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This week’s sermon:
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Past Livestreams:
“Christian Mythology Enriches and Deepens our Christian Faith” – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 9/29/2024
“Birthing Has Many Faces (Two Birth Stories)” – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 9/22/2024
“Reconciling the Two Creation Stories” – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 9/15/2024
BMU at Oakland Pride Parade 2024 – Worship for 9/8/2024
“Needing a Job? Honest Labor, Honorable Pay – For the Laborer” – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 9/1/2024
“Disempowering the Money God” (Week 3) – with Lee Marrs and Naomi Sanchez. Worship for 8/25/2024
“Disempowering the Money God” (Week 2) – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 8/18/2024
Disempowering the Money God (Week 1) – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 8/11/2024
Guest Speakers: Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals – Worship for 7/28/2024
“It’s Not One or the Other” Celebrating our graduates – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 7/21/2024
“Questions of the People: Canonization of the Bible” – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 7/14/2024
Why is helping others the right thing to do? Building Black hair and skin care kits for foster kids – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 7/7/2024
Questions of the People: “Is Sex Outside of Marriage Sinful?” – With Rev. Pam. Worship for 6/30/2024
Questions of the People: “Did Jesus Really Forbid Divorce?” – With Rev. Dr. Judith Pruess-Mellow (Ret.) – Worship for 6/23/24
Questions of the People: “Is God Really Omnipotent?” With Rev. Dr. Judith Pruess-Mellow – Worship for 6/16/2024
Bazaar Worship Service, “A Story from the Heart” with Rev. Pam. Worship for 6/2/2024
Questions of the People: Tackling the Nature of Hell – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 5/26/2024
Whether 3000 or 300 or 3, The Holy Spirit Breathed and it Was So – with Rev. Pam. Worship for Pentecost 5/19/2024
Questions of the People: Infallibility (Inerrancy), Literalism; Scripture and our Faith in Jesus as the Christ – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 5/12/2024
Questions of the People: All You Need is Love (Really??) – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 5/5/2024
Stories of Faith – with Rev. Michael Yoshii – Worship for 4/28/2024
Questions of the People 2 – Atonement Theory 2 – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 4/21/2024
Questions of the People 1 – Atonement Theory 1 – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 4/14/2024
“The Joke’s On Us” – Holy Humor Sunday 2024 – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 4/7/2024
Easter! with Rev. Pam. Worship for 3/31/2024
Good Friday 2024, Overheard: Mary and John Part 6 of 6 – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 3/29/2024
Palm/Passion Sunday 2024! – with Rev. Pam Worship for 3/24/2024
Lent 5 Overheard: The Two Thieves Part 5 of 6 – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 3/17/2024
Lent 4 Overheard: Pilate & Procula Part 4 of 6 – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 3/10/2024
Lent 3 Overheard: Simon and the Centurion Part 3 of 6 – with Rev. Pam. Worship for 3/3/2024
Lent 2 Overheard: Barabbas & Caiaphas Part 2 of 6 – with Rev. Pam Worship for 2/25
Lent 1 Overheard: Malchus & Mark Part 1 of 6 – with Rev. Pam Worship for 2/18/2024; Day of Remembrance.
“Get Up & Don’t Be Afraid” – Spiritual Affective Disorder Week 6 – with Rev. Pam Worship for 2/11/2024
“Leave Room for Dessert” – “Spiritual Affective Disorder” Week 5 of 6 – Worship for 2/4/2024
“Little Altars Everywhere” – “Spiritual Affective Disorder” Week 4 of 6 and guest speaker Adam Manasra – with Rev. Pam Worship for 1/28/2024
“Make My Day” – “Spiritual Affective Disorder” Week 3 of 6, and Building Winter Necessities Kits – with Rev. Pam Worship for 1/21/2024
“To Soothe the Soul“- “Spiritual Affective Disorder” Week 2 of 6 and Guests from AFS Foster Care with Rev. Pam – Worship for 1/14/2024
“Flip the Switch” “Spiritual Affective Disorder” Week 1 of 6 – with Rev. Pam – Worship for 1/7/2024
Being the “Dwelling” with Rev. Pam – Worship for 12/31/2023
The Inn with Rev. Pam – Worship for Christmas Eve 12/24/2023!
