This week we begin a new worship series called Our Vintage Church. We will spend 3 weeks hearing the story of our beginning, celebrating 5 years of worship and Kitchen Tables and hearing a vision for our future.
Outline for Our Vintage Church
▪September 13: Looking Back (Mark 8.27-38)
▪September 20: Celebrating 5 years of worship & Kitchen Tables (Mark 9.30-37)
▪September 27: Mapping our Future (Mark 9:38-50)
Karen Oliveto, pastor of Glide UMC in San Francisco will preach this Sunday. Her message will inspire us to consider our church’s history as she shares about the life of Elizabeth Snyder Glide. Lizzie, as she was known throughout her life, was born in Louisiana in 1852. During a family bible study, Lizzie had a spiritual experience. Her father read a passage from Matthew about the coming judgment and separation of sheep and goats, representing those who showed compassion to others and those who failed to do so. Lizzie, even though a child, was deeply moved by this passage and talked it over with her father. Her father told her that as long as she was a good girl and loved Christ, she would be assured a place in heaven. This was a defining moment which would direct Lizzie’s future.
Lizzie’s family moved to Sacramento, California in 1867 and joined the local Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Lizzie was an active member and Sunday School teacher. It was at this church that she met her future husband, Joseph Glide, who was a wealthy cattle baron.
In 1889 evangelist Sam P. Jones came to Sacramento. It was at a revival that Lizzie came forward to consecrate her life to Christian service. Even though she had come to live a life of ease in the Glide mansion, she soon established a mission for the most destitute in Sacramento, working there herself and often giving her own testimony of sanctification. She became well-known and well-loved among the poor, and a highly sought after speaker. (from https://glidesf.wordpress.com/tag/lizzie-glide/)
Lizzie Glide made life choices based upon her faith. How has your faith informed some of your life choices?
Read Mark 8.27-38. What do you hear in this passage that might inspire your faith and the direction of your life choices?