All Episodes
Ada First United Methodist Church — 194 episodes
5/10/26 - Ada FUMC / "A Church Family" / Ephesians 2: 14-22; Romans 12: 9-18
5/3/26 - Ada FUMC / "One Body" / Romans 12: 3-5; Acts 2: 42-47
4/26/26 - Ada FUMC / “The Shepherd’s Voice” / Psalm 23: 1-6; John 10: 1-10
4/19/26 - Ada FUMC / “Are You Paying Attention?” / Proverbs 4: 1-4, 20-27; Luke 24: 13-35
4/12/26 -Ada FUMC/“Peace Be With You…And Also With Your Doubts”/1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 20:19-31
4/5/26 - Ada FUMC / Easter Sunday: "It's Enough" / Colossians 3: 1-4; John 20: 1-18
4/5/26 - Ada FUMC / Easter Sunrise Service: “From Darkness to Light” / John 20: 1-18
4/3/26 - Ada FUMC Good Friday Service
3/29/26 - Ada FUMC / “Choosing the Way of the King” / Philippians 2: 5-11; Matthew 21: 1-11
3/22/26 - Ada FUMC / “He Set His Face to Jerusalem” / Psalm 77: 11-20; Luke 9: 51-62
3/15/26 - Ada FUMC / “A Woman and A Well” / Exodus 17: 1-7; John 4: 4-39
3/8/26 - Ada FUMC / “Coming to Jesus at Night” / Romans 4: 1-5, 13-17; John 3: 1-17
3/1/26 - Ada FUMC / “A Table Tossing Epiphany" / Genesis 2: 15-17; 3: 1-7; Matthew 4: 1-11
2/22/26 - Ada FUMC / “The Wilderness of Lent” / Genesis 2: 15-17; 3: 1-7; Matthew 4: 1-11
2/15/26 - Ada FUMC / “An Invitation to Transfiguration” / Psalm 99; Matthew 17: 1-9
2/8/26 - Ada FUMC / “A Salty Luminescence” / 1 Corinthians 2: 1-16; Matthew 5: 13-20
2/1/26 - Ada FUMC / “At the End of Myself” / 1 Corinthians 1: 18-31; Matthew 5: 1-12
1/25/26 - Ada FUMC / “Follow the Light” / Isaiah 9: 1-4; Matthew 4: 12-23
1/18/26 - Ada FUMC / “That He Might Be Revealed” / Isaiah 49: 1-7; John 1: 24-34
1/11/26 - Ada FUMC / “Power of Presence” / Isaiah 42: 1-9; Matthew 3: 13-17
1/4/26 - Ada FUMC / “Where Did Christmas Go?" / Isaiah 60: 1-6; Matthew 2: 1-12
12/28/25 - Ada FUMC / "Room for Hope” / Isaiah 63: 7-9; Matthew 2: 13-23
12/24/25 - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service - Ada FUMC Worship Service
12/24/25 - Family Christmas Eve Service - Ada FUMC Worship Service
12/21/25 - Ada FUMC / "That’s What Christmas is All About, Charlie Brown – Love"
12/14/25 - Ada FUMC Service / Choir Cantata
12/7/25 - Ada FUMC / Children’s Christmas Pageant: The Fumbly, Bumbly Angels / Luke 2: 8-14
11/30/25- Ada FUMC/That’s What Christmas is All About, Charlie Brown–Hope/Isa 9: 2, 6-7;Psa 130: 1-8
11/23/25 - Ada FUMC / Be the Church: “To Be Continued” / Acts 28: 1-6, 11-14; Acts 28: 17-31
11/16/25-Ada FUMC / Be The Church: “A Generous Church” / 2 Corinthians 8: 1-7, 14-23; Acts 11: 19-30
11/9/25 - Ada FUMC / Be The Church: “Someone to Guide Me” / Acts 8: 4-9, 14-23; Acts 8: 26-40
11/2/25 - Ada FUMC / "One in Heat and Mind" / Mark 12: 41-44; Acts 4: 32-37
10/26/25 - Ada FUMC / Be The Church: “A Day In The Life” / Matthew 28: 16-20; Acts 2: 38-47
10/19/25 - Ada FUMC / Be The Church: “Be My Witnesses” / Luke 24: 46-53; Acts 1: 1-11
10/12/25 - Ada FUMC / "An Attitude of Gratitude” / 2 Timothy 2: 8-15; Luke 17: 11-19
10/5/25 - Ada FUMC / WYBMN: “A Place at the Table” / Galatians 3: 23-29; Luke 14: 1, 7-15
