Jim Parsons' Podcast

We end our series, Creation Calls, with a look at Amos's words about justice and the link between creation and God's message of redemptive justice for all. Justice for creation is justice for people.  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. 

God helps define humanity's relationship with creation in the second creation story of Genesis. We look at Genesis 2:4-15 this week to see what that relationship is supposed to look like. It states we are to work and protect creation. Humanity is to look after this world because it is a gift from God but for centuries we have seen it simply as a resource to abuse. 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. 

For the next three weeks we take some time to reflect on God's creation and how it calls out to us. This week, nature reveals God's beauty, order, power, and tenacity. We look at Paul's sermon/talk in Athens as an example of how creation points to the God of creation.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. 

All the Canaanite woman wants is to heal her daughter who has been suffering for a long time. Jesus won't have it though and attempts to ignore her. She presists though, and continues to beg for the healing. In a weird and hard story, we see redeption and restoration...but not like you might think.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. 

Jesus is asked a question by a certain ruler of a synogogue. This quesiton leads Jesus to offer a command for this rich ruler's life. Jesus offers him a second chance to dive deeper into his discipleship but what does the ruler do? What do we learn from this command and how does it reflect a call of discipleship in our life?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. 

We start a new worship series for August, called "Second Chances: Stories of Restoration and Redemption." Today we look at the last interaction of Peter and Jesus in the Gospel of John. After an up and down three years as a disciple, Peter has one last conversation face to face with Jesus and it leads to his restoration. 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. 

We are in the 13th chapter of Matthew for the third week and this time we pick up all the one-sentence and small parables. "The kingdom of heaven is like..." Join us as we learn a little bit more about the kingdom of heaven from Jesus in this last sermon in our series, "The Path of the Disciple."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. 

Jesus gives us another parable about the kingdom of heaven. How do we, as his disciples, hear this parable and react to our roles within the kingdom? If we follow through, it means we might have to give up one of our favorite pastimes. 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. 

Jesus gives us a wonderful parable today, the Parable of the Soils. What does this parable tell us about our walk as a disciple of Jesus Christ though? It tells us to tend our soil so we can have an opportunity to hear God's word about the kingdom around us all the time. May we all have ears to hear.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. 

We are discovering what it looks like to be a disciple as we look at Jesus' teachings in Matthew. Today we continue with three wonderful verses from Matthew 11:28-30. Maybe you recognize these verses before, but Jessica (our Duke Ministerial Intern) gives us a fresh perspective on it today. 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.

We start a new worship series, which builds off of our last. What does it truly mean to be a disciple? We follow Jesus's teachings in Matthew's Gospel to learn more. This week we talk about hospitality and welcoming. Being a welcoming disciple goes well beyond just being friendly. 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. 

We are called to follow Jesus Christ, as his disciples. We finish this series by looking at the calling of the first disciples and how their calling can help us understand our calling to be a disciple today. 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. 

Today, our Duke Ministerial Intern, Jessica, tells us a little bit about her call story to be a missionary and how it relates to the story of the calling of Samuel. Do you hear God calling and if so, will you answer?lease 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/gi

This week we look at Ruth and her call to cling to her mother-in-law Naomi. We ask the question, what do you cling to and does it bring life to your life? Does what you cling to make you a better disciple or does it hold you back from living the life God desires for you? 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. 

We start a new worship series called, "I Am Called." We look at the call stories of four different people in the Bible. We start with Jeremiah, a relucent but major prophet who shied away from his calling but eventually found strength in the God who called him. 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. 

Today we celebrate the arrival of the Holy Spirit on this Day of Pentecost. This is a day of mystery as a rushing wind and tounges of fire started a movement that still hasn't ended. We witness the work of the Holy Spirit in our congregation and the call to be part of the transformational work of God. 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. 

Jesus bids the disciples goodbye but with something very important. As he ascends into heaven, the disciple's eyes are opened to the scripture and how Jesus fulfilled it. They also have the assurance something is coming that will give them the strength to tell the world about what God has done through his son. Jesus does one more thing too, he blesses them, just like the benediction we have every Sunday. 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. 

Jesus encounters two men walking away from the events happening in Jerusalem. They were running away from the resurrection. However, Jesus shows up and their eyes are opened as they listen to scripture and eat with Jesus. May we find Jesus in our midst too, as we come together and feast at his table today. 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. 

Right before Jesus' ascension into heaven, in the book of Acts, the disciples and the resurrected Christ have a conversation. The disciples ask Jesus a question that points to a desire of their hearts but Jesus redirects the question into a calling on their lives. We hear that calling too and ask God to help us be witnesses to this hurting world.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. 

We meet the Risen Christ on the beach. He calls to the disciples on the boat who can't find any fish. At the place where it all started on their journey, Jesus meets them again and reminds them, especially Peter, of their calling to "Follow me."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.