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Let Forgiveness Be Proclaimed

By imironchuk • May 4th, 2008 • Category: Pastor's Message

Rev. Scott Summerville
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you–that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus [...]



Spring Plant Sale 5/2-5/3

By imironchuk • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: No Category

The annual spring plant sale at Asbury will be on Friday May 2nd and Saturday May 3rd from 9am - 5pm. Planned just in time for Mother’s Day, the plant sale will feature potted plans, hanging baskets, cell packs of annuals and vegetables, and more, all at comparable prices.



Holy Week

By imironchuk • Mar 16th, 2008 • Category: No Category

Holy Thursday (also known as Maundy Thursday)March 20 – 7:00- 8:30PMMeal and informal Communion and commemoration of the last supper.Good FridayMarch 21 – 7:30 PMThe most solemn of our holy days, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus. A musical Tenebrae service, Behold the Darkness, by Benjamin Harlan, performed by the Senior and Junior Choirs and soloists. [...]



At Jesus’ Feet

By imironchuk • Mar 16th, 2008 • Category: Pastor's Message

A message given Sunday, March 9, 2008
by Rev. Scott Summerville
I know that you are all grouchy this morning; you are in a bad mood because you lost that hour to daylight savings time. So I have decided to give you back one half hour of your lost time . I’m going to pronounce [...]



Sarah Lawrence Gospel Choir

By imironchuk • Mar 9th, 2008 • Category: Listen Podcast

Nehemiah Luckett leads the Asbury UMC senior choir, and the Sarah Lawrence Gospel choir in a closing benediction 

 
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Risk and Challenge

By imironchuk • Feb 28th, 2008 • Category: Pastor's Message

A message given Sunday, February 17, 2008
by Rev. Scott Summerville
How many of you are recent college graduates or are currently enrolled in college? And how many of you are or ever have been the parent of a college student? A most amazing thing happened in this very place on May 8, 2005. It [...]



Redemption in the Desert

By imironchuk • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pastor's Message

By Rev. Scott Summerville, Sunday, February 10, 2008
Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished.
The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God,
command these stones to become loaves [...]



The Game or Finding Wisdom in All Sorts of Places

By imironchuk • Feb 10th, 2008 • Category: Pastor's Message

A message given by Rev. Scott Summerville
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Matthew 17:1-7
I have been debating with myself this week concerning the subject of this morning’s message. I was eager to delve into the gospel story of the Transfiguration, that fascinating and dreamlike story of mountains and visions. I also felt pulled in the direction of [...]



Leaving the Nets

By imironchuk • Feb 2nd, 2008 • Category: Pastor's Message

A message given January 27, 2008
by Rev. Scott Summerville
Matthew 4:18-23
As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter,
and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.”
A lot of [...]



Consider Your Calling

By imironchuk • Jan 21st, 2008 • Category: Pastor's Message

Last Sunday I asked you to remember your baptism. Today I ask you to remember your calling. Today we heard these words from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians:
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God….. God is faithful;
by God you were called into the fellowship of [...]