Salem United Methodist Church, Brookeville, MD

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Sunday, May 18, 2025—Fifth Sunday After Easter
Wandering Heart: "Teach Me"
Scripture: Matthew 18:15-22

Peter isn’t always messing up! Here we see him as an eager student wanting to know how many times to forgive someone. The wisdom of the day was to forgive someone seven times. However, Jesus surprises him with a declaration of eternal grace: forgive seven times seventy times! In other words, forgive into infinity. Is there someone you struggle to forgive? How can you offer that pain to God?

Sunday, May 11, 2025—Fourth Sunday After Easter
Wandering Heart: "Prone To Wander"
Scripture: Matthew 16:21-23
Click here to view the service (starts at the 21:30 mark).

Peter loves Jesus so much that he wants to protect him—even from the things he needs to do. Have you ever wanted to protect someone from something you can’t control? Peter doesn’t want Jesus to suffer and isn’t afraid to speak up about it. However, Jesus has a plan for salvation that Peter can’t control or manage. Only Jesus can do that. Have you ever wandered from what you’re called to and needed to find your way back?

Sunday, May 04, 2025—Third Sunday After Easter
Wandering Heart: "By Thy Help"
Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33
Click here to view the service (starts at the 34:30 mark).

There are so many things we can only do through God’s help. Peter, in an incredible jolt of faith, steps out of his boat to walk towards Jesus. When he realizes how foolish it could be, he immediately begins to sink. By Jesus’ help, Peter rises to the surface and back to safety. When do you most often look to God for help? Are there times when you need God’s help but don’t think to ask for it?

Sunday, April 27, 2025—Second Sunday After Easter
Wandering Heart: "Jesus Sought Me"
Scripture: Luke 05:01-11
Click here to view the service (starts at the 31:27 mark).

Jesus seeks out the most unlikely people to be his disciple. In that respect, Peter fits right in. He’s a Galilean fisher, not a learned rabbi. However, Jesus never does the expected thing. Peter ends up being the “rock” Jesus builds the church on. Have you ever been surprised that God seeks you out to do something?

Sunday, April 20, 2025—Easter Sunday
All We Need: "The Need To Rejoice"
Scripture: Isaiah 65:17-25; John 20:01-18
Click here to view the service (starts at the 28:10 mark and is interupted at the 34:45 mark).
Click here to view the reminder of the service (beginning at the 0:00 mark).

Sunday, April 20, 2025—Easter Sunday
Sunrise Service at 7:00 A.M. (in the cemetery, in person only)

Friday, April 18, 2025—Good Friday
Joint service at Epworth United Methodist Church
9008 Rosemont Drive, Gaithersburg, MD
7:00-9:00 P.M., Bilingual Service
Scripture: John 18:01-19:42

Sunday, April 13, 2025—Sixth Sunday of Lent (Palm Sunday)
All We Need: "Jesus Needs Our Help"
Scripture: Luke 19:28-40
Click here to view the service (starts at the 28:40 mark).

Sunday, April 06, 2025—Fifth Sunday of Lent
All We Need: "The Need For Beauty"
Scripture: Psalm 126; John 12:01-08
Click here to view the service (starts at the 30:35 mark).

Sunday, March 30, 2025—Fourth Sunday of Lent
All We Need: "The Need For Change"
Scripture: Joshua 05:09-12; Luke 15:01-03, 11b-32
Click here to view the service (video starts at the 20:00 mark, sound starts at the 22:00 mark).

Sunday, March 23, 2025—Third Sunday of Lent
All We Need: "The Need For An Advocate"
Scripture: Luke 13:01-09
Click here to view the service (starts at the 30:05 mark).

Sunday, March 16, 2025—Second Sunday of Lent
All We Need: "The Need For Sleep" (Guest preacher Eric Simmons)
Scripture: Psalm 04:08
Click here to view the service (starts at the 6:35 mark).

Sunday, March 09, 2025—First Sunday of Lent
All We Need: "The Need To Embrace Vulnerability"
Scripture: Luke 04:01-13
Click here to view the service (starts at the 33:42 mark).

