Posts from December 2015
Toward Sunday
We are hosting around 120 unhoused guests this week for Winter Sanctuary. Join us as we reach in love this week. Sign up here. Worship this Sunday will be rooted in John 1.1-20. The opening lines take readers all the way back to the beginning. New Year’s offers us all a sense of new beginning. My message will invite reflection on 2015 and encourage us to have intentional beginnings to the new year. Thinking back on your journey with The Table in…
Christmas is here.
God’s love is for all. We will reach in love by extending hospitality to around 120 unhoused guests this December 27 – January 3. We would love you to join us by signing up for one or more shifts here.
Che Jesus
Che Jesus, They told me that you came back to be born every Christmas. Man, you’re crazy! … with this stubborn gesture of coming back every Christmas you are trying to tell us something: That the revolution that all proclaim begins first of all in each one’s heart, That it doesn’t mean only changing structures but changing selfishness for love, That we have to stop being wolves and return to being brothers and sisters, That we… begin to work seriously…
Christmas is coming
Many people are longing to find a place to spend Christmas Eve. Share and invite your neighbors, co-workers, friends, and family as we welcome the mystery of Christmas.
Toward Christmas Eve
We’re thrilled to celebrate Christmas Eve in our sanctuary at 5265 H Street Sacramento, CA 95819 this Thursday at 5:00 pm and 11:00 pm. Here is a link to our short video. Christmas Is Coming Outline November 29: Jeremiah 33.14-16 (Hope) December 6: Malachi 3.1-4 (Love) December 13: Zephaniah 3.14-20 (Joy) December 20: Micah 5.1-5a (Peace) 5pm & 11pm Candlelight Christmas Eve: Luke 2.1-20 Christmas Eve will undoubtedly be a thin place for countless people around the world. Take time between now and Christmas Eve to reflect on the memories you hold…
Toward Sunday
We celebrate the fourth week of our Advent worship series called Christmas Is Coming by turning to Micah 5.1-5. Our worship series has been rooted in the Hebrew Bible readings from the lectionary (collection of appointed readings) for this season & the fiftieth anniversary of Charles Schulz’s A Charlie Brown Christmas. This will be the final week in our preparation for the coming of Christmas. Thank you for watching over young mommies & their children in love this Christmas. Your generous and…
Toward Sunday
We continue in the third week of our Advent worship series called Christmas Is Coming this week by turning to Zephaniah 3.14-20. Our worship series will be rooted in the Hebrew Bible readings from the lectionary (collection of appointed readings) for this season. We will look back to these ancient writings as we prepare for the coming of Christmas. Christmas Is Coming Outline November 29: Jeremiah 33.14-16 (Hope) December 6: Malachi 3.1-4 (Love) December 13: Zephaniah 3.14-20 (Joy) December 20: Micah 5.1-5 (Peace) 5pm & 11pm Candlelight Christmas Eve: Luke 2 This…
Advent Hymn.
Take a few minutes. Breathe. Listen. How might the Advent of God’s new reality be coming to you today?
Who needs love today?
“We can be certain of one thing: transformation into God’s image and God’s purpose requires that we pass through God’s refining fire. Being made holy is not a one-time deal; it is an ongoing process that continues until we are fully reconciled with Christ….The key idea to remember is that we pass ‘through’ and do not remain in the fire.” Okoro, Enuma. Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent. Nashville: Upper Room, 2012. 65. It is a powerful metaphor…