Sermons

To read Rev. Heather Riggs previous sermons in click on the link below.
10/8 “Into the Wilderness: Looking Back” Rev. Heather Riggs
9/24 “Unreasonable Hope: Fail Trying” Rev. Heather Riggs
9/17 “More Than Enough” Rev. Heather Riggs
8/27 “The Methodist History of the Sunday School Movement” Rev. Heather Riggs
8/6 “Why Camp is Awesome” Rev. Heather Riggs
7/30 “Be More Vile” Rev. Heather Riggs 
7/30 “Be More Vile” Rev. Heather Riggs Video – with slides from Pride Parade

 

7/23 “The Parable of the Sower” Rev. Heather Riggs
7/2 “Annual Conference Report” DJ Antlitz

6/25 “Do This and You Will Live” Rev. Heather Riggs
6/18 “Juneteenth” Rev. Heather Riggs

What it Means to Be United Methodist Series
6/4 “What it Means to Be United Methodist: Our Mission” Rev. Heather Riggs
5/21 “What it Means to Be United Methodist: What We Believe” Rev. Heather Riggs
5/14 “What it Means to Be United Methodist: The Methodist History of Mother’s Day” Rev. Heather Riggs
6/4 “What it Means to be United Methodist: Mission” Rev. Heather Riggs

Forgiveness Series
2/26 “Forgiveness: Why Forgive?” Rev. Heather Riggs
3/5 “Forgiveness: A Story” Elissa Noble
3/12 “Forgiveness: Telling the Story” Rev. Heather Riggs
3/19 “Forgiveness: Naming the Hurt” Rev. Heather Riggs
3/26 “Forgiveness: Granting Forgiveness” Rev. Heather Riggs
4/2 “Forgiveness: Releasing the Relationship” Palm Sunday, Rev. Heather Riggs
4/9 Easter, “Love Wins!” Rev. Heather Riggs

Generation to Generation Series
 Different
 I Believe in You
Gen Z by Gwen Riggs
Millennials by Drew Hogan

Advent Series
Love
Joy
Hope
Peace

Give Thanks Series
Give Thanks: Stewardship
Give Thanks: For Our Future
MUMC All Saints Service of Remembrance
Give Thanks: For Our History
Resource links from the Sermon “Give Thanks: For Our History”
United Methodists 2 doctrinal statements.
By Water and the Spirit – Our Statement on Baptism
This Holy Mystery – Our Statement on Communion
Statements of belief: Historic Methodist Articles of Religion and the Evangelical United Brethren Confession of Faith which are an unchangeable part of our Book of Discipline
and John Wesley’s sermons and notes.
Martin Luther’s commentary on the book of Romans, which strangely warmed the heart of John Wesley, and led him to become the founder of Methodism.
Here’s an excerpt of what warmed Wesley’s heart.
Our Christian Tradition includes Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, which feels so relevant today as a new wave of civil rights protests have affected our own city.

Cooperate with God Series
Cooperate with God, Oct. 16, 2022
Show Up and Pay Attention, Oct. 9 2022 
Release The Outcome, Sept. 25, 2022
Cooperate With God, Sept. 18, 2022
Pay Attention, Sept. 11, 2022
Show Up, Aug. 28, 2022