Watkins Podcast: Recent Episodes
Watkins United Methodist Church
In this week's episode, we will listen to Pastor Rob's sermon on, "Changing the Narrative" as a part of the Won't You Be My Neighbor sermon series. What can the Art of Neighboring and Mister Rogers teach us about being a good neighbor?
In this week's episode, we will listen to Pastor Rob's sermon on, "Neighboring 101" as a part of the Won't You Be My Neighbor sermon series. What can the Art of Neighboring and Mister Rogers teach us about being a good neighbor?
In this week's episode, Pastor Rob takes a listen to Zechariah's Song of Peace in Luke 1:67-79.
The song follows threefold movement:
God remains faithful to God’s promises.
God’s way is salvation.
God’s path is peace.
In this episode, Pastor Rob begins a new series on John the Baptist by focusing on John's parents. Struggle with disappointment, despair, or anger? Take a listen.
For more info, visit www.watkinsumc.com.
In this week's episode, Pastor Rob challenges us to be transmitters of God's grace. We can do this by being a surprise for good in this world.
For more info, please visit www.watkinsumc.com.
In this week's episode, Pastor Rob talks about what it means to find contentment with God. In 1 Timothy 6, Paul writes to a young Timothy about how it's the love of money that is the root of all kinds of evil, and this can inform the way we live today.
For more info, please visit www.watkinsumc.com!
In this week's episode, Pastor Rob sits down with Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst to talk about Christian calling. Ever wonder what life is like for a pastor? Do you think you're called to pastoral ministry? Are callings only limited to pastors? Check out this week's episode!
Pastor Collin Higgs, Pastor of Children & Youth at Watkins, gives a sermon on Matthew 22: 15-22.
On Laity Sunday, Judy Nichols, Watkins Lay Leader, delivers a message on our imaginations.
In this episode, Pastor Rob talks about John Wesley's view of salvation, how our individual and collective bodies need to be healed, and how the church can be a healing presence in the community.
In this episode, Pastor Rob talks about the five reasons millennials have stopped going to church, rediscovering personal and social holiness, and the church's purpose as provoking one another to love.
Mark Hogg, Founder & CEO of WaterStep, delivers a message on "The Power of One." In this episode, Mark talks about the impact Watkins has had on his life, the impact WaterStep has had on the world, and how we are all supposed to empower others for the transformation of the world.
To learn more about WaterStep, visit www.waterstep.org!
In this episode, Pastor Rob discussing the hostility in our partisan divides, Jesus' questioning the function of our eyes, and reconciliation as our gift to the world.
In this episode, Pastor Rob asks how we define home, takes a brief look at Methodist history, and challenges us to return to our first love of grace.
Pastor Rob sits down with Bishop Ken Carter to talk about his new book, "Unrelenting Grace." In the podcast, Bishop Carter describes the three values of United Methodism and his hope for a healing future.
Even in the midst of a full schedule and constant interruptions, Jesus was rarely in a hurry. We need to cultivate patience by deliberately choosing to place ourselves in positions where we simply have to wait.
Take a deep dive into the history of speed and how the practice of gratitude can change the way you practice sabbath.
The beginning of a series based on the book by John Mark Comer. This series will be about walking, not running with God. It’ll tackle several spiritual practices that will help us slow down our lives and center ourselves on what matters most. The person we will model this after is Jesus. There’s no better example of what it looks like to live an unhurried life.
Failure. Incompetent. Useless. Unlovable. These are words that people hear every day. Maybe you have heard those labels throughout your life. The world needs some Good News, because the world has been telling us the opposite.
We live in a world where people are unable to listen to one another. We listen not to understand, but to respond. Is there another way? Paul gives us an example to follow in Athens.
Peter learns in Acts 10 that God loves all with no barriers and invites us to do the same.
Words have the ability to build up or to tear down. Words in our families can carry a lot of weight. Are we using them to life giving ways or damaging ways?
Sometimes we know the right answer to our questions, but we struggle with where that answer will take us.
So many of us struggle with the difficult moments in our lives because we don’t realize that it’s okay to not be okay. But troubled times do come. God is able to handle our anger, bitterness, and hurt.
When you’re struggling with how to answer the big questions, it’s important to remember to have faith in God, and also to remember that God has faith in you.
There are times in life when we don’t know what do, and we find ourselves having to wait for direction. Jesus calls us to get back to the basics. He calls us to the table of grace, to find him in the community.
Jesus has some tips for throwing parties. He says to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, those who are typically unwelcome-strangers. Desmond Tutu writes, “We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.”
A core conviction of the UMC is that “We affirm that all persons are individuals of sacred worth, created in the image of God. All persons need the ministry of the Church in their struggles for human fulfillment, as well as the spiritual and emotional care of a fellowship that enables reconciling relationships with God, […]