'What Keeps You Awake At Night?' Tagged Posts
Toward Sunday
We continue our four-week series, What Keeps You Awake At Night?, this week with focus on Mark 1.14-20. We will transition to two worship gatherings on February 1. The two worship gatherings, 9:30 am and 11:00 am, will both weave the same music and message. Similarly, we will offer the same Godly Play and Nursery Care at 9:30 am and 11:00 am as we transition to two worship times in order to make room at The Table. Outline of the series January 4 …
Toward Sunday
We continue our four-week series, What Keeps You Awake At Night?, this week with focus on Matthew 2.19-23. Mary, Joseph and Jesus journey home from Egypt. The death of Herod provides no relief for them. Joseph learns that Archelaus, the son of Herod, was the new ruler. Archelaus was every bit as cutthroat as his father before him. The family seeks safety in the town of Nazareth. Outline of the series January 4 Matthew 2.1-12 Epiphany Sunday January 11 …
Tubman House
Some of us are kept awake at night with concern for others. We are especially concerned for women and children who live on the margins of our city. We are grateful for the work of Tubman House in Sacramento, CA. “Through Tubman House, young parents (18 to 21 years old) experience healthy living, intensive case management, parent coaching and educational support so that they leave prepared to be leaders in their own lives, and leaders in the lives of their…
Toward Sunday
We continue our four-week series, What Keeps You Awake At Night?, this week with focus on Matthew 2.13-18. Outline of the series January 4 Matthew 2.1-12 Epiphany Sunday January 11 Matthew 2.13-18 January 18 Matthew 2.19-23 January 25 Mark 1.14-20 Take time to read Matthew 2.13-18 aloud. This is one of the many violently troubling stories we encounter in Scripture. Herod’s order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and it’s vicinity who are two years old and under…
A prayer before sleep.
Radiant Morning Star, you are both guidance and mystery, Visit our rest with disturbing dreams, and our journeys with strange companions. Grace us with the hospitality to open our hearts and homes to visitors filled with unfamiliar wisdom bearing profound and unusual gifts. Amen. (from the Revised Common Lectionary Prayerbook)
Toward Sunday
We begin a new four-week series this week called What Keeps You Awake At Night? At the end of the day, when we have finished our work and are ready for rest, often our fear and anxiety get the best of us. Rather than finding rest we find worry. Instead of being able to fall asleep, our minds turn over endless “what ifs.” We will explore passages from the Gospel of Matthew and Mark as we wonder together about how…