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Reach Out & Live: First-Plymouth (20th & D)

Sermons and worship from the 9:00/10:30 am service at First-Plymouth at 20th & D.

We make choices every day, and the ancients were no different. The choices we make for ourselves impact the lives of those around us. Choosing life for ourselves should not come at the expense of life for our neighbors. This week, Pastor JC invites us to

Steadfast, humble and joyful: Three key virtues in a disrupted world “Polycrisis” is a term that became popular in the early 2020s as a way to refer to the overlapping effects of such things as: Covid, war, surging debt levels, inflation, climate chan

Aug 31, 2025 4:00 AM America/Chicago

Unforgetting - August 31, 2025 - Rev. Juan Carlos - Sermon

Remembering is a key theme through the story of faith and yet we know how is easy it is to forget. This week in the midst of our current situation we are called to take a moment and to remember where we have seen God at work in our lives. Along the way we

Aug 24, 2025 5:30 AM America/Chicago

Reparation - August 24, 2025 - Rev. Juan Carlos - Sermon

So much around us is in need of repair, so much in our own souls too! Acknowledging this need and embarking on that journey is not easy and yet again and again we are called to it. This week Pastor JC invites us to consider repair, within ourselves, in ou

Aug 24, 2025 4:00 AM America/Chicago

I See You - August 24, 2025 - Pastor Jim - Sermon

"I see you" is an informal idiom used to express several things, including acknowledgement, understanding, admiration, or support. It's a way of recognizing someone's efforts, understanding their situation, or appreciating their qualities. It feels good t

Aug 10, 2025 5:30 AM America/Chicago

Faith on Earth - August 10, 2025 - Pastor Jim - Sermon

This weekend, Dr. Jim Keck will preach a sermon titled "Faith on Earth," grounded in Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-10—a stirring passage that reminds us that faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. From Abraham’s bold journe

Greed is prevalent around us. It is easy to point at others, at the billionaire class, at the politicians, or big business, and yet those examples are the fruit of a culture that seems to never be satisfied, always wanting more no matter what the cost. Wh

From the Gospels to the book of Revelation we have the continuation of one of the great stories about us, about the world, and about God. This narrative journey is rooted in stories that are thousands of years old and now in a few hundred years take on a

It is easy to feel isolated these days, to long for connection, to wonder if there is more in life than this (whatever "this" is to us). Faith calls us to the recognition of a deeper reality but also it calls us to the recognition of our need for one anot

Gospel means good news but what happens when said good news sounds more like bad news? This week we hear one of the most difficult teachings of Jesus. At first it seems impossible but as we engage it in the day to day of life, it opens up a pathway to fre

Jun 22, 2025 5:30 AM America/Chicago

A Necessary Joy - June 22, 2025 - Pastor Jim Keck - Sermon

At a few moments in his life Elijah was overcome with negative thinking. To be sure, it was mostly an appropriate response to brutal hardship. However, many of us are prone to a more chronic, low-grade type of negativity. This weekend Dr. Jim Keck will sp

In life we often wonder why we are where we are, at times with joy, and at others with regret. This week we hear from an ancient social critic and thorn in the flesh to those in power, he is tired and wondering why, in spite of his faithfulness, he finds

God and Jesus are bigger than religion. That is, human hearts can be in love with God and Jesus even though they might not attend church. Religion is a human construct and is always evolving. On this Pentecost Sunday, Dr. Keck will speak of a new pentecos

Jun 8, 2025 4:00 AM America/Chicago

Scattered - June 08, 2025 - Rev. Juan Carlos - Sermon

It is Pentecost, the day when the Christian tradition remembers the coming of the Spirit and the birth of the church. Long ago our ancestor in faith tried to explain human divisions (and maybe human strife), this week Pastor JC invites us into that ancien

These days so many of us feel powerless, so much happening, so much suffering, hatred, and struggle. We want to do something, but we know it will probably not make a difference. This week, disciples are left behind, what are they going to do now that Jesu