Sermons – Disability Ministries of the United Methodist Church

Sermons:
Accessible and Inclusive
Sermons give us something to think about or meditate on.
The Following sermons will assist United Methodists with
Understanding scripture and disability, with calls to action.

Rev. Tom Hudspeth of Lovers Lane UM Church signs during worship

Crash Course in Disability and Ministry, Bethel International UMC (Mimi Luebbers, July 2023)
This is an example of a message for Disability Awareness Sunday based on 1 Cor. 12:12-27.

All Are Welcome to God, Deaf and Disabilities Awareness, Magothy UMC of the Deaf, ASL with
voice interpretation (Leo Yates, February 2023) Based on Micah 6:8.

God Made a Way and So Should We, Oak Chapel UMC, Leo Yates (August 2022) based on
Luke 1:57-66.

Finding a way to Jesus, Spirit of Hope UMC, Sharon McCart (November 2020) based on Mark
2: 1-12. Includes ways churches can provide simple accommodations to be more welcoming.

Prelude to a Sermon “It is easy for us to become preoccupied with our work, our family, our
hobbies, and our own needs that we forget our essential call to be the body of Christ . . .”
(Reverend Eric Pridmore, April 2018). Based on James 1:22-27.

The Body Broken “Christ in his resurrected body still had those wounds. Why? Because they
were part of who he was. Without them, he would have been someone else. . .” Deaconess and
Lay Pastor Sharon McCart, (based on James ) April 2018