McFarlin’s About that Sermon: Recent Episodes
McFarlin United Methodist
Have you ever left a worship thinking, ”I wish I could hear more about that sermon!” or ”What inspired them to tell that story?” or ”Why are we talking about this right now?”
Join your weekly preachers for a behind the scenes conversation after the sermons on Sunday to go deeper into God’s Word during the week.
In this episode, we discuss the extraordinary generosity found in the ministries of feeding our neighbors. McFarlin offers love and care through the ministry of food in a variety of ways and we welcome Pastor Wendi, April Doshier of Food & Shelter, Kristen Howard and Gwyn Lovell as they share their perspective on this topic.
In this episode, we dive into a conversation around the idea of extraordinary generosity throughout the generations, and how generational giving makes an impact on the future of the church and the transformation of community. Disclaimer: During this episode, one of our guests shares a story of the loss of a pregnancy and how the church surrounded her family with care and support.
In this episode, members of the Seekers Sunday school class recall what it was like to show up for one of their families after a tornado hit their neighborhood.
In this episode, Pastor Trey and Kristen Howard have a conversation with Beth Taylor about what it means to sit with Jesus in the mud and find community during some of the hardest moments of her life. Please note: This conversation contains detailed discussion of cancer and death.
In this episode, our McFarlin storyteller Kristen Howard has a conversation with Andrea and Lucy, who have formed a unique bond and friendship while serving in the Prayer Shawl Ministry.
Pastor Wendi is our special guest today and our conversation goes deep about her current journey with cancer, how worship has changed for her and how she's been able to persevere during this season of her life.
Pastor Rockford's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM2lN5yY1Xg&t=606s
Pastor Trey's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07o3p4HfEgM
Pastor Rockford's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKyU0i85nsM
Pastor Wendi's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAjTUCnmt8M
Pastor Rockford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ibS3ZT9zM
Pastor Trey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPTClpswbjI
Pastor Rockford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjUU8e-TWqc
Pastor Trey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WiDeHYJlkY
New Yearly Theme: Renew! Listen and learn all about it!
Pastor Rockford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPsD2icRL24
Pastor Trey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16zywOqetPk
It's Christmas Week! As you prepare for Christmas this week, how might you approach your gatherings and responsibilities with a new attitude, a new way?
Pastor Rockford's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqsvcEakMCI
The world is tough, and Christmas can bring out some real grief and struggles. Is Christ with us during Christmas, even if we aren't feeling merry & bright.
Pastor Rockford's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSH0-HOy0dk
Pastor Trey's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eXnsyw7ous
What are you caught up searching for this Christmas?
Pastor Rockford's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9G203r9AMQ
Pastor Trey's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HP2s9ADSsU
It's Christmas time! Or, almost at least!
Join Pastors Rockford & Trey as they kick off Advent thinking about the history that led to Jesus and what it might have meant to Joseph to be Caught Up in Christmas.
Pastor Rockford's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZTJbJhHvTA
Pastor Trey's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL-vOKrnm-M
Pastor Rockford & Trey love Youth Sunday so much and talk about it in today's episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCWPoBBOyMY
How does All Saints bolster our faith and vision? How does the way paved by the great cloud of witnesses inspire us to creatively live in the here and now?
Pastor Rockford's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIkB_70_-Y
Pastor Trey's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t1zvqphI0w
Dreaming is not a one time initial event. How can our faith help us believe in our dreams when times get tough and life gets scary? Hang out with Pastors Rockford & Trey for week 3 of Dreams & Visions.
Pastor Rockford's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys8XajzMMUc
Pastor Trey's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz6yeNvpYPA
Just as Paul and Lydia were both participants and recipients of God's dreams, so are we! Join us for week 2 of Dreams & Visions!
Pastor Rockford's Sermon: https://youtu.be/XnCedVo2zeo
Pastor Trey's Sermon: https://youtu.be/F8yuPJe5jnc
We've started Dreaming! This is week one of our stewardship series Dreams & Visions. Pastors Rockford & Trey sit down to talk about some of their dreams as we think about God's dream for McFarlin.
Pastor Rockford's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aklzXFxhbUA
Pastor Trey's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwzPLulnPYk
Pastors Rockford and Trey are back and thankful for Pastors Wendi and Carlos for preaching this past week and hoping they have a restful Fall Break with their family!
We are preparing for our next sermon series, Dreams & Visions, so join Rockford and Trey as they look at the past year and how God's been getting us ready to dream once again.
Join us this week as we listen to Pastor Rockford and Pastor Wendi talk more about their sermons from World Communion Sunday.
To listen to Pastor Rockford's full sermon you can follow this link to our Sanctuary service:
https://youtu.be/freQEj3nRQU
To listen to Pastor Wendi's full sermon you can follow this link to our Modern service:
https://youtu.be/PcPJw6qWmkY
We've finished our Love Is worship series with the promise that Love is Mature. We see maturing love that prioritizes relationships over being right, knowing that the greatest of these is love.
Pastor Rockford's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBzZTtL-zCY
Pastor Trey's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEHTpM6mOsA
How do we keep loving through the challenges of life and our relationships? Let's have a resilient love that grows as we practice forgiveness!
Pastor Rockford's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLBrHTV5jeE
Pastor Trey's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sk8NX9me4Y
Love rejoices in the truth and not the wrongdoing. Sounds easy, until we step off of the page and into our public and private lives. How do we love in the real and messy world we live in? Pastor Rockford is back with Pastor Trey reflecting on last weeks sermons!
Pastor Rockford Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC7OhSNiTGI&t=2s
Pastor Trey Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZm-_c4aM4
Special Guests Pastor Wendi and Scott Meier hop on the pod to talk about their sermons and how they stay non-anxious in an anxiety filled world!
Pastor Wendi's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn3iEBPxw1s&t=4s
Scott's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ2TS_s93rw
In this weeks episode, Pastor Rockford & Pastor Trey discuss the sacrificial component to love, and why this is so difficult for us to constantly live.
This is the first episode where the pastors preached on different texts, providing for engaging comparisons!
Haven't had a chance to listen to one of the sermons? Here are links to each worship service!
Rockford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV0kJw86VJU&t=8s
Trey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ou20TgoVLs
Is being a friend really that important? Can something as simple as being a friend really show the awesome love of God? Listen to episode 2 of About that Sermon as Pastors Rockford & Trey discuss their Sunday sermons Love is Friendly!
Join Pastor Rockford & Pastor Trey for our kick off podcast as we begin looking at how love is kind & holy.