Metropolitan Community Church of Pittsburgh
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This Week's Sermon Video
The following sermons (audio) are available upon request (by email: lpmartin2@comcast.net). A link to the requested sermon will be added to this page.
Following sermons are by Rev. Todd Goewey unless otherwise noted:
11/30/2014 Be Alert - Stay Awake
12/7/2014 MCC & World AIDS Day - by Bev Minnix
2015
1/18/2015 To Follow or Not to Follow, THAT is the Question
1/25/2015 40 Years of Saying "Yes! I Will Follow You"
2/8/2015 God is Always There When You Need It the Most
2/22/2015 Forty Days to Listen
3/8/2015 Judgement
3/15/2015 I'll Get to It
3/29/2015 No Rules, Just Right
4/5/2015 [Sermon available but title unknown.]
4/12/2015 Coming Out from Behind Locked Doors
4/19/2015 Why Are You Disturbed?
4/26/2015 Following the Good Shepherd
5/3/2015 I Love to Tell the Story
5/10/2015 Using God's Key
5/17/2015 [Title Unknown] - by Dr. Frank Scott
5/24/2015 Sharing the Good News!
5/31/2015 I'll Do It Tomorrow
6/7/2015 A House Divided
6/28/2015 Don't Be Afraid; Just Believe
7/5/2015 Become a Person of Love in Action
7/12/2015 It's Not What I Expected
7/19/2015 We Are the Church Alive
7/26/2015 Changing the Meaning of Religion
8/2/2015 To Never Be Thirsty or Hungry Again
8/9/2015 God, You Take the Wheel
8/16/2015 Attending the Banquet, OR Giving the Banquet
8/30/2015 Think What Would Happen If You Practiced
9/6/2015 The Healing of a Touch
9/13/2015 Who Do You Say I Am?
9/20/2015 Trust Like a Child
9/27/2015 It's Time to Go - by Alan Archer
10/11/2015 Finding Something Greater that What You've Got
10/18/2015 I Do Declare - by Rev. Elder Tony Freeman
10/25/2015 Let Our Response Be to Follow
11/22/2015 You're Not the Person that You Were
11/29/2015 The Christmas Good News
12/6/2015 Living According to God's Plan - by Rev. Goewey - read by Alan Archer
12/13/2015 Giving Back in This Season of Joy
12/20/2015 Believe in God's Promise to Transform You
12/27/2015 Keeping Christmas
2016
1/3/2016 We Must NOT Fail
1/10/2016 PRAYER: Uniter or Divider?
1/17/2016 Do Whatever He Tells You
1/24/2016 Fulfill God's Purpose for You
1/31/2016 Will We Ever Learn?
2/7/2016 Why Were We Born?
2/14/2016 The Temptations
2/21/2016 (no evening service)
2/28/2016 I Believe! I Can Never Be the Same
3/6/2016 Nobody, But Nobody, Can Make It Out Here Alone
3/13/2016 Profound Appreciation and Gratitude
3/20/2016 The Hope of Good Friday Is In Easter Sunday
3/27/2016 The Stone is Rolled Away! The Tomb is Empty!
4/3/2016 Move Past the Fear of Change
4/10/2016 State of the Union - Endless Hope (by Alan Archer - no recording)
4/17/2016 Trinity
04/24/2016 Money, Money, Money - Money!
05/01/2016 Shalom To You My Friend
05/08/2016 Break Every Chain
05/15/2016 How Far Are You Willing to Go?
05/22/2016 (No recording.)
05/29/2016 Healing Society
06/05/2016 A Pride Calling - Making the Most of Our Life
06/12/2016 (No service because of Pride.)
06/19/2016 What Is God's Percentage? - by Lou Martinage
07/03/2016 Making a Difference
07/10/2016 Love = Respect
07/17/2016 Listen!
07/24/2016 On Being a House of Prayer
07/31/2016 Where is Your Treasure Stored?
08/07/2016 Faith in What We Don't See
08/14/2016 Healing the Split
08/21/2016 Using Good Sense
08/28/2016 A God-Centered Life
09/04/2016 Giving It Your All
09/11/2016 On Being Lost and Being Found
09/18/2016 Counting Our Blessings
09/25/2016 The Original Cloud Storage
10/02/2016 On Having Absolute Blind Faith - Can You Do It?
10/09/2016 The Amazing Power of "Thank You".
10/16/2016 What's It All About, Alfie? (by Lou Martinage)
10/23/2016 Going Humbly Before God
10/30/2016 It's Not What We Want, But What We Need (no recording)
11/06/2016 The Past Lives in the Future
11/13/2016 I Know that My Redeemer Lives
11/20/2016 On Being Present - WITH EVERYONE (no recording)
11/24/2016 You Start by Giving Thanks (no recording)
11/27/2016 It Could Be NOW! Are You Ready?