A Room with a View Towards (Love) with Rev. Pam – Worship for 12/17/2023
Cookies, Cocoa, and Carols 2023! 12/15/2023
How Much is Enough Joy? (Is there such a thing as too much joy) with Rev. Pam – Worship for 12/10/2023
A Place at the Table for Peace with Rev. Pam – Worship for 12/3/2023
Making Room (Hope) with Dr. Chaitanya Motupalli – Worship for 11/26/2023
Respect & Gratitude with Rev. Pam – Worship for 11/19/2023 (sorry, recording not available)
Choir Blast 2023 songs, remastered sound by Tak Israels
Choir Blast 2023 “What the World Need Now Is Love” – 11/12/2023
Remembering Our Ancestors/All Saints Day with Rev. Pam – Worship for 11/5/2023
How Do We Follow a God of Love Who Seemingly Supports War? with Rev. Pam – Worship for 10/29/2023
Forgiveness: Practicing Revolutionary Love with Rev. Jojo V. Gabuya – Worship for 10/22/2023
Still Working on it…! with guest speaker Burt P. Yin – Worship for 10/15/2023
The Business of Forgiveness with Rev. Pam – Worship for 10/08/2023
God’s Promises of Joy with Rev. Pam – Worship for World Communion Sunday 10/1/2023
Making Period Packs with Rev. Pam – Worship for 9/24/2023
Mistakes, the Gifts that Keep on Giving with Rev. Pam – Worship for 9/17/2023
BMUC at Oakland Pride Parade with Rev. Pam – 9/10/2023
When Did Rest Become One of the 7 Deadly Sins? with Rev. Pam – Worship for 9/3/2023
‘Busyness’ is Not a Badge of Honor with Rev. Pam – Worship for 8/27/2023
Good Samaritan with Rev. Pam – Godly Play-style Worship for 8/20/2023
Jonah, the Prophet: Getting Called by God with Rev. Pam – Godly Play-style Worship for 8/13/2023
Assembling School Kits with Rev. Pam 8/6/2023
Dealing with Should-ing with Dr. Chaitanya Motupalli 7/30/2023
Don’t Let Others ‘Should’ on You with Rev. Pam. 7/23/2023
It’s a New Day When God Moves into the Neighborhood: Welcoming a member and bidding farewell to a member, with Rev. Pam – Worship for 7/16/2023
Mike Williams’ Retirement from Sunday School with Rev. Pam. 7/9/2023
UMCOR Sunday with Rev. Pam. Outdoor service and potluck 7/2/2023
Rejoice Always?? with Rev. Judith Pruess-Mellow – Worship for 6/18/2023
By Water and the Spirit: Celebrating Baptism with Rev. Pam – Worship for 6/11/2023
Turning of the Tide with Dr. Chaitanya Motupalli. Worship for 5/28/2023
Decision and Choices: Celebrating our Graduates with Rev. Pam. Worship for 5/21/2023
Nevertheless, She Persisted with Conference Lay Leader, Tyree Johnson – Worship for 5/14/2023
Best Laid Plans with Rev. Pam remotely from Germany. Worship for 5/7/2023
Amazing Grace with Rev. Michael Yoshii – Worship for 4/30/2023
Pilgrim Journey to Emmaus with Rev. Pam. Worship for 4/23/2023
Holy Humor Sunday with Rev. Pam. 4/16/2023 (Please excuse the quality of the recording, since we had to use phones to record this week.)
