Unless otherwise noted, the sermons are by Alicia Wood, our pastor.

2020 Sermons

2019 Sermons

May 26 sermon unavailable

2018 Sermons

2017 Sermons

2016 Sermons

July 10, 2016

July 3, 2016

June 26, 2016

June 19, 2016A

June 12, 2016  Pastor Olga Gonzalez, Casa de Dios, Syracuse

June 5, 2016        Dr. Mark Zimmerman, United Methodist missionary to Nepal

Sunday, May 29 was Hymn Sing Sunday, so there was no sermon

May 22, 2016

Church Historian Rosemary DeHoog, brief talk on UUMC’s history of outreach:  

     Rosemary DeHoog May 22, 2016

May 15, 2016

May 8, 2016

May 1, 2016     Barry Lentz, chair of ACTS’ Research & Action Committee

April 24, 2016

April 17, 2016 Ted Finlayson-Schueler

April 10, 2016

  April 3, 2016   Pastor Andy Anderson

Easter March 27, 2016

Palm Sunday   March 20, 2016

March 13, 2016

March 6, 2016

Feb. 28, 2016

Feb. 21, 2016

Feb. 14, 2016

Feb. 7, 2016

Jan. 31, 2016

Jan. 24, 2016

  Jan. 17, 2016    Ted Finlayson-Schueler

Jan. 10, 2016

  Jan. 3, 2016

“This I Believe” is a series of offerings by our laity during our 2015 stewardship campaign.

This I Believe, Nov. 1, 2015   Katie Flynn

This I Believe, Oct. 25, 2015   Ted Finlayson-Schueler

This I Believe, Oct. 18,2015 Dan Magowan

This I Believe, Oct. 11, 2015    Jeanne Finlayson-Schueler

2015 Sermons

Dec. 27, 2015   A service of Christmas carols

Dec. 20, 2015

Dec. 13, 2015  Selections from the Alfred Burt Carols,” by Senior Choir, conducted by Music Director Martha Sutter

How Brightly Shines the Morning Star” by Handbell Choir

Dec. 6, 2015

Nov. 29, 2015

Nov. 22, 2015

Nov. 15, 2015

Nov. 8, 2015

Nov. 1, 2015

Oct. 25, 2015   Eileen Schell

Oct. 18, 2015

Oct. 11, 2015

Oct. 4, 2015

Sept. 27, 2015

Sept. 20, 2015 Laurel O’Connor, Upper New York Conference field coordinator for Africa 360

Sept. 13, 2015

Sept. 6, 2015

  Aug. 30, 2015

Aug. 23, 2015

Aug. 16, 2015  “One Way?”

Aug. 9, 2015  “We Are All Children of God”

Aug. 2, 2015

July 26, 2015 “All You Need Is Love”

July 19, 2015

“Where’s Grace?” July 12, 2015

“Are We Listening?”  July 5, 2015

Sermons from here and earlier were by our former pastor, Rev. Craig French, unless otherwise noted.

June 28, 2015

June 21, 2015

June 14, 2015  Rev. Mike Mather, Broadway UMC, Indianapolis, Ind.

June 7, 2015 “An Unfinished Life, Part 2”

May 31, 2015  “An Unfinished Life, Part 1”

May 24, 2015

May 17, 2015  Pentecost

May 10, 2015

May 3, 2015

April 26, 2015

April 19, 2015  Senior Choir: “Feel the Spirit,” by John Rutter

April 12, 2015    Rev. Caroline Simmons

April 5, 2015    Easter Sunday

March 29, 2015  Palm Sunday

March 22, 2015

March 15, 2015 Samuel Mbajah

March 8, 2015

March 1, 2015

Feb. 22, 2015

Feb. 15, 2015 Rev. Doug Mackey

Feb. 8, 2015 Claudette Brown-Smythe

Feb. 1, 2015

Jan. 25, 2015Rev. Caroline Simmons

Jan. 18, 2015Rev. Pedro Castro, Fellowship AME Church. Includes his rendition of “I Ain’t Got Time to Die”

