Sermons

Click on the date below to listen to or watch sermons given during worship services at Frederick First Church of the Nazarene.

2022

• May 1, 2022: Worship Service (Livestream) 

• April 24, 2022: Worship Service (Livestream) 
• April 17, 2022 : Worship Service (Livestream) Happy Easter!
• April 10, 2022 : Worship Service (Livestream) 
• April 3, 2022 : Worship Service (Livestream) 

• March 13, 2022: Worship Service
• March 6, 2022: Worship Service (Livestream) Sermon by Pastor Steve Kroger (at 24:00 min.)  (Pardon our technical difficulties; the image is sideways at the beginning but corrected for the sermon.)

• February 27, 2022: Worship Service (Livestream) Sermon by Pastor Dick Wilson (at 31:35 min.)
• February 20, 2022: Worship Service (Livestream) Sermon by Pastor Dick Wilson (at 42:30 min.)
• February 13, 2022: Worship Service (Livestream) Sermon by Pastor Dick Wilson (at 21:50 min.)

• February 6, 2021:  Worship Service (Livestream) Sermon by Pastor Dick Wilson (at 26:20 min.)

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• January 30, 2022: Worship Service (Livestream) Sermon by Dick Wilson (at 31:35 min.)
• January 23, 2022: Worship Service (Livestream) Sermon by Rev. Norm Huffman (at 22:15 min.)
• January 16, 2022: Worship Service (Livestream) Sermon by Rev. Norm Huffman (at 28:00 min.)

• January 9, 2021:  Sermon  Sermon by David Kalman: "Who Are You?" Matthew 3:13-17

• January 2, 2022:  Worship Service  Sermon: "Gratitude in All Situations" Philemon 1:4-7

2021

• December 26, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "The Incarnation" Luke 2:1-7
• December 19, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "This is How the Birth of Jesus Christ Came About" Matthew 1:18-24
• December 12, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "Hope of All the Earth" Isaiah 61:1-3
• December 5, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "Waiting for our Lord" Luke 1:68-79
• November 28, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "God with Us" Luke 1:46-55
• November 21, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "Generosity that leads to thanksgiving" 2 Corinthians 9
• November 14, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "The Life and Death of Stephen" Acts 7
• November 7, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "God's Man for the Hour" from Acts 6:8 - 7:16
• October 31, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "Solving a Church Problem in the Spirit" from Acts 6:1-7
• October 24, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "The Spirit's Gift: Blessed Assurance" from Acts 5:27-42
• October 17, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "The Church Moves Forward" from Acts 5:12-26
• October 10, 2021:  Worship Service  Sermon: "The Best and the Worst of the Church" from Acts 4:32 - 5:11
• October 3, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: The Prayer of the Righteous (Part 2), James 5:12-20
• September 26, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: The Prayer of the Righteous (Part 1), James 5:12-20
• September 19, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon by Pastor Kyler Curtis, Matthew 13:24-30
• September 12, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: "God's Sanctifying Grace" 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
• September 5, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: "Saying Yes before you know the How" Hebrews 11:8-12
• August 22, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: "Say What Needs to Be Said" Acts 4:1-22
• August 22, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: "Say What Needs to Be Said" Acts 4:1-22
• August 15, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: "Give What You Have" Acts 3:1-10
• August 8, 2021: Worship Service  Pastor Robin Curtis
• August 1, 2021: Worship Service  "David's Sin - Shocking; God's Grace - Sufficient" from Psalm 51
• July 25, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: "New Testament Church Life" Acts 2:41-47
• July 18, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: "A Call to Repentance and Promise" Acts 2:37-41
• July 11, 2021: Worship Service  Job 1:18-22
• July 4, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon "The Law and the Promise" (Speaker: Kyler Curtis) Galatians 3:15-22
• June 26, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon "Peter's Sermon on Pentecost" (Part 2) Acts 2:14-41
• June 20, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon "Peter's Sermon on Pentecost" Acts 2:14-41
• June 13, 2021: Worship Service: Missions Sunday with Jerry and Toni Porter
• June 6, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon "Every Tribe and Tongue and People and Nation" Acts 2:1-13
• May 30, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon "The Power of God" (continued) Acts 2:1-13
• May 23, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon "The Power of God" Acts 2:1-13
• May 16, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "The Power of Waiting" Acts 1:1-11 
• May 9, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "Wisdom helps us when its unclear what to do" Proverbs 3:5-6 by Kyler Curtis
• May 2, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "Love Wins" John 21:15-23
• April 25, 2021: Worship Service : 
• April 18, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "Walking Toward the Resurrected" Luke 24:13-35
• April 11, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "Living in light of the Resurrection" John 20:19-31
• April 4, 2021: Easter Worship Service : Sermon: "What is your transformation story?" John 20:11-18
• March 28, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "The Triumphal Entry" by Kyler Curtis Matthew 21:1-11
• March 21, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "The Suffering of Oppression" Isaiah 53:7
• March 14, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "The Suffering of Sin" Isaiah 53:1-12
• March 7, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "The Suffering of Loneliness" Isaiah 53:1-12
• February 28, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "God is Still Speaking; God Is Still Calling"  (1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20) 
• February 21, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "God Takes a Hand Wherever He Can Find It"  (Romans 12:3-8)
• February 14, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "Sanctification" (Romans 8) by David Kalman
• February 7, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: "A Right Response to God's Call on Our Lives" 2 Chronicles 34-35
• January 31, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: Being the Body of Christ, Part 2. Romans 12:3-8
• January 24, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: Being the Body of Christ. Romans 12:3-8
• January 17, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: Eyes Wide Open to the Mercies of God. Romans 12:1-2
• January 10, 2021: Worship Service : Sermon: New Year, New Me! Romans 6:6-10 - Sermon by Kyler Curtis
• January 3, 2021: Worship Service  Sermon: My Eyes have Seen Your Redemptive Invasion. Luke 2:21-40

