Sinopsis
Podcast by Sermons
Episodios
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February 15, 2026 - Sermon/Reflection for Youth Sunday
16/02/2026 Duración: 12minCome and hear our young people share their experience of God calling their name. They will lead us in worship through music, movement, art, and reflection, offering their gifts and faith to all. Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlmVYQLt7X8Link to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlmVYQLt7X8&t=2228sIf you are new to our faith community and are interested in learning more, please go to Welcome to First Congo Online - First Congregational Church of Western Springs
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February 8, 2026 - Sermon
09/02/2026 Duración: 15minWe’ll hear more from the Apostle Paul this week on his advice to those early Christians about how to Be the Church. If Pastor Meredith is lucky, he’ll send her another letter. If not, you’ll hear her interpretation of Paul’s advice regarding the wisdom that can only come from the Spirit. The wonderful bell choirs will deepen our worship experience!Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CPvg85JmecLink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CPvg85Jmec&t=2356sIf you are new to our faith community and are interested in learning more, please go to Welcome to First Congo Online - First Congregational Church of Western Springs
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February 1, 2026 - Sermon
02/02/2026 Duración: 20minJoin us for Week Four of our current sermon series: What does it mean to be the church? Where we look to scripture to help us discover the meaning of church in today’s world. So far we have read from the Gospels and the letter to the early church in Corinth. This week, we turn to the prophet Micah to gain some insights from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) with a focus on the question: What shall we do?Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p59xTqcAF7ILink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p59xTqcAF7I&t=2335sIf you are new to our faith community and are interested in learning more, please go to Welcome to First Congo Online - First Congregational Church of Western Springs
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January 25, 2026 - Sermon
26/01/2026 Duración: 20minWe continue our series exploring what it means to be the Church. Rev. Chrissy Tatum Williamson will explore the beginning of Jesus’ ministry and calling his disciples.Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRRI-xNcE4ILink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRRI-xNcE4I&t=1590sIf you are new to our faith community and are interested in learning more, please go to Welcome to First Congo Online - First Congregational Church of Western Springs
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January 18, 2026 - Sermon
19/01/2026 Duración: 11minIf you missed Chrissy’ sermon last week, you’ll want to be sure to listen to it here: (January 11, 2026 - Sermon - First Congregational Church of Western Springs | Podcast on Spotify). We’ll continue her theme exploring what it means to Be the Church. We’ll hear the Prophet Isaiah’s words of assurance: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light” and Paul’s words of encouragement to remember that we are united in the same purpose.Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI0RR7L35yULink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI0RR7L35yU&t=2503sIf you are new to our faith community and are interested in learning more, please go to Welcome to First Congo Online - First Congregational Church of Western Springs
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January 11, 2026 - Sermon
12/01/2026 Duración: 21minThis week we begin a series called “What does it mean to be church?” During the series we will read from the Gospels stories of Jesus’ early ministry, calling, training, and nurturing the disciples as they prepared to carry the mission forward. Though many years have passed, we carry that same Jesus-mission forward today! In this first week, we’ll read a portion of Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount” and recall what it means to be salt and light. Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgN0OuKH-ILink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgN0OuKH-I&t=2028sIf you are new to our faith community and are interested in learning more, please go to Welcome to First Congo Online - First Congregational Church of Western Springs
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January 4, 2026 - Sermon
05/01/2026 Duración: 16minThis Sunday we gather to celebrate Epiphany. It is traditionally a time to tell the story of the Magi who travelled from the East to see Jesus and offer valuable gifts. Though the magi are the main characters in this ancient story, Herod looms large in the background, driving the narrative, directing the movement of the magi, and also the migration of the holy family away from Bethlehem. In this final week of our series Insisting on Hope, we will attempt to place ourselves in the story and set some intentions for the year ahead. Will we be moved by fear or moved by love? Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXH9CTJP2E4Link to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXH9CTJP2E4&t=1989sIf you are new to our faith community and are interested in learning more, please go to Welcome to First Congo Online - First Congregational Church of Western Springs
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December 24, 2025 - Christmas Eve Sermon
29/12/2025 Duración: 15minLink to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyap4R5FhDQLink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyap4R5FhDQ&t=2319sIf you are new to our faith community and are interested in learning more, please go to Welcome to First Congo Online - First Congregational Church of Western Springs
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December 21, 2025 - Sermon
