Death & Resurrection: Death
November 19, 2023
This week we dive into the depths of a Scripture used at funerals, or as the Church calls them: services of death and resurrection. For...
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Death & Resurrection
November 6, 2023
This month we take a look at what Christianity has to say about those who have died, dying, death, and resurrection. We do this so that...
Spiritual Gifts: Giving & Helping
October 15, 2023
This is the closing week of our Fall Worship series on Spiritual Gifts, and this Sunday we conclude with two gifts that the Church, our...
Spiritual Gifts: Knowledge, Administration, & Leadership
October 8, 2023
As the Early Church continued to grow and flourish, it quickly needed more localized leadership, connectional organization, and a way to...
Spiritual Gifts: Prophecy & Teaching
October 1, 2023
We continue our Spiritual Gifts worship series with two of the gifts most often associated with clergy: prophecy and teaching. While both...
Spiritual Gifts: Faith & Evangelism
September 24, 2023
This week we begin our exploration of the spiritual gifts of witnessing. These are part of faith sharing, and actually central to the...
Spiritual Gifts: Healing & Servanthood
September 17, 2023
As we continue to explore outreaching gifts, this week we look at two gifts so often misunderstood: healing and servanthood. Healing is...
Spiritual Gifts: Miracles & Compassion
September 10, 2023
We turn to the spiritual gifts that are meant for outreach this Sunday. They are given by the Holy Spirit to those who are blessed to...
Spiritual Gifts: Shepherding & Exhortation
September 3, 2023
This week we continue our series on Spiritual Gifts, and turn to gifts for nurturing the Body of Christ. Those to whom God grants these...
Spiritual Gifts: Wisdom & Discernment
August 27, 2023
This week we start our Fall Worship series on Spiritual Gifts. The New Testament repeatedly talks about gifts that the Holy Spirit gives...
Snarky Jesus, Part 2
August 20, 2023
Our two part series on Snarky Jesus draws to conclusion this Sunday, but Jesus will not be quiet. Once more he uses jarring satire to...
Snarky Jesus, Part 1
August 13, 2023
This week we start a two-part mini series on Snarky Jesus. Could our Savior have used snark and sarcasm in his ministry? Why and for...
Our Doctrinal Standards: Articles of Religion
August 6, 2023
Some of the religious authorities challenged Jesus to speak about the political rule and authority of the State: Rome. They wanted to see...
Our Doctrinal Standards: The Articles of Religion – Grace
July 9, 2023
In the United Methodist Church it always comes back to grace, that unmerited favor God chooses to show to us because of God’s...
Our Doctrinal Standards: The Articles of Religion – Sacraments
July 2, 2023
Not all Christian denominations have the same beliefs about the sacraments. We do not even all agree on how many there are. Yet the...
Our Doctrinal Standards: The Articles of Religion – Sin
June 25, 2023
Sin is the ugly reality of life and humankind, but it is not the final word. To begin to recognize the tremendous gift of God’s...
Our Doctrinal Standards: The Articles of Religion – The Bible
June 18, 2023
This week we continue to explore the immutable beliefs of the church which constitutes our doctrine in the United Methodist Church. ...
Our Doctrinal Standards: The Articles of Religion – The Trinity
June 11, 2023
We begin a new Worship series this Sunday on the United Methodist Articles of Religion. Our previous series was on heresy, so now we...
Confirmation Sunday
June 4, 2023
Confirmation Sunday is a special day in the life of the Methodist Church and this year we’re celebrating our first confirmation...
Pentecost
May 28, 2023
On this the annual celebration of the arrival of the Holy Spirit as Jesus promised, we celebrate the birth of the Church universal:...
Can We Dispense with the God of the Old Testament?
May 21, 2023
Perhaps you have heard someone say that the God of the Old Testament is a vengeful and angry God, then extol the God of the New Testament...
Ruth and Naomi: All In
May 14, 2023
As you read through the book of Ruth, you won’t find any places where God’s voice thunders down to her as you might in other Bible...
Heresy: Is Grace the Free Will to Resist Sin?
May 7, 2023
The notion of free will and the impact it has upon human sinfulness has been an ongoing conversation in Christianity. One of the major...
Heresy: Did Christ Really Have a Human Body or Did It Just Appear Human?
April 30, 2023
Even the earliest Christianis struggled to understand what God had really done in Jesus. Since Jesus was the first and only incarnation...
Heresy: Is the Trinity Three Separate, Unique Persons or Just Three Roles of God?
April 23, 2023
Modalism is a misunderstanding of the doctrine of the Trinity. But how big of a problem is that really? This week we take a closer look...
Heresy: Does the Christian Covenant Replace the Judaic One?
April 16, 2023
We begin our new Worship series this Sunday with a long standing concept that the new covenant in Christ replaces the old covenant which...
Easter Sunday
April 9, 2023
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Maundy Thursday Worship
April 6, 2023
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Lenten Series: Arrival of the Messiah – Lord
April 2, 2023
This Sunday is Palm Sunday, as we close out our Lenten Worship series on Messianic titles with Lord. The title Jesus wears like a mantle...
Lenten Series: King of the Jews
March 26, 2023
When the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, had Jesus crucified, he had a sign placed above the head of Jesus that read: “King of the...
Lenten Series: Arrival of the Messiah
March 19, 2023
We continue our exploration of the New Testament Messianic titles with Son of Man. Did you know that Jesus is both fully human and yet...
Lenten Series: Arrival of the Messiah
March 12, 2023
We continue our exploration of the New Testament Messianic titles with Son of Man. Did you know that Jesus is both fully human and yet...
Lenten Series: Arrival of the Messiah
March 5, 2023
This week we explore a Messianic title that is rooted in the second book of the Old Testament: Exodus. Dating back to the first Passover,...
Lenten Series: Arrival of the Messiah
February 26, 2023
This series carries on the Messianic theme of the Advent Worship series from this past Christmas. We will explore together the Messianic...
Infamous Women in the Bible: Eve
February 19, 2023
We close out our Worship series on Infamous women with the most notorious of all: Eve. Come and see what the Bible actually says about...
Choose Love
February 12, 2023
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner with all the cards, flowers, and candy that go with it. It’s a day to celebrate our...
Infamous Women in the Bible: Bathsheba
February 5, 2023
While engaging in a required bath of ritual cleansing, Bathsheba is seen by King David, and her life will be turned upside down. Join us...
Infamous Women in the Bible: Rahab
January 29, 2023
This week we explore the Biblical account of a woman whose profession is scandalous. Rahab was a prostitute, but the Scriptures reward...
Infamous Women in the Bible: Jezebel
January 22, 2023
The name of Jezebel is often synonymous with sexual sin, and a slanderous name for women in Southern culture. Who was Jezebel really? ...
Infamous Women in the Bible: Mary Magdalene
January 15, 2023
We begin our new Worship series on infamous women, those who have become known for negative reasons, and we will explore whether that...
Epiphany
January 8, 2023
We’re celebrating Epiphany this Sunday, the coming of the Magi and the celebration of the revelation of God Incarnate as Jesus Christ,...
New Year’s Day Message
January 1, 2023
As we begin this new year, we’ll learn about how our church mission statement and the key words Love, Grow, and Go — drive the...
Christmas Eve 11 pm Service
December 24, 2022
Merry Christmas! This is always a special time of year in the life of the church and especially at Crozet UMC! Today and Sunday we’ve...
Coming of the Messiah – Everlasting Father
December 11, 2022
The wonderful season of Advent continues today and we continue to explore the Coming of the Messiah by diving into Isaiah 9:6-7. This week...
Coming of the Messiah – Mighty God
December 4, 2022
The wonderful season of Advent continues today and we continue to explore the Coming of the Messiah by diving into Isaiah 9:6-7. This week...
Coming of the Messiah – Wonderful Counselor
November 27, 2022
The wonderful season of Advent begins today and we begin our exploration of the Coming of the Messiah by diving into Isaiah 9:6-7. This...
Becoming More … Community
November 20, 2022
We close out of Worship series on Discipleship with the final of the four C’s: Community. This is the relationships we choose,...
Becoming More … Cult
November 13, 2022
This week we explore Cult, the ritual of religion. What we choose to do repeatedly throughout our lives reflects our faithfulness to...