A Good Enough Faith – with Rev. Pam. Series, Good Enough #8 Easter 4/9/2023
Mourning What Might Have Been – with Rev. Pam. Series, Good Enough #7 Good Friday 4/7/2023
We Are a Group Project – with Rev. Pam. Series, Good Enough #6 Palm/Passion Sunday 4/2/2023
We Are Fragile -with Rev. Pam. Lenten series, Good Enough #5 3/26/2023
We often Believe We are the Problem – with Rev. Pam. Lenten series, Good Enough #4 3/19/2023
Stop… Rest… Wait… Renewal… – with Rev. Pam. Lenten series, Good Enough #3. 3/12/2023
So much in life is out of our control…. let it go with Rev. Pam. Lenten series, Good Enough #2. 3/5/2023
Ordinary Lives are Holy, with Rev. Pam. Lenten series, Good Enough #1. 2/26/2023
Ash Wednesday, with Rev. Pam 2/22/2023
Day of Remembrance, guest speaker Greg Suzuki. 2/19/2023
Body Parts: You Put Your Left Arm In with Rev. Pam. Creativity Series – 4th Sunday – Reintegrating. 2/12/2023
Listening: The Curious Case of the Edsel with Rev. Pam. Creativity Series – 3rd Sunday – Listening. February 5, 2023
Risking is a Partnership, Not a Private Affair with Rev. Pam. Creativity Series – 2nd Sunday – Risking. January 29, 2023
Dreaming God’s Dream with Rev. Pam. Creativity Series – 1st Sunday – Dreaming. January 1/22/2023
Assembling Sock Kits with Rev. Pam. January 15, 2023
“Known by the Light: Called to Joy” with Rev. Pam. January 8, 2023
New Year’s Day Believe This: The Time Has Come. on YouTube. Believe This: the Time Has Come with Rev. Pam. I Believe Series #7. January 1, 2022
Christmas Day The Prince of Peace Is Comeon YouTube with Rev. Pam. I Believe Series #6. December 25, 2022
Christmas Eve. with Rev. Pam. I Believe Series #5. December 24, 2022
Christmas Choir Cantata. Music Director Naomi Sanchez. December 18, 2022
I Believe in the Light: Illuminating Peace with Rev. Pam. I Believe Series #4. December 11, 2022
Cookies and Carols 2022! December 9, 2022
Advent 3 – I Believe in God: Ode to Joy with Rev. Pam. I Believe Series #3. December 4, 2022
Advent 2– I Believe in Love: Daring Right Relationship with Dr. Chai Motupalli. I Believe Series #2. November 27, 2022
Advent 1- I Believe in the Sun: Hope for Tomorrow with Rev. Pam. I Believe Series #1. Membership Sunday. November 20, 2022
Service project Hygiene Kit Assembly with Rev. Pam. November 13, 2022
A Single Life with Rev. Pam. November 6, 2022
Methodists: Grounded in Faith, Persistent in Justice with Rev. Pam.
Methodists: Making… Made… Moving… series #4 October 30, 2022
Methodist is a Verb: Faith and Love in Action with Rev. Pam.
Methodists: Making… Made… Moving… series #3 October 23, 2022
Methodists: Disciplined, Radical Living with Rev. Pam. Methodists: Making… Made… Moving… series #2 October 16, 2022 Choir singing
Methodists: The History of an Accidental Christian Denomination with Rev. Pam . Methodists: Making… Made… Moving… series #1. October 9, 2022
World Communion Amid Public Opinion with Rev. Pam. October 2, 2022
Hearing from Our Missionaries to Paradise, CA with Rev. Pam and Mike Williams. September 25, 2022
Assembling Period Packs Outside with Rev. Pam. September 18, 2022
Pride: The Legacy of Persistent Faith and Justice with Rev. Pam. September 11, 2022
BMUC at the Oakland Pride Parade September 4, 2022. Sorry for the sound quality!
Beyond the Fear, #8 in the series, “Bread, Bath and Beyond” with Rev. Pam.
