Providence United Methodist Church
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Sermon Discussion Guide

On this page, you will find a weekly guide which accompanies our current sermon series.  These guides can be used for personal or group study for those wishing to go a little deeper in thinking about each week's message. 

Stand Alone Sermons

5-19-13 - The Birth Story of the Church

5-12-13 - You Are More Beautiful Than You Think

Sermon Series:  These Hands

4-21-13-  Hands that Heal

4-14-13- Getting Your Hands Dirty

4-7-13- Hands that Sweep

Sermon Series:  Interruptions

3-31-13- A Love that Fills You Up and Empties You Out

3-24-13- The Great Interruption

3-17-13- Be an Interrupter

3-10-13- Jesus, the Interrupter

3-3-13- A Messy Interruption

2-24-13- A Culture of Interruptions

2-17-13-  Interruptions as Opportunity

Sermon Series:  I Forgive You

2-3-13-Cleaning House

1-27-13- Just One

Sermon Series:  Restart

1-20-13- No Guide

1-13-13- Pray Continually

1-6-13- Be Joyful Always

 

Sermon Series: Light in the Night

12-9-12-  A Mess of Christmas Proportions

12-2-12-  Afraid of the Dark

11-25-12- The Darkest Hour

Sermon Series:  Envision Providence

11-18-12- (Still) Believing it Till We See It

11-11-12- Defined by Generosity

Sermon Series:  Rascals

10-14-12- A Little Rascal

9-31-12- Rascals Need Nicknames

9-23-12-  Jonah the Running Rascal

9-15-12-  David, King of Rascals

9-9-12- Jacob the Deceiver

Sermon Series:  Modern Family

8-26-12- The Power of Words in Relationship

8-19-12-Marriage Lessons from a Single Guy

8-12-12Conflict in Families/Families in Conflict

Stand Alone Sermon:  7-29-12 Let the Games Begin

Sermon Series: How to: Pray

7-22-12- There is Evil

7-15-12- The Doughnuts Cry Out

7-8-12- Forgiven and Forgiving

7-1-12-  Per Diem

6-24-12-  I Want What You Want

6-17-12- The Kingdom of Simon

6-3-12-  Prayer for Dummies

Sermon Series: Dream

5-27-12- God's Dream for All People

5-20-12- Dreams That Cause Trouble

5-13-12- Keep the Dream Close to God

Sermon Series:  The Church Has Left the Building

5-6-12- What is Worship?

4-29-12- Small is the New Big

4-22-12- Looking at Things a Different Way

4-15-12- When Love Takes a Detour

Sermon Series:  Questions for Jesus

4-8-12- My Rock

4-1-12-  What are You Doing?

03-25-12- How Can We Know the Way?

03-11-12- Don't You Care?

03-11-12- What Do You Do When the Roof Falls In?

03-04-12- Are you the one?

Sermon Series: The World Runs on Love

02-26-12- Can We Really Change the World?

02-19-12- Loving is Giving

02-12-12- Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher

02-05-12- The Distracted Life

Sermon Series:  A New Thing

1-29-12- Beauty at Any Cost

1-22-12-  Metamorphosis

1-15-12- Erasing the Awkward

1-8-12- On the Road Again

1-1-12-  New Car Smell

Sermon Series:  The First Christmas Story

12-18-11-  Wisdom for the Journey

12-11-11-  Shame Into Honor

12-4-11- Finding God at Waffle House

11-27-11- Dealing with Disappointment 

Sermon Series:  One Thing

11-20-11- The Thanksgiving Chair

11-13-11- What Love Requires

11-6-11-  Good Grief

10-30-11- Do You Believe This?

10-23-11- When Your Name is Spoken Twice

Sermon Series:  Greater > Than 

10-16-11- Limiting God

10-09-11, Hiding At The Well

10-2-11, Love and Forgivness (or Grace)

9-25-11 A Change In Expectations

9-18-11-That's How God Sees Me

9-11-11-Never Forget...Hope

9-4-11-Full of Life

8-28-11-Praying about NASCAR (and other important things)

8-21-11-The Body

8-14-11- Alone Together

7-31-11-  God's Knot

Stand Alone Sermons

7-24-11- All God's Creatures 

7-17-11- Worship is Now

Sermon Series:  Old Stone Tablets

07-03-11-  A Failure to Communicate

06-26-11-  A Desperado in a Penitentiary

06-12-11-  What's in a Name?

06-05-11-  The "No's" that Lead to "Yes"

Sermon Series:  After the Flood

05-22-11-  A New Language of Hope

05-15-11-  Better Not Bitter

05-08-11- Refugees

Sermon Series:  Followers 

4-24-11 (Easter)- A Waking Up Story

4-17-11- You May Be Asked to Get a Donkey

4-3-11-  Waking Jesus Up

3-27-11- Everything? 

3-20-11-   House Calls

03-13-11-  I've Been Knowing Him a Long Time

03-06-11-  Followership Conference

Sermon Series:  Treasure

02-27-11- Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing

02-20-11- How to Give

02-13-11- The Problem with Two Masters

02-06-11- Where's Your Treasure?


Sermon Series:  Upside Down

01-30-11- Love the One You Hate

01-23-11- A Higher Standard

01-16-11- You Can Change Your World

01-09-11-Happiness Redefined

01-02-11-"A Day of New Beginnings"


Sermon Series:  The Unexpected Gift

12-19-10- "Lagniappe"

12-12-10- The Difference Between a Good Plan and God's Plan

12-05-10- Coming to a Theater Near You

11-28-10- Never Leave the Game Early

Sermon Series:  Be Still

11-21-10-  When the Sun Stands Still

11-14-10-  Stand Still So You Can See

11-7-10- Dealing with the Noise

10-31-10-  Knowing and No-ing

10-24-10-  Be Still and Know

Sermon Series:  Relationship Essentials for Essential Relationships

10-17-10-  Love Never Fails

10-10-10- Trust Me

10-3-10-  Conversation About Truth

9-26-10- I Love Me Some Me

9-19-10- Patience Required

9-12-10- Created to Relate

Sermon Series:  The New Normal

9-5-10- My Hands

8-29-10-  This Isn't About a Wall

8-22-10-  You're In Trouble

8-15-10- The Re-Building Project

8-8-10-  Spiritual Breakdown

8-1-10- Waking Up to a Whole New World

Sermon Series:  SHEEP

7-11-10- God in First Person

7-4-10- He Made Me Do It

6-27-10- If I Could Be Any Animal...

Sermon Series:  Surrender

6-20-10- Surrendering Your Shame

6-13-10- Surrendering Your Plan

6-6-10- Surrendering Your Fears

5-30-10- Surrendering Your Ambitions

5-23-10- Raising the White Flag

Sermon Series:  Questions for God

5-16-10- What Happens After We Die?

5-9-10- If God is Good... Part Two:  Where is God in My Suffering?

4-25-10- If God is Good... Part One:  Why Does God Allow Bad Things?

4-18-10-  Is God Real?  If So, Can We Ask Questions?