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Wisdom for the Young

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2015-08-29
Houston, TX
With today being youth day in the Houston congregation, Mr. Smith provides instruction from the Bible for the younger members of our congregation on how to develop wisdom and also a lasting relationship with God  

Examine Yourself, Sinner or Righteous?

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2024-03-09
Houston, TX
To begin our congregation's preparation for the upcoming Passover, in this sermon Mr Smith presents an overview of three important subjects. He begins by showing the instructions for keeping the New Testament Passover given by Jesus in...

Are You Willing to Forgive

Sermon
by Mark Sappington
2012-10-27
Houston, TX
Sermon by UCG Houston local elder Mark Sappington.  Forgiving others in the congregation, in the church, and in the world.

Houston, TX

Congregation
Pastor: 
Gary Smith

As our guest, we welcome and thank you for visiting the local website of the United Church of God in Houston Texas.    We hope that our webpage will help you become familiar with the United Church of God and our local congregation made up of members from Houston and the surrounding areas. 

The mission of the Church is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and...

Do We Need a Congregation?

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2019-08-17
Houston, TX
The modern technology we have via the internet allows many sick and elderly in our congregation to watch Sabbath services from home when they are not able to attend in person. But as Mr. Smith asks in this sermon, does that mean the rest...

Spiritual Vision

Sermon
by Mark Welch
2014-12-13
Houston, TX
Houston Family Weekend guest speaker Mark Welch pastor of the Dallas congregation relates how his physical vision was able to be corrected so that he can see clearly.  He then asks us how is our spiritual vision?  Do we see things clearly...

Arming Our Flock With Unity Right Now

Sermon
by Patrick McKee
2021-11-13
Houston, TX
In the gospel accounts we see that there was division among Christ's disciples over who would be the greatest in the kingdom. In this split sermon Patrick McKee warns us against allowing differing views on the covid crisis to cause...

Serving in the Church

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2015-02-21
Houston, TX
In this sermon Gary Smith encourages the younger members of our congregation to become more actively involved in service within the congregation.  He goes on to explain that it is by developing fruits in this service that the future...

Trial and Execution of Jesu

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2022-04-09
Houston, TX
In our congregation's final pre-Passover sermon, Mr. Smith goes through in detail the events from Jesus and the disciples arriving at Gethsemane after taking the Passover to Jesus' death on the cross. He shows us how much Jesus suffered...

All Things New

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2021-09-04
Houston, TX
With the fall holy days approaching, Mr. Smith leads the congregation in an interactive Bible study about things that will be "new" in Christ's government over this earth. Several subjects are considered and for each one the discussion is...

Bible Study, Live Not by Lies Q&a

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2020-11-07
Houston, TX
For this Bible Study over the material given in the last two sermons, Mr. Smith took questions from the book"Live not By Lies" and placed them in the context of Christian living. He gave these out to our congregation prior to the study...

Festival Lessons From Corinth

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2017-03-18
Houston, TX
Mr Smith continues preparing our congregation for the upcoming spring Holy days. In this sermon he covers several lessons covered by Paul in the book of I Corinthians that relate to lessons we need to review for this festival season.

Temptation and Evil

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2018-05-26
Houston, TX
With a child from our congregation attending the school in Santa Fe Texas where a recent shooting took place, Mr. Smith told us that Matthew 6:13 the verse in Christ's prayer outline that speaks of asking God to "deliver us from evil"...

For Even from My Youth

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2013-08-24
Houston, TX
On this youth day Sabbath for our congregation, Gary Smith used this year's teen camp theme "Remember your Creator in the days of your youth" to encourage the youth to develop a relationship with God while they are still young.

The Valley of Hinnom, Part 3

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2016-03-05
Houston, TX
Gary Smith concludes his Bible study series on the valley of Hinnom with this study. He goes through a series of questions on the final judgement which he sent out to the congregation in advance for us to study and be ready to comment on...

Is God Your Leader?

Sermon
by Donald Ward
2012-11-17
Houston, TX
Donald Ward, our former pastor, visited our congregation this Sabbath. He asked us the important question, "Will we follow the leadership of God, or the leadership of Satan; our nation, or our own human nature?"

Keeping the Unity of the Faith in the Bond of Peace

Sermon
by Donald Ward
2010-10-23
Houston, TX
What does my life represent to God, to my spouse, to my family, and to the congregation? We are to walk worthy of our calling. We cannot control what others do to us, but we can control how we respond.

Dysfunction

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2017-07-01
Houston, TX
Mr. Smith begins this sermon telling us of the positive experience he and several others from our congregation experienced at the just completed summer youth camp. In his sermon he then contrasts this to the state of our modern world...

A Brief History of the Church

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2015-01-24
Houston, TX
In this sermon Mr. Smith presents a history of the church primarily over the last 80 years showing the growth under Mr. Armstrong and the decline over the past twenty years.  He presented information both nationally and in our local...

Prepare for the Passover

Sermon
by Gary Smith
2016-03-12
Houston, TX
To begin to prepare our congregation for the spring Holy days, Gary Smith covers the subject of the Passover. He covers details in Exodus 12 and shows their fulfillment in the death of Christ as our spiritual Passover. Israel had to...

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