Providence UMC Sermons: Recent Episodes
Providence UMC
Traditional Worship Services: Sundays, 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
The Net: Sundays, 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Rich in sound, imagery and vibrant preaching, our services of worship at Providence use different expressions to explore the majesty and mystery of our Living God.
The Sacrament of Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month at all Sunday morning services and each third Sunday at the 8:30 a.m. service.
Music at our Traditional Worship Services is led by our Chancel Choir as well as children’s choirs, youth choirs and even senior adults accompanied by organ and other instruments.
Music at The Net is led by a variety of vocalists and musicians including guitars, piano, and drums.
April 25, 2021
"The Power of Bolt Cutters on Rusty Chains"
Acts 4:5-12
Rev. Tony Marciano, CEO Charlotte Rescue Missions
April 25, 2021
"The Power of Bolt Cutters on Rusty Chains"
Acts 4:5-12
Rev. Tony Marciano, CEO Charlotte Rescue Missions
February 14, 2021
"Up and Down The Mountain"
2 King 2: 1-12
Psalm 50: 1-6
Mark 9: 2-9
Pastor Randy Harry
February 14, 2021
"Up and Down The Mountain"
2 King 2: 1-12
Psalm 50: 1-6
Mark 9: 2-9
Pastor Randy Harry
February 7, 2021
"What It Was, Was God's Word"
Psalm 147: 1-11
1Corinthians 9: 16-23
Mark 1: 29-39
February 7, 2021
"What It Was, Was God's Word"
Psalm 147: 1-11
1Corinthians 9: 16-23
Mark 1: 29-39
August 30, 2020 "Holy Ground" Exodus 3:1-15 Pastor Randy Harry Moses and the Burning Bush 3 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”
4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
And Moses said, “Here I am.”
5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12 And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you[b] will worship God on this mountain.”
13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.[c] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”
15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[d] the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’
“This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.
August 30, 2020 "Holy Ground" Exodus 3:1-15 Pastor Randy Harry Moses and the Burning Bush 3 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”
4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
And Moses said, “Here I am.”
5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12 And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you[b] will worship God on this mountain.”
13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.[c] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”
15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[d] the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’
“This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.
August 23, 2020
"The Rock"
Psalm 124
Romans 12. 1-8
Matthew 16. 13-20
Pastor Randy Harry
August 23, 2020
"The Rock"
Psalm 124
Romans 12. 1-8
Matthew 16. 13-20
Pastor Randy Harry
August 16, 2020
"Clean Hands, Dirty Heart"
Psalm 133 Romans 11. 1-2a, 29-32
Matthew 15. 10-20
Pastor Randy Harry
August 16, 2020
"Clean Hands, Dirty Heart"
Psalm 133 Romans 11. 1-2a, 29-32
Matthew 15. 10-20
Pastor Randy Harry