9/28/25 - Ada FUMC / “Love Your Neighbors As They Are” / Romans 14: 1-13; 1 John 4: 11-19
9/21/25 - Ada FUMC / The Theology of Mister Rogers: “The Mad That You Feel” / Ephesians 4: 26-32;
9/14/25 - Ada FUMC / “Who Is My Neighbor?” / Luke 9: 46-56; Luke 10: 25-37
9/7/25 - Ada FUMC / “God Knows Your Name” / Jeremiah 18: 1-6; Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18
8/31/25 - Ada FUMC / Hymn Sing Sunday / Psalm 150: 1-6; Psalm 34: 1-8
8/24/25 - Ada FUMC / “Live Like Christ” / Colossians 3: 12-17; Ephesians 4: 25 – 5:2
8/17/25 - Ada FUMC / “Grace Comes First” / Romans 5: 1-2, 6-11; Luke 15: 11-32
8/10/25 - Ada FUMC / “Finding the Lost Pieces” / Psalm 16; Luke 15: 1-10
8/3/25 - Ada FUMC / “Dear Lukewarm Church” / 2 Corinthians 5: 11-17; Revelation 3: 14-22
7/27/25 - Ada FUMC
7/13/25 - Ada FUMC / The Questions Jesus Asked: “Do you love me?” / Mark 12: 28-34; John 21: 15-19
7/6/25 - Ada FUMC / “Can you drink the cup I drink?” / Hebrews 5: 1-10; Mark 10: 35-45
6/29/25-Ada FUMC/The Questions Jesus Asked: “Has no one condemned you?”/Romans 8: 1-4; John 8: 1-11
6/22/25-Ada FUMC / The Questions Jesus Asked: “Who touched me?” / Psalm 9: 9-20; Mark 5: 21-43
6/15/25-Ada FUMC / “What I Learned From My Dad” / Deuteronomy 6: 6-9; Psalm 127: 1-5
6/8/25-Ada FUMC/Questions Jesus Asked: “Don’t you believe?”/Acts 2: 1-8, 12-13; John 14: 8-17, 25-27
6/1/25-Ada FUMC/Questions Jesus Asked: “Who do you say I am?”/Ephesians 2: 17-22; Matthew 16: 13-20
5/25/25-Ada FUMC / “Questions Jesus Asked: Why do you worry?” / Philippians 4: 4-9; Matthew 6: 25-34
5/18/25 - Ada FUMC / “A New Thing” / Revelation 21: 1-6; Acts 11: 1-18
5/11/25 - Ada FUMC / “As I have loved you” / John 15: 4-8; John 15: 9-17
5/4/25 - Ada FUMC / “Taken, Broken, Given” / Luke 24: 13-35; John 21: 1-17
4/27/25 - Ada FUMC / “The Faith to Laugh” / Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8; Acts 2: 14-28
4/20/25 - Ada FUMC / “Life Before Death” / Psalm 118: 1-6, 14-24; Matthew 28: 1-10
4/20/25 - Ada FUMC / Easter Sunrise Service: “From Darkness to Light” / John 20: 1-18
4/13/25 - Ada FUMC / “Cloak Sunday” / Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29; Luke 19: 29-44
4/6/25 - Ada FUMC / Jeremiah to Jesus – “A Covenant of the Heart”
3/30/25 - Ada FUMC / David – “An Eternal Covenant” / Psalm 51: 1-6, 9-10, 13; 2 Samuel 7: 1-16
3/23/25 - Ada FUMC / Moses – “The Covenant of the Law” / Exodus 1, 2, 3, and 19
3/9/25 - Ada FUMC/“In the Beginning – God’s Covenant with Creation”/Isaiah 54: 8-10; Genesis 9: 8-17
3/16/25 - Ada FUMC / “Saying Yes: A Promise for the Future” / Genesis 12: 1-4; Genesis 17: 1-8,15-16
3/2/25 - Ada FUMC / “Transfiguration and Transformation” / Exodus 34: 29-35, 42-50; Luke 9: 28-36
2/23/25 - Ada FUMC / “Living in the Gap” / 1 Corinthians 15: 35-38, 42-50; Luke 6: 27-38
2/16/25 - Ada FUMC / “Level Ground” / Jeremiah 17: 5-10; Luke 6: 17-26
2/9/25 - Ada FUMC / “Deeper Waters” / Psalm 138: 1-8; Luke 5: 1-11
2/2/25 - Ada FUMC / “Good News, Bad News” / Jeremiah 1: 4-10; Luke 4: 21-30
1/26/25 - Ada FUMC / “Right In Front Of You” / Psalm 19: 1-14; Luke 4: 14-21
