Our worship series, Reaching in Love, continues this Sunday with reflection on what it means to witness to “the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1.8: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
We’ve been using Michael Franti’s “Say Hey, I Love You” throughout our worship series. “Say Hey” describes traveling the world and falling in love:
This one goes out to you and yours – Worldwide!
I say hey I’ll be gone today
But I’ll be back all around the way
It seems like everywhere I go
The more I see
The less I know
But I know one thing
That I love you
Where are some of the places you have visited for vacation or for work or for school or for service & mission? Who are the people you have fallen in love with in those places? How might these experiences inform your understanding of Jesus’ call in Acts 1.8 to witness to the “ends of the earth?”
For those of you in Kitchen Tables that include Searching the Scriptures in preparation for worship on Sunday, what other questions or concerns or ideas emerged in your conversation?
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bettyloumoli
In the After Worship Kitchen Tables, these ideas resonated with us:
– That every little bit helps because there is always someone who is less fortunate.
– “We” are also the ends of the earth.
– Service looks different in all communities and when broken down still addresses going to the ends of the earth and being a witness.