Becoming More … Code
November 6, 2022
Our Worship series exploring transformation through Discipleship continues this week with Code, what we do as followers of Christ. We...
Becoming More: Discipleship
October 30, 2022
In their book, “The Study of Religion in an Age of Global Dialogue (2000),” Leonard Swindler and Paul Mojzes describe the four...
Youth Worship
October 16, 2022
Our youth will lead us in worship this Sunday. Join us to hear Jack Isley talk about the importance of prayer. You don’t want to miss...
A Christian Response … Pain and Suffering
October 9, 2022
This week we explore a Christian response to pain and suffering. Those moments often becomes spiritual weightlifting sessions, making us...
A Christian Response … Anger and Hatred
October 2, 2022
Anger and hatred are some of the most powerful expressions of human sinfulness, a sickness in the depths of our spirit that creates...
A Christian Response … Death and Loss
September 25, 2022
We continue our Worship series on A Christian Response with death and loss. Death affects everyone in the course of our lives. When...
A Christian Response … To Conflict
September 18, 2022
Our new Worship series will focus on how Christians can respond to difficult situations and contexts in our lives. We begin with...
Healthy Ways to Mourn
September 11, 2022
On the anniversary of the tragedy of September 11th, we examine what it means to mourn in a way that is appropriate, healthy, and healing....
The Future of Methodism
September 4, 2022
What does the future of the United Methodist Church hold? We cannot predict, but we can decide for ourselves as individual disciples,...
A History of Methodism: A World Church (1968-)
August 28, 2022
Despite decades of separation, Methodists yearned to be together in full communion once more. Not only was a union created with the...
A History of Methodism: The Quest for Unity
August 21, 2022
World War I and II created a profound sense that the brokenness of Methodism should be addressed, if not repaired. Methodists in the...
A History of Methodism: Division and Brokenness
August 14, 2022
The first major break in Methodism occurred over slavery. John Wesley was an ardent opponent of slavery, and it was outlawed in the...
A History of Methodism: Revival and Growth
August 7, 2022
The United States was experiencing a Second Great Awakening, a spiritual movement filled with revivals and camp meetings in which Methodism...
A History of Methodism: Preach; Work of Christ
July 31, 2022
Our history continues with Methodism crossing the Atlantic Ocean and the work of the early Methodists in America before, during, and after...
A History of Methodism: Holiness; Revival
July 25, 2022
Starting at the beginning, we explore Methodism’s genesis. England was experiencing a revival, known as the Holiness Movement, and that...
Justice, Mercy and Humility
July 17, 2022
Justice, Mercy, Humility. We frequently hear these words in the news, in social media, and even conversation. Everyone has an opinion of...
Graceful Exits: Life
July 10, 2022
This Sunday we close out our series on Graceful Exits by focusing on every person’s final exit: death. How do we gracefully exit...
Graceful Exits: Churches
July 3, 2022
The reality is that very few Christians stay at the same church their whole lives these days. You may move to go away to school, when...
Graceful Exits: Jobs
June 26, 2022
As believers, we are called upon to be grace-filled people. God grants us grace, but sometimes it remains a challenge to be graceful. ...
Graceful Exits: Relationships
June 19, 2022
Relationships are a central part of being social beings. We were created by the Triune God to reflect the relationality of God’s...
Graceful Exits: Conversations
June 12, 2022
We begin a new series this Sunday, “Graceful Exits.” We will explore how we can leave gracefully, meaning in honor and...
Pentacost
June 5, 2022
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I Love to Tell … Your Story
May 29, 2022
As Christians, we tell the story of Jesus, and we tell our story of experience with that same Jesus, but we are invited through the Church,...
I Love to Tell … My Story (My Testimony)
May 22, 2022
When we have occasion to tell our story as individual Christians, it can be overwhelming to the point that we shrink back into silence. ...
I Love to Tell … Our Story
May 15, 2022
What is the story of the Church? It is bigger than any single denomination or doctrinal coalition. It is a story that precedes and...
I Love to Tell … The God Story
May 8, 2022
What is the real story of the Bible? What is God trying to get humankind to understand within the canon of 66 books? Come and discover...
I Love to Tell … The Story (The Gospel of Jesus Christ)
May 1, 2022
We are beginning a new Worship series that will explore and equip us to not only understand but share the stories that are so important to...
Unanswered Prayers
April 24, 2022
Our Lay Leader Jennifer Fisher steps in this week for a special message titled, “Unanswered Prayers.” This is a not-to-be...
Easter Sunday
April 17, 2022
This Easter is our resurrection as a Family of Faith, as we return in full splendor to our worship life together on the day when we...
Good Friday: Burnt Offerings
April 15, 2022
The Old Testament recounts how God gave God’s people the means by which they could find forgiveness, reconciliation, and be cleansed...
Palm Sunday
April 10, 2022
This is the day when Christians across the whole earth recall and celebrate Jesus’ triumphant entry into the holy city of...
Sealed in the Tomb: Keeping Silent about Church
April 3, 2022
It has become very commonplace, even popular, to believe that our faith is something to be hidden, compartmentalized from the life we live...
Sealed in the Tomb: Consumer Christianity
March 27, 2022
Is it a service or worship? Do I come to get something out of it or to give of myself for God? How we approach our spirituality and...
Sealed in the Tomb: Competition with Other Churches
March 20, 2022
All too often denominations and even local churches feel at odds and in competition with each other, but this is a false narrative. There...
Sealed in the Tomb: Triangulation
March 13, 2022
Once again Jesus sets a standard of behavior for those who claim his name and desire his salvation. Triangulation subverts that grace,...
Sealed in the Tomb: Using Judgement Language
March 6, 2022
We begin our Lenten Worship series with one of the most common things Christians do, often without even being aware that we are doing it:...
Inspiring Saints: Saint Martin de Porres,The Patron Saint of Those Who Seek Racial Harmony
February 27, 2022
We conclude our Worship series on inspiring saints this Sunday with a person known as the first Black saint of the Americas: Saint Martin...
Inspiring Saints: Saint Catherine of Bologna, The Patron Saint of Artists
February 20, 2022
The dynamic relationship between religion and art predates Christianity, but the Church has been a longstanding patron of the arts. While...
Inspiring Saints: Saint Valentine, The Patron Saint of Love
February 13, 2022
Secular culture has embraced the Feast Day of Saint Valentine, choosing to celebrate love on February 14, but the love for which Saint...
Inspiring Saints: Saint Therese of Lisieux, The Patron Saint of Missions
February 6, 2022
Simple and practical are the two words that best describe the approach to faith in Saint Therese, a young Christian woman who died at the...
Inspiring Saints: Saint Francis of Assisi, The Patron Saint of Animals
January 30, 2022
As is the tradition at Crozet UMC on the fifth Sundays to have an opportunity to pray and receive the blessing of anointing, our Saint...
Inspiring Saints: Saint Joan of Arc, The Patron Saint of France
January 23, 2022
The young woman known as Joan of Arc is not just a saint but a historical person who participated in the military repulsion of the army of...
Inspiring Saints: Saint Anthony, The Patron Saint of Lost Things
January 16, 2022
This week we explore a saint with some popular expressions of veneration that can be confusing. If you have ever heard someone offer a...
Inspiring Saints: Saint Joseph, The Patron Saint of Families
January 9, 2022
This Sunday we begin a new Worship series focused on saints, those believers who have become beloved to Christians all over the world and...
Gift of the Magi: Every Generations’ Gift
January 2, 2022
We conclude our Advent and Christmas Worship Series today with the arrival of the Magi, those for whom O. Henry’s short story,...
The Gift of the Magi: Generation Alpha
December 26, 2021
We end our Advent journey with a generation that has yet to be defined, and they will one day define themselves: Generation Alpha. These...
The Gift of the Magi: Generation Alpha
December 25, 2021
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The Gift of the Magi: Millennials
December 25, 2021
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Thr Gift of the Magi: Millennials
December 24, 2021
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The Gift of the Magi: Generation Z
December 24, 2021
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The Gift of the Magi: Generation X
December 19, 2021
Generation X has experienced some of the greatest economic crises since the Great Depression: the dotcom bust, the housing bubble burst,...
The Gift of the Magi: The Baby Boomers
December 12, 2021
After the end of World War II, a numerous generation was born, and we know them as The Baby Boomers. They transformed the landscape of...
