Hill Top United Methodist Church
Hill Top Service Time Change
Starting on Sunday, September 17, Hill Top United Methodist Church will start their worship service at 10am.
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Dylan Parson
Fairhaven Sermon 9-3-2023
Summary Rev. Dylan Parson begins the sermon by describing how he discovered as a child that falling asleep made long car trips go by faster. As a kid, Rev. Parson would try to distract himself on road trips by bringing lots of books, music, etc. However, distraction came at the
Sermons
Sermon Shorts 9-3-2023
God Is Still Speaking I don’t think we often believe it deep down, but God is still speaking. God is still calling. God is leaving signs for you in your life, waiting for you to see them. God’s Promise To Moses And God even tells Moses something that
Announcements
Announcements 9-3-2023
* Book club finished reading “The House That Love Built” and is starting “Just Mercy” in October. * Book club is participating in Cards of Peace ministry for people in immigration detention. Training via Zoom on 9/5. Contact Rev. Peg Bowman if interested. * Baby shower on Saturday 9/9 from 10am-1pm.
Peg Bowman
Fairhaven Sermon 8-27-2023
Summary This Fairhaven Sermon by Peg Bowman explores the history and significance of Sabbath from the Old Testament through Jesus’s life. It starts by summarizing the origins of Sabbath in Genesis, where God rested on the 7th day after creating the world. God intended Sabbath to be a time
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Sermon Shorts 8-27-2023
Jesus Answers Questions About Sabbath Jesus answers the question in the style of a rabbi, by answering from the law and the prophets. Jesus is not troubled by this conversation, by the way, and neither is the rest of the group, because expressing differences of opinion and posing questions to
Back to School Blessing
We will have a back-to-school blessing in worship on Sunday, August 27, 2023 and students and teachers/aides/bus drivers/everyone who works in schools are invited to come forward to be prayed over after the final hymn. Dylan made keychain blessing tags to be given to everyone who comes
Dylan Parson
Fairhaven Sermon 8-20-2023
Summary In this sermon, the Pastor Dylan Parson discusses Jesus’ interaction with a Canaanite woman in the Gospel of Matthew. The pastor explains that Christians often view themselves as the “hero” or “main character” when reading Bible stories, but in this case, we are not the children of Israel – we
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Sermon Shorts 8-20-2023
Main Character Syndrome This story has something to say to you. A friend of mine pointed out that when reading scripture, Christians often have a terrible case of what kids these days call main character syndrome. I don’t know how many of you are familiar with that phrase. But
Peg Bowman
Fairhaven Sermon 8-13-2023
Summary In this weeks sermon on the Sabbath, Rev. Peg Bowman uses a Star Wars analogy to frame her exploration of how the concept of the Sabbath evolved in the Old Testament period. Just as the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, connects the beginning and end of
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Sermon Shorts 8-13-2023
We also saw that Sabbath is related to freedom, freedom from slavery, freedom to say no to anyone in power over us once every seven days. This week in week two, we saw that God used manna to teach the people to trust in God’s provision and not hoard.
Baby Shower for Jesus
September 9, 2023 10am – 1pm Fairhaven United Methodist Church RSVP by Saturday, August 26, 2023 to Stormie!