Jeremiah 31:31-34 I will write my law on their hearts.Mary 4-7 Mary turned their minds to good.John 12:20-33 Whoever serves me, God will honour. The seed of true humanity is that which falls into the earth and dies.for then it bears much fruit. As we move towards the last hour
Continue readingPsalm 40: 1-10 I will sing a new song.Ephesians 3:16-19 May you be rooted and grounded in love.Mark 8: 31-38 Set your mind on divine things. We are often called to give up something for Lent, a practice of penitence and discipline. It has been suggested by one member of
Continue reading2 Kings 2:1-12 Elijah is taken up into heavenMark 9:2-9 The transfiguration of Jesus On Transfiguration Sunday Peter, James and John are led up a mountain where they witness Jesus being transfigured before them. This dazzling white shone brightly around Jesus revealing the true identity of Jesus and his way
Continue readingDeuteronomy 18:15-20 God will raise up a prophet after Moses1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Concerning food offered to idolsMark 1:21-28 The man with an unclean spirit is healed in Capernaum “Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit.” An unclean spirit, a feeling of being unworthy, a
Continue readingJohn 1:43-51 Jesus calls Philip and NathanaelPsalm 139:1-6, 13-18 God has searched and known me1 Samuel 3:1-20 God calls Samuel 3 words can mean significantly different things depending on what order they appear in, or in what order they are said. “I am here,” “Am I here?” “Here I am”
Continue readingGenesis 1:1-5 Heaven and earthMark 1:4-11 Baptism of JesusActs 19:1-7 Paul’s baptizes in the Spirit The baptism of Jesus reminds us of the importance of being named. After Jesus was baptized he was named “the Beloved” “God’s Son”. We also hear how God named the light “day” and the darkness
Continue readingPsalm 85:1-13Mark 1:1-8 What does it take for God to get our attention these days? Perhaps what we are longing for isn’t the perfect home, the perfect Christmas, the perfect job, the perfect family. Perhaps what we are longing for is the joy and peace that comes from moving through
Continue readingMatthew 25: 31-46 When you helped the lease of these, you helped me. We have inherited God’s Kingdom which means we are called to participate. We come to God’s Kingdom as children, with a sense of openness, curiosity, hope, and a willingness to help. We will explore how God’s spirit
Continue readingSo often our experience of church is one of gathering with a large group of people some we recognize, some whose names we know, and occasionally some we have served on a committee or have participated in a program with, but by in large we really don’t know the people
Continue reading1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Lead a life worthy of GodMatthew 23:1-12 The greatest one will be the servant Paul pleads with the people of Thessalonia to lead a life worthy of God. What does a life worthy of God look like? Have we become preoccupied with things that are not important?
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