Posts from October 2015
Toward Sunday
We are so grateful for the power and beauty of our Baptism celebration yesterday. If one of the persons baptized is in your Kitchen Table, please invite them to reflect on the experience as your group gathers this week. We draw our worship series, Christian? It’s Complicated, to a close this Sunday by offering our Deep Commitments. Please prayerfully consider how you would like to deepen your commitment to God and our community of faith in the coming year. Outline for Christian? It’s…
Toward Sunday
This week we continue our worship series with a celebration of Baptism. Outline for Christian? It’s Complicated. October 4: rooted in Grace. it’s complicated. Mark 1:9-11 October 11: growing in faith. It’s complicated. Mark 10:17-31 October 18: reaching in love. It’s complicated. Mark 10:35-45 October 25: Baptism. Mark 10:46-52/Galatians 3:27-29 November 1: Deep Commitments Mark 12:28-34 Read Mark 10:46-52. Jesus said to [Bartimaeus], ‘Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the…
Toward Sunday
This week we continue our worship series called Christian? It’s Complicated with focus on reaching in love. We will make Deep Commitments to God and our community of faith in worship on Sunday, November 1. Outline for Christian? It’s Complicated. October 4: rooted in Grace. it’s complicated. Mark 1:9-11 October 11: growing in faith. It’s complicated. Mark 10:17-31 October 18: reaching in love. It’s complicated. Mark 10:35-45 October 25: Baptism. Mark 10:46-52/Galatians 3:27-29 November 1: Deep Commitments Mark 12:28-34 We long…
Relaxing into God
What does faith feel like to you? How might you grow in your faithfulness in the coming days and months? Listen to Nadia Bolz-Webber as she answers the question “What is faith? How can we get more of it?”
Toward Sunday
This week we continue our worship series called Christian? It’s Complicated. The cultural connotations of being Christian can make it a struggle to claim our faith in public. Some of us become secretive about our church and faith. This five-week worship series will invite reflection on the complexities of claiming Christian faith in our day. Outline for Christian? It’s Complicated. October 4: rooted in Grace. it’s complicated. Mark 1:9-11 October 11: growing in faith. It’s complicated. Mark 10:17-31 October 18: reaching in love. It’s complicated. Mark 10:35-45…