Worship at MUMC
In-person and Online Services Every Week
Join us for in-person services every Sunday morning at 10:30am.
At Magnolia UMC, we are a small, inclusive, welcoming community centered on our Love of Christ and striving to be Christ's love and light right here in Magnolia. We come from all ages and backgrounds, striving to lead all who worship with us towards a deeper experience of God's love. We believe each person is beloved of God, created purposefully by God just as they are, and is able to serve others as a minister of God's love wherever they are: at work, at home, and in their neighborhood. We strive in all we do to "act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly."
Pre-recorded services are available each Sunday morning by 8am, here.
Current Series - October 2024
Oct 13, 2024: Childlike Dependency (Mark 10:17-31)
Oct 6, 2024: Childlike Maturity (Mark 10:13-16, Psalm 8)
ARCHIVED SERMONS:
Sep 2024 - Uncommon Wisdom
Sep 8, 2024: The Time of Singing is Here (Song of Solomon, 2:8-14, James 1:17-18)
Sep 15, 2024: How Will I Live My Life? (Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23)
Sep 22, 2024: Wisdom, Folly, and Grace (Proverbs 1:20-33)
Sep 29, 2024: Freedom to Make the Costly Choice (Esther 7 & 9)
Aug 2024 - We Lift Our Eyes Up
Aug 11, 2024: The Through Line of Hope (1 Peter 1:3-6, Isaiah 40:27-31)
Aug 18, 2024: We Lift Our Eyes Up (Intro to Psalms of Ascent, Ps 120-121)
Aug 25, 2024: We Lift Each Other Up (Psalms of Ascent, Ps 122 and 124)
Sep 1, 2024: We Are Lifted Up (Psalms of Ascent, Ps 126, 131, 134)
July 2024 - Social Principles: The Economic Community
July 7, 2024: Stewards, not Owners; Gifted, not Earned (Luke 16:1-15, Intro to The Economic Commuinity)
July 14, 2024: Our Daily Bread (Seeking Economic Justice)
June 2024 - Social Principles: The Social Community
June 2, 2024: Walking on the Road Together (Philippians 2:1-8, 1 Cor 12:12-26)
June 9, 2024: Repent, Reconcile, Radical Welcome (Luke 15:11-31, LGBTQ+ Full Inclusion)
June 16, 2024: Who is My Neighbor? (Confronting our racist legacies, Luke 10:25-37)
June 23, 2024: Grace In, Grace Out. (Always Err on the Side of Grace, 2 Cor 6:1-10)
June 30, 2024: Crossing Boundaries. (Learning to Cross Socially-Imposed Boundaries, John 4)
Spring 2024 - Social Principles: The Community of Creation
Apr 28, 2024: Glorifying the Vine (John 15:1-8)
May 5, 2024: The Community of Creation (Rom 8, Psalm 148, Preface to Section 1 of Revised UMC Social Principles)
May 12, 2024: Creation in Peril (2 Chron 36, Jonah 3, Creation in Peril section of UMC Social Principles)
May 19, 2024: Stewardship of Creation (Acts 2:1-21, Job 12:7-10, Stewardship and Pentacost)
May 26, 2024: Love Without Limits (Trinity Sunday, John 3:16-17, Ezra 3:10-13, Western Jurisdiction Bishops Conference summary)
Easter 2024
Mar 24, 2024: Palm Sunday. A Tale of Two Messiahs (Giving Up on Power for Lent)
Mar 31, 2024: Easter Sunday. From Giving Up to Living Up
Apr 7, 2024: Easter 2. Walking in the Light
Apr 14, 2024: Easter 3. Purified by Hope
Apr 21, 2024: Easter 4. Abiding in Love
Lent 2024
Our Lenten series is looking at the truth that the Christian life is best live in pursuit of perfect love. And that perfect love requires humility... humility of the sort which we see Jesus demonstrate during his 40 days of trials in the desert. There are some activities we all participate in which are always sure to stand in the way of our growth towards perfect love. This Lent we are focusing on Giving Up these core sins.
Feb 18, 2024: 1. Giving Up Judging Others for Lent
Feb 25, 2024: 2. Giving Up Self-Criticism for Lent
Mar 3, 2024: 3. Giving Up Fear for Lent
Mar 10, 2024: 4. Giving up Entitlement for Lent
Mar 17, 2024: 5. Giving Up Giving Up for Lent
Mar 24, 2024: 6. Palm Sunday. A Tale of Two Messiahs (Giving Up Power for Lent)
Epiphany 2024
Jan 7, 2024: Water and Wind and Starting Again
Jan 14, 2024: Are We Listening?
