Liberty Hill United Methodist Church

07/30/2024

Changes are happening at Liberty Hill United Methodist Church! Please join us in welcoming our new Pastor, Brother Jack McMahon! Time for Sunday services have been changed to 9am. Come join us, you will be glad you did!

07/01/2024

My final service from Liberty Hill UMC, June 30th, 2024

It has been an honor to serve this beautiful church and these wonderful people. May God continue to be glorified through them as they continue their race.

Message from Liberty Hill UMC, June 30, 2024

06/17/2024

On this Father’s Day, I remember the encouragement I always received from my father whenever I faced a difficult task: “It builds character!”
As we continue our look at 2 Timothy, we see the character building, fatherly advice and encouragement Paul had the for the man he would refer to as “my son”.

Message from Liberty Hill UMC, June 16th, 2024

06/10/2024

If you knew your time on this earth was short, what would you want to say before you go. For the Apostle Paul, we find that out in 2 Timothy.

We look at the first chapter of this letter in “To My Beloved”

Message from Liberty Hill UMC, June 9th, 2024

06/03/2024

We are humble vessels, containing a great treasure.

Message from Liberty Hill UMC, Sunday, June 2, 2024

03/31/2024

Getting the girls in bed this evening, they were naturally super excited about Easter. Especially to see what was in their Easter baskets.

As happy as I am as a father to see them look forward to the day, I felt I should remind them that, as great as whatever they receive is sure to be, it’s nowhere near as exciting as what we are celebrating.

It’s hard for them to try and grasp the resurrection. At their age, the foreverness of death is difficult enough. Much less victory over death.

This is why I feel so strongly about Good Friday, and it’s often overlooked importance. We are a resurrected people because of His death.

Throughout the week I have been posting about Holy Week, with depictions from art, on the Liberty Hill United Methodist Church page. For Good Friday, I tried to capture a visual timeline of the day, from Christ’s arrest, to His final breath.

We looked through these images, talking about the story behind each moment, and they seemed to better understand, as much as they could, Jesus’ sacrifice for us. Not just a quick moment, but a prolonged and voluntary suffering.

They felt the sadness at seeing the final picture. But then, looked forward with hope to tomorrow. Not for the silly, fun parts of Easter. But to His death being over. To celebrating His victory. Like anticipating the part of a movie where the hero comes back from certain defeat and you get a happy ending.

As you go about your busy Easter, I invite you to revisit Good Friday. Look over the images from Holy Week, and remind your children, and yourselves, of how we got to the empty tomb. It may seem like a downer, but I think you’ll find it gives your family all the more reason to celebrate.

Without the cross, the tomb is simply an empty hole in the earth. With it, it is the greatest story of the victory of God’s love.

03/29/2024

3pm -

”At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is translated, "my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, "Behold, He is calling for Elijah." Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down." And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last. And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"“
‭‭Mark‬ ‭15‬:‭34‬-‭39‬

It is finished. Our sins forgiven. A debt, paid. not for profit, but for love.

Behold, the cost:

03/29/2024

Luke 23:44-45
It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

03/29/2024

It is now the hour of the crucifixion.

”Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him. They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head. After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him. As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross. And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink. And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting lots. And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there. And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, "THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."“
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭27‬:‭27‬-‭37‬ NASB

03/29/2024

As morning breaks, Jesus is brought before Pilate, who asks Him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

As the priests send Him to the cross, and His own disciple denies Him, it is the Roman governor who will unknowingly acknowledge His title.

03/29/2024

It is early morning on Good Friday.

”Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.“
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭57‬

Those who waited for a messiah will put Him to death. May His followers pray