Epworth United Methodist Church
The Rev. David Weekley
January 23, 2010
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
A More Excellent Way
Yesterday was our youngest daugther’s birthday. I cannot believe she is twenty-two years old? Where did the time go?
I remember when our children were very little; every new thing they explored, every skill they mastered assured me of how special they are, [...]
Epworth United Methodist Church
Rev. David Weekley, Pastor
January 10, 2010
Isaiah 43:1-7
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
“The Sea All Around Us”
The late Rev. Laron Hall, who served as pastor at First United Methodist Church here in Portland before his death due to complications from H.I.V./AIDS in 1994, preached a sermon about Christian Baptism that I will never forget.
Two years earlier, [...]
Epworth United Methodist Church
Rev. David Weekley, Pastor
01-03-10
Communion Meditation on the Word
When I was a graduate student in the Phenomenology of Religion at Miami University, I took a class in African Religions. One of the ideas I learned in that class has remained with me all these years- the belief that words have a very real, [...]
Epworth United Methodist Church
Rev. David Weekley, Pastor
12-27-09
Luke 2:41-52
What’s Your Status?
As some of you know, I sometimes dabble on the website community known as “Facebook.”
When I connect to Facebook and go to my “wall” a question pops up, ‘What’s your status?’
The question really means something like, “What’s going on in your life?”
But the question took on [...]
Epworth United Methodist Church
The Rev. David Weekley
December 20,2009
Luke 1:39-45
Mary’s Song
Last week’s wonderful presentation by our Sunday school class and youth, “Night Max to Bethlehem” reminded me of a Sunday school Christmas program from several years ago; it was a first grade class who decided to get together and write their version of the nativity story.
Just [...]
Epworth United Methodist Church
Rev. David Weekley, Pastor
December 13, 2009
Full Joy
Let’s start with a question this morning: what does joy look like?
If you had to come up with a picture of joy, or a universal symbol for joy, what would it look like?
Would it be the smile of a groom catching the first glimpse of his [...]
Epworth United Methodist Church
Rev. David Weekley, Pastor
December 6, 2009
Luke 1:68-79
Advent Communion Meditation
This morning’s reading from the gospel of Luke is known as Zechariah’s Benedictus. It is the prophecy of a priest named Zechariah.
A child has just been born to Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth; this child will grow up to become John the Baptist, the [...]
Epworth United Methodist Church
Rev. David Weekley, Pastor
Nov. 29, 2009
Luke 21:25-36
Attentiveness
This Thanksgiving holiday has been an eye-opening one for me.
Everywhere I have gone, from stores, to a favorite breakfast restaurant I visit about once a month, has led to people sharing with me how they are affected by the holiday “blues.”
In some ways I was relieved, [...]
Epworth United Methodist Church
Rev. David Weekley, Pastor
Nov. 22, 2009
Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25
Mark 13:1-8
Let Us Provoke One Another
One of my favorite passages in the epistles are these words from Hebrews, “And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging [...]
Epworth United Methodist Church
Rev. David Weekley, Pastor
November 15, 2009
Mark 12:38-44
When Less Is More
With Thanksgiving holiday quickly approaching, today is a good time to begin thinking and praying about all that we have, and all that we give thanks for in our lives.
A few years ago now a colleague shared a joke with me: A $100 [...]