1/19/25 - Ada FUMC / “What Does That Have to Do with Me?” / 1 Corinthians 12: 1-7; John 2: 1-11
1/12/25 - Ada FUMC / “Living Into Our Baptism” / Isaiah 43: 1-7; Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22
1/5/25 - Ada FUMC / “Your Light Has Come" / Isaiah 60: 1-6; Matthew 2: 1-12
12/29/24 - Ada FUMC / “God, Show Yourself!” / Psalm 148: 1-6; Luke 2: 22-40
12/24/24 - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service - Ada FUMC Worship Service
12/24/24 - Family Christmas Eve Service - Ada FUMC Worship Service
12/22/24 - Ada FUMC / Company’s Coming: “Love Is On The Way” / John 1: 1, 14, 18 and 1 John 4: 9-12
12/15/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Company’s Coming: “Joy Is On The Way” / Luke 1: 46-55
12/8/24 - Ada FUMC Service / Choir Cantata
12/1/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Company’s Coming: “Hope Is On The Way” / Luke 1: 26-33, 39-45
11/24/24 - Ada FUMC / Company’s Coming: “This Place is a Mess” / Isaiah 64: 1-9; Mark 13: 24-37
11/17/24 - Ada FUMC / Love Does: “Love is greater than Fear” / Mark 6: 33-44; 1 John 4: 16-21
11/10/24 - Ada FUMC / Love Does: “The Audacity!” / Psalm 103: 1-14; Luke 6: 27-38
11/3/24 - Ada FUMC / Love Does: “Follow the Leader” / 1 John 3: 18-24; 2 Timothy 1: 3-14
10/27/24 - Ada FUMC / Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sleeping / Psalm 4: 1-8; Hebrews 4: 1-16
10/20/24 - Ada FUMC / LotO: Fighting with Family / Colossians 3: 12-15;
10/13/24 - Ada FUMC / LotO: Checking Email / Colossians 3: 15-17; 1 Corinthians 12: 12-20, 27
10/6/24 - Ada FUMC / Liturgy of the Ordinary: Eating Leftovers / Ezekiel 3: 1-3; John 6: 48-59
9/29/24 - Ada FUMC / Liturgy of the Ordinary: Losing the Keys / Philippians 4: 10-13; Luke 15: 1-10
9/22/24 - Ada FUMC / LotO: Making the Bed / Psalm 19: 1-10; Deuteronomy 6: 4-9 and Romans 12: 1-2
9/15/24 - Ada FUMC / “The Everyday Sacred: Waking” / Genesis 1: 1-5: 15-20; Mark 1: 4-11
9/8/24 - Ada FUMC / “Word vs. World” / Ephesians 5: 15-20; 1 Kings 2: 10-12; 3: 3-14
9/1/24 - Ada FUMC / “The Antidote to Exhaustion” / Psalm 46: 1-3, 8-11; Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56
8/25/24-Ada FUMC / “Called Beyond Ourselves” / Psalm 71: 1-6; Jeremiah 1: 4-10
8/18/24-Ada FUMC / “A Question for Life” / Psalm 86: 8-13; Matthew 16: 13-20
8/11/24-Ada FUMC / “God said it, I believe it, that settles it” / 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Matthew 5:17-20
8/4/24 - Ada FUMC / TBDST - “It’s just me, myself, and Jesus” / James 2: 14-26; Matthew 5: 13-16
7/28/24 - Ada FUMC/TBDST - “The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves”/Isaiah 25: 1-9; Romans 5: 1-11
7/21/24 - Ada FUMC / VBS Sunday: "It Starts With Me" / Deuteronomy 6: 1-9
7/14/24 - Ada FUMC / TBDST - “Forgive and Forget” / Psalm 103: 8-12; Colossians 2: 8-14
7/7/24 - Ada FUMC / TBDST - “Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin” / Romans 8: 3, 9-18; Matthew 7: 1-5
6/30/24 - Ada FUMC / TBDST - “God Won’t Give You More Than You Can Handle”
