Adams United Methodist Church

03/30/2026

09/29/2025

Week 1 of Sermon Series Both/And: Heart & Head

Mark 12:30-31
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] There is no commandment greater than these.”

Acts 8:26-30

26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a] eu**ch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

Having faith is not just about believing the right things or feeling a certain way. Faith in Jesus brings together both head and heart, understanding and experience.

Join us for worship on October 5th at 10 a.m.

09/29/2025

Join us for worship this Sunday, October 5th, at 10 am for our new sermon series, Both/And.

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09/14/2025

09/06/2025

Pastor Martin Niemöller is best known for writing First They Came—one of the most famous poems about the Holocaust—but he is a complicated figure. Initially an antisemitic N**i supporter, his views changed when he was imprisoned in a concentration camp for speaking out against N**i control of churches. He later encouraged Germans to take responsibility for N**i atrocities.

'I had to tell him, "Dear brother, fellow man, Jew, before you say anything, I say to you: I acknowledge my guilt and beg you to forgive me and my people for this sin.”'
– Sermon in Erlangen, Germany 1946

Read more:
https://hmd.org.uk/resource/pastor-martin-niemoller-hmd-2021/

09/03/2025

Join us for worship this Sunday, September 7, for a new sermon series titled 'Obstacles to Peace.'
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God,” (Matt. 5:9). But in a world divided by conflict, violence, and war, there is so much that gets in the way. This series delves into some of the common obstacles to peacemaking – complacency, resentment, and violence – leading us first to receive Christ’s peace in our own spirits and then get to the hard work of making peace in the world.

09/02/2025

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

James 1:22-25
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

Most, if not all of us, check the mirror before leaving the house. We do it to ensure our hair is in place, our shoes match our pants, and that our clothes fit correctly and look good on us. The point of looking in the mirror is to correct what looks wrong with us. God's word acts as a mirror that reflects our sinful nature. When we choose not to be fazed by our reflection that is distorted by our sin, we rebel against God. The sin in our lives leads to alienation, guilt, shame, and causes emotional and spiritual harm. When we commit to fully following Jesus and turn from our sin, we experience true joy and peace. The Epistle of James encourages us to love one another, to live out our faith in our actions and speech, and to walk humbly with God.