Karen’s experience at Yale

The Spiritual Arts Collective The experience at the ISM Congregational Projects Seminar has left a deep imprint on our Spiritual Arts Collective project, on our ministry here at RWUC and on my life. I remember the first day we gathered and Martin Jean, the director of the Institute of Sacred

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Sanctuary AND Witness

Amos 8:1-12 God will turn feasts to mourning and songs to lamentations Luke 10:38-42 Jesus visits Mary and Martha The scriptures for this week both explore the nature of witness. Witness is sometimes named as testimony, or evangelism, or sharing the Good News. We are reminded today that God calls

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There Comes a Time

Scripture: Isaiah 66:10-13 Comfort to Jerusalem Luke 10:1-11; 16-20 Mission of the seventy Sermon: There Comes a TimeIt was an historic moment. Jesus’ talk of the plenitude of the harvest echoed Isaiah’s words of the promise of prosperity. When the grain is ripe, it is time for harvest. So they

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Facing Jerusalem

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 Elijah ascends to heaven Luke 9:51-62 Would-be followers Sermon: Facing JerusalemJesus decides now to go to Jerusalem. He proceeds with tremendous determination, because a moment of destiny is at hand. He calls his disciples to follow with a brutal urgency. Who is this One, moving

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Soul Longing

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-15 Elijah at Mt Horeb Galatians 3:23-29 Heirs according to the promise Luke 8:26-39 Gerasene demoniac Sermon: Soul LongingWe have a longing, deep in our souls, for the presence of God and for God’s will to be done on earth. Our longing is met by the Promise:

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Too far? Not far enough? Or Just right?

1 Kings 21:1-21a Ahab desires Naboth’s vineyard.Luke 7:36-8:3 The woman with the alabaster jar; the woman who support Jesus. Materialism and consumerism frequently leads us on a path which leaves us wanting more, never feeling we have enough, it leads us on the path that King Ahab found himself on

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You CAN handle the truth!

Psalm 8 (VU pp. 730-732) How glorious is God’s name. Romans 5:1-5 Suffering-endurance-character-hope John 16: 12-15 The Spirit of truth. The writings from both Paul and John help us to explore the nature of our relationship with God, with Jesus and with the Holy Spirit – the trinity. Life is

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Scripture: Acts 1:1-11 The Ascension Ephesians 1:15-23 Wisdom and revelation Luke 24:44-53 The ascension Sermon: The End and the BeginningThe stories of the Ascension make the bridge from the Jesus of Nazareth, bodily present on the earth, to the Living Christ, present to us in the Holy Spirit. In profound

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