MTP Sermon Resources

  “The One Thing” Sermon Study Guide for June 1, 2025 Downloadable Version Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20 Pause… 1. A Mountain in Galilee “some doubted” “of two minds” 2. The Commission: “________________________________” a. _____________ b. _____________________ “stained” c. _____________________ John 13:34-35 Matthew 22:37-40 John 15:13 “I am with you" Questions to Discuss or Ponder: Share about times when you have taken a “pause” in life to reorient your priorities. What happened? What changed? What does it mean to you that “some doubted” when they saw the resurrected Jesus? Where do you think that doubt came from? What is the actual commission from Jesus? What does that look like in daily life for you? What does it mean to be a disciple? Where has God called you to “go”? Where else might God be calling you to go? What does baptism mean to you? What does it mean that baptism is something God does to you? When you think of Jesus’ commands, what comes to ...

     1 Thessalonians 5:12-15 May 25, 2025 • Mount Pleasant UMC We’ve all known that one neighbor. You know the kind, the one who knows everybody’s business and doesn’t mind sharing it with everyone else. When I was very young, I started the first and to my knowledge only newspaper for my small town. Now, you’ve got to understand, my town had about 150 people in it and about half of them were related to me. But the people in town, relatives and non-relatives, were very gracious to this young entrepreneur so I had almost the whole town in circulation. But, you have to know, in a town of 150, there wasn’t a lot of news to be shared. It’s not like new businesses were moving in and what did happen at the grain elevator wasn’t very exciting. What news there was probably would be better categorized as “gossip,” and I knew who to get that “news” from. That one neighbor knew everything. She became my intrepid reporter, sharing who had visited who and who was sick and what t...

  “Alongside” Sermon Study Guide for May 25, 2025 Downloadable Version Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15 that one neighbor… 1. Christian ____________________________ Romans 13:7 2. Influence of __________________________________ Live at ________________________ Psalm 23 Warn the _______________________ Encourage, help, be patient Galatians 5:22 Always do ______________________ John 5:1-7 - pool of Bethesda Questions to Discuss or Ponder: Did you have “that one neighbor”? Share a bit about what that was like. What does it mean to “give honor” to a leader? How do you know that person deserves “honor”? Where are you lacking peace in your relationships currently? What would it take to “live in peace” in those situations? What have you experienced the help of someone when you were in a weak place? What difference did that make? When were you able to help someone who was weak? Why are we so tempted to pretend we are stronger than we are when we are at church? In what w...

Job 2:11-13 May 18, 2025 • Mount Pleasant UMC Well, it’s been an interesting year so far, but I am glad to be back in the pulpit today. I appreciate Pastor Rick jumping in to help with an extra week of preaching and all the other things, and I have appreciated all the calls and texts and messages and “Facebook likes” and chai tea lattes that have come my way. It has been quite a journey, one that is not over yet as there is yet another surgery in my near future, but I have appreciated the care that has come my way. Many of you know our sermon schedule is prayerfully planned out months in advance. And I can’t tell you how many times someone tells me, “That was exactly what I needed to hear today.” Well, today, I might be the one saying that because it seems that our preplanned schedule has lined up pretty well with my life. So don’t tell me the Holy Spirit can’t work through advance plans! As you know if you’ve been here with us, we’ve been looking at characteristics of communi...