the good news of Jesus and built the kingdom of God for generation. This three-part worship series celebrates the …
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Beyond the Sermon: Resolving Conflict
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This week Magrey sits down with Gary Mason to talk about the current situation with Israel-Palestine and how to find common ground in the mist of intense disagreement and conflict. HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsVon Hyde Park United Methodist
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Branching Out, Part 3 // The Rev. Gary Mason // August 25, 2024
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Sharing the gospel with unbelievers is essential. Paul's example in Acts 17 shows how we can bridge the gap by using familiar language and imagery to reveal God's love in Christ. HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps Reflection Questions: 1. How have you struggled with questions of meaning and purpose in your life? 2. How do your struggles help you connect wit…
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Beyond the Sermon: Our Relationship With Other Faiths
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Sally and Mat sit down this week to discuss how inter-faith relationships can work and how to build those bridges. HydeParkUMC.org/nextstepsVon Hyde Park United Methodist
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Branching Out, Part 2 // The Rev. Sally Campbell Evans // August 18, 2024
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One of the most common questions we ask of our faith is, “What is Christianity’s relationship with other religions?” What are we to do with the passage from John 14, in which Jesus declares that he is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one comes to the Father but through him? In an age of religious pluralism and religious intolerance (ev…
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Beyond the Sermon: Our Christian Family Tree
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This week, we have started a new sermon series discussing our Christian heritage and how we can relate to people of other faiths. Magrey and Mat sit down to talk about their own personal experiences in exploring and being raised in environments of differing faiths. HydePaKUMC.org/NextStepsVon Hyde Park United Methodist
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Branching Out, Part 1 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // August 11, 2024
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John Wesley’s famous sermon “Catholic Spirit” provides guidance on how Christians of different perspectives and traditions can find common ground, just as Jehu and Jehonadab joined hands in the passage in 2 Kings. Despite some significant differences among Protestant denominations, we hold much more in common, and we are called to forge a dynamic a…
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Beyond the Sermon: Mary McLeod Bethune
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This week, Sally and Magrey talk about the impact that was the witness of Mary Bethune in education and how all of us can be inspired from it. HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsVon Hyde Park United Methodist
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Voices of Inspiration, Part 6 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // August 4, 2024
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Mary McLeod Bethune was an educator, philanthropist, and civil rights activist, whose work was deeply rooted in her Christian convictions. Bethune-Cookman University stands as an enduring reminder of her legacy, as this states only United Methodist historically black college. Her famous quote “Without faith, nothing is possible; with faith, nothing…
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Beyond the Sermon: Oscar Romero
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This week, Mat and Sally sit down the discuss the witness of Oscar Romero from El Salvador in the 1970s. And how Sally's own experience in El Salvador influenced her call to ministry.Von Hyde Park United Methodist
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Voices of Inspiration, Part 5 // The Rev. Sally Campbell-Evans // July 28, 2024
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Archbishop Oscar Romero was a powerful voice for freedom and liberation for the people of El Salvador, and his untimely death by an assassin’s bullet leaves behind a stirring witness to the power of non-violence in addressing systemic inequities and injustice. His work was a living embodiment of the words of Luke 4, in which Jesus spoke of setting …
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Beyond the Sermon: Mahalia Jackson
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Mat and Magrey have a discussion about how songs shape us, how they shaped the Bible, and how they continue to bring the biblical text alive today.Von Hyde Park United Methodist
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Voices of Inspiration, Part 4 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // July 21, 2024
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Mahalia Jackson was one of the greatest musical artists of her generation, not just for her beautiful music, but also for her inspirational witness. Her most iconic moments were in her singing of “His Eye is On the Sparrow,” based on the teaching of Jesus in Matthew, which inspired comfort and encouragement during the civil rights movement. Her enc…
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Beyond the Sermon: Howard Thurman
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Mat and Justin talk about the legacy of Howard Thurman and how we can direct our beliefs into actions for justice in the community.Von Hyde Park United Methodist
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Voices of Inspiration, Part 3 // The Rev. Justin LaRosa // July 14, 2024
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Howard Thurman was one of the greatest preachers, writers, and mystics of the 20th century. His book “Jesus and the Disinherited” was a landmark work that invited us to see Jesus on the side of the oppressed, and inspired us to work through non-violent means to bring justice and social change. Every day, Thurman read Psalm 139, as a source of stren…
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Beyond the Sermon: Mother Teresa
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Mat and Magrey dive deeper into Mother Teresa's story, paying particular attention to her own struggles with doubt, faith, and God's perceived absence. We talk about what we can learn from that today and how we can manage our own anxieties and fears. Resources: "The Questions Jesus Asked" Magrey deVega https://a.co/d/05e3zfA1 "Come Be My Light" Mot…