The Gift of the Magi: The Silent Generation
December 6, 2021
We continue to explore the generations, and this week we honor those known as The Silent Generation. They chose to express themselves not...
The Gift of the Magi: The Greatest Generation
November 28, 2021
As we begin our journey towards the annual celebration of the birth of the Christ child, we have the opportunity to explore who we are. ...
Transforming Tithing
November 21, 2021
Last week we explored how tithing transforms both the gift and the giver. This week we explore how to transform our tithing, our gifts...
Tithing Transforms
November 14, 2021
Tithing, giving ten percent of all that one earns, was an essential element of religious life for the Ancient Israelites and their...
All Saints Sunday
November 7, 2021
This Sunday is recognized as All Saints Sunday in the worship life of the Church. Congregations all over the world remember those of...
The Sacred & The Profane
October 31, 2021
Why are some things in the church so important to some and inconsequential to others? What does it mean to be holy or hold something...
Community as Sacred
October 24, 2021
This Sunday we explore a concept developed by Emile Durkheim, a French Sociologist, who is credited with establishing Sociology as an...
Spiritual Truth vs. Objective Truth
October 10, 2021
Is everything in the Bible literally true? What would it mean if things were stories rather than objective facts and historical...
Symbolism & Rites
October 3, 2021
In the religious context, rites are prescribed acts and practices among the community of believers. In Christianity, many of these rites...
Diversity Is a Blessing, Not a Curse
September 26, 2021
In Methodism, diversity in ideas, understanding, cultural expression, and ways of living out our faith, have always been. The original...
Why Methodism is Worth Saving: Truly a Global Denomination
September 19, 2021
As proclaimed in the Psalms, God is God to all people, to the ends of the earth. This is why the United Methodist Church continues the...
Social Holiness Predates Social Justice
September 12, 2021
John Wesley wrote, “Solitary religion is not to be found there. ‘Holy Solitaries’ is a phrase no more consistent with the...
A Unique Understanding of Grace
September 5, 2021
Methodists, even before we became United in 1968, brought to Christianity an understanding of God’s grace and how we experience it...
Messiah Complex & The Soul-Saving Christian
August 29, 2021
We close our Toxic Christianity Worship Series with an up-close look at what happens when Christians become prideful and lose the humility...
Censure & The Narrow Minded Christian
August 22, 2021
Change and new things often bring about strife and discord in people, even the Church, yet God has declared time and time again that God is...
Anti-Religion & The Non-Practicing Christian
August 15, 2021
Believers who reject religious practice have existed since the beginning of divine encounters. It reflects a misunderstanding of what...
Legalism & The Legalistic Christian
August 8, 2021
When Christians excessively adhere to Church law, doctrines, and tradition, it can lead to a loss of the spirit of God’s Word. To...
Cynicism & The Cynical Christian
August 1, 2021
This week we explore cynicism, the skeptical view of others, which can negatively impact our faith, effectiveness in discipleship, and our...
Hypocrisy & The Hypocritical Christian
July 25, 2021
Join us for our next Worship series as we examine toxic forms of Christianity and behaviors that undermine our service as disciples of...
God Gives Pro Bono
July 18, 2021
This week we take a look at “gratitude.” Is it an emotion? Is it an exchange? What on earth—or beyond—does it say about us? What...
Peter & Andrew: Siblings
July 11, 2021
This week we delve into the way Simon Peter met Jesus, according to the Gospel Account of John. Rather than the story shared in Matthew,...
Esther & Mordecai: Mentee & Mentor
July 4, 2021
One of the most insightful relationships we can have is that of mentor and mentee, to have another choose to invest in us their wisdom,...
Jesus & Mary: Child & Parent
June 27, 2021
There is something holy about the relationship between a parent and child, which is why God uses this as a metaphor for the relationship...
Jonathan & David: Best Friends
June 20, 2021
Does friendship end with death? Not in the relationship modeled by David and Jonathan. Discover the depths of commitment we can express to...
Ruth & Naomi: Daughter-in-law & Mother-in-law
June 13, 2021
We continue our exploration of inspiring and beautiful relationships found in the Bible with those relations not by blood, but marriage,...
Isaac & Rebekah: Husband & Wife
June 6, 2021
Our first relationship our next Worship series will explore is that of a married couple: Isaac and Rebekah. Of all the marriages in the...
Trinity Sunday
May 30, 2021
Join us this week for Trinity Sunday, a day to marvel at and celebrate the holy mystery of the Trinity: the perfect unity of Three in...
Pentecost
May 23, 2021
Pentecost is the day the Church celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of Christ’s Church. This year we will...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Orthodoxy vs. Orthopraxy
May 16, 2021
We close out our Worship series this Sunday with a classic tension in Christianity. Across the ages, Christians, theologians, and...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Supersessionism: Replacement Theology
May 9, 2021
Perhaps you have heard it said, “The New Testament replaces the Old Testament,” or “Jesus makes the Law invalid.” ...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Inclusion vs. Exclusion
May 2, 2021
All of us come to experience the pain of exclusion, whether as children, youth, or adults. As we wrestle with theologies that widen the...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Eschatology Theology of the End of Human History
April 25, 2021
People have been debating when the world will end since before Jesus was born, and there are still a great many Christians who continue...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Liberty vs. Liberation
April 18, 2021
In a nation that holds the notion and even the word “liberty” in such esteem, distinction between liberty and liberation can be...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Forgiveness vs. Condemnation
April 11, 2021
We open our new Worship series with a classic tension in Christianity across denominations: do we forgive or condemn? For some, the...
Easter
April 4, 2021
We invite you to experience the unparalleled joy of the greatest Sunday of the year with us. Easter is the day in which Christians all over...
Good Friday
April 2, 2021
Tonight we gather remembering the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. We look for comfort us as we mourn the sin that led to this day. We...
Palm Sunday
March 28, 2021
This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, that liturgical time that culminates with Christ’s sacrifice upon the cross, grace for...
Rebuilding the Temple: Love Them Freely
March 21, 2021
In our final week before the start of Palm Sunday and Holy Week, we conclude our exploration of God’s prophetic word for a...
Rebuilding the Temple: Receive New Life
March 14, 2021
We return to the Book of Ezekiel and the visionary experience the prophet has with dry, lifeless bones in the desert. When we feel that...
Rebuilding the Temple: Rekindle Your Spiritual Practices
March 7, 2021
Let us hear the words of the Prophet Isaiah once more. From days of old, his words conveyed the transformation God required of...
Rebuilding the Temple: New Identity
February 28, 2021
By the word of the Prophet Jeremiah, God shares a new vision for the identity of God’s people. They had always defined themselves...
Rebuilding the Temple: Making Peace
February 21, 2021
We begin our Lenten Worship Series facing the monumental task of rebuilding the Body of Christ as it emerges from the pandemic. Do we...
Weird Stories of the Bible: A Talking Donkey
February 14, 2021
Our journey through the Bible’s most strange and unusual texts has brought us to a story about a talking donkey. This Sunday you...
Weird Stories from the Bible: A Deadly Sermon
February 7, 2021
Originally scheduled for last week, this Sunday we look at one of the weirdest stories in the Bible and what happens when preachers preach...
January 31st Worship: A Snow Day Devotion
January 31, 2021
Welcome to Sunday Worship at Crozet UMC. We’re excited that you could be with us. Today, in the midst of today’s snowstorm, Pastor...
Weird Stories of the Bible: Raven Food Delivery Service
January 24, 2021
Did you know that God used food delivery long before UberEats and Grub Hub? When a servant of God, the Prophet Elijah, needed food in the...
Weird Stories of the Bible: Baldness, Bullies, and Bears
January 17, 2021
In our exploration of strange texts from the Bible, we read this Sunday about a bizarre encounter one of God’s prophets has with some...
Weird Stories of the Bible: God’s Glory
January 10, 2021
In between the season of Advent and Lent, we have a period of rest. Join us at Crozet UMC as we explore some of the strange and unusual...
Epiphany
January 3, 2021
Last year on Epiphany Sunday, one of our children asked what happened to King Herod during Children’s Time. We didn’t have...
“You Have Heard That It Was Said” Do Not Refuse Anyone Who Wants to Borrow from You
December 27, 2020
We end our Advent journey with the last of Jesus’ teachings about transforming how we respond to others. He ends where he always...
