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The final message in our Mystery of Faith series is “Christ Will Come Again.” Beyond death and resurrection lies the mystery of Christ coming again. But what does final victory look like? What exactly does it mean? Are we waiting passively or actively for Jesus? Come join the Easter exploration of faith!
Our scripture reading comes from Revelation 1:4-8.
Our Easter message in Mystery of Faith is “Christ Is Risen.” When we celebrate on Easter, do we carry that hope always? What does it mean that Christ is risen? How do we relate to Mary? Come join the Easter exploration of faith!
As we begin our Easter series, Mystery of Faith, we start with “Christ Has Died.” Palm Sunday can sometimes push the crucifixion to the side. What is the mystery of faith in the death of Jesus? What can we learn from the mix of joy, sorrow, and hope? Come join the Easter exploration of faith!
Our scripture reading comes from Luke 23:1-49.
Our final message from These 40 Days is “Celebrate the Now.” Are we so busy preparing for tomorrow that we forget today? Do we appreciate the people around us? Do we let others know that we are grateful? Â Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
Our scripture readings come from Isaiah 43:16-21 and John 12:1-8.
The latest message in These 40 Days is “Be Reconciled.” We are called to be reconciled to God, but what does that include? Do we put off doing important things? Should we? Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
Our scripture readings come from 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 and Luke 15:1-3,11b-32.
This Sunday brings us to the third message in These 40 Days. “Live Fruitfully” looks at how we live. Do we produce good spiritual fruits? Does fear keep us from doing all the good we could do? And do we all share the same fate? Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
Our scripture readings come from Isaiah 55:1-9 and Luke 13:1-9.
As we continue in These 40 Days we come to “Stand Firm.” Jesus and Paul both give examples if standing firm in faith. How do we handle doing things that are difficult? Do we use what limited time we have well? What happens when we are weak? Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
Our scripture readings come from Philippians 3:17-4:1 and Luke 13:31-35.
As we begin These 40 Days, our series for Lent, we begin with “Pass the Test.” The story of Jesus being tempted paints a picture of his to pass the test of or own faith. But what should we learn from it? Do we ever put God to the test? How do we use our time? Do we use it wisely? Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
Our scripture readings come from Romans 10:8b-13 and Luke 4:1-13.
What follows is the transcript from today’s sermon. It is also my statement about moving forward after the vote at the 2019 General Conference. I thank you for reading, understanding, sharing, and most of all, I thank you for love. May the Lord bless us all, and help us to move forward. The audio and a downloadable version are here.
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The last message in Being Transformed is “Transformed to Boldness” and looks at the way we are transformed to boldly proclaim the message of Christ. This is a deeply personal message today. How do we lift the veil to see the divine? Is our boldness in proclaiming Christ in proclaiming a message of good news for the least and the last? Is our boldness in breaking the yoke of oppression? Is our boldness that in God we can proclaim all these things and still have more to say? Let us make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!
Our scripture reading comes from Luke 9:28-36 and 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2.
