Scripture: Luke 2

This is an abbreviated recording of the 9:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service, with special music by Laura Brown on the harp and Jesse MacDonald on the violin. It includes the sermon, which was also uploaded separately.

Scripture: Luke 2

Paintings:

Henry Tanner:  Street in Tangiers

Bottani: The Madona Adoring the Christ Child

Savoldo: Adoration of the Shepherds (Scroll Down 4 paintings)

Scripture: Matthew 1 (The Message)

Paintings:

Gandolfi Joseph's Dream

Rembrandt The Holy Family with Angels

Halle The Holy Family (scroll down to #3)

N. C. Wyeth Youg Jesus

Scripture: Luke 2

Paintings:
Tanner, The Annunciation
Trumbull, The Holy Family
Van Schendel(scroll down to 'Candle-Lit Interior')

Scripture: Isaiah 11

Pictures:

Berninghaus, Red Pepper Time

Gerhard Richter, Clouds

Joaquin Agrasot y Juan, Two Good Friends

Scripture: Deuteronomy 8; Leviticus 19

Scripture: Matthew 13

Scripture: Mark 8

Scripture: Romans 8

Book:  Bo Caldwell, City of Tranquil Light

Paintings: Waterhouse, The Annunciation,

Tanner, Flight Into Egypt,

Bannister, Working With Oxen

Scripture: I Corinthians 8, John 13

Paintings:

Christ Performing Miracles, by Lucien Simon
Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet  by Henry Tanner
Head of Christ, Rembrandt

Scriptures: 10 Commandments (Exodus 20), Micah 6, Luke 10

Paintings:

The first and third paintings are found at: www.martindriscoll.com

The first is ‘The Road Home’, the third is ‘Going Home With Grandpa.’

The middle painting is courtyard

Scripture: I Kings 18

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Scripture: Isaiah 55, Matthew 26

Paintings:

• Andrei Rublev: The Holy Trinity
• Henry Tanner And He Disappeared out of Their Sight

Scripture: Matthew 15

Paintings referenced in today's sermon:

• The Son of Man, 1927, N.C. Wyeth
• On the Tiberiad Lake, 1888, Vasiliy Polenov
• Christ and Nicodemus on a Rooftop, 1923, Henry Ossawa Tanner

Scripture: Matthew 7 and Romans 5

Paintings referenced in today's sermon:

• The Delaware Water Gap, George Inness, 1857
• The Delaware Water Gap, George Inness, 1861
• Slide show of George Inness paintings (The first painting in the slide show is the one used in the sermon.)

Scripture: Isaiah 40

Paintings referenced in this sermon:

Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before by Charles Caleb Ward

Flight Into Egypt by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Corn Harvest by N.C. Wyeth

Today's guest speaker is Dave Young, a BUMC member who is also a certified Police & Fire Chaplain as well as a certified Rural Chaplain.

Scripture: Matthew 11 & 16 and John 15:4-7

Scripture: Matthew 8 (The Message)

Scripture: Luke 12 and Matthew 11

Scripture: Leviticus 19, Matthew 5 and 7

Scripture: Matthew 5

Scripture: Colossians 3

Scripture: Matthew 25, John 3

Scripture: Luke 12

Scripture: 1 Kings 18; Luke 13

Scripture: Exodus 6 and Deuteronomy 15

Scripture: Genesis 1 and 1 Kings 19

Scripture: Romans 8 (The Message)

Scripture: Matthew 5

Pastor McConnell is in Billings for the annual meeting of Yellowstone Annual Conference.

Today's message comes from three "mature" members of the congregation, Virginia Manseau, Tom Milleson, and Jeannie Haight, as a continuation of the messages we heard from our graduating seniors a few weeks ago.

Scripture: Luke 10

Pictures:
Mary and Martha by Maurice Denis
Landscape with Stone Bridge by Hubert Robert
Monks in a Cave by Francois-Marius Granet

Scripture: Hebrews 11 (The Message)

Plenty Coups,  Emily Dickinson,

Stan Musial,  Lunch Break on the 69th floor, Tetons

Scripture: Acts 1; Romans 8

Paintings referenced in today's sermon:

• The Holy Trinity, 1420s by Andrei Rublev
• Black Methodists Holding a Prayer Meeting by Pavel Petrovich Svinin
• Durham, Connecticut, 1869 by George Inness

Scripture: Isaiah 40 and John 3

Paintings in today's sermon include:

• Tahitian Landscape by Paul Gaugin
• Harvest at Arles, c. 1888 by Vincent van Gogh
• The Mill Stream, Montclair, New Jersey by George Inness

Scripture: Matthew 5 (The Message)

Guest speakers this morning include these graduating high school students:

Kelsey Marcinko
Jesse MacDonald
Hannah Lansverk

Scripture:1 Corinthians 14 and Revelation 21 (The Message)

Today's sermon draws on ideas from Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation by Jonathon Lear

Paintings in today's sermon:

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem by Rembrandt

Simeon the Prophet Blessing the Child Jesus in the Temple by Rembrandt

Scripture: John 21 (The Message)

Scripture: Exodus 20 (The Message)

Paintings in today's sermon:

Saskia in a Straw Hat by Rembrandt
Village of Stowe, Vermont by Luigi Lucioni
Gloucester Harbor by Winslow Homer

Scripture: John 20 (The Message)

Pictures: Rembrandt's Stone Bridge

   The Old Bridge at Mostar

Scripture: John 20 (The Message)

Paintings referenced in today's sermon:

Scene on Catskill Creek by Frederic Edwin Church
The Raising of Lazarus by Vincent Van Gogh and The Raising of Lazarus by Rembrandt
Delaware Water Gap by George Inness

Scripture: Luke 19 (The Message)

Paintings in today's sermon:
Jesus enters Jerusalem
Homeward by Edward Mitchell Bannister
Landscape with a Sunlit Stream by Charles-Francois Daubigny

Scripture: Matthew 27 (The Message)

Paintings referenced in this sermon:
The Three Crosses by Rembrandt
The Stone Bridge by Rembrandt

Scripture: Exodus 20 (The Message)

Paintings in today's sermon:
Head of an Old Man by Rembrandt
Peasant Grafting a Tree by Jean-Francois Millet
My Daughter Elizabeth by Frank Weston Benson
Down the Road by Earl B. Lewis

The sermon today is given by Brenda Anderson-Baker, an active member of BUMC.

Scripture: Roman 15, The Message

Scripture Colossians 1, The Message

Paintings: Prophetess Anna by Rembrandt
Evening Prayer by J. F. Millet
View of Dachstein by Waldmueller

Today we were happy to welcome our Bishop, Elaine Stanovsky, who gave us this message.

Scripture: Luke 10: 1-10

Scripture: Colossians 1

Scripture: Mark 10

Rembrandt Paintings: Return of the Prodigal

Simeon with the Christ Child in the Temple

Christ at Emmaus

Scripture: Isaiah 9 and John 14

Paintings referenced in today's sermon:
Holy Family by John Trumbull
The Visitation by Romare Bearden