Sermons

Catch up on recent sermons at UPC! You can read the manuscripts, watch the videos, or listen to the podcast.

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Luke 8:26-39

Berry French June 29, 2025 Luke 8:26-39 Introduction: [connected to Children's moment] We are traveling as a church a lot this summer! But the central thing we do is Sunday morning worship! The focal point of our common worship is gathering around Scripture … to see...

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John 16: 12-15

Meg Peery McLaughlin June 22, 2025 John 16: 12-15 This week 65 children and 88 youth and adult volunteers spent an amazing week out at New Hope for Vacation Bible School. And I’ll bet my bottom dollar that I was not the only exhausted child of God in bed before 9pm on...

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The End of All Things

Jarrett McLaughlin The End of All Things June 15, 2025 1 Peter 4:7-11 Cold Open: There are times when you’re working on a sermon and you have pretty much finished it and then something happens in the world. This has been one of those weeks. On top of what we are...

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Acts 2: 1-21

Meg Peery McLaughlin June 8, 2025 Acts 2: 1-21 Today is the birthday of the Christian church. About 4 months ago, Pew Research published their third Religious Landscape study. It reports that the vast majority of Americans--over 80%-- believe we are connected to...

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“Say What You Mean to Say”

Jarrett McLaughlin “Say What You Mean to Say” June 1, 2025 Mark 7:31-37   Cold Open:   As the summer of 1963 drew near, a garage band out of Portland, Oregon calling themselves the Kingsmen took to the studio to record their version of the song “Louie,...

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Luke 7:11-17

Meg Peery McLaughlin May 25, 2025 / Memorial Day Weekend Luke 7:11-17 Prayer for Illumination  Speak, Lord, for we are listening— for hope, for healing, for the courage to go where you send us. Amen.   Scripture Soon afterwards Jesus went to a town called Nain,...

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Worry, Transformed

Jarrett McLaughlin Worry, Transformed May 18, 2025 Matthew 6:25-34 Cold Open:   Today is a truly monumental day in the liturgical calendar of the Church. Definitely a Top Five. I’m not going to rush to answer that one and let you wonder about it for a bit - try...

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Acts 9: 36-43

Meg Peery McLaughlin May 11, 2025 Acts 9: 36-43   Week before last, Jarrett and I were at the Well, a gathering of 16 pastors who have been studying scripture together for 18 years. We invited Dr. Brennan Breed to join us one afternoon to share with us some new...

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John 20:19-29

Berry French and Brett Bolton (PCM student) John 20:19-29 May 4, 2025 Introducing Brett (Brett) Good morning dear hearts and, for those who celebrate, May the 4th Be With You! My name is Brett Bolton and I am a senior at UNC preparing to graduate in the coming week. A...

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