22/12/2025 Duración: 15minThis fourth Sunday of Advent, we will light the Candle of Love and reflect on Joseph’s call to stay with Mary and name the child Jesus. We’ll also be blessed by special music from our Bell Choir.Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_pNiF8QKsILink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_pNiF8QKsI&t=1860sIf you are new to our faith community and are interested in learning more, please go to Welcome to First Congo Online - First Congregational Church of Western Springs
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Words & Music - December 2025 - Welcome and Invocation - Ray Klemchuck
15/12/2025 Duración: 05minOur Words & Music Podcast brings the Words of our speakers directly to you in podcast format. The All in Band presents Words & Music Season 25-26:Crazy Quilt of Love"Crazy Quilt of Love" reminds us that every stich-like every act of grace-helps God mend our fragmented world through Christ. Stay for soup and fellowship as we celebrate the warmth of Advent. Look for the registration link in the weekly email to help us plan.All are welcome to join us at the intersection of pop culture and faith! Our monthly Words & Music programs take place typically on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month at 5PM in Plymouth Hall from September to May! During these popular services, All In features songs interspersed with personal stories from guest speakers on a unique theme, and at every performance, a free will offering is collected to support BANDWITH CHICAGO.Founded in 2015, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasting access to high qual
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Words & Music - December 2025 - There is No Pattern For This - Nancy Kurth
15/12/2025 Duración: 12minOur Words & Music Podcast brings the Words of our speakers directly to you in podcast format. The All in Band presents Words & Music Season 25-26:Crazy Quilt of Love"Crazy Quilt of Love" reminds us that every stich-like every act of grace-helps God mend our fragmented world through Christ. Stay for soup and fellowship as we celebrate the warmth of Advent. Look for the registration link in the weekly email to help us plan.All are welcome to join us at the intersection of pop culture and faith! Our monthly Words & Music programs take place typically on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month at 5PM in Plymouth Hall from September to May! During these popular services, All In features songs interspersed with personal stories from guest speakers on a unique theme, and at every performance, a free will offering is collected to support BANDWITH CHICAGO.Founded in 2015, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasting access to high qu
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Words & Music - December 2025 - Tearing at The Seams - Mel Tracy
15/12/2025 Duración: 10minOur Words & Music Podcast brings the Words of our speakers directly to you in podcast format. The All in Band presents Words & Music Season 25-26:Crazy Quilt of Love"Crazy Quilt of Love" reminds us that every stich-like every act of grace-helps God mend our fragmented world through Christ. Stay for soup and fellowship as we celebrate the warmth of Advent. Look for the registration link in the weekly email to help us plan.All are welcome to join us at the intersection of pop culture and faith! Our monthly Words & Music programs take place typically on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month at 5PM in Plymouth Hall from September to May! During these popular services, All In features songs interspersed with personal stories from guest speakers on a unique theme, and at every performance, a free will offering is collected to support BANDWITH CHICAGO.Founded in 2015, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasting access to high qu
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Words & Music - December 2025 - Closing Words - Ray Klemchuck
15/12/2025 Duración: 17sOur Words & Music Podcast brings the Words of our speakers directly to you in podcast format. The All in Band presents Words & Music Season 25-26:Crazy Quilt of Love"Crazy Quilt of Love" reminds us that every stich-like every act of grace-helps God mend our fragmented world through Christ. Stay for soup and fellowship as we celebrate the warmth of Advent. Look for the registration link in the weekly email to help us plan.All are welcome to join us at the intersection of pop culture and faith! Our monthly Words & Music programs take place typically on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month at 5PM in Plymouth Hall from September to May! During these popular services, All In features songs interspersed with personal stories from guest speakers on a unique theme, and at every performance, a free will offering is collected to support BANDWITH CHICAGO.Founded in 2015, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasting access to high qu
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December 14, 2025 - Sermon
15/12/2025 Duración: 22minThis week our Advent readings return to more traditional stories of angelic visitors announcing miraculous pregnancies and in so doing, inviting ordinary folk into an extraordinary calling. This week, that invitation is given to Mary, a teenage girl who is engaged to be married. Unlike her cousin Elizabeth, who is married and whose pregnancy can be understood for the most part, Mary’s news is a bit more complicated. Her “yes” requires a healthy dose of courage. And it carries a whole heap of risk. Have you ever been called to do something? Maybe it wasn’t as blatant and obvious as carrying the baby Jesus to term. But maybe it was something with some risk attached. What if we are all called into risky discipleship? Are we willing to say yes? Come along - online or in person - and let’s see if we can summon some courage together. Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ88ykfyIbkLink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.c
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December 7, 2025 - Sermon
