Cicero United Methodist Church Syndication http://ciceroumc.com/cms Mon, 21 May 2012 07:44:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/733/67/ I was returning early one morning this spring from a weekend of grandchildren events in Virginia, turned on the radio and heard the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:36:07 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/730/67/   Sharon and I had an exciting celebrity spotting this past year. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:23:54 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/729/67/ A preacher from Nacogdoches, Texas wrote about a young woman in his church named Mollie, who graduated in June after a tumultuous senior year. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:11:09 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/728/67/ Reader: let us pray. Holy Spirit, come into this place and speak through these scriptures in some new way. Let our hearts and minds be open, and let us truly listen. Amen. (opens the Bible) Sermons - 2011 Sermons Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:27:57 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/727/67/ A woman went to the police station to report that her husband was missing. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:25:17 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/726/67/ Of the many evolutions that take place in the Bible, one of the deepest is the evolving understanding of the true nature of love. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:43:32 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/724/67/ On Pentecost Sunday, forty days after Easter, a great power came upon the disciples of Jesus. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:32:45 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/723/67/ After God created the first man and the first woman, according to the great mythical story in the Bible, He placed them in the Garden of Eden Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:52:04 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/722/67/ This past May 1 President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a Navy Seal attack in Pakistan. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:55:28 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/720/67/ The story of Jesus is told four times in the Bible, by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:46:50 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/718/67/ On this Pentecost Sunday, as we begin another emphasis in the church year, it is fitting that we stop to look at the church of the Pentecost and see how we're doing by comparison. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:07:36 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/717/67/ The story we read this morning is one of the favorites in scripture, because it stands en its own as an episode from Jesus' childhood. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:14:22 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/715/67/ Aisne-Marne cemetery in France contains the gravestones of over 2200 American soldiers who fought and died in that strategic vicinity during World War 1. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Tue, 31 May 2011 07:11:22 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/714/67/ Recently while watching one of our favorite shows, Dancing with the Stars, we watched one of the dancing couples compete while dancing their version of the Rumba. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 23 May 2011 09:44:24 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/711/67/ So we are in the middle of this Dancing theme and today I'm going to talk briefly about the Two Step. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 09 May 2011 11:55:32 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/709/67/     Someone sent me a story about a crotchety old man who lived with his wife in the back woods of Tennessee. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:18:37 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/707/67/ What if there was no Palm Sunday? That seems like a legitimate question to ask, because, on the surface, Palm Sunday had little lasting effect. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:36:53 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/706/126/ PROVERBS 3:5 9----“Trust in the LORD with All thine heart; and lean not unto your own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths.” This Lenten season we think of God’s greatness and all that he has done for us. Devotions for Lent - Lenten Devotions Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:29:03 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/704/67/ Over the last several years, Reader's Digest has published some really strange stuff from the lives of ordinary people. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:31:13 +0100 http://ciceroumc.com/cms/content/view/700/67/ Imagine that you are not here yet - you will be born, say, in the year 2030. Sermons - 2011 Sermons Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:36:34 +0100