In worship, we were encouraged to remember that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and that Jesus’ mission is to equip us for a radically new life of faith. Our first reading was from the Acts of the Apostles and related Peter’s defense of eating with and converting Gentiles to Christianity. Peter […]
Our worship begins with the proclamation that God calls each individual personally. Our job as Christians is to respond to God’s call because we are the only ones that can answer our call. Our Psalmist sang the song in the 23rd Psalm that God is the one who leads us and gives us rest and […]
In worship we were reminded of the mystery of Jesus’ passion and how Jesus’ death leads to a new covenant of reconciliation with God. Our hope is born in the body of Christ as demonstrated in our faith that God’s promises are true and trustworthy. Our Psalmist sang a song that praised God for being […]
We gathered in worship and were reminded of the new covenant in Christ, the covenant of reconciliation. God’s gift of Christ on the cross serves as a sign of our continuing relationship with God for all eternity. Our Psalmist sang the song that affirms God as our strength and salvation. Because we live there is […]
In worship today we were reminded that, through Jesus’ death human death has been declared powerless. Our death to sin is no more if we live in Christ and modeling our life after Christ. Our Psalmist sang a song that tells us to give thanks to God for God is good. No matter how inconsequential […]
May your journey this Holy Week continue to be blessed by God’s presence as our Lenten reflections become clearer. We gathered in spirit and remembering that wherever “2 or 3 are gathered” in God’s name, God is in the midst of them. Our journey this Maundy Thursday began with the reminder of the power of […]
In worship we were reminded of our connection to God through Jesus on the cross. Our journey through life is sustained by the passion and death of Christ as the means to restore our relationship with God. Our Hebrew scripture was taken from the Prophet Isaiah, the 3rd Servant song. Isaiah reminds us and his […]
In worship, we asked to love what God commands and desire what God promises – to be steadfast in following God’s guidance and passionate about what God calls us to do. Our Psalmist sings a song praising God and how God has delivered the Israelites from their oppression. Because God has been faithful, God’s people […]
In worship today, we opened with the reminder that Jesus is the one that brings true life to the world. Our job and our mission is to live in the world as Christ did and to make the saving grace of God in Christ known. Our psalmist sang a song that tells the world that […]
In worship we gathered to remember our faith journey in this period of Lent. Our first reminder of the counterculture our true nature is came when the collect writers reminded us that we have no personal power to save ourselves. God alone is the source of our salvation. Our Hebrew scripture reading from Exodus was […]