Plymouth Congregational Church UCC
@plymouthucc.bsky.social
We're known for our inclusivity, music-filled worship, and action in the world. Worship at 10 a.m. with education for kids and adults at 9! On the south side of Lake St (near CSU) in Fort Collins, CO. https://linktr.ee/plymouthucc
"God's dream for this world is peace” from Rev. John Smith's sermon on Luke 2:10-14 for Advent 2. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/w2I6D0s3GnE
"God's dream for this world is peace" (Sermon Snippet)
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December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"God's dream for this world is peace” from Rev. John Smith's sermon on Luke 2:10-14 for Advent 2. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/w2I6D0s3GnE
"Advent as a time to walk through seasons of grief" From Pastor Marta's sermon on Isaiah 2:1-5 for Advent 1. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/cZ82Vatr6G4
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December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"Advent as a time to walk through seasons of grief" From Pastor Marta's sermon on Isaiah 2:1-5 for Advent 1. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/cZ82Vatr6G4
"I love Thanksgiving” From Rev. John Smith's sermon on Thanksgiving Sunday. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/0wwls0TgXPs
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November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"I love Thanksgiving” From Rev. John Smith's sermon on Thanksgiving Sunday. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/0wwls0TgXPs
"Showing up when things get messy” Aliyah Santistevan preaches on Luke 21:5-19 for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost & Transgender Day of Remembrance, on which we honor the memory of those whose lives were lost in anti-transgender violence. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/LFK3TJYh0V4
"Showing up when things get messy" (Sermon Snippet)
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November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"Showing up when things get messy” Aliyah Santistevan preaches on Luke 21:5-19 for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost & Transgender Day of Remembrance, on which we honor the memory of those whose lives were lost in anti-transgender violence. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/LFK3TJYh0V4
"Pharisees & Tax Collectors" From Rev. John Smith's sermon of 11/9/25 on Luke 18:9-14. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/SEx1KqIhLKk
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November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Pharisees & Tax Collectors" From Rev. John Smith's sermon of 11/9/25 on Luke 18:9-14. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/SEx1KqIhLKk
"Blessed" Rev. John Smith preaches on Matthew 5:1-12 for our annual All Saints/Totenfest service. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/kiBaeZz6PO8
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November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Blessed" Rev. John Smith preaches on Matthew 5:1-12 for our annual All Saints/Totenfest service. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/kiBaeZz6PO8
"Not just talking about food” Rev. Chris Gilmore preaches on Acts 10:9-16 & 34-35 for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/6Bz11PaEd-g
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October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Not just talking about food” Rev. Chris Gilmore preaches on Acts 10:9-16 & 34-35 for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/6Bz11PaEd-g
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" Rev. John Smith, founding pastor of Crossroads Church in Loveland, preaches on the feeding of the 5,000 for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/bLLGUfkjYso
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" || Rev. John Smith
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October 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" Rev. John Smith, founding pastor of Crossroads Church in Loveland, preaches on the feeding of the 5,000 for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/bLLGUfkjYso
"The Congregational Way" From the sermon by Rev. Erin Gilmore, Transitional Conference Minister, Rocky Mountain Conference of the UCC, on Luke 10:25-37 (The Good Samaritan) for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/hXd4ueXYjDw
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October 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"The Congregational Way" From the sermon by Rev. Erin Gilmore, Transitional Conference Minister, Rocky Mountain Conference of the UCC, on Luke 10:25-37 (The Good Samaritan) for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/hXd4ueXYjDw
"A God Who Prays with Us” from Pastor Pam's final sermon as interim minister, on John 17:1-25 for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/SbCw7rFeHPU
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October 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"A God Who Prays with Us” from Pastor Pam's final sermon as interim minister, on John 17:1-25 for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/SbCw7rFeHPU
"Expanding God’s Kin-dom." Interim minister Pastor Pam preaches on Psalm 145 and Luke 13:18-21 for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/A0KEbQ4sNzA
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September 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"Expanding God’s Kin-dom." Interim minister Pastor Pam preaches on Psalm 145 and Luke 13:18-21 for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/A0KEbQ4sNzA
"Mr. Rogers... and Romans 12” from Pastor Marta's sermon on Romans 12: 9-21 for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost and week 3 of The Art of Jubilee. (Link to full sermon at end of clip) youtu.be/iuAxiFjKqpM
"Mr. Rogers... and Romans 12" (Sermon Snippet)
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September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Mr. Rogers... and Romans 12” from Pastor Marta's sermon on Romans 12: 9-21 for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost and week 3 of The Art of Jubilee. (Link to full sermon at end of clip) youtu.be/iuAxiFjKqpM
"What medicine do you bring to your community?” From Pastor Marta's sermon of 9/14/25 on Leviticus 25:11–12 for the series The Art of Jubilee. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/TPuwUNL9KxA
"What medicine do you bring to your community?"