Christmas Eve Traditional Worship With Crozet UMC
December 24, 2020
Merry Christmas and welcome to our Traditional Worship. Tonight we celebrate with some of your favorite hymns and a candlelight “Silent...
Christmas Eve Contemporary Worship With Crozet UMC
December 24, 2020
You’ve heard it said that Jesus’ birth changed everything. Today, come hear the story in a new way, discover what it means to us, and...
Christmas Eve Children’s Worship With Crozet UMC
December 24, 2020
Join us today as we rediscover the Christmas story as told for, and to, children. Associated Scripture: Luke 2:1-20
“You Have Heard That It Was Said” Go Also the Second Mile
December 20, 2020
This Sunday we once more visit the words Jesus entrusted to those who would follow him, love him, and serve the world in his name. What...
“You Have Heard That It Was Said” Give Your Cloak as Well
December 13, 2020
We continue our journey towards Christmas with the next teaching of Christ about radical reconciliation. When the world lashes out and we...
“You Have Heard That It Was Said”: Turn the Other Also
December 6, 2020
As we once more draw towards the annual celebration of the arrival of the Christ-child, our Messiah, we are invited to examine how Christ...
What Now? Pray for Direction
November 29, 2020
We close out our Worship series on What Now? with a constant refrain in the Bible and Christian tradition: pray for direction. We are...
What Now? Live Out Love
November 22, 2020
When we are beginning to feel ready to move beyond our experience of pain and suffering, having acknowledged our loss and emotions, we look...
What Now: Cling to God
November 16, 2020
As humankind, we cling to that which we love and which brings us joy: persons we love, noble ideas, elightenling truths, and hope for a...
What Now: Stay the Course
November 8, 2020
Sometimes it seems like everything that could go wrong does. After we take time to process and acknowledge our feelings, especially...
What Now? Recommit
November 1, 2020
In the wake of a major event, even if we are pleased with the result, we are left to consider what now? What will our next steps be? ...
Dealing with Disappointment: Disappointed in Your Loved Ones
October 25, 2020
We close out our Worship series on Dealing With Disappointment this Sunday with the kind of disappointment that breaks our hearts, because...
Dealing with Disappointment: Disappointed in God
October 18, 2020
Despite certain understandings that circulate in the world of Christianity, you can be disappointed in God. More specifically, you may find...
Dealing with Disappointment: Disappointed in Others
October 11, 2020
This week we shift to exploring the way the Bible reveals dealing with disappointment in others, and the one doing so in this Sunday’s...
Dealing with Disappointment: Disappointed in Yourself
October 4, 2020
This month we confront feelings of and experiences with disappointment. No matter what your political position, our country is heading...
In the Name of God: I AM
September 27, 2020
We conclude our September Worship series on the Names of God with a tricky name that continues to confound scholars, yet shapes our...
In the Name of God: God, the Father
September 20, 2020
For Christians, this name of God is not only poignant, but vital to our understanding of God. Jesus gives us this relational metaphor...
In the Name of God: YHWH
September 13, 2020
What greater sign of God’s desire to be in relationship with us than God giving us God’s own personal name. In Hebrew, this name is...
In the Name of God: Elohim
September 6, 2020
We begin a Worship series designed to explore the names and titles ascribed to God in the Bible, and how they inform and influence our...
Christian Conversations: For Evangelism
August 30, 2020
One of the most terrifying parts of following Jesus is making disciples, sharing the Gospel. Many Christians avoid these conversations...
Christian Conversations: For Healing and Reconciliation
August 23, 2020
Jesus and John the Baptist had different disciples that assisted and followed them. They had divergent ministries, even though they knew...
Christian Conversations: Negotiating Needs
August 16, 2020
The Church is composed of many people who are also in various groups within the larger Body. Jesus, in infinite wisdom, gave us the...
Christian Conversations: Holy Conferencing
August 9, 2020
We continue our exploration of Christian conversation with conversation that happens within the Body of Christ, the community of...
Christian Conversations: One on One
August 2, 2020
As we begin a new Worship series on Christian conversations, we start at the foundation: speaking to another person. It appears to be...
Origin Stories: Intelligent Design
July 26, 2020
This Sunday we close out our worship series on origin stories and theories of creation with a lesser known theory in many Christian...
Origin Stories: Darwinism
July 19, 2020
Too often the name Darwin makes Christians react with negative emotion. Yet, as people called to respond with compassion and love, we...
Origin Stories: Evolutionism
July 12, 2020
Continuing our exploration of origin theories of creation, we journey into the depths of evolution, a theory that is often misunderstood...
Origin Stories: Creationism
July 5, 2020
This Sunday we begin a new worship series exploring the narratives of creation. How did we come into being? How was the world...
Light in the Darkness: The Apostle Paul Acknowledges Anxiety
June 28, 2020
Even before the added stress and suffering from COVID-19, the National Institute for Mental Health discovered that over 19% of adults in...
Light in the Darkness: King Nebuchadnezzar’s Episode of Psychosis
June 21, 2020
As we continue to explore how mental illness is depicted in the Bible, we discover how an episode of mental illness grants us an...
Light in the Darkness: David’s Struggle with Severe Depression
June 14, 2020
This Sunday we explore the suffering King David experiences, and the mental anguish from which he suffers. He records his helpless and...
Light In The Darkness: King Saul Struggles with Bipolar Disorder
June 7, 2020
Our next worship series delves into places in Scripture that reveal surprising instances of mental illness. Like physical and spiritual...
Pentecost
May 31, 2020
This week we celebrate Pentecost, the birthday of the Church. That day the power and presence of God was revealed in a new and exciting...
Good vs. Evil: The Earthly Struggle and Inward Battle
May 24, 2020
Even after Jesus’ death on the cross, resurrection from the dead, and ascension to Heaven, Christians have struggled with good and...
Stone Table: Tablets, Altars, and Tombs Made of Stone
May 17, 2020
The climax of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe centers around the sacrificial death and resurrection of Aslan, just as Christianity...
The Witch: Sin and Evil Personified
May 10, 2020
The Witch of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is a personification of sin and evil, like the loose woman of the Book of Proverbs....
Aslan: The Christ Figure and Savior of Narnia
May 3, 2020
This week, we explore the character of Aslan, the Messianic figure of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. This lion is the fulcrum for...
Turkish Delight: The Temptation of Sin
April 26, 2020
This week we continue our Worship series on the Christian imagery and story of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. On Sunday we’ll...
Edmund: The Human, The Sinner, and the Doubting Thomas
April 19, 2020
This week we begin an exciting new Worship series that explores Christianity through the book by C.S. Lewis, The Lion, The Witch, and The...
Easter
April 13, 2020
Easter does not look how we planned, but then again, the first Easter did not look how the Apostles planned either. They never thought...
Good Friday
April 10, 2020
Jesus willingly took upon himself out sin and death. There is nothing more poignant that that truth: Jesus died for us. In exchange, we...
Maundy Thursday
April 9, 2020
This year we are doing Maundy Thursday a little differently. Usually the order of worship allows for a brief reading of just part of what...
Palm Sunday: Faith in Isolation (Part 4)
April 5, 2020
When the earthly rulers and powers caused Daniel to be alone, God did not abandon him. God made sure Daniel felt the divine presence and...
Faith in Isolation (Part 3)
March 29, 2020
We find ourselves in a continued state of separation from one another. For some this may be a welcome sabbath. For some this may be a...
Faith in Isolation (Part 2)
March 22, 2020
We serve a God who transforms. God transforms our sinfulness through grace into a bright and beautiful future in the Kingdom to Come for...
Faith in Isolation (Part 1)
March 15, 2020
When we find ourselves in a state of visual and physical separation from one another as we are in this time of isolation and quarantine, we...
Beloved, Pray for Us: Prayer with Conviction
March 8, 2020
This week we explore another lesson from Jesus about prayer. When Peter notices that Jesus was able to curse and wither a fig tree with...
Beloved, Pray for Us: Pray Like Jesus
March 1, 2020
We begin our Easter Worship series with Jesus teaching the Apostles to pray. He explains that the attitude by which we offer our prayers...
Ash Wednesday
February 26, 2020
The ashes of Ash Wednesday are part of an ancient tradition from the Bible: to put on ashes as a sign of mourning. On this day, we mourn...
