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Serving the Community for 175 years, First United Methodist Church of Fort Smith, Arkansas brings sermons from both traditional and contemporary services. Our mission: To make disciples of Jesus Christ equipped to transform the world with excellence and passion. In order to do that we have to keep evolving are ways to reach people in this digital age and this podcast is just one of the many ways we can do that.
Happy Birthday Church! Sunday May 23rd is Pentecost and the start of our new sermon Series, Acts Of The Holy Spirit. We start in Acts 2:1-4 and looking at “Receiving Power—Pentecost” . We Join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
As was we warp up are sermon series LOVE AND LIGHT: The First Letter of John, we take a look at finding your spark. We join Rev. DeeDee Autry in our Classic service.
Sunday May 9th, we celebrate Mother's Day and continue are sermons series on LOVE AND LIGHT: The First Letter of John by looking at Born for Victory. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelly in our Connexion service to dive deeper into John's first letter.
Love In Action. That is what we are talking about Sunday April 25, as we continue are sermon series Love and Light: The First Letter Of John. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our classic service.
We are starting are new sermon series, Love and Light: The First Letter of John, this month. We are in I John 1 and looking at Walking In The Light. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Classic service.
We can rejoice and celebrate, are savior is alive! He is no longer in the tomb, the Stone Rolled Away!Sunday April 4 was Easter Sunday. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday March 28, is a celebration! We rejoice as Jesus is arriving into the city with people and the disciples cheering. One of the Pharisees asked if Jesus could silence his disciples, Jesus replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
Turning Stones to Food. That is what Satan tempted God to do in Matthew 4 as we continue are Lenton sermon series Lent: Upon This Rock. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our classic service.
As we continue are Lenten sermon series, Lent: Upon This Rock,we are look at the foundation stone. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Classic service.
As we continue are sermons series, Lent: Upon This Rock , we are in Joshua 4 talking about In all the passages of life, God is with us.We Join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
As we continue are sermon series in lent Upon This Rock we are in Deuteronomy 10 and we looking at the writing the Ten Commandments being Set In Stone. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic Service.
We are in the season of lent! We start out by looking in Genesis 28 and seeing You Never Know When God will Show Up.We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
It is Transfiguration Sunday and Valentine's day! We are in 2 Kings and also in Mark taking at look at Hidden Glory. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic service.
As we conclude are sermon series on BELIEVE LOVE OBEY, we are in Luke looking at Loving God with all our strength means loving God’s people! We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves and Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion Service.
Loving God with all our hearts and souls takes practice! That is what we are looking at Sunday, January 31st as we continue are sermon series on Believe Love & Obey. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves and Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
We continue are sermon series on Believe, Love, and Obey with taking a looking at why we believe. We are in Luke chapter 10 and looking at the idea of Loving God with our minds means making a thoughtful commitment! We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves and Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday January 17th, we started are new sermon series Believe, Love, and Obey. We start the series by taking a look at Who? Where? Why? We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves and Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday January 10, we are in Mark 1:4-11looking at the baptism of the lord. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
We start the new year with diving into God's word! We are in Isaiah and Matthew looking for the light in 2021! We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
Sunday, December 13th we are continuing are sermon series Advent Love Came Down. We are in Luke Chapter 1 and see there is a big announcement. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
Christmas waiting to be born! That is what we are looking at as we continue are sermon series Advent: Love Came Down. We are in Luke chapter 1: 38-55 as we join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
As we continue through this Advent season, we are talking a look at Isaiah 40 and seeing Isaiah comfort his people through this difficult time. That same hope, love, and healing message from Isaiah is the same that will be brought by the birth of Jesus Christ. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday the 29th, we start are Advent Season. We are in Romans 13:11-14 and looking at waking up and sometimes that is hard to do. We Join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday November 22, we are taking a look at Gratitude and Giving. God does amazing things in are life and how we give back to are maker is by responding with Gratitude in are giving. To dive deeper into this response, we join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic Service.
A home may have many rooms and what fill those rooms it what defines it. That is same for us, what we fill our lives with is what defines us. Is there space for God or are there too many things in your "room"? We talk about this and much more as we join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday November 8th, we are in Matthew 25 looking at stewardship and see the master has given us gifts to use for the kingdom. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday November 1 was All Saints Day. As we reflect on the ones that came before us and also look at are own walk with Christ. We Join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
As we wrap up are sermon series Living In The Crucible, we look at the one thing which is above all else, the love of God. We Join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
What does God deserve and what does the government deserve? That is the second question asked in our three part sermon series: LIVING IN THE CRUCIBLE: Lessons from the Last Week of Jesus. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service to dive deeper into this lesson in Matthew.
