Sermons on Jeremiah

Sermons on Jeremiah

The Clay and the Potter

September 4……..13th Sunday after Pentecost Elaine York, Commissioned Lay Pastor Psalm 1; Jeremiah 18: 1-11; Philemon 1-7 Spanish Springs Presbyterian Church Good Morning, and Welcome to Spanish Springs Presbyterian Church!  I am Elaine York, your Pulpit Supply Pastor for today. I know that many of you may be sad today because of the departure this week of Pastor Pat and Melissa and I will also miss them.  I want you to know that I was a part of the interview…
Flames

Even a Child

August 21, 2022——-11th Sunday after Pentecost——-Rev. Patrick Mecham Jeremiah 1: 4-10; Luke 13: 10-17 Jesus was crazy about children.  In a culture in which children were desired but not so much cherished and respected, Jesus showed a remarkable connection with kids, holding them up as models of Kingdom citizenship, and demonstrating that he considered them to be precious.  In today’s culture, I see the same dichotomy.  We want kids, we say that they are important, then I see them being…
Magnet

A New Covenant

A New Covenant—–5th Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31: 31-34—–March 21, 2021—–John 12: 20-33 Being a PARENT is full of surprises!  I always imagined myself teaching my kids—passing on wisdom and understanding and humor and insight.  But, you know what?!  My kids (and other people’s kids) have taught me!  Today I want focus on one of the things that parenting has taught me about God.  Here it is in a nutshell: God is our loving Father; in love, God carefully lays…

Molding our World

Molding Our World               13th Pentecost Jeremiah 18:1-11   Philemon 1-21 I can still remember an art class when I was in elementary school. I was given a lump of clay, and told to make something out of it. I really didn’t have any idea what to do with it, so I just pinched it into a little container shape, and scratched my name on the bottom. The next week, it had been fired, and I was told to paint it with some…

Tearing Down, Building UP

Tearing Down, Building Up       11th Pentecost Jeremiah 1:4-10    Psalm 71:1-6    Luke 13:10-17 I once read a story about a father who had given his little daughter a necklace full of fake pearls—just play jewelry. She LOVED that necklace, and wore it very frequently. When she got just a little older, he bought a REAL pearl necklace for her—but he didn’t give it to her right away. He wanted to try something unusual. When he was tucking her into bed, he asked her if…