Hurtful Things Christians Say: “Let Go and Let God”
February 16, 2020
We close our Worship series on “The Hurtful Things Christians Say” with a ubiquitous saying: “Let go and let...
Hurtful Things Christians Say: God Needed Your Loved One
February 16, 2020
Death and the sorrow experienced by those left behind after the loss of a loved one is painful beyond measure and words. Yet from a...
Hurtful Things Christians Say: God Never Gives You More Than You Can Handle
February 9, 2020
Continuing the exploration of the concept from where does suffering come, this week we examine the statement that God never gives us more...
Hurtful Things Christians Say: God is Testing You
February 2, 2020
If you have ever had someone tell you that your suffering is the result of God testing you, then you have probably wondered at this...
Hurtful Things Christians Say: If You Just Had More Faith
January 26, 2020
Perhaps out of a sense of tough love or our own frustration with a difficult situation, many a Christian has uttered, “If you just...
Hurtful Things Christians Say: “It’s God’s Will”
January 19, 2020
A lot of good intentioned Christians will utter, “It’s God’s will,” when something difficult is happening in...
Hurtful Things Christians Say: The Lord will Provide
January 12, 2020
Many Christians have uttered the phrase, “The Lord will provide,” and while it comes directly from Scripture, taken out of...
Hurtful Things Christians Say: “God Made You Perfect”
January 5, 2020
Our new Worship series deals directly with the things Christians say that while good intentioned and well meaning, can be hurtful....
A Wesleyan Covenant Service
December 29, 2019
In the interlude between Christmas and the start of a new calendar year, we will gather for worship this Sunday to partake in a...
Christmas Day: A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 25, 2019
When Charles Shultz developed this classic in 1965 he was very deliberate in his desire to showcase the true meaning of Christmas. Today,...
Traditional Christmas Eve Worship
December 24, 2019
The night Jesus was born, the shepherds were offered the incredible blessing of being the first to see the Christ child. Not the...
Prayers of Confession
December 22, 2019
This week we close our Advent Worship series on prayer with a prayer of confession from Daniel. Living in exile in the kingdom of...
Prayers of Thanksgiving
December 15, 2019
Our Scripture for this Sunday’s worship is well known as the Magnificat, Mary’s words of thanksgiving for the great things God...
Prayers of Adoration
December 8, 2019
Our Advent Worship series continues this week with the prayer of Hannah, a woman once barren who was blessed with a child. Her response...
Christ Transforming Culture
November 24, 2019
This Sunday is the exciting conclusion of our Christ & Culture Worship series! We end with H. Richard Niebuhr’s theological...
Christ and Culture in Paradox
November 17, 2019
Jesus himself often verbalized the inherent tension between God’s Kingdom and this world in which we live. This Sunday, we delve...
Christ Above Culture
November 10, 2019
Our next worship series will explore the theologian, H. Richard Niebuhr’s idea that our time in this world currently is about...
Felons of the Faith: The Apostle Paul
October 27, 2019
Our Worship Series on Felons of the Faith will conclude this Sunday with an incredible story of imprisoned Paul pleading for the release...
Felons of the Faith: Saul of Tarsus – Radical Transformation
October 20, 2019
When we allow the Holy Spirit to work, radical things happen! Nobody in the early church would have chosen Saul as a messenger of Christ....
Felons of the Faith: Joseph, Son of Israel
October 13, 2019
Jumping back into the first book of the Bible, we discover a slightly salacious story of wrongful imprisonment about the favorite son of...
Felons of the Faith: Our Lord, Jesus
October 6, 2019
We begin our next Worship Series on Felons of the Faith with the one through whom we have faith at all: Jesus, the Christ. We often gloss...
Practical Jesus: Practice Self-Care
September 29, 2019
We can become consumed with doing, even to the point of working ourselves to death. In a culture of constant busyness, we cast aside the...
Practical Jesus: Set the Standard Yourself
September 15, 2019
People, even Christians, can spend a lot of time and energy thinking and talking about how things should be, and how others should act. ...
Practical Jesus: Money Can Be a Barrier to Your Spirituality
September 8, 2019
This Sunday’s passage might be familiar, but there is a practical aspect of Jesus’ teaching often overlooked: our material wealth can...
Practical Jesus: Stop Swearing Vows and Promises
September 1, 2019
“Do you swear?” “I swear on …” These phrases permeate our verbal culture, but Jesus strongly teaches...
Practical Jesus: Guard Your Words
August 25, 2019
Words are important. They have meaning, power, influence, and affect others in profound ways. Jesus recognizes that as people of the...
Unrealistic Expectations and Their Origins: Christians Are Not Allowed to Drink Alcohol
August 18, 2019
Many Christian denominations wrestle with abstaining from alcohol altogether or finding a healthy engagement with it. Even Methodism has...
Unrealistic Expectations and Their Origins: Christians Are All Judgmental
August 18, 2019
As we close out our Summer Worship Series this week, we end on a controversial topic: judgment. Many outside of the Church believe that...
Unrealistic Expectations and Their Origins: Christians Just Want to Convert Others
August 4, 2019
There is this underlying pressure and expectation that the best disciples of Christ will be evangelical and make other disciples. While...
Unrealistic Expectations and Their Origins: Real Christians Do Not Backslide
July 28, 2019
Real Christians are not perfect, and Jesus never expected that we would be. Instead, Jesus reveals through the Scripture lesson this...
Unrealistic Expectations and Their Origins: Christians Are Better Than Non-Christians
July 28, 2019
Often we hear the charge that we who call ourselves Christians think that we are better than others, especially non-Christians. Or the...
Unrealistic Expectations and Their Origins: Christians Cannot Believe in Science
July 14, 2019
Can a Christian believe in God and science? This Sunday our Worship Series reveals that the answer is a resounding yes, and based upon...
Unrealistic Expectations and Their Origins: Clergy Are Holier Than Lay Persons
July 7, 2019
As our Summer Worship Series continues, this week we address the notion that clergy are holier than lay persons. From where does this...
Christians Have to Forgive
June 30, 2019
Do we, who call ourselves Christians, have to forgive others? Everyone? For everything? This Sunday we examine what the Scriptures...
Christians Don’t Get Angry
June 26, 2019
This Sunday we examine a rant Jesus gives about the scribes and Pharisees, the respected religious authorities of his day. Jesus looks...
Christians Don’t Get Angry
June 16, 2019
Our Summer Worship Series will focus on some of the things we hear and the expectations placed upon us as Christians. Are they just and...
Pentecost: The Gift
June 9, 2019
Before he ascended to heaven, Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, to the disciples. Pentecost is the...
Calling, Charge & Commission: The Redemption
June 2, 2019
The Gospel is grounded in a promise, a hope, a vision in Revelation: that God is still making all things new, especially us. This is one...
Calling, Charge, & Commission: The Challenge
May 26, 2019
Can you imagine a time when people thought that Christ was not for everyone? Who is in the family of faith and who is not continues to be...
Calling, Charge, & Commission: The Commission
May 19, 2019
If you have ever heard of “The Great Commission,” then you may be aware of its power in Christianity. Millions and millions...
Calling, Charge, & Commission: The Charge
May 12, 2019
If you have ever felt overwhelmed or at a loss for what to do as a Christian, then this Sunday’s message may be speaking to you. ...
Calling, Charge, & Commission: The Calling
May 5, 2019
This Sunday we continue our exploration of the mission of the Church and our personal discipleship. We will also be offered the...
Calling, Charge, & Commission: The Mission of the Church
April 28, 2019
As we begin a new worship series, we will be exploring the mission Christ has given not only to the church, but every professing Christian:...
Go Tell The Story
April 21, 2019
There is no day more high, more holy than Easter. All of the promises of the Old Testament, all the teachings of the Gospels, and all the...
Good Friday
April 19, 2019
Good Friday is the day when Christians all over the world remember and mourn the death of our Lord and Savior upon the cross. The only...
Holy Thursday – Setting Expectations
April 18, 2019
In his correspondence with the church in Corinth, the Apostle Paul recounts for them the purpose and central place in worship of Holy...
Go Tell the Story – Palm Sunday
April 14, 2019
Jesus’ enemies recognized the power of the crowds of people and feared what would happen if they angered those who followed Jesus...
Go, Serve All Like Woman at the Well
April 7, 2019
On Sunday we turn our attention to a woman often known for her sexual sin and who has no recorded name in Scripture. Yet Jesus offers her...
