With special guests, the Flames, helping lead worship, we will consider that most would agree to share meals with individuals who are familiar to them or with those they know the best. Yet, Christ contends that the table is less about familiarity and more about hospitality and care.
When Jesus breaks bread with the disciples, their eyes are opened, and they recognize him. Communion opens our eyes to see God and others more clearly. At the table, we come to know one another and God.
This week we’ll be celebrating our “Affirmation Sunday.” Join us as we welcome ALL persons to our church and affirm our intention to become a Reconciling Congregation in the United Methodist Church. The service will include music that reflects full inclusion of all people (Randi is out of town this week, so Lyndy Zabel and…
The Celebration for LIfe of Greg Engebos will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, April 14. The service will be streamed and a recording embedded here.
Palm Sunday worship.
Kindness is a restorative act done for the good of another, handing over something valuable without the expectation of return.
Jesus says that we are blessed when we are at the end of our rope, when we’re exhausted and despairing. Blessed are you who forgives the person who never said sorry, the ridiculed and humiliated, left out and left behind. Jesus turns things upside down. But maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be: our feet…
The point of spiritual practice is not simply carry more, try harder, do better. It fits. It’s easy. As Jesus says, “It’s light, I swear.”