We are starting a new sermon series:LIVING IN THE CRUCIBLE: Lessons from the Last Week of Jesus. We are in Matthew 22:1-14 looking at the Great Banquet and that we are all invited. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
As we come to the end of our sermon series, The Power of Words, we take a look in John at The Word Above All Words. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelly in our Connexion service.
As we continue are sermon series on The Power of Words, we are looking at Religion and Politics and just how words can be used in both to bring one up or to tear down. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
Sunday September 20, we are looking at Words in the Family as we continue are sermons series The Power Of Words. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
We are starting a new sermon series, The Power Of Words. This Sunday we are looking at Tearing Down or Building Up with words and just how powerful are words can be. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
As we come to a close on are sermon series, Hope from the Prophets, we are in Daniel 6:16-23 looking at Hope in the Lion's Den. We find Daniel in a lot of trouble but God is with him through it all. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Embracing the Wideness. That is what we are talking about as we continue are sermon series Hard Times: Hope from the prophets. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service to dive a little deeper into embracing the wideness.
Sunday August 23rd, we are looking at The Hope of faith in Habakkuk 2:2-4 as we continue are sermon series Hard Times: Hope from the Prophets. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday August 16th we are in Ezekiel 37:1-14, and looking at how dry bones are called to wake up and come together. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
As we continue are series on Hard Time: Hope from the the Prophets, we are in Jeremiah 29: 1-14 looking at Hope in the Ruins. We Join Rev. Roy Beth Kelly in our Connexion service to take a closer look.
Sunday August 2, we are in Jeremiah 31:31-34 as we continue are sermon series on Hard Times: Hope from the Prophets. In Jeremiah we are taking a look at a new kind of covenant. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday We continue are sermon series on Hard Times: Hope from the Prophets. We are in Isaiah 61:1-11 taking a look at how the spirit is upon you. We join Emily Autry in our Connexion service.
As we continue are sermon series on Hard Time: Hope from the prophets, we are in Isaiah 49:13-18 talking about the Never Forgotten. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday July 12th, we are continuing are sermon series on Hard Times: Hope from the prophets. We are in Isaiah 43:14-21 and taking a look at a new thing is coming. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
As we continue are sermon series, Hard Times: Hope From The Prophets, we are looking in Isaiah and Micah at a vision of peace. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday June 28th, we started a brand new sermon series called Hard Times: Hope From the Prophets. We are in Isaiah 25 and Revelation 21 looking at Hope Beyond Hope. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday, June 21 we are wrapping up are sermon series on the Wesley challenge by taking a look at loving others. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in talking about what it looks like to love each other.
Sunday June 7th, we are excited to start a new sermon series called the Wesley Challenge. To better understand just what is this challenge, we join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
As we wrap up are series on Building the House of love, we are taking a look at spirit and what spirit you bring to the house of love. We Join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
As we continue are sermon series on Building the House of Love, we take a look at courage and what it takes to live in this tough neighborhood. We join Rev. Dr Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
May 17th we are taking a look at being Stewards of Grace while continuing are sermon series on building a house of love. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday May 10th was mothers day! As families celebrate and remember the moms in their lives we continue with the sermon series building the house of love. This Sunday we took a look at families and how the house of love has room for your family. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our connexion service.
May 3rd, we continue are sermon series on Building the house of love by looking at Identity. We ask the question, Who will inhabit this house of love? We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our connexion service to look at this a little deeper.
Sunday we continue our sermon series on Building the House of love. We look at that house of love and see if the walls are built with holiness. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday we started a new sermon series;Building the House of Love. It looks at 1 Peter and just how can move from a house of fear to a house of love. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
This Sunday was Easter! We celebrate and rejoice that are savior is risen and alive! We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service to hear the amazing conclusion of are savior defeating death and what freedom we have through him because of his sacrifice.
Our normal is being turned upside down. The same thing happened when Jesus came to the earth to do his fathers work. Sunday we are in Matthew, looking at the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem. We continue in Matthew with Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
A gift we can give ourselves is the ability to be ourselves in the midst of grief.
To not pretend that we have it all together. To not put a timetable on our grief,
but to know that God heals in God’s time, and that’s okay. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves as we continue are sermons series on soul reset, looking at life in crises.
Taking care of ourselves sustains us for the whatever life throws at us, be it
mountaintops or valleys. We all have mountaintop experiences, but most of
our life is not lived on the mountaintop. As we continue are series on Soul Reset we take a look at taking care of ourselves. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic Service.