6/23/24 - Ada FUMC Service / TBDST - “Everything Happens for a Reason” / Dt. 30: 11-20; Rm. 8: 18-28
6/16/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Contrast and Clarity” / Psalm 69: 7-18;
6/9/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Rules, Rest, Relationship” / Mark 2: 23-28; Mark 3: 1-6
5/26/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Who Will Go For Us?” / Isaiah 6: 1-8; John 3: 1-17
6/2/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “All Are Invited to This Table” / Matthew 22: 1-14; Luke 14: 12-24
5/12/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Up, Up, and Away” / Luke 24: 44-53; Acts 1: 1-11
5/5/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “How Shall We Love?” / John 15: 9-17; 1 John 5: 1-6
4/28/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Abiding Together” / John 15: 1-8; 1 John 4: 7-19
4/21/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Fishing In The Dark” / Psalm 30; John 21: 1-19
4/14/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Behind Locked Doors” / Psalm 34: 1-6; John 20: 19-31
4/7/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “This is a joke, right?” / Luke 24: 13-32; Luke 24: 33-49
3/31/24 - Ada FUMC Service / Resurrection Sunday: “He Is Going Ahead” / Acts 10: 34-43; Mark 16: 1-8
3/24/24 - Ada FUMC Service / Palm Sunday:“Your King Is Coming” / Zechariah 9: 9-10; Matthew 21: 1-11
3/10/24 - Ada FUMC Service / Lent 3: “Building the Kingdom” / Mark 4: 35-41; Matthew 14: 22-33
3/3/24 - Ada FUMC Service / Lent 3: “Building the Kingdom” / Luke 4: 14-30; Matthew 7: 24-29
2/25/24 - Ada FUMC Service / Lent 2: “The Healing Ministry” / Luke 4: 14-30; Luke 4: 31-40
2/18/24 - Ada FUMC Service / Lent 1: “Baptism and Temptation” / Hebrews 4: 14-16; Mark 1: 4-13
2/11/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Growing Pains” / 2 Kings 2: 1-12; Mark 9: 2-9
2/4/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Community and Commitment” / Deuteronomy 6: 1-9; 1 Kings 8: 54-61
1/28/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Honor and Humility” / Colossians 3: 12-17; Matthew 6: 1-6
1/21/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Surrender and Suffering” / Jeremiah 31: 31-34; Ephesians 2: 1-10
1/14/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “Can you hear me now?” / Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18; 1 Samuel 3: 1-20
1/7/24 - Ada FUMC Service / “A Baptism Epiphany” / Matthew 2: 1-11; Mark 1: 4-11
12/31/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Dancing with The Creator” / Ezekiel 37: 1-14; Romans 8: 6-11
12/24/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “The Advent of Love” / Luke 1: 26-38; Luke 1: 46b-55
12/17/23 - Ada FUMC Service / Children’s Christmas Pageant: “A Very Mixed Up Pageant”
12/10/23 - Ada FUMC Service / Choir Cantata
12/3/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “In The Meantime” / Isaiah 64: 1-12; Mark 13: 24-27, 32-37
11/26/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “The First Gospel” / Genesis 3: 1-10; John 1: 9-14