Jan 21, 2024: Re-Orient (MILE, pt 1: Ministry That Matters)
Jan 28, 2024: Discernment (MILE, pt 2: Itineracy and Location)
Feb 4, 2024: Waiting (MILE, pt 3: Lay Ministry)
Feb 11, 2024: From Disfiguration to Transfiguration (MILE, pt 4: Eliminating Racism)
Advent & Christmas 2023
Dec 3, 2023: Our Shocking Hope
Dec 10, 2023: Peace by Piece
Dec 17, 2023: Our Fierce Joy
Dec 24, 2023: Love that Transforms Us
Dec 31, 2023: Listen, Learn, Sing
Autumn 2023 - Jesus Within
Oct 29, 2023: Looking for Jesus
Nov 5, 2023: Face-to-Face (with God)
Autumn 2023 - God With Us, In Community
Sep 24, 2023: Living Our Identity Outside the Church
Oct 1, 2023: Sharing Joys and Concernd (Outside the Church)
Oct 8, 2023: Worshipping God (Through Others' Eyes)
Oct 15, 2023: Serving People, Not Money
Oct 22, 2023: Living Benedcictions
Summer 2023 - Living Our Identity
Aug 27, 2023: Identity 1: Who Do You Say I Am?
Sep 3, 2023: Identity 2: Who Am I?
Sep 10, 2023: Identity 3: Who Are We?
Sep 17, 2023: Identity 4: Humility without Victimhood.
Summer 2023 - Seeing God
Aug 6, 2023: Struggling... to See God
Aug 13, 2023: Seeing God (even when we can't see God)
Aug 20, 2023: It Isn't Fair
Summer 2023 - Mission and the UMC
July 16, 2023: Mission and Transformation
July 23, 2023: From the Great Commission to the Greatest Commandment
July 30, 2023: Returning to the Fold
Summer 2023 - Dance of Creation Series:
Jun 4, 2023: Trinity Sunday - The Dance of Creation
June 11, 2023: The Joy of the Dance
June 18, 2023: Reborn to Dance
June 25, 2023: Being Made Whole
July 2, 2023: Welcome to the Dance
July 9, 2023: (No new service posted)
Easter 2023:
Apr 9, 2023: Easter Sunday. Free... to Live!
Apr 16, 2023: A New Start.
Apr 23, 2023: Remembering the Truth.
Apr 30, 2023: Called to Do Good.
May 7, 2023: Consenting Stones.
May 14, 2023: Explaining Our Hope.
May 21, 2023: Pastor is away. No recorded service this week or next week.
Lent 2023:
Feb 26, 2023: Lent 1. Looking In, Living Out
Mar 5, 2023: Lent 2. Looking In, Moving Out
Mar 12, 2023: Lent 3. Moving Out, Crossing Boundaries
Mar 19, 2023: Lent 4. Crossing Boundaries. Looking Within
Mar 26, 2023: Lent 5. Moving Stones, Binding Bones
Apr 2, 2023: Palm Sunday. The Yin and Yang of Hosanna
Epiphany Season 2023:
Jan 1, 2023: Epiphany, God with Us in the New Year
Jan 8, 2023: God with Us - Jesus' Baptism
Jan 15, 2023: God with Us - Grace and Baptism
Jan 22, 2023: The Temptation to be Relevant
Jan 29, 2023: The Temptation to be Spectacular
Feb 5, 2023: The Temptation to be Powerful
Feb 12, 2023: Integration and Integrity
Feb 19, 2023: Transfiguration: Don't Be Afraid
Advent 2022 Series:
Advent - Now!
Nov 27, 2022: Hope - Now!
Dec 4, 2022: Peace - Now!
Dec 11, 2022: Joy - Now!
Dec 18, 2022: Love - Now!
Fall Series:
Simple Practices for Staying in Love with God
Oct 9, 2022: Simple Practices 1: Sabbath
Oct 16, 2022: Simple Practices 2: Service
Oct 23, 2022: Simple Practices 3: Prayer
Oct 30, 2022: Simple Practices 4: Meditation
Nov 6, 2022: Simple Practices 5: Presence
Nov 13, 2022: Simple Practices 6: Fasting
Nov 20, 2022: Simple Practices 7: Gratitude
Summer to early Fall Series:
Building our Faith
Aug 7, 2022: Re-finding our Faith
Aug 14, 2022: So that Christ May Dwell in Your Hearts
Aug 21, 2022: Faith Expressed Through Love
Aug 28, 2022: Three Simple Rules - Introduction
Sep 4, 2022: Simple Rule 1: Do No Harm
Sep 11, 2022: Simple Rule 2: Do Good
Sep 18, 2022: Simple Rule 3: Stay in Love with God
Sep 25, 2022: Applying our Faith: Trusting God with those Entrusted to Us
Oct 2, 2022: Applying our Faith: Circles of Communion
Earlier Services:
Visit our Youtube channel for an archive of earlier MUMC services.