Taking care of ourselves sustains us for the whatever life throws at us, be it
mountaintops or valleys. We all have mountaintop experiences, but most of
our life is not lived on the mountaintop. As we continue are series on Soul Reset we take a look at taking care of ourselves. We join Rev. DeeDee Autry in our Connexion Service.
With our busy lives, sometimes we must stop and ask what is the most important thing in your life? Sunday, we were in the book of Luke, looking at the story of Mary and Martha. Sometimes you have to stop and sit at the feet of Jesus to understand what is truly important. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion Service.
With our busy lives, sometimes we must stop and ask what is the most important thing in your life? Sunday, we were in the book of Luke, looking at the story of Mary and Martha. Sometimes you have to stop and sit at the feet of Jesus to understand what is truly important. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our classic service.
Sunday, we continued are sermon series on Soul Reset. We are taking a look at what to do when depression and anxiety hit. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
Sunday, we continued are sermon series on Soul Reset. We are taking a look at what to do when depression and anxiety hit. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our classic service.
As we head into the March, we start are new sermon series: Soul Reset. Sunday March 1, we are talking about How well is it with your soul? We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic service.
As we head into the March, we start are new sermon series: Soul Reset. Sunday March 1, we are talking about How well is it with your soul? We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
February 23 was transfiguration Sunday. We see Jesus transform right in front of his disciples and see how we are being transformed by Christ to be like him and share the story of Jesus. We join Rev. Dr Bud Reeves in our Classic service.
February 23 was transfiguration Sunday. We see Jesus transform right in front of his disciples and see how we are being transformed by Christ to be like him and share the story of Jesus. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday we take a look in Matthew chapter 5 about being Salt and light for the world. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Classic Service.
Sunday we take a look in Matthew chapter 5 about being Salt and light for the world. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
As we wrap up are sermon series on Catch we take a look at spiritual gifts. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our classic service talking about the importance of finding your spiritual gifts and using it to share with others the story of Jesus.
As we continue are series on Catch, we take look at hospitality and how are actions can show others the love of Christ. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic Service.
As we continue are series on Catch, we take look at hospitality and how are actions can show others the love of Christ. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday, January 26th, we took a look in Matthew to answer three important questions. We Join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Classic service.
Sunday, January 26th, we took a look in Matthew to answer three important questions. We Join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion service.
Sunday we are looking at being fishers of men and how we can be more Relentlessly outward-focused in telling others about Christ. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic service.
Sunday we are looking at being fishers of men and how we can be more Relentlessly outward-focused in telling others about Christ. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday January 12, we are talking a look at the Baptism of the lord. It is also the start of his ministry. We join Rev. DeeDee Autry in our Connexion Service
Sunday January 12, we are talking a look at the Baptism of the lord. It is also the start of his ministry. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Classic Service
Sunday January 5th was Epiphany Sunday. We take a look at the story of the magi and their journey to see the new born king. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic service.
Sunday January 5th was Epiphany Sunday. We take a look at the story of the magi and their journey to see the new born king. We join Rev. Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
As the new year approaches, we often make new year resolutions. As believers we also have a resolution in growing closer to christ. We join the FUMC staff in leading us in a Covenant Renewal service.
Merry Christmas Eve! As we listen to the story of the birth of our savior we also hear another story, the prodigal son and just how important it is to come home. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Christmas Eve service.
Sunday we take a look at Come Home Forever. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic Service.
Sunday we take a look at Come Home Forever. We join Rev Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion Service.
Sunday December 15th we continued our sermon series on Coming Home For Christmas by taking a look at community. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday we continue are series by taking a look at family and how it is important to have for the holidays. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Connexion Service.
Sunday we continue are series by taking a look at family and how it is important to have for the holidays. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelly in our Classic Service.
Sunday December 1st is the start of Advent. It is also the start of our new sermon series Come Home For Christmas! We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic Service.
Sunday the 24th is Christ the King Sunday. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves to find out why this day is special.
Sunday the 24th is Christ the King Sunday. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelly to find out why this day is special.
As we conclude are series on "A Generous Life", we take a look at faith and how it relates to living a generous life. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
As we conclude are series on "A Generous Life", we take a look at faith and how it relates to living a generous life. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our classic service.
Sunday we continue are series on "A Generous Life". We see how being in prayer will draw us closer to God. We catch up with Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic Service.
Sunday we continue are series on "A Generous Life". We see how being in prayer will draw us closer to God. We catch up with Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
As we continue are series a generous life, we take a look at what it means to be grounded in gratitude. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our classic service.
