preached by Rev. Jeri Katherine Sipes on Ash Wednesday 2012 at Wesley Memorial UMC I don’t know if you listen to or even heard of or like Michael Buble, but I am quite enamored of Michael Buble’s music—his serenading voice and his big-band style that makes you think of Frank Sinatra; it’s all so beautiful [...]
Archive for February 2012
Returning Home: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
February 27, 2012Does It Take Two or Three to Tango?: Judges 4:1-10
February 27, 2012preached by Rev. Jeri Katherine Sipes on the First Sunday of Lent, Feb. 26, 2012 at Wesley Memorial UMC This sermon is part of a Lenten sermon series called “Disciple-2-Disciple: Learning from the Great Cloud of Witnesses.” Proverbs 27:17 reminds us that just as “iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” During Sunday morning worship [...]
Mountaintop Vision: Mark 9:2-9
February 27, 2012preached by Rev. Jeri Katherine Sipes on Transfiguration Sunday, Feb. 19 at Wesley Memorial UMC in Columbia, SC Today is Transfiguration Sunday. We celebrate the Transfiguration of Christ every year though you might not remember it from year to year. It is an oft overlooked Sunday that gets very little attention right before the Lenten [...]
Discipleship 101: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
February 27, 2012preached by Rev. Jeri Katherine Sipes on Sunday, Feb. 12 at Wesley Memorial UMC, Columbia, SC Do you what happens in 166 days? In 166 days it will be July 27, 2012 for those of you who are trying to call up a calendar in your mind. Does that date ring any bells? I’ll give [...]
Have you not heard?! (Isaiah 40:21-31)
February 5, 2012preached by Rev. Jeri Katherine Warden Sipes at Wesley Memorial UMC, Columbia, SC on February 5, 2011 Remember two weeks ago we said that God’s Word we are called to share with the world is compelling enough to draw people to God and God’s church. Do you remember that lesson from the Gospel of Mark? [...]
Community Outreach: Hand Middle School Program
February 2, 2012Wesley Memorial is in transition. We are revisiting our mission and vision statements, trying to focus and find God’s calling for our church in our community. A lot has changed for the people at Wesley Memorial over the last two decades. We have seen a significant decline in membership–both through deaths and a lack of [...]
Gone Fishin’: Mark 1:14-20
February 1, 2012preached by Rev. Jeri Katherine Sipes on January 22, 2012 at Wesley Memorial UMC, Columbia, SC Opening Video: The sad truth we learn at the very beginning of Mark’s gospel is that there used to be a time when Jesus simply announced the Good News—when Jesus simply said, “Now is the time! God’s kingdom is [...]
God’s Calling, Are You Listening?: 1 Samuel 3:1-10
February 1, 2012preached by Rev. Jeri Katherine Sipes on January 15, 2012 at Wesley Memorial UMC, Columbia, SC If you hang out with our vintage folks, as we have come to call our older or chronologically gifted folks, here at church and around the community long enough, you’ll soon accumulate many, many jokes because for whatever reason, [...]
Untamed Disciples: Mark 1:4-11
February 1, 2012preached by Rev. Jeri Katherine Sipes on January 8 at Wesley Memorial UMC in Columbia, SC Let’s take a quick hand poll. How many of you have been baptized? Don’t worry, I’m not taking names. I don’t have a pencil in hand. I’m not going to aggressively confront you after church and pressure you into [...]
