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Maundy Thursday
Our time together this evening will be rooted in the story of Jesus and his last supper with those closest to him. We will consider our place at The Lord’s Table and wonder about who might be missing. We will have a simple supper of soup and bread following our work at different prayer stations around Fellowship Hall. 6-7:15pm. 5265 H Street. All are welcome. Eat. Drink. Remember who I am. Eat. Drink. Remember who I am so you…
Toward Sunday
We conclude our worship series Give Up Certainty for Lent: Live in the Parables of Jesus as we journey together this week through Holy Week. Please invite your Kitchen Table to join us… We will gather for a simple meal on Maundy Thursday from 6:00-7:15 pm in the Social Hall on April 17. This intergenerational worship service will weave music and prayer stations and the story of Jesus’ Last Supper through the lens of Godly Play. We will gather for a solemn remembering of Good Friday at…
Prodigal sings to us all
When is a time you remember calling out to God? What was your lament? What did you hear from God? The Prodigal Son The Ghosts that we know The son sings to us all…including God You saw my pain, washed out in the rain And broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins But you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart And you knelt beside my hope torn apart But the ghosts that we knew Will…
Prodigal Son Playlist 3
The parable of the Prodigal Son. What might it feel like for you to be the younger son? What would be the most challenging for you? The son: How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes I struggle to find any truth in your lies And now my heart stumbles on things I don’t know My weakness I feel I must finally show God: Lend me your hand and we’ll conquer them all But lend me your heart and…
Prodigal Son Playlist 2
Read The Prodigal Son and reflect on a time in which you felt “lost” and were welcomed home. The younger son rethinks his choice…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLsUS29UiM The son: And after the storm, I run and run as the rains come And I look up, I look up, on my knees and out of luck, I look up. Night has always pushed up day You must know life to see decay But I won’t rot, I won’t rot Not this mind and…
The Prodigal Son playlist
This week as our community lives with the parable of the Prodigal Son we offer you a musical lectio based on songs from the group Mumford & Sons. The original idea came from a blog by Todd Rossnagel if you would like to listen to this in one setting. It will take you 30 minutes. Or you may break it up in parts each day as we share the music through youtube versions. If you have your own recordings you…
Toward Sunday
We are inviting our community to Give Up Certainty for Lent as we root ourselves in the parables of Jesus. We move into our fourth week and the parable of The Laborers in the Vineyard. What is a parable? Exact definitions vary from “stories of life with religious or spiritual lessons” to “metaphors or similes that take narrative form.” We will be operating on an understanding of parables as “thin places” where the usual boundaries between heaven and earth,…
Giving up certainty
“In these times I don’t, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don’t want what I know and want what I don’t know.” ~Marsilio Ficino from The Letters of Marsilio Ficino vol. 3
Prayer
“I thank you, O God, for grace that did not uproot me when I showed more of my expertise at doing harm than my longing to do good. Teach me to practice such patience so that I might see the beautiful potential of myself, others, even my enemies. Amen.
Ash Wednesday
“In these bodies we will live, In these bodies we will die. Where you invest your love, you invest your life.” ~Mumford & Sons