Your bulletin boldly proclaims this Sunday, June 27, to be Mission Sunday at CUMC in support of our congregation’s Covenant Relationship with African medical missionary, Yema Luhahi.

Yema & her husband, Lahi, have been assigned by the UMC General Board of Global Ministries to service in Kenya. Yema has been on the full-time teaching staff of the Maua Methodist Hospital Nursing School and has additionally begun instructing health-related courses at the Kenya Methodist University (KEMU) in Meru. As if this wasn’t enough to keep any professional woman’s roster full to the brim with responsibilities, Yema is the organizing/planning force behind workshops and seminars for training, counseling and testing health issues on a wide variety of subjects including substance abuse~ which is a predisposing factor in contracting the HIV infection.

You’ve all heard the saying: “if you want something done, ask a busy person?” Well, to really top thing, the Vice-Chancellor of KEMU appointed Yema to be Supervisor of the university clinic which a decade ago only had one part-time nurse and extremely limited resources to even operate a diagnostic clinic. Under Yema’s direction, this same clinic now provides multiple services to pregnant women, immunization for children under 5 years of age, and soon hopes to expand into provision of oral hygiene for the community. Now that’s pragmatically applying her Bachelors & Masters Degrees (earned in the Mid-west USA) full sail to the wind of God’s powerfully moving Holy Spirit, wouldn’t you say?!

In Yema’s own words: “I believe that God’s mission is being carried out as Jesus’ love flows through our healing ministry to touch people. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.’”(John 10:10) It seems as though concurring echoes can be heard in something from the mouth of Methodism’s founder, John Wesley: “The world is your parish.” Let’s lend our own individual credence to that clarion again this Sunday at CUMC with a special offering, shall we? You can use the UMC pew envelopes and mark the “other” line designation “mission” for cash or write this in the “memo” line of your check made out to CUMC. Yema & ALL those whom she serves heartily thank you!

Archived Sermons

2009

July 5, 2009  "In the body, or out of the body"

June 28, 2009  "The Healer"  (mp3 audio file)

June 28, 2009  "The Healer"  (text)

June 21, 2009  "Step up, little David, and take him down"

June 7, 2009  "What does eternal life mean for us today?" 

(sermon based on a song by T.C. Smythe/Gary Taylor)  (mp3 file)

May 24, 2009  "The Image of God"

May 16, 2009  "The Harmony of God"

May 10, 2009  "The Fecundity of God"

May 3, 2009  "The Wildness of God"

April 26, 2009  "Earth's crammed with heaven"

April 19, 2009  "Going public"

April 12, 2009  "The glorius you"  Easter Sunday

April 5, 2009  "A Tale of Two Kingdoms"  Palm/Passion Sunday (B. Allen)

March 29, 2009  "Unless you die"

March 15, 2009  "Looking at the Finger"

March 8, 2009  "Trade Your Soul?"

February 25, 2009  "Hot Coals in the Ashes"

February 22, 2009  "High on a Mountain Top"

February 8, 2009  "Healing Through Jesus' Hands - And Ours!"  (S. Larson)

February 1, 2009  "Sharing the Light" (B. Allen)

January 9, 2009  "Come on in, The Water is Fine"

January 4, 2009  "One Little Candle"

2008

May 4, 2008  "Wait, Pray, Love (B. Allen)
April 27, 2008  "The God Gene"
April 20, 2008  "A Dangerous Christ" (Oscar Romero)
April 13, 2008  "I Am the Good Gate"
April 7  "One Hand Clapping"
March 23  "Openings Without End" (Easter)
March 20  "Judas" (Holy Thursday)
March 16  "Christ and Pilate:  Clean Hands, Dirty Heart"
March 9  "Dry Bones in the Valley"
March 2  "Earth in Eyes"
February 24, 2008  "Thirst"  (B. Allen)
February 17, 2008  "Wind and Wonder"
February 6  (Ash Wednesday) "Hot Coals in the Ashes"
February 3  "Transfiguration"
January 27, 2008  "Salt and Light"
January 20, 2008  "Bless You!"
January 13, 2008 "A Feather on the Breath of God"
January 6, 2008  "Arise, Shine!"

2007

November 4  "This Table Belongs to Jesus"
September 16  "Jesus and Mohammed"
September 9  "What is the church?  Perseverence"
July 22, 2007  "How to get out of doing the dishes"
July 15, 2007  "The stupid Samaritan"
July 8, 2007  "Gonna step right in"
July 1, 2007  "Going to Jerusalem"