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Voices of Inspiration, Part 2 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // July 7, 2024
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Mother Theresa of Calcutta was the greatest charitable force in our lifetimes. She inspired us to give of ourselves humbly and obediently for the sake of the poor and needy, regardless of the cost. Hers was a living embodiment of the psalmist’s words, to “raise the poor out of dust, and the needy out of the ash heap.” Her life and witness is captur…
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Beyond The Sermon: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Mat and Magrey sit down to discuss the impact Dietrich Bonhoeffer had on Magrey's calling to ministry and the conflict between our inner and outer selves.Von Hyde Park United Methodist
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Voices of Inspiration, Part 1 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 30, 2024
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the most significant martyrs of the 20th century, whose courageous stance against the Hitler and Christian Nationalism continues to inspire us. In his famous book “The Cost of Discipleship,” he calls the church to remember that when God calls people to follow him, he “calls them to come and die.” HydeParkUMC.org/NextS…
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Hard to Believe, Part 5 // The Rev. Justin LaRosa // June 23, 2024
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Prayer is the lifeblood of the disciple of Jesus. In his final days with the disciples, Mark told the disciples in Mark that their faith would allow them to pray with such conviction and confidence that whatever they asked for would be granted to them by God. But that belief carries an important precaution. Prayer is not a cosmic vending machine, t…
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Hard to Believe, Part 4 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 16, 2024
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For many, the existence of suffering and evil in the world is the greatest hurdle to full faith and belief in God. It seems irreconcilable that a God who is all-powerful and all-loving could allow the presence of pain and hardship. It is a dilemma that preacher and biblical scholar Tom Long called “the impossible chess match,” in which there is no …
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Hard to Believe, Part 3 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 9, 2024
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The early church theologian Anselm defined God as “a being than which nothing greater can be conceived.” This central premise led to the classic “omni” qualities of God: Omnipresence (God is everywhere), omnipotence (God is all powerful), and omnipresent (God is all knowing). These qualities have occasionally been problematic for us due to the pres…
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Hard to Believe, Part 2 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 2, 2024
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The dual nature of Jesus is central to Christian belief. We believe Jesus was 100% human and 100% divine. It is as difficult to understand this concept empirically (1+1=1) as it is to believe in the trinity (1+1+1=1). But claiming the full humanity and divinity of Jesus allows us to have a full relationship with God, who through Christ is both grea…
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Hard to Believe, Part 1 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // May 26, 2024
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The doctrine of the trinity is one of the most essential tenets of the Christian faith. It is also the hardest to explain and understand rationally. By claiming our belief in the triune God, we not only allow for the mystery of God’s nature and activity; we also discover how to fully live a trinitarian life, the way God intends. HydeParkUMC.org/Nex…
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Pentecost Sunday // Logan Kijanski // May 19, 2024
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The arrival of the Holy Spirit not only birthed the church. It also inaugurated a new way of experiencing the power and presence of God, which is the very same way we can experience God today: invisible, but active, and very real. HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsVon Hyde Park United Methodist
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Life's Highs & Lows, Part 6 // The Rev. Justin LaRosa // May 12, 2024
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Walking was the most common form of transport in both the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman World. Roads were important facets of the landscape; they enhanced travel, promoted safety and commerce, and improved connections between communities. Many biblical references use the image of a road or path as a metaphor for the faithful life. Disciples…
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Life's Highs & Lows, Part 5 // The Rev. Sally Campbell-Evans // May 5, 2024
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Rivers and streams in the Bible symbolize places of refreshment and nourishment. Elijah was fed by a brook. Jesus was baptized in the river. The Israelites found hope when God parted the Jordan for them so they could enter the Promised Land. Psalm 1 describes the law of God, which enables a person to be planted like a tree in water. We all need tim…
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Life's Highs & Lows, Part 4 // Mat Hotho // April 28, 2024
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The heavens declare the glory of God, says the Psalmist. Often throughout the Bible, the skies symbolized the promise and hope of God. The skies contained a rainbow that signified an end to the flood. The pillar of fire and cloud in the sky led the Israelites through the exodus. And in 1 Kings, Elijah instructed his servant to look into the skies f…
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Life's Highs & Lows, Part 3 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // April 21, 2024
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The wilderness and desert are two of the most common natural landscapes in the Bible. Psalm 107 captures how the desert can be a place of loneliness, stress, and anxiety, which are common experiences for us today. But just as every biblical figure who entered the wilderness discovered, the desert is also a place to experience God’s presence in a ne…
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Life's Highs & Lows, Part 2 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // April 14, 2024
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Just as there are mountaintops in life, so there are valleys. The most famous reference to a valley in the Bible is in Psalm 23, where it depicts the long shadow of grief and loss. This service invites us to name our grief and loss, and points us toward healthy ways to process that grief and find hope. HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps Reflection Questions…
