Posts from 2016 (Page 3)
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our worship series this week on the parables of Jesus and my message will be rooted in the parable of the Good Samaritan ( Luke 10:25-37). Lectio Divina will continue to shape our searching of scripture in our Kitchen Tables and we hope you will use this process for praying this parable as you gather this week in your Kitchen Tables. The process is outlined below. I hope your experience with Lectio Divina was meaningful last week. Please remember, like every…
Toward Sunday
We begin a new worship series this week on the parables of Jesus. This summer worship series is 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. We’ll be introducing Lectio Divina as our summer discipline for searching the scripture in our Kitchen Tables this week. My message this Sunday will weave together three parables: Parable of the Lost Sheep, Parable of the Lost Coin, Parable of the Lost Son/Prodigal…
Toward Sunday
This week we consider Fasting & Abstinence alongside Exodus 16 as we conclude our worship series on practicing Christian disciplines to stay in love with God. Outline for Staying in Love with God. •May 15: Acts 2.1-21 (Public Worship) •May 22: Acts 2:37-42 (Witness/Testimony) •May 29: Psalm 92.1-4,12-15 (Prayer) •June 5: 2 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (Searching Scripture) •June 12: Matthew 26:26-28 (Communion) •June 19: Exodus 16.1-3, 9-15, 31, 35 (Fasting) In A Blueprint for Discipleship Kevin Watson writes: “Fasting is the practice of not eating food for a period of time. [John] Wesley regularly fasted throughout his…
Toward Sunday
This week we consider Communion alongside Matthew 26:26-28 as we move into week 5 of our worship series on practicing Christian disciplines to stay in love with God. Outline for Staying in Love with God. •May 15: Acts 2.1-21 (Public Worship) •May 22: Acts 2:37-42 (Witness/Testimony) •May 29: Psalm 92.1-4,12-15 (Prayer) •June 5: 2 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (Searching Scripture) •June 12: Matthew 26:26-28 (Communion) •June 19: Exodus 16.1-3, 9-15, 31, 35 (Fasting) Read Matthew 26:26-28. John Wesley believed “constant communion”…
Toward Sunday
This week we consider Searching Scripture alongside 2 Timothy 3:14-17 as we move into week 4 of our worship series on practicing Christian disciplines to stay in love with God. Outline for Staying in Love with God. •May 15: Acts 2.1-21 (Public Worship) •May 22: Acts 2:37-42 (Witness/Testimony) •May 29: Psalm 92.1-4,12-15 (Prayer) •June 5: 2 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (Searching Scripture) •June 12: Matthew 26:26-28 (Communion) •June 19: Exodus 16.1-3, 9-15, 31, 35 (Fasting) How have you evolved in your approach to…
Toward Sunday
This week we consider Prayer alongside Psalm 92.1-4,12-15 as we move into week 3 of our worship series on practicing Christian disciplines to stay in love with God. We will also thank our Godly Play teachers for watching over our children in love this year in worship with a short liturgy of gratitude. Matt has been able to complete drafts of two chapters and is working this week on finishing what we hope will be our third chapter. His writing has…
Toward Sunday
This week we consider Witness & Testimony alongside Acts 2:37-42 as we move into week 2 of our worship series on practicing Christian disciplines to stay in love with God. We will also say farewell to two members of our community during worship this Sunday: Lori Ortiz who will be competing her year as Pastor-in-Training and Broghan Hunt who helped create and lead our youth Kitchen Table and is finishing her undergraduate degree at Sacramento State. Broghan has been accepted to seminary and will be re-locating to Southern California.…
Toward Sunday
This week we begin a new six-week worship series on practicing Christian disciplines to stay in love with God. We’ll celebrate Pentecost this coming Sunday and turn to Acts 2.1-21 as we consider Public Worship as a practice for staying in love with God. Matt settled into his study leave last week and began writing on our church’s story and Grace. He’ll continue working on those themes this coming week and we’re grateful for your continued support as he continues working on…
Toward Sunday
We’ll conclude our six-week worship series, Tasting Resurrection, this week by reflecting on lessons from the Gospel of John and a Netflix series called Chef’s Table. Each week we have focused on a story from John and a chef featured in the first season of Chef’s Table. In our final week we turn to John 17.20-26 & Magnus Nilsson. Outline for Tasting Resurrection • April 3: John 20.19-31 & Massimo Bottura •April 10: John 21.1-19 & Dan Barber •April 17: John 10.22-30 & Francis Mallmann •April 24: John 13.31-35 & Niki Nakayama •May…
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our six-week worship series, Tasting Resurrection, this week by reflecting on lessons from the Gospel of John and a Netflix series called Chef’s Table. Each week focuses on a story from John and a chef featured in the first season of Chef’s Table. This week we turn to John 14.23-29 & Ben Shewry. Outline for Tasting Resurrection • April 3: John 20.19-31 & Massimo Bottura •April 10: John 21.1-19 & Dan Barber •April 17: John 10.22-30 & Francis Mallmann •April 24: John 13.31-35 & Niki Nakayama •May 1: John 14.23-29 & Ben Shewry •May…
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our six-week worship series, Tasting Resurrection, this week by reflecting on lessons from the Gospel of John and a Netflix series called Chef’s Table. Each week focuses on a story from John and a chef featured in the first season of Chef’s Table. This week we turn to John 13.31-35 & Niki Nakayama. Outline for Tasting Resurrection • April 3: John 20.19-31 & Massimo Bottura •April 10: John 21.1-19 & Dan Barber •April 17: John 10.22-30 & Francis Mallmann •April 24: John 13.31-35 & Niki Nakayama •May 1: John 14.23-29 & Ben Shewry •May…
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our six-week worship series, Tasting Resurrection, this week by reflecting on lessons from the Gospel of John and a Netflix series called Chef’s Table. Each week focuses on a story from John and a chef featured in the first season of Chef’s Table. This week we turn to John 10.22-30 and Francis Mallmann. Outline for Tasting Resurrection • April 3: John 20.19-31 & Massimo Bottura •April 10: John 21.1-19 & Dan Barber •April 17: John 10.22-30 & Francis Mallmann •April 24: John 13.31-35 & Niki Nakayama •May 1: John 14.23-29 & Ben Shewry…