Go, Serve All Like Nathan
March 31, 2019
Accountability is often maligned as a dirty word, but right relationship is willing to help us stay on course, fulfill our promises and our...
Go, Serve All Like Mordecai
March 24, 2019
You are invited to discover what can happen when we are willing to not only see potential in another, but dare to name it aloud. Such is...
Go, Serve All Like Saint Patrick
March 17, 2019
This Sunday people all over the world will celebrate the feast of Saint Patrick. While Saint Patrick lived hundreds of years after Jesus...
Go: Serve All Like Abraham
March 10, 2019
Our Lenten Worship Series begins this Sunday by looking at those in the Bible who model for us what going forth to serve all might look...
Ash Wednesday
March 6, 2019
This Ash Wednesday, we begin our spiritual time of preparation, the inward journey to grow in faith, mature in our walk with Christ, and...
Maintain the Unity of the Spirit
March 3, 2019
This Sunday, the first after Called General Conference, Pastor Sarah will share her experience and the message God has placed on her heart...
Prayers for Called General Conference
February 24, 2019
The Bible reminds us repeatedly that we are a people of prayer. As the United Methodist Church’s General Conference meets to discern a...
Human Sexuality: Scriptures under Scrutiny, Part 6
February 17, 2019
This Sunday we conclude our worship series that is exploring the Scriptures often cited in debates around human sexual expression. As the...
Human Sexuality: Scriptures under Scrutiny, Part 5
February 10, 2019
This Sunday we continue our worship series that is exploring the Scriptures often cited in debates around human sexual expression. As the...
Human Sexuality: Scriptures under Scrutiny, Part 4
February 3, 2019
This Sunday we continue our worship series that is exploring the Scriptures often cited in debates around human sexual expression. As the...
Human Sexuality: Scriptures under Scrutiny, Part 3
January 27, 2019
This Sunday we continue our worship series that is exploring the Scriptures often cited in debates around human sexual expression. As the...
Human Sexuality: Scriptures under Scrutiny, Part 2
January 20, 2019
This Sunday we begin a worship series that will explore the Scriptures that are often cited in debates around human sexual expression. As...
Human Sexuality: Scriptures under Scrutiny, Part 1
January 13, 2019
This Sunday we begin a worship series that will explore the Scriptures that are often cited in debates around human sexual expression. As...
Epiphany
January 6, 2019
Epiphany is the day when the Church recognizes the arrival of the Magi and celebrates the divine manifestation of Christ to the gentiles. ...
Go: Serve God Like Simeon
December 30, 2018
As is our tradition at Crozet United Methodist Church, we gather for worship on the fifth Sunday to pray and receive the tangible sign of...
Christmas Day 2018
December 25, 2018
“Love is patient. Love is kind…” When Paul wrote to the church in Corinth he wrote of love. Love that holds us accountable. Love that...
Christmas Eve 2018
December 24, 2018
Over 2000 years ago, Christ was born in Bethlehem for all the world. No matter we are or what we have done, it is never too late to...
Go: Serve God Like the Shepherds
December 23, 2018
If you have ever wrestled with your worthiness, then our worship this Sunday is for you! The shepherds of the night shift were not...
Go: Serve God Like the Angels
December 16, 2018
Imagine you were the angels sent to not only proclaim the birth of Jesus Christ, but do so for human beings who repeatedly break the heart...
Go: Serve God Like Joseph
December 9, 2018
In a time when men were expected to bring forth a male heir, Joseph was asked to embrace a child that was not his as his own. He risked...
Go: Serve God Like Mary
December 2, 2018
This year our season of Advent will focus on those who heeded the call of God to go and serve the Lord in doing so. We begin with Mary, a...
A Month of Martyrdom: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
November 25, 2018
Our final martyr of our worship series, is the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. All too often he is recognized by secular authorities as...
A Month of Martyrdom: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
November 18, 2018
At the 2008 General Conference, Dietrich Bonhoeffer became the first martyr to be officially recognized by the United Methodist Church. ...
A Month of Martyrdom: Joan of Arc
November 11, 2018
At the age of nineteen, Joan of Arc was accused of witchcraft, convicted of heresy, and then burned at the stake. Her crime? She heard...
A Month of Martyrdom: Saint Stephen
November 4, 2018
This month our message series will explore the mystical realm of Christianity’s martyrs. A martyr is one who is persecuted and...
Scriptural Speed Bumps: “Sell all that you own…”
October 28, 2018
As our Scriptural Speed Bumps Worship series draws to a close, we confront one final text that causes Christians to cringe: the exhortation...
Scriptural Speed Bumps: “Wives, be subject to your husbands …”
October 21, 2018
Christians in the past century have wrestled deeply with the implications of this Sunday’s Scripture. Does God set women apart and...
Scriptural Speed Bumps: “Easier for camels …”
October 14, 2018
In an era when we seek economic prosperity, Jesus’ words sting. Should we not strive to be financially secure and have an estate to...
Scriptural Speed Bumps: “You always have the poor …”
October 7, 2018
Once again Jesus, by his own words, seems to be cold and inconsiderate. Countless generations of Christians have wrestled with the...
Scriptural Speed Bumps “Let the dead bury their own dead…”
September 30, 2018
The loss of a loved one is painful and the Church recognizes the human need to mourn, so why does Jesus seem to have such a cold response...
Scriptural Speed Bumps: “Women should be silent in the churches …”
September 23, 2018
This Sunday we tackle a huge speed-bump head on: the role of women in the Church! The United Methodist Church has been ordaining women as...
Scriptural Speed Bumps: “Turn the other cheek …”
September 16, 2018
Just when we thought we had wrestled enough with the concept of “eye for an eye,” Jesus adds a whole new twist! We invite you...
Scriptural Speed Bumps: “Eye for an eye…”
September 9, 2018
When we feel wronged, then this Sunday’s text can feel like justice. However, when we are the one who had committed the wrong,...
Scriptural Speed Bumps: “Take up the cross …”
September 2, 2018
This Fall we confront those parts of the Bible we do not like, that make us uncomfortable, even embarrassed. Those verses which seem to...
Digging Deeper: Kingdom of God
August 26, 2018
Often the Kingdom of God conjures images of cities in the clouds or streets paved with gold, but the Bible paints a different picture...
Digging Deeper: Spiritual Truth
August 19, 2018
You may have heard people say every word in the Bible is true. What does that really mean? In the United Methodist Church, we believe that...
Digging Deeper: Righteousness
August 12, 2018
Righteousness is often maligned with self-righteousness, its antithesis. Yet righteousness in the Bible is meant to be the ultimate form of...
Digging Deeper: Messiah
August 5, 2018
For generations the people of God awaited the Messiah. The title has been used in countless sermons and lessons, but what does it really...
Digging Deeper: Anointing
July 29, 2018
On the fifth Sunday of the month, our church uses the biblical practice of anointing to bring God’s blessing upon all those who...
Digging Deeper: Prophecy
July 22, 2018
The confusion around prophecy creates problems for modern Christians. It has been used to pervert God’s Word, manipulate people,...
Digging Deeper: Tithe
July 15, 2018
The word “tithe” usually causes people to look down and away. It sounds more like financial slavery than a gift of liberation....
Digging Deeper: Patriarchs
July 8, 2018
We often hear reference to “the Patriarchs,” but who are they? What do they have to do with us? While God doesn’t...
Digging Deeper: Covenant
July 1, 2018
As we begin our Summer Worship Series on biblical concepts, we will be digging deeper into these terms and phrases that pop up in Christian...
Cheap Grace
June 24, 2018
As Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the pastor and theologian, wrote, the response to grace is discipleship. When we take God’s grace for...
Life Lessons
June 17, 2018
The Bible should be foundational in the life of a Christian. It complements the accumulation of knowledge gained in the formal...
Social Pressure
June 10, 2018
Social pressure is a powerful force and a potent reality. Even the prophets and God were not immune to its effects. The pressure to...
Remembering
June 3, 2018
With Pastor Sarah in Belize on mission, our Charlottesville District Superintendent, Danny Kesner leads us in worship and presents our...
Fueling Our Faith: Abstinence
May 27, 2018
Ecclesiastes says there is a time for everything under Heaven (3:1), and that includes talking about sex. Our final means of grace in our...