08/12/2025 Duración: 21minWe continue our Advent theme of Insist on Hope, even in the midst of fear. This week the Gospel reading brings us once again to a story including John the Baptist. This time John is in prison and seems to be losing hope. Was it all worth it? Did anything I spent my life doing have meaning? Was it all for nothing? These are the questions John is asking as his life takes an unexpected turn. Most of us don’t like unexpected turns. Especially when they make us call into question the big things like our life’s purpose and what kind of legacy we will leave behind. Maybe there is something we can learn from John and Jesus this week as we return to the Gospel. Come along - online or in person - and let’s see if we can tend to our fears (and our hopes!) together.Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQwZUNrRCYkLink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQwZUNrRCYk&t=1788sIf you are new to our faith community and are
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November 30, 2025 - Sermon
01/12/2025 Duración: 22minThis week begins the season of Advent which is a time of long-waiting and hopeful anticipation. This year our theme for the season (now through Christmas and Epiphany which we will celebrate on January 4) is What Do You Fear? Our exploration of this theme begins with the story of Zechariah who was a priest and the father of John the Baptist - but he doesn’t yet know about his son. So as we remember Zechariah’s story, we begin to place ourselves in his shoes. What did he fear? How did the world he lived in, his historical context, evoke those fears for him? How can we relate (or not) to him? And what is our faithful response in our own context? Come along - online or in person - and let’s see if we can tend to our fears (and our hopes!) together. Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3EFuujoELALink to Start of Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3EFuujoELA&t=2130sIf you are new to our faith community and are intereste
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Words & Music - November 2025 - Welcome & Invocation - Ray Klemchuck
24/11/2025 Duración: 04minOur Words & Music Podcast brings the Words of our speakers directly to you in podcast format. The All in Band presents Words & Music Season 25-26:Every City Is A Living BeingJoin us for an unforgettable evening where story and song bring the world's great cities to life. Featuring songs by Petula Clark, Billy Joel, Journey, The Eagles and more. Come wander with us.They say don't come alone - It's true. Bring a friend to Plymouth Hall with you!All are welcome to join us at the intersection of pop culture and faith! Our monthly Words & Music programs take place typically on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month at 5PM in Plymouth Hall from September to May! During these popular services, All In features songs interspersed with personal stories from guest speakers on a unique theme, and at every performance, a free will offering is collected to support BANDWITH CHICAGO.Founded in 2015, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasting
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Words & Music - November 2025 - My Chicago Chronicles - Doug Adams
24/11/2025 Duración: 06minOur Words & Music Podcast brings the Words of our speakers directly to you in podcast format. The All in Band presents Words & Music Season 25-26:Every City Is A Living BeingJoin us for an unforgettable evening where story and song bring the world's great cities to life. Featuring songs by Petula Clark, Billy Joel, Journey, The Eagles and more. Come wander with us.They say don't come alone - It's true. Bring a friend to Plymouth Hall with you!All are welcome to join us at the intersection of pop culture and faith! Our monthly Words & Music programs take place typically on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month at 5PM in Plymouth Hall from September to May! During these popular services, All In features songs interspersed with personal stories from guest speakers on a unique theme, and at every performance, a free will offering is collected to support BANDWITH CHICAGO.Founded in 2015, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasti
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Words & Music - November 2025 - The City As A Classroom - Mark Laubacher
24/11/2025 Duración: 05minOur Words & Music Podcast brings the Words of our speakers directly to you in podcast format. The All in Band presents Words & Music Season 25-26:Every City Is A Living BeingJoin us for an unforgettable evening where story and song bring the world's great cities to life. Featuring songs by Petula Clark, Billy Joel, Journey, The Eagles and more. Come wander with us.They say don't come alone - It's true. Bring a friend to Plymouth Hall with you!All are welcome to join us at the intersection of pop culture and faith! Our monthly Words & Music programs take place typically on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month at 5PM in Plymouth Hall from September to May! During these popular services, All In features songs interspersed with personal stories from guest speakers on a unique theme, and at every performance, a free will offering is collected to support BANDWITH CHICAGO.Founded in 2015, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasti
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Words & Music - November 2025 - The City - Cam Walker
24/11/2025 Duración: 04minOur Words & Music Podcast brings the Words of our speakers directly to you in podcast format. The All in Band presents Words & Music Season 25-26:Every City Is A Living BeingJoin us for an unforgettable evening where story and song bring the world's great cities to life. Featuring songs by Petula Clark, Billy Joel, Journey, The Eagles and more. Come wander with us.They say don't come alone - It's true. Bring a friend to Plymouth Hall with you!All are welcome to join us at the intersection of pop culture and faith! Our monthly Words & Music programs take place typically on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of the month at 5PM in Plymouth Hall from September to May! During these popular services, All In features songs interspersed with personal stories from guest speakers on a unique theme, and at every performance, a free will offering is collected to support BANDWITH CHICAGO.Founded in 2015, BandWith is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose mission is to provide lasti