Bethany UCC Podcast
1) 25.08.31. Sermon. Red Flags: We’ve got the joy, joy, joy…
After a month of Red Flags, Pastor Rebecca finally preached about green flags (!) — the ones we need and the ones we have to offer, as a church.
2) 25.08.24. Sermon. Rev Dr. Katie Hays: We Have Been Warned
Rev Dr. Katie Hays brought us greetings from Galileo Church (a Disciples congregation on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas) and a dispatch from “the badlands,” preaching that in the Gospel reading (L...Show More
3) 24.08.17. Sermon. Red Flags: Should've Seen It Coming
As part of “Red Flags” worship theme for August, Pastor Rebecca’s sermon this week centered on regret: the regret of a lost love, the regret of electing the wrong leader, and even the regrets of God t...Show More
4) 25.08.10. Sermon. Red Flags: Take Comfort, the Writing’s on the Wall
Pastor Rebecca, in an attempt to contextualize the book of Daniel, threw some unexpected shade against the musical Hamilton.... Mostly, though, her sermon was about the good news that the empires of t...Show More
5) 25.08.03. Sermon. Red Flags: get curious, together.
Anyone who knows former student pastor and Bethany member Kelli Manning might be surprised to know that she was once hugely self-conscious. Well, she didn't manage, understand, or grow through it on h...Show More
6) 25.07.27. Sermon. Faith Is Elemental: Bedrock
Pastor Vince apologizes right at the start of this sermon for biting off more than he can chew research wise (Epistemology! Geology!) By the end, he shares an invitation to ground ourselves in the cer...Show More
7) 25.07.20. Sermon. Faith Is Elemental: Open Water
Preaching on the story of the shipwreck in Acts 27, Pastor Vince describes baptism as a means of confronting the powers of evil, choosing sides and facing our own mortality.
8) 25.07.06. Sermon. Faith Is Elemental: Catch Fire
Pastor Vince’s sermon this week shares that God doesn’t ask us for extravagant gestures. Rather, they ask that we do what little we can and trust God to make more of it than we can imagine.
9) 25.06.29. Sermon. ACT UP: Rude, Rash, Demanding, Effective
Pastor Rebecca's sermon centers the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, which was organized in 1987 with an absolutely singular mission: direct action to end the AIDS crisis. In the face of neglect, negl...Show More
10) 25.06.22. Sermon. Act Up: Meaningless Right Action
Examining Psalm 9 and 2 Samuel, Pastor Rebecca delivers a sermon on doing the right thing even when your actions seem fruitless.