Scripture: Mark 1:4-11 Jesus baptizes you with the Holy Spirit Acts 4:18-26 We cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard Dialogue: Affirmed and Spirited“Beautifully moving, ceaselessly forming,growing, emerging with awesome delight,Maker of Rainbows, glowing with color,arching in wonder,energy flowing in darkness and light:Name unnamed, hidden and shown,knowing
Continue readingScripture: Jeremiah 18:1-11 . The potter and the clay Sermon: In the Potter’s Hand“We believe in God, who has created and is creating.” And who continues creating until the end of time! Like a potter shaping clay, our God shapes us-each of us and all of us-becoming something far beyond
Continue readingGalatians 6:14-16 A New Creation1 Peter 3:3-4 Inner BeautyLuke 6:12-31 The sermon on the plain How do we define what is beautiful and what is not? The arts cause our hearts to open and in a world dominated by information and rationalization and scientific pursuit we have been trained to turn
Continue readingScripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 There is a new creation Sermon: Seeing With New EyesPaul’s talk of “New Creation” focuses on the transformed vision. To see Christ and to see one another no longer in the flesh, but in the spirit. The New Creation is not one thing changed into another,
Continue readingIsaiah 40:28-31 Strength to the powerlessEphesians 5:6-14 Live as children of the light The season of Easter invites us to explore the cyclical nature of life, death and transformation to new life. New life comes when we have the courage to enter the darkness, to enter the moments of uncertainty
Continue readingColossians 1:15-20 First born of all creationPsalm 96 Sing a new song, praise GodMark 16:1-8, 14 Resurrection & Commissioning Tell me what you saw on Easter morning? We hear Mark’s witness statement which is the earliest written witness statement in the Bible. Now like the faithful followers during Christ’s life,
Continue readingScripture: Exodus 1:15-20 Birth of Moses Mark 13:14-19 Desolating sacrilege Sermon: Faithfulness in the GardenWe hear increasingly grave warnings about the deterioration of our natural environment. Increasingly loud voices challenge the leadership of industry, science, and government. We who are called to prophetic ministry, dedication to the common good, and
Continue readingScripture: Romans 8:19-23 Creation in Labour Sermon: Let There Be GreeningIn the midst of all that we have learned about how to “live with respect in creation” there is something beyond the pragmatic necessity of preserving this little blue planet of ours. Environmental destruction is also soul-destroying. It is our
Continue readingIsaiah 65:17-25 The Glorious New Creation Psalm 146 Praise for God’s Help Matthew 9: 9-17 The call of Matthew Mending and restoring the world isn’t enough sometimes. Sometimes we need to start fresh, start with a new canvas. Isaiah shares the vision that God is creating a new heaven and
Continue readingMicah 7:11-17 A prophecy of restoration Psalm 107: 23-38 Thanksgiving for deliverance from trouble Matthew 6:25-33 Do Not Worry We proclaim in our statement of faith that we are called to live with respect in creation. Nature is beauty, peace, tranquility and nature is destructive, stormy, and powerful. Water
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