Sermon Audio & Blog

  • Credo: Incarnation

    Preacher: Rev. Romonica Malone-Wardley Scripture: John 1:1-14 Summary: Jesus "moved into our neighborhood," modeling for us how to love God and neighbor. Download the mp3 or listen to the sermon online.

  • Credo: The Trinity

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Romans 8:12-17 Summary: Our Triune God--Father, Son and Spirit--models the community we should seek together since we are created in God's own image. Download the mp3 or listen to the sermon online.

  • Credo: Creation

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Genesis 1–2:4 Summary: Genesis answers the who, what and why questions of creation. Download the mp3 or listen to the sermon online.

  • We Are Easter People

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: John 20:1-18 Summary: After Easter, will you go back home the same way you came, or will you call out for Jesus? Download the mp3 or listen to the sermon online.

  • The Cry of Our Hearts

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: John 12:12-19 Summary: Hosanna--“save us Lord, we ask you!” is the cry of our hearts.  Download the mp3 or listen to the sermon online.

  • 40 Days Together: Father, Glorify Your Name

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: John 12:20–33  Summary: Are we forming the cross around our lives or forming our lives around the cross? Download the mp3 or listen to the sermon online.

  • 40 Days Together: A Self-Giving Love

    Preacher: Rev. DeAndre Johnson Scripture: John 3:14–21 Summary: Through our belief in Christ, God calls us to enter into new life by participating in a self-giving and sacrificial love. Download the mp3 or listen to the sermon online.

  • 40 Days Together: Is This the Jesus We Know?

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: John 2:13-22 Summary: Jesus disrupts everything in the temple, its sin, and ours too – cleans us out and calls us to journey with him to a resurrected life. Download the mp3 version, or listen to the sermon online.

  • 40 Days Together: Followers, Anyone?

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Mark 8:31-38 Summary: We will all die one day. The good news is that Jesus offers you and me a way to die that leads to life.

  • 40 Days Together: Never Alone

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Mark 1:9–15 Summary: Jesus would never have invited people to repent if He had not believed that change was possible. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • It's a Long Road

    Preacher: Mr. David Johnson Scripture: Mark 9:2–9 Summary: Even though we yearn for "mountain-top" experiences with God, we must be steady in our journey and seek out solitude for prayer and worship. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Weep With Those Who Weep

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: based on the Book of Job Summary: Just as we rejoice with those who rejoice, we also weep with those who weep. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Beyond Our Own... Imagination

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Ephesians 3:14–21 Summary: Giving is believing in the power of God to do more than we could ever ask or imagine. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Beyond Our Own...Walls

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Mark 6:30-44 Summary: Christ is calling us beyond our own church walls to a God-sized vision. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Beyond Our Own...Households

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Matthew 25:14–30 Summary: We are calling this stewardship series “Beyond Our Own,” and we're reminded by Jesus’ parable that really, none of what we have is our own anyway...it’s God’s. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Start Here: Come and See

    Preacher: Rev. Romonica Malone-Wardley Scripture: John 1:43–51 Summary: On this MLK weekend, we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Start Here: Let God

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: John 5:1-9 Summary: Any day is a day when God can make things right and we can start anew. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Start Here: Letting Go

    Preacher: Rev. DeAndre Johnson Scripture: Revelation 21:1-6a Summary: Have you ever been stuck in a rut? Consider this new year a time to let go of the past and allow God to repurpose your life for good.

  • O Come Let Us Adore Him (pt 2)

    Preacher: Rev. Romonica Malone-Wardley Scripture: Mark 1:1–8 Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • How Far Are You Willing to Go?

    Preacher: Rev. Lawrence Young, Superintendent of the Central South District of the Texas Annual Conference Scripture: Luke 1:26–38 Summary: When God called Mary to be the mother of Jesus, she surrendered to a most challenging task. How far are you willing to go when God calls you?

  • O Come Let Us Adore Him (pt 1)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Mark 13:24–37 Summary: Jesus is coming again. We don’t know when and we don’t know exactly how...

  • Love All: Advent Conspiracy (November 13, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: John 3:16 Summary: God loves this world. That includes you!

  • Give More: Advent Conspiracy (November 6, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Mark 12:41–44  Summary: To really be Christians at Christmas this year, we have to give more... Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Spend Less: Advent Conspiracy (October 30, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:8–14 Summary: Spending less at Christmas shows restraint and discipline and presents a radically different, radically Christlike way to live in a world where everything is big and more is always better. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • The Parable of the Sower (October 16, 2011)

    Preacher: Dr. John Patlan Scripture: Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 Summary: On Laity Sunday, Dr. Patlan gives his personal testimony while on a medical mission trip to Mexico this summer.

  • Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted (October 9, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Matthew 5:10–12 & Luke 6:22–23 Summary: In the name of Jesus Christ, we are called to be disciples who count not the cost but the reward. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness (September 25, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Matthew 5:6 & Luke 6:21a Summary: People are hungry and God’s favor is on those with a hungry disposition! Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Blessed Are The Peacemakers (September 18, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Romonica Malone-Wardley Scripture: Matthew 5:9, 21-26 & Luke 6:27-36 Summary: It's upon us to find those who we may have hurt to take initiative and bring peace to the relationship. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Blessed Are Those Who Mourn (September 11, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Matthew 5:4 & Luke 6:21b Summary: Jesus makes the radical promise that those who weep will laugh and those who mourn will be comforted. Will we join the company of the blessed by offering comfort and joy to those who need it?

  • The Power of Christian Community (August 21, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Mark 2:1-12 Summary: This community of friends were so persistent, they were so willing to take risks, so wreckless in their love for their friend that they did whatever it took, any means necessary to get their hurting friend to Jesus. He was down on the mat and they did whatever they could to get him to the one they believed could make the difference in his life.

  • The Power of Christian Community (August 14, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Matthew 18:18–20 Summary: The power of Christian community is rooted not in us, but in the presence of Jesus. It is the risen Christ who makes community not walls, stained glass or steeples.

  • A Beautiful Dream (August 7, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Genesis 37: 1–4, 12–28  Summary: This dry, famished, dream-killing world may not know the good news of Jesus Christ if His church does not bring it. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Blessed. Broken. Given. (July 31, 2011)

    Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Scripture: Matthew 14:13–21 Summary: It may just take being in a deserted place with Jesus for us to get cured and recognize a miracle. The more desperate, the more dry, the more lonely, the more needy we are...maybe that is when we know we need a cure and a miracle from Jesus!

  • Joy to the World (July 24, 2011)

    Preacher: Ms. Emily Peterson Scripture: Philippians 4:4–9, 11–13 Summary: There is suffering and hardship in this world, but God gives his people joy and answers their prayers. He calls us to be joy to the world.

  • Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize (July 10, 2011)

    Scripture: Genesis 25:19–34 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Summary: The grace of this story is that despite our own worst nature, God will carry out His blessing from generation to generation. God has a plan for you and for His church, and God will carry out that plan through the people--however frail--who will reach out and claim it.

  • Come One, Come All (July 3, 2011)

    Scripture: Matthew 11:16–30 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Summary: The greatness of this or any nation is rooted not with leaders or militaries or policies. It is not rooted in legal judgments or even the civil law.

  • Choose Grace (June 26, 2011)

    Scripture: Romans 6:12-23 Preacher: Ms. Emily Peterson Summary: As Christians we are freed from slavery to sin and now live under the freedom of God's grace. His grace is a counter-cultural concept!

  • In the Presence of Jesus (June 19, 2011)

    Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20 Preacher: Rev. DeAndre Johnson Summary: coming soon Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • The Power of the Holy Spirit (June 12, 2011)

    Scripture: Acts 2:1–21 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams The church is not the church without the gift of the Holy Spirit. It creates, unifies and empowers the church to fulfill God’s big purposes in the world.

  • Being a Disciple (June 5, 2011)

    Scripture: Acts 1:6-14 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Summary: Disciples are ones called to be in prayer, waiting for God to send His power so that we may be witnesses to the ends of the earth. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • God of the Streets (May 29, 2011)

    Scripture: Acts 17:22–31 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Summary: For the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we must meet God on the streets and continue to engage the diverse community around us. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Grafted Into the Story (May 22, 2011)

    Scripture: I Peter 2:2-10 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Summary: Whatever life story or family story you bring to the table today, God has a word for you – you’ve been grafted in to God’s story! That story means salvation for your soul.

  • The Marks of Christ and His Followers (May 15, 2011)

    Scripture: John 10:1–10 Preacher: Rev. Julius Malone-Wardley Summary: Our lives change when we understand who Jesus is and who we are in light of Jesus' identity. Jesus is the Good Shepherd and the Gate; we are his sheep.

  • The Beloved of God (May 8, 2011)

    Scripture: Luke 3:21–22 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Summary: Baptism is God’s act through the church, claiming you as His child. We don’t earn it, we don’t choose it--God chooses us first.

  • Seeing and Believing (May 1, 2011)

    Scripture: John 20:19–31 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Audio not available

  • Easter Sunday (April 24, 2011)

    Scripture: Matthew 28:1–10 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Summary: We proclaim that believing in the resurrection is not enough; we must also practice it as His people, the church. Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Palm Sunday (April 17, 2011)

    Scripture: Matthew 21:1–10 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Summary: Palm Sunday is the moment when it becomes clear that God in Jesus Christ is coming. He is entering the city and it will never be the same, and neither will you and I.

  • Freedom (April 3, 2011)

    Scripture: Galatians 5:1, 13-17 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Listen to the sermon (mp3)

  • Freedom (March 27, 2011)

    Scripture: Psalm 51 Preacher: Rev. Tommy Williams Listen to the sermon (mp3)

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