August 28, 2022
Beyond the Hype, #7 in the series, “Bread, Bath and Beyond” with Rev. Pam. August 21, 2022
Beyond the Chaos, #6 in the series, “Bread, Bath and Beyond” with Rev. Pam. August 14, 2022
Beyond the Boundaries. #5 in the series, “Bread, Bath and Beyond” with Rev. Pam. August 8, 2022
Beyond the Horizon. #4 in the series, “Bread, Bath and Beyond” with Rev. Pam. July 31, 2022
Beyond Belief. #3 in the series, “Bread, Bath and Beyond” with Rev. Pam. July 24, 2022
Living Water Transforms Us. #2 in the series, “Bread, Bath and Beyond” with Rev. Pam July 17, 2022
Sharing the Bread of Life: An Act of Resistance. #1 in the series, “Bread, Bath and Beyond” with Rev. Pam. July 10, 2022
If at First You Don’t Succeed, our first Sunday with our new pastor, Rev. Pamela L. Kurtz. July 3, 2022
Saying Goodbye, Rev. Craig’s last Sunday with BMUC. June 26, 2022
Love Without End, Amen with Rev. Craig. June 19, 2022
(No BMU service on June 12 due to Annual Conference)
What You Leave Behind with Rev. Craig. June 5, 2022
How Are the Children? with guest speaker District Superintendent Rev. Staci Current. May 29, 2022
Look Up to the Hills with guest speaker Dr. Chaitanya Motupalli. May 22, 2022
Come Unto Me with guest speaker Rev. Michael Yoshii. May 15, 2022
Getting to Know You: sharing about our moms with Lay Speakers. Mother’s Day. May 8, 2022
It Takes a Village with Rev. Craig. Kids’ Day. May 1, 2022
Seven Last Words with Rev. Craig. April 24, 2022
Seeing is Believing with Rev. Craig. Easter April 17, 2022
NJAUMC Joint Good Friday Service. April 15, 2022
Greg Suzuki Day with Rev. Craig. April 10, 2022
The Difficult Words of Jesus with Rev. Mike Friedrich. April 3rd, 2022
Who Are You? with Rev. Craig. The Ferris Bueller Factor series #3. March 27th, 2022
Ferris Bueller’s World with Rev. Craig. The Ferris Bueller Factor series #2. March 20th, 2022
The Bell Curve with Rev. Craig. The Ferris Bueller Factor series #1. March 13, 2022
Let It Be with Rev. Craig. March 6, 2022.
Good Men do Nothing with Rev. Craig. February 27, 2022
Watchman, what is left of the night? with Dr. Chaitanya “Chai” Motupalli. February 20, 2022
As You Wish with Rev. Craig. The Princess Bride series #3. February 13, 2022
Life Is Pain with Rev. Craig. The Princess Bride series #2. February 6, 2022
Inconceivable! with Rev. Craig. The Princess Bride series #1. January 30, 2022
Slingshot 2.0 with Rev. Craig. January 23, 2022
The Other America with Rev. Craig. January 16, 2022
Escaping the Death Star with Rev. Craig. January 9, 2022
Being Christian in a Secular World with Cassie Crossley. January 2, 2022
Love Thy Neighbor with Rev. Craig. December 26, 2021
The Meaning of Christmas with Rev. Craig. Christmas Eve, December 24, 2021
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them with Rev. Craig. The True Meaning of Christmas series #4. December 19, 2021
Cookies and Carols with Naomi Sanchez. Friday, December 17, 2021
The Sound of Music with Rev. Craig. The True Meaning of Christmas series #3. December 12, 2021
Believing the Unbelievable with Rev. Craig. The True Meaning of Christmas series #2. December 5, 2021
Festivus for the Rest of Us! with Rev. Craig. The True Meaning of Christmas series #1. November 28, 2021
Meatloaf and Other Things in the Fridge with Rev. Craig. Give to Live series #3. November 21, 2021
Does God Want Me to Be Poor? with Rev. Craig. Give to Live series #2. November 14, 2021
Why Give? with Rev. Craig. Give to Live series #1. November 7, 2021
The One Millionth Question with Rev. Craig. First hybrid In-person and online service. Disney Dreams series #3, October 24, 2021
We Create Happiness with Rev. Craig. Disney Dreams series #2, October 17, 2021
The Billion-Dollar Mistake with Rev. Craig. Disney Dreams series #1, October 10, 2021
Giving with Rev. Michael Yoshii. Circle of Concern and Response series #5, October 3, 2021
Engagement with Rev. Michael Yoshii. Circle of Concern and Response series #4, September 26, 2021
Study/Education with Rev. Michael Yoshii. Circle of Concern and Response series #3. September 19, 2021
Advocacy with Rev. Michael Yoshii. Circle of Concern and Response series #2. September 12, 2021
Prayer with Rev. Michael Yoshii. Circle of Concern and Response series #1, September 5, 2021
The Hamster Wheel of Life August 29, 2021
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Craig Got Prayer? part 3 of 3, How we should pray. August 22, 2021
Genie in a Bottle Got Prayer? part 2 of 3, How not to pray. August 15, 2021
Does God Answer Prayer? Got Prayer? part 1 of 3, Efficacy of prayer. August 8, 2021
Living Waters, August 1, 2021
Wadi Foquin Lamentation, Guest Speaker Deacon Mike Friedrich. July 25, 2021
July 18, 2021: Born this Way
July 11, 2021: Ignorance Isn’t Bliss
July 4, 2021: A Twist on American History
June 20, 2021: Parenting Myths of the Bible
June 6, 2021: How Chocolate Chip Cookies Can Save the Church
May 30, 2021: iCloud
May 23, 2021: What if God Were Black?