12/04/2016 What's at the Center of Your Life?
12/11/2016 Perspectives
12/18/2016 ? - (no recording)
12/25/2016 (no sermon)
2017
01/01/2017 Reflecting on Life
01/08/2017 Receiving an Aha Moment
01/15/2017 See the Light
01/22/2017 What It Means to Follow - (no recording)
01/29/2017 Understanding the Beatitudes
02/05/2017 What Does It Mean to Be the Light of the World?
02/12/2017 You're Only Fooling Yourself
02/19/2017 Keeping Your Spirit Healthy
02/26/2017 Coming Down from the Mountaintop
03/05/2017 You Have 40 Days to Answer
03/12/2017 You Must Be Born Spiritually
03/19/2017 Your Worship Must Engage Your Spirit
03/26/2017 The Authority of Religion or Spiritual Experience
04/02/2017 Keep Calm and Trust
04/09/2017 Fickle
04/16/2017 Celebrate Hope
04/23/2017 Trusting God
04/30/2017 Why Do We Doubt?
05/07/2017 It's a Matter of Priorities
05/14/2017 The Next Step
05/21/2017 (CUSEN Conference in Cincinnati - no recording)
05/28/2017 Our Vineyard - The Church - Rev. Joy Simpson
06/04/2017 The Birthday Party that Keeps On Giving
06/11/2017 (no service because of Pride weekend)
06/18/2017 Copy Jesus - Act Blessed
06/25/2017 Let Your Faith Be Your Guide
07/02/2017 Do Something - recording missing
07/09/2017 Because We Traveled That Road First
07/16/2017 The Meaning of Plants - Lou Martinage
07/23/2017 The Fine Art of Judging
07/30/2017 The Dominion of Heaven is Like...
08/06/2017 To Change or Not to Change - THAT Is the Question
08/13/2017 Live Like You're Loved
08/20/2017 What Does It Mean to Live in Faith?
08/27/2017 Who is Jesus to You?
09/03/2017 Seeing from a Human Perspective or God's Perspective?
09/10/2017 The Fine Art of Listening - AKA Respect
09/17/2017 The Key is Forgiveness
Following sermons are by Norma Jean Stokan, unless otherwise noted, and are available on request:
09/24/2017 Come with Me to the Promised Land
10/01/2017 We've Got a Joyful Work to Do
10/08/2017 We've Got a Joyful Work to Do - Part 2
10/15/2017 It's About the Presence of God
10/22/2017 Let's Be a Healthy Church
10/29/2017 Let's Be a Healthy Church - Part 2
11/05/2017 We Have a Cloud of Witnesses
11/12/2017 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
11/19/2017 WHO IS THIS JESUS? (Part 1)
11/26/2017 WHO IS THIS JESUS? (Part 2)
12/03/2017 WHO IS THIS JESUS? (Part 3)
12/10/2017 WHO IS THIS JESUS? (Part 4)
12/17/2017 WHO IS THIS JESUS? (Part 5)
12/24/2017 (no sermon - Lessons in Carols instead)
12/31/2017 The Word Burning Within Us
2018
01/07/2018 (service cancelled because of weather)
01/14/2018 ARE YOU LISTENING?
01/21/2018 Trust God's Word
01/28/2018 Here I Am Lord, Send Me
02/04/2018 Run the Race to Win
02/11/2018 Living a TRANSFORMED Life
02/18/2018 A Consecrated Life
02/25/2018 Let God Live Out Holiness in You
03/04/2018 Loving God, Yourself, and Others
03/11/2018 You've Gotta Have Faith
03/18/2018 Hear God - Dream Big
03/25/2018 The King is Coming
04/01/2018 Alive [Easter]
04/08/2018 Jesus is the Light
04/15/2018 Can Anything Good Come Out of MCC
04/22/2018 Loving Like Jesus
04/29/2018 Jesus Perfects Us
05/06/2018 Reaching the Next Generation
05/13/2018 Do You Know Who You Are?
05/20/2018 Can These Bones Live Again?
05/27/2018 Can These Bones Live Again? - Pt. 2
06/17/2018 The Journey of Faith
07/01/2018 Don't Be Worriers - Be Warriors
07/08/2018 A Spiritual Heart Check
07/15/2018 How Do You Rebuild After Disaster?
07/22/2018 COURAGE! When It Counts
07/29/2018 (no recording)
08/05/2018 Keep On Keeping On
08/12/2018 Keep On Keeping On 2
08/19/2018 Setting New Priorities
08/26/2018 Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Disciple?
