Jim Parsons' Podcast

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Synopsis

These are the sermons of Rev. Jim Parsons, the pastor of Indian Trail United Methodist Church in Indian Trail, NC. Thank you for listening and for more information on ITUMC please visit us at www.itumc.org and visit Rev. Jim's blog www.adventuresinrevland.com

Episodes

  • Episode 220: Die to Self

    17/03/2024 Duration: 19min

    esus's words in John 12 call us to die to self in order to glorify God. This is much harder than it seems in our very individualistic and selfish culture. To live, we need to be fed by the one who died for us. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 219: Uncomfortable

    03/03/2024 Duration: 17min

    We get uncomfortable with angry Jesus, the one who uses a whip to kick the money changers and others out of the temple. But this story in the 2nd Chapter of John brings up an uncomfortable question for us...what would Jesus kick out in our worship, in our churches, if he walked through the doors. What have we created that is actually devouring us?Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 218: Into Whose Life?

    26/02/2024 Duration: 19min

    We continue our Lenten journey on this Second Sunday of Lent. We dive into Mark 8:27-38 and learn about self-denial and taking up our cross and following Jesus. Please join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 217: State of the Church 2024

    11/02/2024 Duration: 24min

    Today is Pastor Jim's annual State of the Church sermon. This is a time to draw our attention to how God has moved in and through our church this past year and then also hear how God is calling us to continue to move forward this year. We have a lot to celebrate and stand in awe of God's work. Let us be good disciples of Jesus Christ and live into our mission and vision, together with the Holy Spirit. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 216: Faith, Hope and Friendship with God

    04/02/2024 Duration: 19min

    We wrap up our worship series, "Looking for God in Messy Places," based on a book by Bishop Jake Owensby by the same name. This week we look at Jesus's call to be his friend by loving the way God loves.  As we do this, we receive a deep sense of hope in all the messy places in our lives. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 215: Making a Difference Together - Looking for God in Messy Places

    28/01/2024 Duration: 19min

    As we continue, "Looking for God in Messy Places," based on a book by Bishop Jake Owensby by the same name, we realize that we are called to be the authetic 'we.' We are created by a relationship God to be in community with one another. As we live life together, we realize that we make a difference when we do our part in the Body of Christ.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 214: The God Who Shows Up - Looking for God in Messy Places

    21/01/2024 Duration: 21min

    As we continue, "Looking for God in Messy Places," based on a book by Bishop Jake Owensby by the same name, we are challenged to see God in our midst. It might be in creation, in a beautiful sunset. It may be while we are walking through hell on earth. We are promised that God is always with us...and in that promise anchors our hope. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 213: The Power of Love - Looking for God in the Messy Places

    14/01/2024 Duration: 22min

    We start a new worship series this week entitled, "Looking for God in Messy Places," based on a book by Bishop Jake Owensby by the same name. As we begin we start by defining what hope is and isn't and why we need to lean into our messy places with love. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 212: Epiphany - Awe and Wonder

    14/01/2024 Duration: 18min

    We wrap up the Christmas season with a celebration of Epiphany, the day Jesus was known to the Gentiles. We look at the magi who came to visit Jesus from the east and some of the folk theology surrounding this story. We also challenge everyone to spend more time being in midst of the awe and wonder of God, not only found in a night sky, but also on the altar at communion in the bread and cup.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 211: We Find Joy in Connection - Advent 2

    12/12/2023 Duration: 45min

    This Advent we are using "A Sanctified Art's" theme, "How Does a Weary World Rejoice?" In this secondweek of Advent we look at the reality that both Elizabeth and Mary shared together. We look at how we should share life together in order to make our pain lighter and our joy brighter.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 210: We Acknowledge our Weariness - Advent 1

    03/12/2023 Duration: 20min

    This Advent we are using "A Sanctified Art's" theme, "How Does a Weary World Rejoice?" In this first week of Advent we look at the anunciation of John the Baptism and how Zechariah's weariness leads to his silence. We acknowledge our weariness and how we need God to meet us where we are to offer us hope and joy. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 209: 25th Chapter - Judgment of Nations

    26/11/2023 Duration: 20min

    We end this worship series this week and look at the last piece of scripture in the 25th Chapter of Matthew. Today we learn about the judgment of the nations and where Jesus, the judge, will seperate the sheep from the goats. May we be like the sheep who see people in need and we offer what we have. Then we will hear from Jesus, "Come, you who will receive good things from my Father."Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 208: 25th Chapter - Valuable Coins

    19/11/2023 Duration: 26min

    We start a three week worship series on the three parables found in the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. This week we look at Matthew 25:14-30, The Parable of the Valuable Coins or the Parable of the Talents. The key question we will be asking is, how can you use what you have been given?Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 207: 25th Chapter - The Ten Bridesmaids

    12/11/2023 Duration: 19min

    We start a three week worship series on the three parables found in the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. This week we look at Matthew 25:1-13, The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids. The 25th Chapter wraps up Jesus's eschatological discourse, and so what does this parable teach us about Jesus’s second coming?Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation.

  • Episode 206: And All the Company of Heaven - All Saints Day

    12/11/2023 Duration: 17min

    It is All Saint's Day, a Sunday where we remember the members of our church who have gone on to the church triumphant. We reflect today on the mystery and love of God which unites us as we approach the Lord's Table and how we can claim a legacey of love in Christ.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation. 

  • Episode 205: Unrelenting Grace - Healing our Bodies

    22/10/2023 Duration: 23min

    We are in the last week of our worship series based on Bishop Ken Carter's book, "Unrelenting Grace." This week we look at the way grace heals the Body of Christ so we can be the Body of Christ for the world.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. Please subscribe to our channel so you can be updated when our new worship services and other videos come out. 

  • Episode 204: Unrelenting Grace - God's Way of Life

    15/10/2023 Duration: 17min

    We are in a worship series based on Bishop Ken Carter's book, "Unrelenting Grace." This week we look at the way grace calls us to live out our lives. We look at what Jesus says are the greatest commandments and the three loves involved.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 203: Unrelenting Grace - Connect us

    10/10/2023 Duration: 20min

    We are in a worship series based on Bishop Ken Carter's book, "Unrelenting Grace." This week we look at the way of grace unites us with God and each other. Grace connects us with each other but we humans are not known for getting along all the time. That is where peace comes in, a peace that demands we are reconciled to Christ and each other.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

  • Episode 202: Unrelenting Grace - God's Gift to Us

    08/10/2023 Duration: 19min

    We start a new worship series based on Bishop Ken Carter's book, "Unrelenting Grace." This week we look at the way of salvation and the three graces found in God's gift to us. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. Please subscribe to our channel so you can be updated when our new worship services and other videos come out. CCVI: 504293995CCLI Copyright License: 1338593CCLI Streaming License: 20659425

  • Episode 201: Homecoming 2023 - Transformation

    25/09/2023 Duration: 22min

    We welcome Rev. Abby Hedgecock to our pulpit today as we celebrate 68 years of ministry as Milford Hills UMC. We will look back at the past but then push into God's intended future for our congregation.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

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