Jan. 11, 2015

Jan. 4, 2015

2014 Sermons

Dec. 28, 2014 Rev. Doug Mackey

Dec. 21, 2014

Dec. 14, 2014

Dec. 7, 2014 “Lessons & Carols: Have You Seen the Baby?” by Senior Choir

Nov. 30, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014

Nov.16, 2014

Nov. 9, 2014 Beth Drew, lay leader

Nov. 2, 2014

Oct. 26, 2014   Rev. Steve Heiss, celebrating 3rd anniversary of becoming a Reconciling congregation

Oct. 19, 2014 Rev. Dr. Jim Wiggins

Oct. 12, 2014 Rev. Patience Kisakye

Oct. 5, 2014

Sept. 28, 2014 Rev. Caroline Simmons

Sept. 21, 2014  Rev. Tiffany Steinwert, dean of Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University

Sept. 14, 2014

Sept. 7, 2014

Aug. 31, 2014  Rev. Doug Mackey

Aug. 24, 2014

Aug. 17, 2014 Alicia Wood

Aug. 10, 2014 Peter Sarver

Aug. 3, 2014 Rev. Patience Kisakye

July 27, 2014 Christine Doran

July 20, 2014 Tom Buckel

July 13, 2014  Rev. Caroline Simmons, St. Paul’s UMC

July 6, 2014 “Do Something,” by Alicia Wood, third-year student at Boston University School of Theology

June 29, 2014  Rev Dr. Jim Wiggins

June 22, 2014Rev. Dr. Robert Hill, dean of Marsh Chapel, Boston University

June 15, 2014  Alicia Wood, third-year student at Boston University School of Theology

June 8, 2014

June 1, 2014

May 25, 2014

May 18, 2014

May 11, 2014

May 4, 2014 Sermon by Rev. Sue Davis

April 27, 2014

April 20, 2014 Easter

April 13, 2014  Palm Sunday

April 6, 2014   The Senior Choir presents four selections to accompany the Scripture reading for the morning of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead from the Gospel of John. That is the sermon for the day.

March 30, 2014

March 23, 2014 The Rev. Deb Richardson-Moore, Triune Mercy Center, Greenville, S.C.

March 16, 2014

March 9, 2014

March 2, 2014

Feb. 23, 2014

Feb. 16, 2014   Alicia Wood, second-year student at Boston University School of Theology

Feb. 9, 2014   Ben O’Connor, second-year student at Drew Theological School

Feb. 2, 2014

Jan. 26, 2014 Also includes Christine Doran.

Jan. 19, 2014

Jan. 12, 2014

Jan. 5, 2014

2013 Sermons

Dec. 29, 2013

Dec. 22, 2013

Dec. 15, 2013

Dec. 8, 2013 service unavailable.

Dec. 1, 2013

Nov. 24, 2013 Rev.  Colleen Preuninger, United Methodist ecumenical chaplain, Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University

Nov. 17, 2013

Nov. 10, 2013 sermon unavailable.

Nov. 3, 2013

Oct. 27, 2013

Oct. 20, 2013

Oct.13, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

Sept. 29, 2013

Sept. 22, 2013

Sept. 15, 2013

Sept. 8, 2013

Sept. 1, 2013

Aug. 25, 2013

Aug. 11 and 18 sermons unavailable because of technical difficulties

Aug. 4, 2013

July 28, 2003

July 21,2013

July 14, 2013 Steve Bacon

July 7, 2013 Lyndsey Graves

June 30, 2013 Billy Kluttz

June 23, 2013

June 16, 2013 Claudette Brown-Smythe and Ted Finlayson-Schueler

June 9, 2013

June 2, 2013

May 26, 2013 Beth Drew

May 19, 2013 (Pentecost)

May 12, 2013

May 5,2013 “Freedom and Solidarity,” Rev. Marti Swords-Horrell

April 28, 2013

April 21, 2013

April 14, 2013

April 7, 2013

March 31, 2013 Easter

March 24, 2013(Palm Sunday) Rev. Gary Henderson

March 17, 2013 “The Tax Man’s Return”

March 10, 2013 “Befriender of the Poor and Desolate”

March 3, 2013 “The Vigilant Parent”

February 24, 2013 “The Patient Gardener”

February 17, 2013 “The Unruly, Unholy, Unexpected Stranger”

2012 Sermons

Dec. 23, 2012 Sermon “What’s the Point of Christmas?”