As we continue are series a generous life, we take a look at what it means to be grounded in gratitude. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday we started a new series on what it means to have a generous life. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our connexion service.
Sunday we started a new series on what it means to have a generous life. We catch up with Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our connexion service.
Sunday we conclude are study on other world religions with taking a look at Christianity. We join Rev. Janice Sudbrink in our classic service.
Sunday we conclude are study on other world religions with taking a look at Christianity. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
In continuing are study on world religions, we take a look at Islam. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our classic service.
In continuing are study on world religions, we take a look at Islam. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our connexion service.
We continue are series on Christianity and other Religions while taking a look at Judaism. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic Service
We continue are series on Christianity and other Religions while taking a look at Judaism. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
Sunday we took a look at Buddhism as we continue are series on Christianity and World Religions. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves reading in Romans, chapter 8 in our Classic Service.
Sunday we took a look at Buddhism as we continue are series on Christianity and World Religions. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley reading in Romans, chapter 8 in our Connexion service.
We continue are series on Christianity and other religions with looking at Hinduism, and talking about the similarities and differences between the two. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves reading in Ephesians 2:1-10 in our classic service.
We continue are series on Christianity and other religions with looking at Hinduism, and talking about the similarities and differences between the two. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley reading in Ephesians 2:1-10 in our classic service.
We start a new series about looking at Christianity and other world religions. Sunday we were in Matthew 2:1-12 talking about the wise men. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
We start a new series about looking at Christianity and other world religions. Sunday we were in Matthew 2:1-12 talking about the wise men. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic service.
This Sunday we are in the book of Jeremiah chapter 18:1-12. We see that Jeremiah uses the imagery that God is the potter and we are the clay. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our connexion service as we take a closer look at the passage.
This Sunday we are in the book of Jeremiah chapter 18:1-12. We see that Jeremiah uses the imagery that God is the potter and we are the clay. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our classic service as we take a closer look at the passage.
We take a look at our last parable for the series; the parable of the ten bridesmaids. We catch up with Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our Classic service.
We take a look at our last parable for the series; the parable of the ten bridesmaids. We catch up with Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our Connexion service.
We continue are sermon series with the parable of the farmers. Are scripture comes from Matthew 20:1-15. We join Rev. Dr Bud Reeves in our Classic service.
We continue are sermon series with the parable of the farmers. Are scripture comes from Matthew 20:1-15. We join Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in the Connexion service.
We take a closer look at the oldest son as we continue are series on the parables of Jesus. We catch up with Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in our classic service.
We take a closer look at the oldest son as we continue are series on the parables of Jesus. We catch up with Rev. Roy Beth Kelley in our connexion service.
Sunday we took a look at the Prodigal Son. We join Rev. Beth Kelley in our classic service.
Sunday We take a look at the Prodigal Son as we continue are lessons on the Parables of Jesus. We join Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves in reading Luke 15: 11-24 in our connexion service.
We continue with are sermons series on the parables of Jesus. Are scripture come from Luke 15:1-10. Rev. Dr. Bud Reeves continues the sermon in are Classic service.
We continue with are sermons series on the parables of Jesus. Are scripture come from Luke 15:1-10. Rev. Roy Beth Kelley continues the sermon in the Connexion service.
Can the God of the Cross be trusted?
Luke 19:28-40 (Palm procession)
Luke 23:44-49 (Passion story)
Can the God of the Cross be trusted?
Luke 19:28-40 (Palm procession)
Luke 23:44-49 (Passion story)
What sort of power is found in the Cross?
John 19:1-16 (Pilate considers releasing Jesus, but hands him over to be crucified)
What sort of power is found in the Cross?
John 19:1-16 (Pilate considers releasing Jesus, but hands him over to be crucified)
March 24 3rd Sunday Lent - PURPOSE
How does the Cross give purpose to existence?John 18:28-38a (Pilate interrogates Jesus, “What is truth?”)
March 24 3rd Sunday Lent - PURPOSE
How does the Cross give purpose to existence?John 18:28-38a (Pilate interrogates Jesus, “What is truth?”)
How does the Cross give life?
Matt 16:13-28 (Peter confronts Jesus regarding “The Son of Man Must Die”)
How does the Cross give life?
Matt 16:13-28 (Peter confronts Jesus regarding “The Son of Man Must Die”)
What happens when story meets history in the Cross?
Luke 4:1-13 (Jesus 40 days in the wilderness); OT: Numbers 32:6-15;
What happens when story meets history in the Cross?
Luke 4:1-13 (Jesus 40 days in the wilderness); OT: Numbers 32:6-15;