09/02/2018 Transformational Grace
09/09/2018 What is Your Level of Commitment to the Business of God? Part 1
09/16/2018 What is Your Level of Commitment to the Business of God? Part 1
09/23/2018 A New Heaven and a New Earth
09/30/2018 Hold On
Following sermons are by Lou Martinage, unless otherwise noted, and are available on request:
10/07/2018 What is the Church?
10/14/2018 What is the Word of God?
10/21/2018 Do You Say It or Pray it? What is Prayer?
10/28/2018 What is Faith?
11/04/2018 (no recording - Norma Jean Minnix delivered the message)
11/11/2018 And the Greatest of These is Love
11/18/2018 Duty and Thanksgiving
11/25/2018 What Are You Afraid of?
12/02/2018 What is Salvation?
12/09/2018 Hope, Joy and John the Baptist
12/16/2018 Season of Peace
12/23/2018 (no sermon - church ministered at a local nursing home)
12/30/2018 Four Christmas lessons (only 2-4 recorded)
2019
01/06/2019 a) Epiphany or Three Kings Day; b) The Word on Words - Part 1
01/13/2019 Baptism
01/20/2019 Words Heal; Words Hurt - Words - Part 2a
01/27/2019 Words Heal; Words Hurt - Words - Part 2b
02/03/2019 Love and Forgiveness
02/10/2019 (no sermon - Bible study on John 1)
02/17/2019 Is Life Just for Living?
02/24/2019 Cost/Benefit Analysis
03/03/2019 MCC Affirmation of Faith
03/10/2019 (no sermon - Bible study on John 1 - continued)
03/17/2019 If It's Lent - What Have We Been Loaned?
03/24/2019 How Is Your Garden Growing? (Dianne Watson)
03/31/2019 Lent Is to Remind Us of Suffering
04/07/2019 How Much Is Too Much?
04/14/2019 Triumph, Tragedy, Triumph
04/21/2019 The Cross (Easter)
04/28/2019 The Gift of Thomas (Dianne Watson)
05/05/2019 Lessons from Vacation
05/12/2019 (no sermon - Bible study on John 1 - continued)
05/19/2019 To Tell the Truth
05/26/2019 A Day to Remember
06/02/2019 Adam
06/09/2019 (no sermon - Bible study on John 2)
06/16/2019 Noah
06/23/2019 Joseph - Part 1
06/30/2019 My Travels with Christ by Vince Gricus
07/07/2019 Joseph - Part 2
07/14/2019 (no sermon - Bible study on John 2 continued)
07/21/2019 God Never Abandons You by Bill Maydak
07/28/2019 Joseph - Part 3 (Genesis 40)
08/04/2019 Joseph - Part 4 (Genesis 41)
08/11/2019 (no sermon - Bible study on John 3)
08/18/2019 Joseph - Part 5 (Genesis 42) - Control the Inside; You Can't Control the Outside
08/25/2019 Joseph - Part 6 (Genesis 43) - Even the Faithful Lose Faith
09/01/2019 What's the Use of Being a Christian
09/08/2019 Joseph - Part 7 (Genesis 44) - Passing the Test
09/15/2019 The Holy Trinity by Bill Maydak
09/22/2019 (no sermon - Bible study on John 3 continued)
09/29/2019 Joseph - Part 8 (Genesis 45) - [Joseph - Part 8] A Happy Ending
10/20/2019 Who is the Co-pilot? Joseph - the End
11/03/2019 What an Artist!
11/10/2019 (no sermon - Bible Study on John 4)
11/17/2019 The Way... and the Wrong Way
11/24/2019 Thanksgiving.... For What?
12/01/2019 (no sermon - service at Vince's)
12/08/2019 First and Second Sundays of Advent - Hope and Peace
12/15/2019 Third Sunday of Advent - Joy
12/22/2019 Fourth Sunday of Advent - Love
12/29/2019 Seeing Clearly in 20-20
2020
01/05/2020 Moses's Calling; Israel's Cry
01/12/2020 (no sermon - Bible Study on John 5)
01/19/2020 Moses and MLK
01/26/2020 Freedom - Let Me People Go
02/02/2020 Remember Your Covenant
02/09/2020 (no sermon - Bible Study on John 5:30-47)
02/16/2020 Doubts Turned to Conviction
02/23/2020 Passover
03/01/2020 What Motivates You
03/08/2020 (no sermon - Bible Study on John 6:1-14)
03/22/2020-06/07/2020 - no service due to coronavirus
06/14/2020 God the Father (via Zoom)
06/21/2020 Your Duty (via Zoom)
06/28/2020 Doing What's Right (via Zoom)
07/05/2020 no recording (Zoom from Monroeville Mall)
07/12/2020 We Are One, In Christ (via Zoom)
07/19/2020 What Do You Really Want? (via Zoom... till further notice)
07/26/2020 Why do we need Jesus?