11/19/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Lasting Gratitude” / Psalm 103: 1-11 ; Philippians 4: 4-13
11/12/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Take The Kingdom With You” / Luke 10: 1-9 ; John 15: 5-8, 16-17
11/5/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Time is short. Love well.” / 1 Peter 4: 7-11 ; John 13: 31-35
10/29/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Fear or Abundance” / Luke 12: 13-21 ; Luke 12: 22-34
10/22/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Come and See. Go and Show. ” / Psalm 66: 1-9; Luke 17: 11-19
10/15/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Gates and Chasms” / 1 Timothy 6: 17-19; Luke 16: 19-31
10/1/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Mistaken Identity” / 1 Corinthians 1: 26-30; Ephesians 2: 4-10
9/24/23 - Ada FUMC Service/“Wherever. Whenever. Whatever”/Revelation 3: 14b-15; Luke 9: 1-6, 57-62
9/17/23 - Ada FUMC Service / "What Are Your Qualifications?" / John 3: 16-21; Luke 9: 23-27
9/10/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “DTR: Fan or Follower?” / Luke 9: 18-24; Luke 9: 57-62
9/3/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Show Your Work” / Psalm 26: 1-8; Romans 12: 9-21
8/27/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “They Need You!” / Isaiah 58: 1-12; Judges 2: 6-12
8/20/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Flipping Tables” / Isaiah 58: 1-12; John 2: 13-22
8/13/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Crumbs for Dogs” / Isaiah 56: 1, 6-8; Matthew 15: 21-28
8/6/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Flesh Eating Christians” / John 1: 1-4, 14; John 6: 51-58
7/30/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Be Perfect” / Psalm 119: 33-40; Matthew 5: 38-48
7/23/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “The Last Will Be First” / Romans 9: 30-32; Matthew 20: 1-16
7/16/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “What Is Faith?” / Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16
7/9/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Never Enough” / Psalm 145: 8-14; Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30
7/2/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Get It Out of Neutral” / James 2: 14-26; Matthew 9: 35 – 10: 15
6/11/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Salty Christians” / Psalm 95: 1-6; Matthew 5: 13-16
6/4/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Go Therefore” / Gen. 1: 1-15, 26-2:3; Matthew 28: 16-20
5/28/23 - Ada FUMC Service
5/21/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Why are you looking up?” / Luke 24: 44-53; Acts 1: 6-11
5/14/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “With You. Among You. For You.” / Acts 17: 24-31; John 14: 15-21
5/7/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Fish and Sheep” / Acts 9: 1-6; John 21: 1-19
4/30/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “The Shepherd’s Voice” / 1 John 3: 16-24; John 10: 11-18
4/23/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “A New Way of Seeing” / Psalm 130; Luke 24: 13-35
