Jim Parsons' Podcast

United Methodists are people who are methodical about their process. To be the church, we have to make decisions about living in this world. We have a process for that. We use what is refered to as the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. As our Book of Disciple states, " [John] Wesley believed that the living core of the Christian faith was revealed in Scripture, illumined by tradition, vivified in personal experience, and confirmed by reason.”  Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday. Christ's death is not the end of the story.Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

United Methodists are people of grace. We believe in three different types of grace, Privenant, Justifying, and Sanctifying. These three graces lead us on the path of life or the way of salvation. This week we explore the details of these graces as we continue our series on the basics of who we are as a denomination and what we believe. Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday. Christ's death is not the end of the story.Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app.

Today we start a new worship series about who we are as United Methodists and our "Core Theology," as General Conference prepares to meet in Charlotte at the end of the month. We start this Sunday looking at the foundations of our theology, which is found in our doctrinal standards and theological tasks. These are the basics of who we are as a denomination and what we believe. Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday. Christ's death is not the end of the story.Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

Today is Easter Sunday and Christ is Risen!!! Please join us for Easter Worship at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday. Christ's death is not the end of the story.Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

When we are in the falling-in-love stage of a relationship, it is all about ourselves. It is how the other person makes us feel. We are called to follow God beyond that phase and into a deeper relationship, one that focuses on the service of the other. Today we witness Jesus come into the Holy City of Jerusalem and we celebrate he comes not to do what we desire, but what we need from God instead. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

esus's words in John 12 call us to die to self in order to glorify God. This is much harder than it seems in our very individualistic and selfish culture. To live, we need to be fed by the one who died for us. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

We get uncomfortable with angry Jesus, the one who uses a whip to kick the money changers and others out of the temple. But this story in the 2nd Chapter of John brings up an uncomfortable question for us...what would Jesus kick out in our worship, in our churches, if he walked through the doors. What have we created that is actually devouring us?Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

We continue our Lenten journey on this Second Sunday of Lent. We dive into Mark 8:27-38 and learn about self-denial and taking up our cross and following Jesus. Please join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

Today is Pastor Jim's annual State of the Church sermon. This is a time to draw our attention to how God has moved in and through our church this past year and then also hear how God is calling us to continue to move forward this year. We have a lot to celebrate and stand in awe of God's work. Let us be good disciples of Jesus Christ and live into our mission and vision, together with the Holy Spirit. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

We wrap up our worship series, "Looking for God in Messy Places," based on a book by Bishop Jake Owensby by the same name. This week we look at Jesus's call to be his friend by loving the way God loves.  As we do this, we receive a deep sense of hope in all the messy places in our lives. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

As we continue, "Looking for God in Messy Places," based on a book by Bishop Jake Owensby by the same name, we realize that we are called to be the authetic 'we.' We are created by a relationship God to be in community with one another. As we live life together, we realize that we make a difference when we do our part in the Body of Christ.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

As we continue, "Looking for God in Messy Places," based on a book by Bishop Jake Owensby by the same name, we are challenged to see God in our midst. It might be in creation, in a beautiful sunset. It may be while we are walking through hell on earth. We are promised that God is always with us...and in that promise anchors our hope. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

We start a new worship series this week entitled, "Looking for God in Messy Places," based on a book by Bishop Jake Owensby by the same name. As we begin we start by defining what hope is and isn't and why we need to lean into our messy places with love. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

We wrap up the Christmas season with a celebration of Epiphany, the day Jesus was known to the Gentiles. We look at the magi who came to visit Jesus from the east and some of the folk theology surrounding this story. We also challenge everyone to spend more time being in midst of the awe and wonder of God, not only found in a night sky, but also on the altar at communion in the bread and cup.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

This Advent we are using "A Sanctified Art's" theme, "How Does a Weary World Rejoice?" In this secondweek of Advent we look at the reality that both Elizabeth and Mary shared together. We look at how we should share life together in order to make our pain lighter and our joy brighter.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

This Advent we are using "A Sanctified Art's" theme, "How Does a Weary World Rejoice?" In this first week of Advent we look at the anunciation of John the Baptism and how Zechariah's weariness leads to his silence. We acknowledge our weariness and how we need God to meet us where we are to offer us hope and joy. Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

We end this worship series this week and look at the last piece of scripture in the 25th Chapter of Matthew. Today we learn about the judgment of the nations and where Jesus, the judge, will seperate the sheep from the goats. May we be like the sheep who see people in need and we offer what we have. Then we will hear from Jesus, "Come, you who will receive good things from my Father."Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

We start a three week worship series on the three parables found in the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. This week we look at Matthew 25:14-30, The Parable of the Valuable Coins or the Parable of the Talents. The key question we will be asking is, how can you use what you have been given?Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through or Tithe.ly app. 

We start a three week worship series on the three parables found in the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. This week we look at Matthew 25:1-13, The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids. The 25th Chapter wraps up Jesus's eschatological discourse, and so what does this parable teach us about Jesus’s second coming?Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation.

It is All Saint's Day, a Sunday where we remember the members of our church who have gone on to the church triumphant. We reflect today on the mystery and love of God which unites us as we approach the Lord's Table and how we can claim a legacey of love in Christ.Please join us at 10:00am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online at the link below. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please feel free to go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation.