2023 Easter Sunday
April 9, 2023 • Matthew 28:1–10
Happy Easter! To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
Palm Sunday
April 2, 2023 • Rev. Amanda Meade • Matthew 21:1–11
This week we celebrated Palm Sunday, Jesus' triumphant entry to Jerusalem, also a political satire of the traditional parades by Rome. His crowd was full of children, shouting, waving palms celebrating Jesus and the kingdom he was showing them was possible, a humble one where children are deeply valued. They saw him turn the tables on the current economic, religious, and political systems of the day for their protection, they also saw how the powers that be responded to that challenge. Our children are watching and listening to what we do and don't do for them and God's kingdom. Let's make sure we are also in the crowd following Jesus. To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
The Scandal of the Cross
March 12, 2023 • Rev. Amanda Meade • Matthew 5:21–37
This week we left Nicodemus in the dark to meet the Samaritan woman in broad daylight and that's not the only scandalous thing we discovered in her conversation with Jesus. Jesus revealed that he died not just for people like Nicodemus who society revers but also for Samaritans, women and people with complicated histories that are shamed or reviled or rejected. The scandal of the cross is not who is left out, but who Jesus includes! Even us! To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
Shalom Community
February 12, 2023 • Rev. Amanda Meade • Matthew 5:21–37
This week’s scripture tackled complicated issues like divorce, adultery, anger and making promises. Jesus didn’t avoid the hard stuff, but the core of his message was about working on our hearts, how we see and treat each other with love, as the only way to create a shalom community, one seeking wholeness and right relationships with God and people. To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
Salt of the Earth
February 5, 2023 • Rev. Amanda Meade • Matthew 5:13–20
We continued with the "best sermon ever", Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. We learned about ways we are salt of the earth by making the world more delicious, preserving what is valuable and sometimes cleaning out the wounds of the world. We do all this to glorify God, because God heals and preserves and flavors the world with divine love. We are also the light of the world, shining and sharing our own stories of faith and God far and wide. To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
Blessings
January 29, 2023 • Rev. Amanda Meade • Matthew 5:1–12
This Sunday we started our new sermon series on Matthew's version of the Beatitudes. This is the only section of teachings in this Gospel and it starts with a list of blessings, not laws, not rules or restrictions, but God's blessing. Jesus blesses those who are vulnerable, and invites us to view our own places of vulnerability as blessed by God too. If you want to know what that looks like, just look to Jesus. To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
We Choose to Be Disciples
January 22, 2023 • Rev. Dr. Caitlin Simpson • Matthew 4:12–23
Message from Rev. Dr. Caitlin Simpson. To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
Introductions
January 8, 2023 • Rev. Amanda Meade • Matthew 3:13–17
Sunday we explored introductions in the Bible. How people are introduced tells us a great deal about their story. As an adult, Jesus chooses to be introduced through his baptism by John; he choses to not do, but to be received, to submit rather than control. He is introduced by God, as beloved son, as the servant of God. What does his introduction say about us as his followers? How should we be introduced, if we are claimed by Jesus at our baptism? To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
Knowing Jesus
January 1, 2023 • Rev. Dr. Caitlin Simpson • Matthew 2:13–23
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First Week of Advent 2022
November 27, 2022 • Rev. Amanda Meade • Isaiah 2:1–5, Matthew 1:1–17
We started the season of Advent this Sunday with our series called Generation to Generation with poetry, art and devotions from Sanctified Art. We reflected and celebrated the genealogy of Jesus, finding hope in those who came before us, who passed on God's love and liberation and justice generation after generation. We have inherited a story that lasts, and there is room enough for our story! Our stories of faith and doubt, success and failure, joy and sadness give hope and are what we pass on to the next generation. To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
The Present (Part 1)
November 6, 2022 • Rev. Amanda Meade • Matthew 7:7–11
This week we continued our stewardship campaign, celebrating the ways our generosity has opened doors for ministry this year. We lifted up how our worship, our children's and youth ministry, our small groups and our fellowship has worked to remove any barriers between us and God! We welcomed our neighbors in so many ways so they could know we are open door people, praising God and sharing the good news of Jesus, who opens the door for anyone who knocks. To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.
Lectio Divina
June 19, 2022 • Matthew 6:25–30, Matthew 6:33–34
Despite the best efforts of a determined fly to deter the message, last Sunday we learned about and practiced lectio divina, also known as sacred reading. We were reminded that God's word is living and breathing and still speaking to each and every one of us when we listen. I hope you find ways to try out this practice and learn the joy of hearing God's voice in our sacred scriptures. To support this ministry, please text FCCLouisville (833) 267-9138 or visit http://www.fcclouisville.org/give *When you send “FCCLouisville” to (833) 267-9138 you will receive a one-time reply containing a link to give to First Christian Church of Louisville (1msg/request). Please be aware that Msg & Data rates may apply. For full Terms & Conditions please visit https://pushpay.com/terms. For the Privacy Policy please visit https://pushpay.com/privacy. For help reply HELP or STOP to cancel.