Sermons
4-12-20 “There They Will See Me”
Click here for 4/12/20 Bulletin April 12, 2020 Mathew 28:1-11 Pastor Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Upper St. Croix Parish UMC “There They Will See Me” “Hallelujah! Christ is risen! He has risen!” We had many plans for Easter Sunday service, such as adjusting service time with three churches, ordering Easter flowers, and sunrise service and breakfast…
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April 5th Bulletin April 5, 2020 Mathew 21:1-11; 26:6-30 Pastor Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Upper St. Croix Parish UMC “With the Two Palms, We Have” Today is Palm Sunday, when is the Sunday before Easter. We customarily celebrate the Triumphal Entry of Jesus to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, which occurred on Sunday of Passion Week. Palm…
Read More3-29-20 “Is it Not the Time Yet?”
https://upperstcroixparish.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3-29-2020-Bulletin.pdf Click to open Bulletin for 3-29-20 March 29th, 2020 John 11:1-44 Pastor Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Upper St. Croix Parish UMC “Is it Not the Time Yet?” Experiencing the situation of the pandemic COVID 19, we see many deaths every single day. Hearing how more people died today than yesterday, we may feel…
Read More3-22-20 “Everything is the Grace of God”
3-22-2020 Bulletin (1) Click above link for the 3/22/20 Bulletin March 22nd, 2020 John 9:1-41 Pastor Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Upper St. Croix Parish UMC “Everything is the Grace of God” Peace and grace of God be with you. I keep you in my prayers that you may be in good health and that all may…
Read More3-8-20 “Being Born From Above”
March 8th, 2020 John 3:1-17 Pastor Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Upper St. Croix Parish UMC “Being Born From Above” There was a man, a rustic itinerant preacher. He changed water to wine at a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and he dramatically cleaned the temple in Jerusalem. Many people saw the miraculous sign of the…
Read More3-1-20 “The Wilderness, God Dwells With Us”
March 1st, 2020 Matthew 4:1-11 Pastor Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Upper St. Croix Parish UMC The Wilderness, God Dwells With Us Today’s scripture shows us the temptation of Jesus Christ in the wilderness. The wilderness was where Israelites wandered to seek the Promised Land for forty years. The wilderness is where we are living in to…
Read More2-26-20 Ash Wednesday “Why Do We Have the Lent for 40 Days?
February 26th, 2020 Pastor Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Upper St. Croix Parish UMC “Why Do We Have the Lent for 40 Days? Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins from today, Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday, April 11th. The word Lent is from the Anglo-Saxon word, “lencten,” which means…
Read More2-23-20 “When the Lord’s Thoughts and Ours are Different”
February 23rd, 2020 Matthew 17:1-9 Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Upper St. Croix Parish UMC “When the Lord’s Thoughts and Ours are Different” When we pray to God with concerns and many anxieties, we sometimes experience that God does not answer us. Instead, we feel that God keeps silent. So, we often ask God, “O…
Read More2-12-20 & 2-16-20 “We are God’s Church”
February 12th & 16th, 2020 1 Corinthians 3:9-15 Pastor Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Upper St. Croix Parish UMC We are God’s Church. Here is a blank and white paper, which means there is nothing on it. Sometimes we give our kids a paper to make them calm during service. And then they could pay attention…
Read More2-9-20 “Harmony between the Law and Love”
February 9th, 2020 Matthew 5:13-20 Pastor Jenny Lee, Ph.D. Harmony between the Law and Love When I was in Chicago, Illinois, one thing that made me confused was traffic signs. Among the traffic signs, I was confused by the sign of the left turn and the stop sign. As you may know, Chicago is one…
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