Wednesday, March 05, 2025—Ash Wednesday
A Joint Service at Wesley Grove United Methodist Church
23640 Woodfield Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20882
Sermon delivered by Dr. Rev. Nick Works
Service starts at 7:00 P.M. (in person or on Zoom, hyperlink coming by Wednesday)

What do you need?

What do you need to survive and thrive? We all know about the basics: air, food, water, shelter. What else do you need? Sleep, perhaps? Human contact? An abiding sense of purpose? Prayer? What do the people in your congregation need? What are they missing and what do they long for? How about your neighbors, the people beyond your church doors? We need a multitude of diƯerent things. This Lenten season, we’re going to talk about it in this worship series, All We Need.

Each week, we’ll explore what the scripture for the season reveals about our needs, personally and communally. We’ll explore needs in our preaching and children’s messages, in Sunday liturgy, in a robust devotional guide, and in a midweek service focused on healing. Not every need the series explores is obvious. Inspired by the Revised Common Lectionary, All We Need explores topics like the need for sleep, change, and beauty. Each week’s scripture will redefine and expand what we think of as needs.

Join us as we explore the intricate tapestry of human needs, and discover the transformative power of Christ and community throughout the Lenten season.
[All We Need Series Copyright © 2025 by Barn Geese Worship. Used by permission.]
[Adapted by Rev. Emily Hart.]

Sunday, March 02, 2025—Eighth Sunday After Epiphany
United—Following Christ in Changing Times: "Nothing Can Separate Us: The Love of God in Christ"
Scripture: Romans 08:26-39
Click here to view the service (starts at the 5:12 mark).

Sunday, February 23, 2025—Seventh Sunday After Epiphany
United—Following Christ in Changing Times: "New Life in Christ, Freedom From Sin"
Scripture: Romans 06:1b-11
Click here to view the service (starts at the 5:30 mark).

Sunday, February 16, 2025—Sixth Sunday After Epiphany
United—Following Christ in Changing Times: "The Law of Love, Living in the Light"
Scripture: Romans 13:8-14
Click here to view the service (starts at the 31:52 mark).

Sunday, February 09, 2025—Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
United—Following Christ in Changing Times: "Marks of a True Christian, Overcoming Evil With Good"
Scripture: Romans 12:9-21
Click here to view the service (starts at the 32:07 mark).
(Sound starts at the 36:30 mark.)

Sunday, February 02, 2025—Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
United—Following Christ in Changing Times: "Living As A Sacrifice, True Worship In Community"
Scripture: Romans 12:1-8
Click here to view the service (starts at the 31:15 mark).

Sunday, January 26, 2025—Third Sunday After Epiphany
United—Following Christ in Changing Times: "Welcoming One Another, Christ As Our Example"
Scripture: Romans 15:1-7
Click here to view the service (starts at the 29:25 mark).

Sunday, January 19, 2025—Second Sunday After Epiphany
United—Following Christ in Changing Times: "Stumbling Blocks, Navigating Division With Grace"
Scripture: Romans 14:13-23
Click here to view the service (starts at the 14:39 mark).

Sunday, January 12, 2025—First Sunday After Epiphany (Kyle Mauzy preaching)
United—Following Christ in Changing Times: "The Powerful and the Powerless, A Call of Unity"
Scripture: Romans 14:1-12
Click here to view the service (starts at the 31:45 mark).

Sunday, January 05, 2025—Epiphany Sunday
Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12
Click here to view the service (starts at the 23:42 mark).

As we enter a new year, we may feel hope or fear or joy or… well, anything! Our last few years have been really challenging. It can be so hopeful to look at the clean slate of a new year and wonder what it will bring. To set ourselves up well for the year, we will do a deep dive into Romans to see how Paul encouraged early Christians to live in unity even though they have serious division and valid grievances with each other.

I care deeply about loving others. While I don’t always like what Paul has to say (which is a story for another time!) his writing is powerful and incredibly helpful in figuring out what really matters in following Christ. Join us to start the new year with hope.

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