May 16, 2021: The Pick-Up Cart
May 9, 2021: A Mother’s Heart
May 2, 2021: You Are Not Alone
April 25, 2021: It’s Not Fair
April 18, 2021: Good People Don’t Go to Heaven
April 11, 2021: God’s Bell Curve
April 4, 2021: Easter! Imagine
March 28, 2021: Palm Sunday The Downfall of John Kreese
March 21, 2021: Fear Is the Mind Killer
March 14, 2021: The Easy Way Out
March 7, 2021: The Devil Made Me Do It
February 28, 2021: Trouble the Narrative with Rev. Staci Current
February 21, 2021: Joint NJAUMC Day of Remembrance with Bishop Roy Sano
February 14, 2021: All You Need Is Love
February 7, 2021: The God Test
January 31, 2021: The Blind Spot
January 24, 2021: A Few Bad Apples
January 17, 2021: He or Me?
January 10, 2021: Truly Holy Cows
January 3, 2021: The 12th Day of Christmas
December 27, 2020: Doubt guest speaker Cassie Crossley
December 24, 2020: Christmas Eve, Hello, My Name Is Jesus
December 20, 2020: The Unreliable Bible
December 13, 2020: Where Do Babies Come From?
December 6, 2020: The Truth Is Out There
November 29, 2020: Atheists Are People, Too
November 22, 2020: Humble Pie… A New Thanksgiving Dessert?
November 20, 2020: Virtual Choir Blast
November 15, 2020: Rev. Craig was on vacation and we visited sister churches for worship.
November 8, 2020: Do Dogs Go to Heaven?
November 1, 2020: Come to the Table
October 25, 2020: More than Chicken Soup
October 18, 2020: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
October 11, 2020: Cradle to Grave
October 4, 2020: Until That Day…
September 27, 2020: Red State, Blue State
September 20, 2020: All-Conference service of Ordination and Commissioning
September 13, 2020: Tomorrowland
September 6, 2020: Stay in Love with God: the Third Rule
August 30, 2020: Do Good: the Second Rule
August 23, 2020: Do No Harm: the First Rule
August 16, 2020: What If?
August 9, 2020: What Really Matters
August 2, 2020: Line Item Giving
July 26, 2020: Same, Same But Different
July 19, 2020: A Single Word
July 12, 2020: Life Is a Team Sport
July 4, 2020: Happy Birthday, America?
June 28, 2020: Goodbye Rev. Angel
June 21, 2020: Father’s Day, Fishing with God
June 21, 2020: Music video Tribute to Fathers and new Parents/Grandparents
June 14, 2020: Sermon by Rev. Angel
June 7, 2020: Trinity Sunday with Rev. Angel
May 31, 2020: Pentecost with DS Rev. Staci Current
May 24: 2020: We Are the Church
May 17, 2020: The Courage to Stay Home
May 10, 2020: Mother’s Day
May 3, 2020: Minister Angel’s sermon Kid’s Day and God As Our Shepherd
April 26, 2020: Finding God in a Crisis
April 19, 2020: The Fierce Urgency of Now
April 12, 2020, Easter: A New Day Is Dawning and Flowering of the Cross
April 5, 2020, Palm Sunday: I Am an American
March 29, 2020: We Can Pray
March 22, 2020: When the Walls Fall Down
March 15, 2020: 1 vs. 99
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Let’s keep each other in our prayers and stay safe!