Pentecost: Louder!
May 20, 2018
It’s the birthday of the Church! No, not Crozet United Methodist Church, but THE Church of Christ that is bigger than any...
Fueling Our Faith: Searching the Scriptures
May 6, 2018
Have you ever seen a Bible covered in dust, languishing on a shelf, or neglected in an otherwise thriving home? If we all followed this...
Fueling Our Faith: Family and Private Prayer
April 29, 2018
This week’s means of grace is prayer both communal, corporate prayer and private, individual prayer. They are both part of...
Fueling Our Faith: The Lord’s Supper
April 22, 2018
In the United Methodist Church, the Lord’s Supper is a sacrament, an outward and tangible sign of an inward and spiritual grace...
Fueling Our Faith: The Ministry of the Word
April 15, 2018
Our second means of grace in our post-Easter Worship series is the ministry of the Word. Many Christians have a Bible, but does it work...
Fueling Our Faith: The Public Worship of God
April 4, 2018
This week we begin a new Worship series exploring the means of grace God provides through the Church, the Body of Christ. They have been...
Easter: Blessings Abound
April 1, 2018
Sometimes we take Easter for granted: “Of course, He’s risen. He’s risen every Easter.” Getting people to...
Maundy Thursday
March 29, 2018
As recorded in John’s gospel, on his last night before his betrayal and arrest, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and then gave...
Palm Sunday: The Path to Salvation, Paved with Passion
March 25, 2018
Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week, and beginning of the end of Jesus’ earthly ministry. In the tension between a triumphant...
Peter: Model Servant of Blessing
March 18, 2018
It is all too easy to dismiss this Sunday’s Scripture as a miraculous healing that we could never duplicate today, but that is to...
Philip: Model Servant of Inclusion
March 11, 2018
Issues around inclusion are not unique to the modern Church. From the very beginning questions about who is able to be part of the Church...
Esther: Model Servant of Advocacy
March 4, 2018
The story of Esther is one of justice triumphing over scheming and machinations of the hateful Haman, but even deeper within is a...
Ruth: Model Servant of Loyalty
February 25, 2018
Ruth was not one of the chosen people of Israel, but rather a Moabite, from a people despised and villainized in the Scriptures. Yet her...
Joseph: Model Servant of Forgiveness
February 18, 2018
This Lent we will discover those persons in Scripture who model what it means to love others, and see how they can help us grow in our...
What is HELL All About?
February 11, 2018
We conclude our Worship series on interesting and misunderstood topics with Hell. Our worship is not about fear, but respect and...
What is HEAVEN All About?
February 4, 2018
On this Sunday we celebrate Holy Communion, that sacramental glimpse into the feast of Heaven in the Kingdom to Come. It is fitting that...
Service of Prayer & Healing: Mary Magdalene Honors Our Lord
January 31, 2018
On this day, the eve of a new calendar year, we consider what we want to change about ourselves and our lives in the new year. After just...
What is PURGATORY All About?
January 28, 2018
Often referred to as “temporary Hell,” Purgatory is part of Roman Catholic doctrine, and not often well understood by...
What is THE RAPTURE All About?
January 14, 2018
The concept of the Rapture is not very old, only 190 years and American in origin, but it has been depicted and described in literature,...
What is FOOT WASHING All About?
January 7, 2018
This Sunday we begin a worship series that will address the topics that were suggested by members of our Church Family last summer. We...
Christmas Day
December 25, 2017
Happy Birthday Jesus! Christmas Day is one for celebration. Come join the party as we celebrate the birth of the Messiah. Associated...
Christmas Eve
December 24, 2017
The birth of the Messiah is good news for all the world. As we usher in Christmas Day, come experience the great joy HE can bring to each...
Sundays in Advent: Paul
December 24, 2017
This Sunday’s Scripture is often read at weddings, mistaken for romantic love. Some have come to recognize that the Apostle Paul...
Sundays in Advent: Micah
December 12, 2017
Out of the mouth of the prophet Micah comes three simple commands: do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God. Yet these are...
Sundays in Advent: Abraham
December 3, 2017
As we begin our journey towards the annual celebration of the birth of Jesus, our Lord, we begin with a man God called from an ordinary...
Aptitude Test: Life Application
November 26, 2017
Almost two thousand years ago, Jesus told his disciples a story about three servants who had been given incredible gifts, and what they did...
Aptitude Test: 1 Talent
November 19, 2017
Our worship this week will include examining the ways of the final servant entrusted with the gifts of God. How will be serve? Can we...
Aptitude Test: 2 Talents
November 12, 2017
We return this week to Jesus’ story about talents. This week we look at the good servant, who seeks to serve as the Master...
Aptitude Test: 5 Talents
November 5, 2017
Today we start our November Worship series, diving into the depths of a famous parable Jesus told, and we explore talents. God blesses us...
Prayers for Strength & Service
October 29, 2017
Love is not as easy as it seems. It can be difficult, even exhausting. We become exasperated with others, and struggle to endure. ...
Celebrating Our Desire to Serve Christ in Others
October 22, 2017
In worship this Sunday, we will share the commitments made last week, and celebrate what we are willing to do for others and to bring glory...
Our Commitment to the Least of These
October 15, 2017
Our Fall Worship series has been an in depth look at the word of our Lord, and the call to care for the “least of these.”...
The Prisoner
October 8, 2017
Convicted felon. Repeat offender. Former prison inmate. These are not the descriptions that often come to mind when we think of the...
The Sick
October 1, 2017
Jesus proclaimed that he came to heal. Then he sent the disciples out in pairs to heal others. He continues that with us. Not all...
The Naked
September 24, 2017
As a culture, we seemed to be obsessed with clothing. We seek out fashion, and adhere to dress codes. We use our clothing to keep warm,...
The Thirsty
September 10, 2017
This Sunday we focus upon those who are thirsty, deprived of that life-giving element we need to live: water. It is estimated that 663...
The Hungry
September 3, 2017
Our Fall Worship series invites you to dwell with Christ, and immerse yourself in his words from Matthew 25. Too often his depiction of...
Dragons & Doctrine: Salvation by Faith
August 27, 2017
We end our Summer Worship series this Sunday on a critical doctrine that explains that salvation is for everyone without any requirement...
Dragons & Doctrine: Original Sin
August 20, 2017
You may be familiar with the Roman Catholic doctrine of Original Sin, but did you know the United Methodist Church has its own...
Dragons & Doctrine: The Scriptures
August 13, 2017
Is the Bible just a book of stories going back 3,500 years ago and irrelevant to us today? The dragon of relevancy would try to persuade...
Dragons & Doctrine: The Atoning Death of Jesus
August 6, 2017
Many hear the call of the dragon that decries the death of Jesus Christ upon the cross as vile, morbid, and unnecessary. This Sunday we...
Dragons & Doctrine: The Second Coming
July 30, 2017
There are so many beliefs and doctrines in the world about the Second Coming, the return of Jesus. It can be overwhelming, not to mention...
Dragons & Doctrine: Resurrection
July 23, 2017
Does it really matter if we have a bodily resurrection? We explore that question that the Apostle Paul wrestled with as he corresponded...
Dragons & Doctrine: The Divinity of Jesus
July 16, 2017
Was Jesus just a human being like us? Or was he something more, much more? This Sunday our Summer Worship series gets to the root of...
Dragons & Doctrine: The Apostolic Church
July 9, 2017
Many people wonder about the Church, its structure, history, and purpose. Come and see how the Church of Christianity spans the globe,...
Dragons & Doctrine: The Trinity
July 2, 2017
This Sunday, we kick off our Summer Worship series: Dragons & Doctrine! Join us for one of the essential doctrines of Christianity,...
Give All You Can
June 25, 2017
As we conclude our Worship Mini Series on John Wesley’s sermon, “The Use of Money,” we discover the divine wisdom behind...
Save All You Can
June 18, 2017
We are midway through an exploration of the classic John Wesley sermon “The Use of Money.” Join us today as we delve into...
Gain All You Can
June 11, 2017
This week we start a three part mini worship series based upon a sermon preached by one of Methodism’s founding fathers: John...
Pentecost: Come Holy Spirit
June 4, 2017
Today Christians all over the world celebrate the beginning of the Church, so come and join us as we proclaim “Happy Birthday”...
