In Sermons:

When Purpose Comes Into Focus (3 Of 3) Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on May 15, 2026

When Purpose Comes Into Focus is about the moments when God finally lets us see what He has been doing behind the scenes. It highlights how ordinary faithfulness often leads to unexpected clarity, and how God weaves small steps into a much bigger story.

There are moments in life when everything feels blurry. You are doing the best you can, taking the next step, showing up, trying to be faithful, but the picture is not clear. You cannot see how the pieces fit together. You cannot see how the ordinary things you are doing could possibly matter. You ...read more

Denomination: United Methodist

When Purpose Feels Hidden (1 Of 3) Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on May 15, 2026

When Purpose Feels Hidden is about the quiet seasons when God feels hard to hear and your direction isn’t obvious. It reminds people that hidden purpose is still active purpose, and God is shaping you even when you can’t see the outcome.

There’s something about coming back from vacation that always feels a little disorienting. You step away for a bit, you breathe deeper, you let your shoulders drop, and for a moment you remember what it feels like to rest. But then you come home, and life is waiting for you exactly where you left ...read more

Denomination: United Methodist

When Purpose Feels Small (2 Of 3) Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on May 15, 2026

When Purpose Feels Small is about those moments when what you’re doing feels insignificant or unnoticed. It reminds people that God measures impact differently than we do, and even the smallest acts of faithfulness carry weight in His kingdom.

Last week, we began this journey through Ruth by talking about how purpose often begins in places we don’t expect. We looked at Ruth standing in the middle of her grief, in the middle of her loss, in the middle of a life she never would have chosen, and yet somehow God was already at work beneath ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:31-32, Ruth 2:2-3, Ruth 2:17-18

Denomination: United Methodist

Eyes Up, Church

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on May 14, 2026

A call for the church to lift its eyes to the reigning Christ. Using Luke 24 and Ephesians 1, this Ascension message invites believers to see Jesus not as absent but enthroned, to return to Scripture, to prepare as His bride, and to live with readiness as we move toward Pentecost.

_______________________________________ There are moments in life when someone tells you to lift your eyes. Maybe you have been staring at the ground, weighed down by something heavy. Maybe you have been lost in your own thoughts. Maybe you have been overwhelmed by what is right in front of you. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:44-53, Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: United Methodist

The King Who Kneels - Palm Sunday Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on Mar 26, 2026

A Palm Sunday message exploring Jesus’ unexpected kingship, contrasting the crowd’s expectations with the humility of Christ in Matthew 21 and Philippians 2. It invites listeners to move from praise to welcome to true surrender as we follow the King who kneels and calls us to come to Him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Palm Sunday always carries a certain energy with it. Even before the first hymn begins or the first palm is lifted, there’s a sense that something is shifting, something is beginning, something is stirring in the air. It’s the start of Holy Week, and whether we’ve walked this road ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11, Philippians 2:5-11

Denomination: United Methodist

Eyes Opened, Heart Awakened - Lent Week 4 Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on Mar 20, 2026

This sermon explores John 9 as a story of awakening, showing how God brings us from partial sight to deeper clarity in stages. It weaves Paul’s call to ‘walk as children of light’ with the man born blind, inviting congregations to trust the gentle light God gives for the next faithful step.

There are moments in life when we realize we have been seeing things only partially. Moments when something shifts, whether through an insight, a conversation, a season of struggle, or a surprising grace, and suddenly what once felt confusing or blurry begins to take shape. It is not that ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41, Ephesians 5:8-14

Denomination: United Methodist

When Hope Feels Lost - Lent Week 5 Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on Mar 20, 2026

This sermon explores how God meets us in the places where hope feels lost, using Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones and the raising of Lazarus to show how God breathes life into what seems dead and calls us out of the tombs we settle into.

Come to Me: When Hope Feels Lost Ezekiel 37:1–6, 11–14 ~ John 11:17–27, 32–44 There are seasons in life when hope feels like it has slipped through our fingers. We don’t plan for those seasons. They arrive quietly, or suddenly, or slowly over time, and before we realize it, we’re standing in a ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45, Ezekiel 37:1-14

Denomination: United Methodist

Trusting The One Who Knows The Way - Lent 2nd Sunday Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on Mar 16, 2026

This sermon invites us to trust God when the way forward is unclear. Through the stories of Nicodemus, Abraham, and Corrie ten Boom, we explore how God meets us in our questions and gives us what we need at the right time.

Nicodemus came at night. That detail alone tells us so much. He was a man of status, a teacher of Israel, someone who had spent his entire life studying Scripture, teaching others, and trying to live faithfully. He was respected, educated, and spiritually serious. But something about Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17, Romans 4:1-5, Romans 4:13-17

Denomination: United Methodist

"where God Meets Our Thirst" - Lent 3rd Sunday Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on Mar 16, 2026

This week’s message will create a space for people to name their own thirst…whether for peace, purpose, forgiveness, or renewal, and hear the invitation to come to the well that never runs dry.

There is a kind of thirst that goes deeper than the body. We all know what it feels like to be physically thirsty, to feel that dryness in the mouth, that ache in the throat, that longing for a drink of cold water. But there is another kind of thirst that lives in the soul. It is quieter, harder ...read more

Scripture: John 4:5-42, Exodus 17:1-7

Denomination: United Methodist

Ash Wednesday "marked, But Not For Show" Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on Mar 13, 2026

Explores the tension between the visible mark of ashes and Jesus’ call to a hidden, sincere faith. The sermon emphasizes the God who ‘sees in secret,’ the difference between outward signs and inward renewal, and the invitation Lent offers to return to God with honesty.

Tonight we gather at the doorway of Lent, a season that invites us to slow down, to look inward, and to return to God with honesty. Ash Wednesday is unlike any other night in the Christian year. It is quiet, reflective, and strangely beautiful. We come forward to receive ashes on our foreheads, a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-6, Matthew 6:16-21, Isaiah 58:1-12

Denomination: United Methodist

"when We’re Pulled Away” Lent 1st Sunday Series

Contributed by Shawn Vollmerhausen on Mar 13, 2026

This sermon explores the wilderness temptations of Jesus in Matthew 4 alongside the invitation of Isaiah 55, showing how both passages reveal a God who meets us in our wandering and calls us to return with trust rather than shame.

There’s something about the season of Lent that feels like stepping into a quieter room. The lights dim a little. The noise settles. The pace slows. And suddenly, we can hear things we usually drown out. We can feel things we usually outrun. We can notice things we usually ignore. Lent is not a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11, Isaiah 55:6-9

Denomination: United Methodist