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  • What I Learned From Jesus' Mothers

    Contributed by Don Hawks on May 8, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
     | 8,371 views

    Today’s lesson for this Mothers day worship service is "What I Learned from Jesus’ Mothers"—yes that’s right Jesus had more than one mother.

    (Powerpoint presentation and audience outline accompanies this message). Slide 1 Happy Mothers Day to you from BUMC. If you are a mother or have been like a mother to someone please stand so we can recognize you. Today’s lesson for this worship service is What I Learned from Jesus’ mothers—yes ...read more

  • What Does God Have To Say

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jan 4, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,673 views

    Thoughts and suggestions in response to Christmas Tsunami 2004

    (Sources listed below) SLIDE 1 WELCOME, ATTENDANCE, PRAYER Hear us Lord as we lift dark circumstances into your holy and perfecting light: (Lift up local concerns and thanksgivings) For all victims of natural disaster, especially those who lives were swept away in the Tsunami in the Indian ...read more

  • Salvation Sunday

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 17, 2008
     | 3,430 views

    Salvation is more than words or concepts. Understanding salvation is a matter of experiencing it.

    I. Today I have a new sermon, but I have an old message-- the message of salvation. Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus - where, he says to Nicodemus— "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." II. What do these words mean—how do you explain ...read more

  • Words And Wisdom For Doomsday Believers

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 24, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,048 views

    What about the end of time? When is the second coming? Are we seeing signs of it today with all the wars and troubles in the world?

    “…for I will give you words and wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.” V. 15 INTRODUCTION: Are we seeing signs today of the end of time with all the wars and other troubles in the world? MAKING SENSE OF TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING • Does this discussion of ...read more

  • I Love The Commercialism Of Christmas--No Joke!

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 9, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,111 views

    I don’t think any of us are really ready to give up the traditions of this holiday season. So why not think about what we love about this time of the year? (Based on an article by Rev. Thomas Shepherd) ________________________________________

    How do you like this time of the year? Shopping center parking lots clogged with car headlights like a starry night sky in the country. Mindless, but welcoming music drifting over hordes of harried, hopeful, hesitantly happy holiday hunters. Shop ’til you’re top-heavy, arms full of packages, ...read more

  • What A Gift!

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,707 views

    A Christmas Eve sermon reflecting on the greatest gift given to humanity.

    A re-writing of I Corinthians 13 from a Christmas perspective (source: online) If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strings of twinkling lights, and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I am just another decorator? If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas ...read more

  • Have An Audacious Christmas

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 30, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,468 views

    A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Advent

    Jack Shea, writer and theologian shares his thoughts about how to send out Christmas greetings. Shea writes: “Some Christmas I am going to send out a Christmas card that will look like this. On the cover there will be three images. The first image will be a star brightly shining but it will be ...read more

  • Window Of The Soul

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jan 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,535 views

    You can be more than you think in the present moment by opening your heart to the Spirit of Christ who has taken away the sin of the world.

    Today I want you to hear this from the opening pages of the Scripture: Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness… So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Gn. 1:26, 27). According to an ...read more

  • Prescription For A Meaningful Life

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jan 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,968 views

    The Baptism of Jesus and his calling provides a model for responding to our calling through our baptism.

    And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.’ – v .17 ‘Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.’ (Lk. 3:11). The story of Jesus’ baptism raises questions meaningful to my own baptism: • "What ...read more

  • In Less Time Than The Blink Of An Eye

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,598 views

    A sermon for Transfiguration Sunday about the transforming power of Christ’s Spirit

    In today’s Gospel Lesson, on the Mount of Transfiguration, the awesome power and glory of God was mysteriously revealed in Jesus Christ. That scene is described in this way in The Message version of the event: Jesus took Peter and the brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain. His ...read more

  • The Devil's Sunday

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 3, 2008
     | 4,548 views

    A sermon for the First Sunday of Lent about the temptation of Jesus and the implications for your life.

    INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS THE DEVIL’S SUNDAY? • The first Sunday of Lent for 19 centuries on the church calendar has focused on the temptation by the devil of Jesus. • Much of the symbolism of Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness comes from the Hebrew Scripture story of the Exodus (vv. 1 ...read more

  • The Way Of The Cross

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,415 views

    A Confirmation sermon for Palm/Passion Sunday

    SERMON OUTLINE AND NOTES The Way of the Cross Matthew 26:36-46 (Jesus): “I am deeply grieved, even to death… My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want.” Vv. 38 -39 "This sorrow is crushing my life out... My Father, if there is any way, get me ...read more

  • E.a.s.t.e.r.--What Does It Mean For Me?

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 23, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 14,658 views

    What difference could it make in your life if every day you knew, without a doubt, that you were a part of something that is much bigger than yourself? What could Easter mean for you this year?

    E.A.S.T.E.R. What does it mean? What could it mean for you this year? A Sunday School teacher asked her class to write one sentence each on "What Easter Means to Me." One pupil wrote: "Egg salad sandwiches for the next two weeks!" The first words of Jesus Christ were, “Did you not know that I ...read more

  • We Are Co-Creators With God

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 20, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 24,324 views

    There is great Biblical emphasis on the reality that God often comes to us most clearly in the midst of our work.

    INTRODUCTION: ATTITUDES ABOUT LIFE’S WORK • “Here lies Tammas Jones. Born a man. Died a grocer.”-- An epitaph on an old tombstone in Scotland. • “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” -- Henry David Thoreau • “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying ...read more

  • Let Freedom Ring!

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,284 views

    Opening Sermon at Oakton UMC

    Let Freedom Ring! 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Matthew 11:25-30 "Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" Matthew 11:28 Shall we pray: O Lord, we pray, speak in this place, in the calming of our minds and in the longing of our hearts, by the words of my ...read more