2020

• December 27, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: The Incarnation: Redemptive Invasion: Luke 2:1-7
• Christmas Eve Worship Service  
• December 20, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: The Joy of Advent: Luke 2:8-14
• December 13, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: The Love of Advent: Romans 5:1-11
• December 6, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: The Peace of Advent: Romans 5:1-8
• November 29, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: The Hope of Advent: Isaiah 40:28-31

• November 22, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: The Heart of Thanksgiving: Luke 7:11-19
• November 15, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: The Heart of Biblical Faith: Mark 12:28-34
• November 8: 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Matthew 5:1-12 The Blessed Attitudes 
• November 1, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: "We are the Church" Revelation 7:9-17
• October 25, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: "The Affirmation of Faith" Habakkuk 3:17-19 and Malachi 3:16-18
• October 18, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: "The Ways of God" Zephaniah 3:14-17 and Micah 5:2-5a
• October 11, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Micah 6:6-8 "What does the Lord Require?"
• October 4, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: James 4:8 "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you."
• September 27, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Joel 2:21-32 "The Promise of Hope."
• September 20, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Daniel 9:15-19 "Lord, Listen! Lord, Forgive! Lord, Hear and Act!"
• September 13, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Ezekiel 47:1-12 "Life Giving Water"
• September 6, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Ezekiel 11:14-21 "I Am Your Sanctuary"
• August 30, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: "New Way, New Hope" Jeremiah 31:3-6, 7-14, and 31-34
• August 23, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Jeremiah 29:4-14 "God's Best Intent"
• August 16, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Jeremiah 18:1-12 "Mold Me and Make Me"
• August 9, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Isaiah 58 "God's Ways are Always Best"
• August 2, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Matthew 14:13-21: The Lavish Abundance of God’s Provision -or- God’s Party
• July 31: 2020: A Blessing over Frederick, Maryland: A Virtual Choir
• July 26, 2020:  Worship Service  Sermon: Ecclesiastes 4:8-12 "Life Is Better With Others"
• July 19, 2020:  Worship Service  Sermon: Psalm 89 "Realizing the New"
• July 12, 2020:  Worship Service  Sermon: Job 19:25-27 "Sometimes Life Doesn't Make Sense"
  Song: "I Am" by The Wall Brothers.
• July 5, 2020:  Worship Service  Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"; Part 5: Message: "For Such a Time as This" (Esther 4:12-17)
• June 28, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"; Part 4: Message: "The Uncomfortable Gospel" (Nehemiah 8:1-12)
• June 21, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"; Part 3
• June 14, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"; "Next Steps" Nehemiah 2-4. Sermon Notes (pdf file)
• June 7, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: Isaiah 58:6-12 "Repairer of Broken Walls"
• May 31, 2020: Worship Service  Pentecost Sunday
• May 24, 2020: Worship Service  "May God Bless you with His Presence" Psalm 16:11
• May 17, 2020: Worship Service  
• May 10, 2020: Worship Service  "A song of Thanksgiving" 1 Chronicles 16:8-36
• May 3, 2020: Worship Service  "Facing the threats of life" 1 Kings chapters 17-19
• April 26, 2020: Worship Service  Sermon: "Ruth"
• April 19, 2020: Part 1: Worship Music and Scripture Reading. Part 2: Sermon: "God is With Us". Judges chapters 6-9.
• April 12, 2020: Easter Sunday worship service, "The Heart of the Christian Faith," Luke 24:1-12
• April 10, 2020: Good Friday Worship Service
• April 5, 2020: Worship Service, Pastor Rob Merki "Triumph of All Triumphs - the Salvation of Our Souls." Scripture for today is Revelation 5:1-14.  
• March 29, 2020: Worship Service, Pastor Rob Merki, "God's Promises in Perilous Times." Scripture for today: Deuteronomy 23:5, 14 ​​​​​​
• March 22, 2020: Virtual Worship Service. Scripture for today: Deuteronomy 15:7-11 