08/02/2020 What am I doing wrong?
08/09/2020 Why Praise?
08/16/2020 Why not believe?
08/23/2020 How do we serve? FIND A WAY!
08/30/2020 What good is worship?
09/06/2020 Why suffering?
09/13/2020 Forgiveness.
09/20/2020 What is Prayer?
09/27/2020 (no sermon - Bible Study on John 6:26-40)
10/04/2020 Is Your Armor Sound?
10/11/2020 Be a Missionary
10/18/2020 What Motivates You?
10/25/2020 Sin
11/01/2020 All Saints
11/08/2020 What's in a name?
11/15/2020 (no sermon - wind storm knocked out power and it was too late by the time I rejoined - was to be 'Change')
11/22/2020 Be Thankful
11/29/2020 What Controls You?
12/06/2020 Do you have peace?
12/13/2020 Do you have joy?
12/20/2020 What is love?
12/27/2020 Is your giving a gift or a bill?
2021
01/03/2021 Adjusting our priorities
01/10/2021 The Holy Spirit
01/17/2021 Are you Strong?
01/24/2021 Why believe?
01/31/2021 Are you successful?
02/07/2021 Light
02/14/2021 The Transfiguration, Light and Salt
02/21/2021 Vine and Branches; Trees and Fruit
02/28/2021 How to avoid ear-elephants. (Irrelevance)
03/07/2021 Parable of the Sower
03/14/2021 How is your foundation - parable of the 2 house builders.
03/21/2021 The Wheat and the Weeds
03/28/2021 Everybody loves a parade.
04/04/2021 He is risen! What a story!
04/11/2021 4 Parables: mustard seed, yeast, treasure and pearls
04/18/2021 Time to Fish - Parable of the Dragnet
04/25/2021 The Bread of Life
05/02/2021 Forgiveness
05/09/2021 Intensions vs. Actions - Parable of the 2 Sons
05/16/2021 Tenants in the Vineyard - Whose Vineyard?
05/23/2021 Pentecost - That's the Spirit!
05/30/2021 Trinity Sunday
06/06/2021 The Parable of the Wedding Feast
06/13/2021 The Lesson of the Fig Tree
06/20/2021 1) Our Fathers; 2) A Sense of Service and Wonder
06/27/2021 Be Prepared: The Parable of the 10 Virgins
07/04/2021 1) Independence Day; 2) The Parable of the 3 Servants
07/11/2021 The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
07/18/2021 Getting and Giving What's Deserved - The Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21)
07/25/2021 What Are Fig Trees For? (Luke 13:1-9)
08/01/2021 What Love! The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
08/08/2021 Be Shrewd!? The Parable of the Shrewd Manager (Luke 16:1-13)
08/15/2021 The Story of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:19-31)
08/22/2021 The Parable of the Widow and the Judge (Luke 18:1-8)
08/29/2021 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-15)
09/05/2021 Labor Day - Work for the Night is Coming (James 2:14-26)
09/12/2021 The Mystery of the Growing Seed (Mark 4:26-29)
09/19/2021 Give God Your Best (Numbers 18:25-32)
09/26/2021 The Voice of the Shepherd (John 10:1-17)
10/03/2021 The Vine is Devine (John 15:1-17)
10/10/2021 What is Truth (John 8:31-47)
10/17/2021 God the Alchemist - Changing Lead to Gold (Ezekiel 22;17-22)
10/24/2021 Healing of the Blind Man: 1) Perseverance, 2) Blindness (Mark 10:46-52
10/31/2021 The Story of Ruth (Ruth 1:1-18)
11/07/2021 You Can't Fool Me (I John 4)
11/14/2021 From Where Does Sin Come... Pandora's Box (Romans 5:12-18)
11/21/2021 Thanks Giving! (Psalm 100; Psalm 136:1-4)
11/28/2021 Advent - The End Times (Matthew 24:29-44)
12/05/2021 2nd Sunday in Advent - Preparation (Luke 2:8-20)
12/12/2021 3rd Sunday in Advent - Practice Joy (Matthew 2:1-12)
12/19/2021 4th Sunday in Advent - LOVE Came Down at Christmas (I Corinthians 13)
12/26/2021 (technical problems resulted in no sermon recording) - sermon was 'The Word' (John 1:1-18)
