Posts from August 2016
Toward Sunday
We’re excited to welcome Chris Logan to The Table this Sunday as our special guest preacher. Chris recently graduated from St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City and is just beginning the ordination process. Chris plans to move to northern California in the coming year to pursue his sense of call to ministry in our region of The Untied Methodist Church. Worship this Sunday will invite reflection on how our Christian faith relates to Labor Day. Chris’s message will be rooted in Mark 5.1-20 and…
Toward Sunday
We’re thrilled to welcome Rev. Kristin Stoneking to The Table this Sunday as our special guest preacher! Here is a link to Kristin’s address at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Kristin is the Executive Director of Fellowship of Reconciliation, a global interfaith organization committed to organizing, training, and growing a diverse movement that welcomes all people of conscience to end structures of violence and war, and create peace through the transformative power of nonviolence. Kristin is an ordained United Methodist pastor who led…
Toward Sunday
This is the last week of our summer worship series based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Worship this Sunday will be rooted in the Parable of the Rich Man & Lazarus ( Luke 16:19-31). Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus June 26 Luke 15:4-32 Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son July 3 Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan July …
Toward Sunday
In worship this week we will turn to the Parable of the Widow and the Judge (Luke 18:1-8 ). Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus June 26 Luke 15:4-32 Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son July 3 Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan July 10 …
Toward Sunday
We continue in worship this week by turning to the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard(Matthew 20:1-16 ). Please lead your Kitchen Table through Lectio Divina based on this text. The process is outlined below. Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus June 26 Luke 15:4-32 Lost Sheep,…