Sanctifying Grace
May 28, 2017
We end our Methodism May Worship series today with the final movement of God’s grace: sanctifying grace, which changes us through...
Justifying Grace
May 21, 2017
Today we explore the second movement of God’s grace: justifying grace. It allows us to stand upright before God Most High on the...
Prevenient Grace
May 14, 2017
Prevenient grace is the first movement of God’s grace, where God comes to us even before we know how much we need grace. God...
Meet God Again in the Sacraments
May 7, 2017
Both of our Scripture texts for this Sunday reveal the foundation of the Sacraments, those tangible signs of God’s grace for us. In...
We Rest in God
April 30, 2017
As is our custom on the fifth Sunday, we will gather to be surrounded by the Holy Spirit as we pray for one another, seek the healing only...
Driving Out Doubt: An Experience of Jesus
April 23, 2017
If you ever have been misunderstood, then you will appreciate today’s Scripture about the Apostle Thomas. He has been maligned for...
Christ is Risen!
April 16, 2017
This is the day when Christians all over the world echo the proclamations of the angel that first Easter: “He has been raised.”...
A Holy Thursday
April 13, 2017
Holy Thursday Worship: On this day we commemorate Jesus’ last supper with his disciples as he washes their Feet and institutes the...
Hosanna in the Highest Heaven!
April 9, 2017
After three long, exhausting years of earthly ministry, Jesus makes his triumphant entrance into the City of David: Jerusalem. Here is...
Love Goes Out: Tangible Signs of Our Love
April 2, 2017
We are encouraged to boldly reveal our love for our Lord through the ways in which we act and speak. One of the greatest examples of this...
Love Goes Out: Fueled By Faith Within
March 26, 2017
The debate of faith and works is as old as the Church, and yet there is a link between our faith and the actions we perform in...
Love Goes Out: Love Reveals Divine Wisdom
March 19, 2017
Too often Christians are unfairly depicted as shunning wisdom, but our Bible text for Sunday’s worship reveals that displaying love...
Love Goes Out: What Love Looks Like
March 12, 2017
This Sunday’s Scripture is where Jesus tells his followers, then and now, exactly what to expect on the Day of Judgment. He shares...
Love Goes Out: Our Way of Life
March 5, 2017
What’s your life plan? God has a plan for all of us, and that plan was revealed through Christ Jesus. Our worship this morning...
Death and Dying: Death Will Be No More
February 26, 2017
This concludes our worship series on death and dying, and we could not end on a sad note. Our prophetic Scripture for today paints a...
Death and Dying: Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love
February 19, 2017
God’s grace does not end at death, but our Scripture text today reveals that there are many things that try unsuccessfully to drive a...
Death and Dying: Will Death Have the Final Word?
February 12, 2017
What happens when we die? Opinions and sayings abound, but today we discover what the Bible actually says and explore how it transforms...
Death and Dying: God Mourns with Us
February 5, 2017
Too often we fail to reflect on death from a theological position until death has come crashing into our lives, and we are in the midst of...
The Highest Blessing: A Service of Prayer and Healing
January 29, 2017
We gather to pray for those who are persecuted and suffer by human hands and through human words, and yearn for the day when God’s...
All I Ever Needed To Know I Learned in Sunday School
January 22, 2017
This week, Crozet UMC’s own Dave Oberg reminds us that Jesus loves us as he presents our message, “All I ever needed to know I...
Love Changes Everything
January 15, 2017
Our Charlottesville District Superintendent, Danny Kesner leads us in worship as we look at Mary and Joseph’s presentation of Jesus at...
Epiphany: Let Us See God!
January 8, 2017
On Epiphany, churches all over the world recall and celebrate the arrival of the wise men, whom came to honor the birth of the...
A New Season of Spirituality for a New Year
January 1, 2017
While the world celebrates the arrival of a new year, God is looking for a new season of growth and deepening of our faith. The culture...
The Grace of God Has Appeared
December 25, 2016
The family of faith gathers to sing the classic Christmas songs, taste some sweet treats, and worship! What better way for Advent and all...
Light Has Dawned
December 24, 2016
God came to us in Jesus to illuminate our lives, and overshadow our sin. Just like that first Christmas in Bethlehem, this was a time of...
Love Comes Down: Seek the glory that comes from God alone
December 18, 2016
We are so close to the epic moment when the invisible was made visible, and God took human form. God has revealed that the celebration of...
Love Comes Down: God So Loved
December 11, 2016
This week we focus on how God loves, as a perfect model for our love. There will be a twist on the classic verse of John 3:16. Just...
Love Comes Down: God is Love
December 4, 2016
Our worship theme for Advent and Christmas is “Love Comes Down.” We will dive into the Bible text that so boldly proclaimed:...
Love Comes Down: The Word Made Flesh
November 28, 2016
We start our Advent preparation with the revelation of Christ who was from the beginning. Our Scripture is infamous in the church, but...
Decisions, Division, and Unity Going Forward: God’s Transforming Love
November 20, 2016
Jesus tells us to do many things, but gloating is not one of them. Neither are we told to allow our enemies to remain that way. We have...
Decisions, Division, and Unity Going Forward: Moving Forward Together
November 13, 2016
In the wake of a highly contested presidential race, how do we as the Body of Christ model unity and what it means to move forward...
Decisions, Division, and Unity Going Forward: To Whom Do You Belong?
November 6, 2016
On this last Sunday before the elections, as tensions reach their pinnacle, we invite you to gather at the table of our Lord Jesus Christ,...
Decisions, Division, and Unity Going Forward: How Long?
October 30, 2016
This is a time when so many wait with bated breath for results. Results of medical tests, elections, job searches, and even prayers can...
Decisions, Division, and Unity Going Forward: Disagreement, Part II
October 23, 2016
Last week we began a conversation about disagreement within the community, and this week we bring it to a surprising conclusion. It is...
Decisions, Division, and Unity Going Forward: Disagreement, Part I
October 16, 2016
This Sunday we start a crucial conversation about disagreement. It happened in the Early Church between the Apostles. Come see how they...
Decisions, Division, and Unity Going Forward: Who is the Greatest?
October 9, 2016
How is greatness defined? What do we use to make decisions about which is better? Jesus gives a rubric very distinct from that of the...
Decisions, Division, and Unity Going Forward: The Battle Over Words
October 2, 2016
This Sunday’s Scripture urges us to be mindful not to “wrangle over words,” but we have been in a cultural season of...
The Windows of Heaven
September 25, 2016
Today’s text reveals God’s anger at thinking we can squander all that we have for ourselves. God condemns the selfishness of...
Obedience and Generosity to Glorify God
September 18, 2016
God has need of nothing and so chooses to graciously give to us. Our gifts to God are about honoring and praising God, rather than...
The Law of Tithes
September 11, 2016
If someone let’s us borrow something, then it is our custom and proper to give it back. This whole world is God’s, given to...
One-Tenth of Everything
September 4, 2016
Why should our blessing end with us? God does not bless us for that to be the end. Instead the very first book of the Bible shows us...
Faith In Action
August 28, 2016
The world wants us to be quiet about the things God has to say, but we are called to a different place. We are called to put our faith into...
Mission Moments
August 21, 2016
God empowers all people, of every age, to be vessels of truth, power, and grace. This Sunday our youth will take a central role in our...
The Cost of Faith
August 14, 2016
Faith is not free. To the contrary, faith comes at high cost. Jesus suffered and died, paying the ultimate price to bring us the...
Great Expectations: Worshiping the Lord
August 7, 2016
Is there really a tie between how we worship and how we live as disciples? God’s Word in Scripture says yes! Worship is where we...
God’s Healing: Prayer and Anointing
July 31, 2016
Our pain reverberates within God. Christ came to us in human form: suffering as we do, and struggling in the same ways. We come to...
Teach Us To Pray
July 24, 2016
This week we look at the historical origin of our prayers.
Who We Are
July 17, 2016
We look today at affirmations and creeds; where they come from and how they influence us. In fact, these affirmations and creeds help...
Shock Value: To See, Hear, Feel, and Know Differently
July 10, 2016
The prophet, Amos, was told many disturbing and shocking things by the Lord, and instructed to share them with God’s people. The...
Welcome Pastor Sarah Wastella
July 3, 2016
Today we welcome Pastor Sarah Wastella to Crozet UMC.