2022
01/02/2022 We Three(?) Kings - Epiphany Sunday (Matthew 2:1-12)
01/09/2022 Who is Adam? (I Corinthians 15:20-22, 42-49)
01/16/2022 What is Freedom? (Romans 6:12-23)
01/23/2022 The Body of Christ (I Corinthians 12:12-31a)
01/30/2022 Noah's Contract (Genesis 9:8-17)
02/06/2022 How much is too much? Abraham and Isaac. (Genesis 22:1-12)
02/13/2022 Resurrection (I Corinthians 15:12-20)
02/20/2022 Why is this happening to me!? - Joseph (selections from Genesis 37-42)
02/27/2022 (Rob Lonie gave the message which was not recorded)
03/06/2022 (Davey Irwin gave the message)
03/13/2022 The Need for Praise (Psalm 22:22-31)
03/20/2022 Lent: A Time of Sacrifice (Hebrews 10:8-18, Romans 12:1-2)
03/27/2022 The Prodigal... which son are you?03/27
04/03/2022 Do something... for Christ's sake! (John 12:1-8)
04/10/2022 Who are your heroes? (Matthew 21:1-11)
04/17/2022 (Easter) What a day that will be! (John 20:1-18)
04/24/2022 Don't Grow Weary (Isaiah 40:27-31)
05/01/2022 Be Salty! (Matthew 5:13-16)
05/08/2022 Laying Bricks (I Corinthians 3:9-17)
05/15/2022 Is God First? (Matthew 6:24-34)
05/22/2022 The Eclipse (Romans 8:31-39)
05/29/2022 Remember (Genesis 50:22-26, Exodus 13:19)
06/05/2022 Pride? (Mark 7:14-23)
06/12/2022 The Trinity (John 16:12-15)
06/19/2022 The Beatitudes - Part 1 - Happy vs. Blessed (Matthew 5:1-12) (sermon recording never posted... forgot my recorder at church!)
06/26/2022 The Beatitudes - Part 2 - Poor in Spirit and Those Who Mourn (Matthew 5:1-12)
07/03/2022 The Beatitudes - Part 3 - Be Me Meek and Hungry - vs. 5 & 6 (Matthew 5:1-12)
07/10/2022 The Beatitudes - Part 4 - Be Merciful and Pure - vs. 7 & 8 (Matthew 5:1-12)
07/17/2022 Undivided Attention (Luke 10:38-42) - sermon by Rob Lonie
07/24/2022 The Beatitudes - Part 5 - The Peacemakers and the Persecuted - vss. 9 & 10 (Matthew 5:1-12)
07/31/2022 Do We Really Need to Crucify Ourselves? (Colossians 3:1-11) - sermon by Bill Maydak
08/07/2022 Have Faith! (Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16)
08/14/2022 How do you build a house? (Matthew 7:21-29)
08/21/2022 Added thoughts on house-building AND On what do you depend. (Isaiah 55 and selected Psalms on 'trust')
08/28:2022 Giving the Benefit of the doubt. (Luke 6:27-36)
09/04/2022 For Christians, every day is Labor Day. (Romans 12:6-13)
09/11/2022 The Ten Commandments - Summary (Exodus 20:1-17)
09/18/2022 The Ten Commandments - #1 Worship the Lord Your God (Exodus 20:1-17)
09/25/2022 How to Hope by Robert Lonie (Jeremiah 32:1-15)
10/02/2022 The Ten Commandments - #2 No images (Exodus 20:1-17)
10/09/2022 The Ten Commandments - #3 The Lord's Name (Exodus 20:1-17)
10/16/2022 The Ten Commandments - #4 Keep the Sabbath (Exodus 20:1-17)
10/23/2022 The Ten Commandments - #5 Respect your mom and dad (Exodus 20:1-17)
10/30/2022 The Ten Commandments - #6 Don't murder... or hate. (Exodus 20:1-17)
11/06/2022 The Ten Commandments - #7 Don't commit adultery. (Exodus 20:1-17)
11/13/2022 The Ten Commandments - #8 Don't steal. (Exodus 20:1-17)
11/20/2022 The Ten Commandments - #9 The 'Lye' is caustic. (Exodus 20:1-17)
11/27/2022 The Ten Commandments - #10 I have enough!. (Exodus 20:1-17)
12/04/2022 1st & 2nd Sundays of Advent - Preparation (Luke 2:8-20)
12/11/2022 3rd Sunday of Advent - Joy and the Annunciation (Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 1:26-38)
12/18/2022 4th Sunday of Advent - What the World Needs Now (I Corinthians 13)
12/25/2022 Christmas Day - The Gift (Matthew 2:1-12)