Join us Saturday November 26th, 2022 at 2 PM to help us decorate the Sanctuary for Advent and Christmas. There will be cookies and crafts — families welcome! Come on out and get into the Christmas Spirit.
Luke 20:27-38The Question about the Resurrection Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, Read more
Luke 18:9-14, NRSV The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax-Collector He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, Read more
This is not a feel-good story of healing and restoration, is a story of rebuke for the way we as humanity treat the poor.
This is a story that seeks to name the trouble in Jesus’ time and in our time; poverty.
If you came looking for grace in this scripture, you will not find it. What you find is an indictment of our way of life and the chasm between rich and poor that we allow to perpetuate.
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
— L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Invocation: Open Our Hearts, MV 21
Open our hearts, open our minds.
Open our lives to you, O loving God. (2x)
Open our hearts.
Invocation: Open Our Hearts, MV 21
Open our hearts, open our minds.
Open our lives to you, O loving God. (2x)
Open our hearts.
Centering Song: Lord, Prepare Me, MV 18
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true;
with thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for you. (2x)
Centering Song: Lord, Prepare Me, MV 18
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true;
with thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for you. (2x)
The Parable of the Dishonest Manager Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said Read more