4/16/23 - Ada FUMC Service / “Ta-Da!” / 1 Corinthians 1: 18-31; John 20: 19-31
4/9/23 - Ada FUMC - EASTER SUNDAY / “Don’t Hold On To Me” / 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21; John 20: 1-18
4/9/23 - Ada FUMC - EASTER SUNDAY SUNRISE SERVICE / “While It Was Still Dark” / John 20: 1-18
4/7/23 - Ada FUMC Good Friday Service
4/2/23 - Ada FUMC Service - PALM SUNDAY / "Jesus or Barabbas?” / Matthew 21: 1-11; Matthew 27: 11-26
3/26/23-Ada FUMC Service / Lent 5: “His Mother’s Love” / Luke 2: 33-40; John 19: 25-30
3/12/23-Ada FUMC Service/The Bystander: Simon of Cyrene/Matt. 16:24-25; Mark 15:19-21/Matt. 27:30-32
3/5/23 - Ada FUMC Service / On The Road to the Cross: “The Walking Wounded” / Luke 22: 47-51; John 18: 1-12
2/26/23-Ada FUMC Service/On The Road to the Cross: “A Leper and A Sinner”/Mark 14:1-11; Luke 7:36-50
2/12/23 - Ada FUMC Service / Reset: “Resetting Our Direction” / Isaiah 43: 15-19; Acts 9: 1-20
2/5/23 - Ada FUMC Service/Soul Reset: Resetting Our Values/Philippians 4: 4-10; Galatians 5:24–6:10
1/29/23 - Ada FUMC Service / Soul Reset: When Life Comes At You / Isaiah 40: 21-31; 1 Mark 1: 29-39
1/22/23 - Ada FUMC Service / Soul Reset: “Remember Who You Are” / Isaiah 43: 1-4; 1 John 3: 1-9
1/15/23 - Ada FUMC Service / "Remembering Our Baptism" / Isaiah 42: 1-9; Matthew 3: 13-17
1/8/23 - Ada FUMC Service / Epiphany: “Arise! Shine!” / Isaiah 60: 1-6; Matthew 2: 1-12
1/1/23 - Ada FUMC Service/Songs of the Season: Go Tell It On The Mountain/Romans 10:13-15; Luke 2:8-20
12/25/22 - Ada FUMC Service / Songs of the Season: “Joy to the World” / Isaiah 52: 7-10 / Psalm 98
12/18/22 - Ada FUMC Service / Songs of the Season: “A Mother’s Love” / Luke 1: 39-55
12/11/22 - Ada FUMC Service / Choir Cantata
12/4/22 - Ada FUMC Service / O Come, O Come, Emmanuel / Isaiah 7: 13-14; Matthew 1: 20-23, 2: 13-23
11/27/22 - Ada FUMC Service / Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus/ Galatians 4:4-7; 1 Peter 1:8-12
11/20/22 - Ada FUMC Service / ThanksGIVING / Psalm 95: 1-7a; Matthew 25: 31-46
11/13/22 - Ada FUMC Service / A Generous Life / 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15; Mark 6: 33-44
11/6/22 - Ada FUMC Service / A Faithful Life / Psalm 24: 1-6; Hebrews 11: 32-35, 12: 1-3
10/30/22 - Ada FUMC Service / A Thankful Life / Philippians 4: 10-13; Luke 17: 11-19
10/23/22 - Ada FUMC Service / A Whole Life / Psalm 51: 1-10; Luke 15: 1-10
10/16/22 - Ada FUMC Service / Emulate Christ / Luke 9: 23-25; John 13: 1-17, 34-35
10/9/22 - Ada FUMC Service / Value the Vulnerable / Luke 15: 3-7; Mark 5: 2-20
10/2/22 - Ada FUMC Service / Openhearted Love / 2 Corinthians 5: 18-21; John 4: 4-10, 16-30, 40
9/25/22 - Ada FUMC Worship Service / Lavish Love / Psalm 103: 1-14; Luke 6: 27-38
9/18/22 - Ada FUMC Worship Service / Expand the Circle / Luke 5: 1-11; Luke 5: 27-32
9/11/22 - Ada FUMC Worship Service / Begin with Love / Deuteronomy 6: 1-9; Mark 12: 28-34
9/4/22 - Ada FUMC Worship Service / An Open Table / Proverbs 25: 6-7; Luke 14: 1, 7-14