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Mind Your Business
Meg Peery McLaughlin Mind Your Business November 10, 2024 Luke 2: 41-52 I chose our scripture for this Sunday earlier this Fall. Looking at the church calendar only, I chose the story of Jesus coming into his adulthood in Luke chapter 2 with Presbyterian Campus...
Quiet Glue: All Saints Day
Jarrett McLaughlin Quiet Glue November 3, 2024 Acts 1: 15-17, 21-26 Cold Open: The scene was the prestigious National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The speaker that day was “Mister” Fred Rogers. The National Press Club was accustomed to hearing diplomats, top...
Dedication Sunday
Meg Peery McLaughlin Dedication Sunday October 27, 2024 Zechariah 8: 1- 8 Today we finish our Fall sermon series called Grounded, and our scripture is from Zechariah, a minor Old Testament Prophet. Zechariah’s ministry took place as the Israelites were...
Borrowed Ground
Jarrett McLaughlin Borrowed Ground October 20, 2024 Deuteronomy 6:4-12 Cold Open: My career in musical theater was brief. A line from a Neil Young song comes to mind: “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” In grade school you could not have paid me to be on a...
Grounded: Rooted and Grounded
Meg Peery McLaughlin Grounded: Rooted and Grounded October 13, 2024 Ephesians 3: 14-21 Prayer of Illumination God of generations past and generations to come, great is your faithfulness. You do not fail to make yourself known to us time and time again. As we...
Grounded: Hold Your Ground
Jarrett McLaughlin Grounded: Hold Your Ground October 6, 2024 2 Kings 5:9-19 Cold Open: Dennis Byrd played defensive end for the New York Jets. Dennis Byrd may be most known for the paralyzing, career-ending injury he suffered after colliding with one of his own...
Grounded: “You’re Grounded”
Jarrett McLaughlin Grounded: “You’re Grounded” September 29, 2024 Acts 4:32, 34-37, 5:1-11 Cold Open: Well, I preached a sermon on Moses and the burning bush and we had to literally vacate the building for a fire alarm. You can see why I step into the pulpit this day...
Grounded: Ground Rules
Meg Peery McLaughlin Grounded: Ground Rules September 22, 2024 Romans 12: 9-21 Prayer of Illumination By your Holy Spirit Ground us in the Word Overcome everything else we brought in here with grace. We pray in Christ, Amen. Scripture 9 Let love be genuine; hate what...
Grounded: On Holy Ground
Jarrett McLaughlin Grounded: On Holy Ground September 15, 2024 Exodus 3:1-14 (selections) Cold Open: In the Fall of 1996 I carried all my earthly belongings up the stairs of Ehringhaus dorm and settled in for my first semester at UNC. Later that first week, I wandered...