The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sun, Oct 19th
When we pray, we embody, or we live out, hope and the belief that God listens and is compelled to act because of who God is. - Pastor Jeanette
Below are links to the full videos of past worship services along with the bulletin and lectionary Bible passages for each week.
When we pray, we embody, or we live out, hope and the belief that God listens and is compelled to act because of who God is. - Pastor Jeanette
Giving thanks is good… but ultimately our thanks go to whom? God? To whom are we thankful, but to God?- Pastor Libby
Again and again, Luke shows God’s kingdom breaks boundaries, welcomes those who seem forgotten, and emphasizes reversal: the lowly lifted up, the powerful brought low, and grace coming down to the least-expected places. - Prajakta David Kelley, guest preacher
I don’t think there’s any way… to get around what Jesus really wants for us. We have to stop loving our money more than we love God, more than we love people.- Pastor Libby
...waiting is never a waste of time. In the waiting, God is not idle; he is doing his work in us and preparing the way.- Letha Kerl, guest preacher
Today in Jesus' parables of the lost coin and the lost sheep, we hear the good news that God is on the move and searching actively for the lost.- Pastor Jeff
Let us be a servant people, reconciling, ending strife, seeking ways more just of sharing and of ord’ring human life. Fill us with a glowing vision of this world as it should be; send us forth to change that vision…
...we know that Jesus treated the banquet much differently than was the culture of that day. Jesus ate with all kinds of people, and rather than assigning any honor to any seat, Jesus took the place of the house servant:…
That's what Sabbath is for: to restore us so that we can live again in freedom and joy.- Pastor Jeanette
I’m starting to see this passage as Jesus leaning into emotion, to frustration, to longing, while at the same time,… if we say that’s okay, are we just giving people a lightsaber that they can turn around and turn to…