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September 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"What medicine do you bring to your community?” From Pastor Marta's sermon of 9/14/25 on Leviticus 25:11–12 for the series The Art of Jubilee. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/TPuwUNL9KxA
"God, the Master Improviser” From Pastor Marta's sermon on Genesis 1:26–28 for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/cC25kWIZP8A
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September 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"God, the Master Improviser” From Pastor Marta's sermon on Genesis 1:26–28 for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/cC25kWIZP8A
"The intent of the invitation" Pastor Pam Peterson, Interim Minister, preaches on Luke 14.1, 7-14 for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/-Kv_R0xT4r0
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September 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"The intent of the invitation" Pastor Pam Peterson, Interim Minister, preaches on Luke 14.1, 7-14 for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/-Kv_R0xT4r0
"A moment to think about your sabbath,” from 8/24/31, when our interim minister, Pastor Pam, preached on Luke 13:10-17 for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. youtu.be/zcW2-4x2uQ0
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August 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"A moment to think about your sabbath,” from 8/24/31, when our interim minister, Pastor Pam, preached on Luke 13:10-17 for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. youtu.be/zcW2-4x2uQ0
The context for the "Loaves & Fishes" in Luke. Rev. Chris Gilmore, who grew up at Plymouth and currently serves Sixth Avenue United Church (UCC), preaches on Luke 9:12-17 for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/6ehTWfbx1kA
The context for the "Loaves & Fishes" in Luke || Rev. Chris Gilmore
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August 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The context for the "Loaves & Fishes" in Luke. Rev. Chris Gilmore, who grew up at Plymouth and currently serves Sixth Avenue United Church (UCC), preaches on Luke 9:12-17 for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/6ehTWfbx1kA
God's Subversive Economy” From Pastor Marta's sermon of 8/10/25 on Luke 12:32-40 for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/KnupJgjTj8A
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August 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
God's Subversive Economy” From Pastor Marta's sermon of 8/10/25 on Luke 12:32-40 for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/KnupJgjTj8A
"Hope with Peace" Pastor Pam preaches on Jeremiah 29.1-14 and Luke 10.1-11 for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/mzgFDzcTaVU
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July 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Hope with Peace" Pastor Pam preaches on Jeremiah 29.1-14 and Luke 10.1-11 for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/mzgFDzcTaVU
"The Dry Bones of Ezekiel 37” Pastor Pam preaches on Ezekiel 37:1-14 for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. Verse 4: Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. (NRSV) youtu.be/gIjRNidis54
"The Dry Bones of Ezekiel 37" (Sermon Snippet)
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July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"The Dry Bones of Ezekiel 37” Pastor Pam preaches on Ezekiel 37:1-14 for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. Verse 4: Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. (NRSV) youtu.be/gIjRNidis54
"What is 'perceiving' in Isaiah 43:19?” "I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?" from Pastor Pam's sermon on Isaiah 43.1-2, 16-21 for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/Xsmw14c5Vug
"What is 'perceiving' in Isaiah 43:19?" (Sermon Snippet)
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July 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"What is 'perceiving' in Isaiah 43:19?” "I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?" from Pastor Pam's sermon on Isaiah 43.1-2, 16-21 for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/Xsmw14c5Vug
"Carrying Our Ancestors' Bones" From Brooklyn McBride's sermon of 6/29/25 on Exodus 13:17-22. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/DrA13V0Bzls
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June 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Carrying Our Ancestors' Bones" From Brooklyn McBride's sermon of 6/29/25 on Exodus 13:17-22. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/DrA13V0Bzls
"What Is Your Name?" From Pastor Marta's sermon of the same name on June 22, 2025. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/XeOqjb2GPIw
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June 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"What Is Your Name?" From Pastor Marta's sermon of the same name on June 22, 2025. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/XeOqjb2GPIw
"Hearing the Call to Reconciliation” from Pastor Pam's sermon on Acts 2.1-21 for Pentecost Sunday. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/kAvQqdW8w4k
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June 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Hearing the Call to Reconciliation” from Pastor Pam's sermon on Acts 2.1-21 for Pentecost Sunday. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/kAvQqdW8w4k
“A Long Line of Holy Rabble-Rousers.” Pastor Marta and Brooklyn (Dir. of Christian Formation for Children & Youth) preach on Acts 16.16-34 for the Seventh Sunday of Easter/Pride Sunday. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/lsDIvSbZViQ
"A Long Line of Holy Rabble-Rousers" (Sermon Snippet)
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June 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“A Long Line of Holy Rabble-Rousers.” Pastor Marta and Brooklyn (Dir. of Christian Formation for Children & Youth) preach on Acts 16.16-34 for the Seventh Sunday of Easter/Pride Sunday. Link to full sermon at end of clip. youtu.be/lsDIvSbZViQ