Midway Christian Church, as Disciples of Christ, believes that as people of faith it is important to ground ourselves in the Word of God. Part of our worship experience reflects this understanding. Each week during our Sunday morning worship services, Pastor Heather McColl delivers a sermon that has been carefully crafted after spending time in study, reading over the chosen text, and praying over the chosen text. The resulting sermon is designed to share the word of love and grace which God is bringing to our community of faith.
Pastor McColl’s sermons are available here to watch, listen to, or read.*
* The reproduction or use of any part of these sermons without the expressed written permission of Midway Christian Church is prohibited. The online availability of these sermons does not express this permission. Not all material included in these sermons are original to Midway Christian Church or our ministers. Where crediting outside sources is possible, quotation marks are used.
Repair and Joy Ezra 3:10-13; Philippians 4:1-9 – 2022/10/23
I think we were made to be delighted in. And I think it takes just as much strength to believe someone's joy about you as it does to muster it all on your own. -Cole Arthur Riley October 23, 2022 [...]
Rage Psalm 13; Mark 11: 12-17 – 2022/10/16
What does it mean that Christ doesn't just scream but also physically overturns tables? What does it mean that Christ doesn't just lament the bare fig tree but damns it, leaving his followers with gaping mouth and no immediate resolution? [...]
Rest Psalm 23: 4b-6; Luke 8: 22-25 – 2022/10/9
Our faith story tells us that God makes us lie down in green pastures, that through rest and renewal we will find salvation, that sometimes when we are feeling as if we don’t have our feet underneath us the best [...]
Us 2 Timothy 1: 7-9 – 2022/10/2
As we find ourselves in a place where the church is more and more segregated, let us work to bring denominations together; to bring the people who follow Christ together, with the sharing of the one thing we all share [...]
Wonder and Calling Psalm 19; Matthew 18:1-5 – 2022/9/18
Fear comes in many different shapes, forms and experiences. We try to stave fear off by grasping by what we control when in reality what our faith teaches us is it is not one or the other. To be human [...]
Place and Belonging Genesis 28:1-5; John 14:1-7 – 2022/9/11
In a Christian community everything depends upon whether each individual is an indispensible link in a chain. Only when even the smallest link is securely interlocked is the chain unbreakable. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer September 11, 2022 "This Here Flesh" Place and [...]
Body and Dignity Genesis 1: 27-28; Hebrews 2: 5-9, 14 – 2022/9/4
"If we are divided from our body, we are also divided from the body of the world-which then appears to be other than us, or separate from us, rather than the living continuum to which we belong." - Philip Shepherd [...]
Places of Honor Luke 14: 1, 7-14- 2022/8/28
The Kingdom of God is like a place of honor that is given to all regardless of social status, wealth, or education. The Kingdom of God is like a gift freely given. It cannot be earned. It cannot be bought. [...]
Set Free Luke 13: 10-17 – 2022/8/21
Sabbath is not simply about rest, although that is a huge part. Sabbath is about bringing about God's Peaceable Kingdom here on Earth. August 21, 2022 "Lessons From the Gospel of Luke" Set Free Luke 13: 10-17 Rev. Dr. Heather: [...]
Interpreting the Present Time Luke 12: 49-56 – 2022/8/14
For us to be the people that God created and calls us to be, we cannot accept unity if it is defined as uniformity. No longer is peace about making everyone comfortable, everyone happy. Luke reminds us that the Gospel [...]