Sermons & Worship Audio

This Sunday in ‘Character References,’ Haven Klassen looks at the strange and complicated story of Balaam and his talking donkey. Why is that story in the Bible and is there anything we can learn from it?

This Sunday in ‘Character References,’ Michele Rizoli looks at the complicated story of Leah and Rachel, as well as their servants Bilhah and Zilpah, another story of jealousy, envy and sibling relations.

In this “Character Reference” we examine the familiar story of David and Goliath, the plucky boy shepherd who felled a might warrior armed only with a slingshot. But is there more to the story than what we learned in Sunday School.

The third in our series Character References. This time Lori Unger examines Esther- the brave queen who saved her people from slaughter. Whether or not she was a real person ion history doesn’t diminish from the lessons we can learn from her story.

In this second of the series Character References, Michele Rizoli looks at the story of Jacob and Esau, twin brothers who feuded, one brother tricked the other out of his birthright and harsh words were uttered leading to a long term estrangement. But eventually the two brother reconciled. Or did they? What does forgiveness look like when there’s been great trauma?

In this, the first of our new series that focuses on characters of the Bible, we look at Job, the man from the Hebrew bible who suffered greatly.

The Christmas story continues with reflections from three TUMC members.

An interesting examination for Christmas Eve morning of parallels between the familiar story of the birth of Jesus and one that’s more unfamiliar, also about a mother and baby in peril from outside forces from the book of Revelation.

This delightful service featured the TUMC children presenting a musical version of the Christmas story. Since they were not using microphones, the pageant was not recorded.

In this, the second Sunday of Advent, we continue to explore the theme of darkness and light. This week, a reflection on the limitations of what we as humans can see, and realize that here on earth there is so much that is beyond our sight. Surely there are lessons for us in knowing that?