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Life's Highs & Lows, Part 1 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // April 7, 2024
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Psalms 120-134 are often referred to as the “Psalms of Ascent,” which would have been uttered as the Israelites ascended the Temple Mount to experience the presence of God. The Bible is filled with “mountaintop moments,” when people experienced God personally and intimately. This service invites us to ask when we have had such moments in our lives,…
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Easter Sunday Message // The Rev. Magrey deVega // March 31, 2024
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In Mark’s Easter gospel, the power of the resurrection through Christ can redeem the lingering guilt and shame of our yesterdays, the real time struggle and suffering of our present days, and the fear and anxiety of our tomorrows. God’s resurrection power is timeless, resilient, and always with us. HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps Reflection Questions: 1.…
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In the Shadow of the Cross, Part 6 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // March 24, 2024
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The story of Holy Week begins with shouts of Hosanna, but by week’s end, those shouts become cries to murder Jesus. Holy Week is an invitation for us to locate ourselves in the story, and ask, as the old hymn says, “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps HydeParkUMC.org/Easter Reflection Questions: 1. For what reason…
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In the Shadow of the Cross, Part 5 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // March 17, 2024
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Jesus compared his imminent death on the cross to the burial of a seed, which is necessary in order for it to spring to new life. Likewise, once we are willing to have Jesus put to death the sin in our lives, we can be raised to new life in Christ. HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps Reflection Questions: 1. What is the most challenging aspect of these words…
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In the Shadow of the Cross, Part 4 // The Rev. Justin LaRosa // March 10, 2024
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This all-too-familiar story from John 3 captures the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus, who came to Jesus at night. It is in the midst of their conversation about being born again that Jesus says the iconic words of John 3:16. Just as Nicodemus came to Jesus in the dark, out of fear of his reputation and a sense of self-preservation, Jesus c…
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In the Shadow of the Cross, Part 3 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // March 3, 2024
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The synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) all place the turning of the tables in the Temple in the middle of Holy Week, after the triumphal entry in Jerusalem. John places the story much, much earlier, right at the outset of the ministry of Jesus. By doing this, John makes the overturning of the tables a preamble to all of Jesus’ miracles and …
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In the Shadow of the Cross, Part 2 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // February 25, 2024
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The ministry of Jesus was full of reversals. Rather than feed our ego-driven, self-centered tendencies to focus on our own needs, he called us to lose ourselves, serve others, and give our lives for others. These reversals invert contemporary wisdom and right-size our lives for God. HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps Reflection Questions 1. How are you alik…
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In the Shadow of the Cross, Part 1 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // February 18, 2024
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The story of the temptation of Jesus offers us a guide for how to deal with the temptations in our lives, and shift our orientation away from ourselves and toward the benefit of other people. HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps Reflection Questions 1. What lessons did you learn as a child regarding handling your emotions in a healthy way? 2. What emotions do…
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Transfiguration Sunday // The Rev. Sally Campbell Evans // February 11, 2024
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In Mark’s gospel, the Transfiguration serves as the halfway point in the story of Jesus. It is a marked shift away from the miracles and teachings of Jesus to the journey of Jesus to the cross. Likewise, we need to make a similar shift in our discipleship, away from merely benefiting from Jesus and toward surrender to Jesus and the cross. HydeParkU…
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You Are Not Alone, Part 5 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // February 4, 2024
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Perhaps the greatest cause of our loneliness and disconnectedness is the tense political and social climate. What if there was a way to bridge differences and have civil conversations about tough issues? What would that look like and could we model that new way of being? HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps 15 Practical Guidelines from Romans 12:9–21 1.Our lo…
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You Are Not Alone, Part 4 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // January 28, 2024
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Being in a lasting, caring friendship is a true gift. Healthy friendships encourage us when we are down, tell us hard truths when we are reluctant to hear it, and help us be our best selves. HydeparkUMC.org/NextSteps Reflection Questions: 1. In what ways has your number of friends or closeness of friendships changed over the last several years? 2. …
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You Are Not Alone, Part 3 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // January 21, 2024
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Even though families are comprised of a variety of types and dynamics, we were all born into one, and we know the kinds of strains, misgivings, and stress that families can bring us. This service will explore biblical insights in strengthening our marriages, our parenting, and our relationships with other family members. HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps R…
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