Other scriptures cited include:

2 Kings 6:8-22 (this is a wonderful, if not humorous and redemptive passage)
2 Timothy 1:7
2 Corinthians 9:7
Acts 2:42-47

• March 15, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Do not be Afraid or Discouraged" (Joshua 1:1-9) (download .mp3 file).
• March 8, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Choices and Inward Obedience" (Deuteronomy 30:11-20) (download .mp3 file).
• February 9, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Everyday Holiness" (Leviticus 19:2 and 1 Peter 1:13-16) (download .mp3 file).
• February 2, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Journeying Through the Word: Exodus 33 - Leviticus 14" (download .mp3 file).
• January 26, 2020: Pastor Rob Merki - "Journeying Through the Word: Genesis 45 - Exodus 32" (download .mp3 file).

2019

• December 29, 2019: David Kalman - "The God of New Beginnings" (download .mp3 file).
• December 22, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Come and See What God Has Done: Love Incarnate, Love Divine" (Isaiah 54:10) (download .mp3 file).
• December 15, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Come and See What God Has Done" (Luke 2) (download .mp3 file).
• December 8, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Come and See What God Has Done: Messiah Bring Peace" (Isaiah 9:2-7) (download .mp3 file).
• December 1, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Come and See What God Has Done: Part 1" (download .mp3 file).
• November 10, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Outward-Focused Living: Part 5: Love in Action" (Ephesians 5:1-2) (download .mp3 file).
• November 3, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Outward-Focused Living: Part 4: Seeds of Love" (Luke 8:16-18) (download .mp3 file).
• October 27 sermon not available
• October 20, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Outward-Focused Living: Part 2: Focused On God" (Isaiah 42) (download .mp3 file).
• October 13, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Outward-Focused Living: Part 1" (Ephesians 3:14-21) (download .mp3 file).
• October 6, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Tell Me the Story of Jesus" (John 1:35-46) (download .mp3 file).    
• September 15, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "Life is Overwhelmingly Better with Jesus" (Ephesians 2:18-20; Romans 12:15; Job 19:23-27) (download .mp3 file). September 15 sermon notes (pdf file).
  September 1 sermon notes (pdf file)
• September 8, 2019: Guest Speaker: Rev. Gary Millburn - "This is Where the Rubber Hits the Road" (Matthew 7:12) (download .mp3 file)
• September 1, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "When You Pray" (Matthew 6:5-14) (download .mp3 file)
  September 1 sermon notes (pdf file).
• August 25, 2019: David Kalman - "When My Thinking is Wrong" (download .mp3 file)
   August 25th sermon slides (pdf file).
• July 28, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "The Virtues of Jesus Alive in Us" (Galatians 5:16-24) (download .mp3 file)
• Note: The King's Brass performed and led worship service on July 21. There was no sermon recorded that day.
• July 14, 2019: Pastor Rob Merki - "The Harvest of the Spirit" (Galatians 5:16-24) (download .mp3 file)