Posts from 2016
Toward Sunday
Please join us in worship for Candlelight Christmas Eve at 5:00 & 11:00 pm. PLEASE NOTE: we will have only one worship on Christmas Day. We’ll gather on Christmas Day at 9:30 am only. We still have a number of needs for Winter Sanctuary. We particularly need folks for setting-up from noon – 3:00 pm for our first day and for clean-up on January 1 from 6:00 – 9:00 am. We have a few openings in the evening on Friday and Saturday. Winter Sanctuary is a powerful…
Toward Sunday
We have a number of needs for Winter Sanctuary. If you have not already done so, please consider signing up to work for a shift. We particularly need folks for setting-up from noon – 3:00 pm each day and for clean-up on January 1 from 6:00 – 9:00 am. Winter Sanctuary is a powerful way to celebrate the birth of God in an ancient alley by welcoming unhoused guests with hospitality and shelter from December 25 – January 1. Here is a link to…
Toward Sunday
Our four-week Advent worship series, Take Me To The Alley, is rooted in the lectionary readings from the Gospel of Matthew. We’ll have a number of ways to Reach in Love as we move toward Christmas this year at The Table: 1 Tubman House: Brief biographical information on families from Tubman House will be in the Sanctuary again this week. Take a card on Sunday and add one of these families to your Christmas shopping lists. Please bring wrapped gifts to the Sanctuary…
Toward Sunday
Our four-week Advent worship series, Take Me To The Alley, is rooted in the lectionary readings from the Gospel of Matthew. There are a number of ways to Reach in Love as we move toward Christmas this year at The Table: Tubman House: Brief biographical information on families from Tubman House will be in the Sanctuary again this week. Invite your Kitchen Table to take a card on Sunday and add one of these families to their Christmas shopping lists. Please bring wrapped gifts…
Toward Sunday
We shift this week to a four-week Advent worship series called Take Me To The Alley. Our worship series will be rooted in the lectionary, an ancient collection of appointed readings from Scripture, from the Gospel of Matthew. We’ll have a number of ways to Reach in Love as we move toward Christmas this year at The Table. Our Christmas Offering will go to support an organization called Community Against Sexual Harm (CASH). CASH aims to be a picture of hope…
Toward Sunday
This is our final week in our four-week worship series on troubling texts from the Bible. We have chosen stories from the Hebrew scripture which are often neglected because of the difficulty of the content. Our hope is to wrestle with these stories and see what meaning may lie hidden beneath the difficult circumstances of the women’s lives that are depicted. This week our worship will focus on the story of Jephthah’s Daughter (Judges 11:29-40). OUTLINE: Closer Readings of Troubling…
Toward Sunday
This is the third of a four-week worship series on troubling texts from the Bible. We have chosen stories from the Hebrew scripture which are often neglected because of the difficulty of the content. Our hope is to wrestle with these stories and see what meaning may lie hidden beneath the difficult circumstances of the women’s lives that are depicted. This week our worship will focus on the story of an unnamed woman from Judges 19:1-30. Thank you…
Toward Sunday
Please turn in your Deep Commitment either online or in worship this Sunday if they have not already done so. Here is a link to the online Deep Commitment Card. This is the second of a four-week worship series on troubling texts from the Bible. We have chosen stories from the Hebrew scripture which are often neglected because of the difficulty of the content. Our hope is to wrestle with these stories and see what meaning may lie hidden beneath the…
Toward Sunday
Please turn in your Deep Commitment either online or in worship this Sunday if they yhave not already done so. Here is a link to the online Deep Commitment Card. Please offer to have conversations with folks if you sense resistance in making a Deep Commitment. If I can be of support to you as you witness the importance of our Deep Commitments please email or call me. We’ll begin a four-week worship series on troubling texts from the Bible this Sunday. We…
Toward Sunday
We’ll conclude our worship series this Sunday with a celebration of Baptism and the sharing of our Deep Commitments. Here is a link to the online Deep Commitment Card. Please share your Deep Commitments online or in worship by placing them in an offering plate this Sunday. OUTLINE: flour. salt. yeast. water. Beautiful, simple, & inspiring ingredients for making Deep Commitments at The Table. October 2: Ingredients & Recipes Method in Methodism. Rooted in Grace. Growing in Faith. Reaching in love. Giving Generously. …
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our worship series this week called Flour. Salt. Yeast. Water: Beautiful, simple, & inspiring ingredients for making Deep Commitments at The Table. Our final question this week invites sharing about Deep Commitments. Please spend time this week prayerfully preparing to share a bit about how you intend to complete the Deep Commitment this year. This four-week worship series will invite us to reflect on the simple ingredients that shape our community of faith. We’ll conclude this worship series on October…
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our worship series this week called Flour. Salt. Yeast. Water: Beautiful, simple, & inspiring ingredients for making Deep Commitments at The Table. This four-week worship series will invite us to reflect on the simple ingredients that shape our community of faith. We’ll conclude this worship series on October 23 with a celebration of Baptism and the sharing of our Deep Commitments. Here is a link to the online Deep Commitment Card. Encourage your Kitchen Table to submit their Deep Commitments online or…