Psalm 107:1-9, 43 • God satisfies the thirsty. Luke 12:13-21 • The rich fool. Greed, excess, and over consumption run rampant in the world, and often we come to believe that if we just had this one thing we would be happy. Many of us become burdened with too much
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Psalm 85 • God restores and pardons. Luke 11:1-13 • Jesus teaches the disciples to pray. What is prayer and how do we pray? Like the disciples, we too, want to know how to pray. We often feel that we do not know how to pray. St. Clement of Alexandria
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Amos 7:7-17 • God’s plumb line. Luke 10:25-37 • The Good Samaritan. It feels like we are living in a permanent state of anxiety and fear. The world is full of fear. The church is full of fear. We are full of fear. When we live in a state of
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2 Kings 5:1-14 • Naaman comes to Elisha for healing. Galatians 6: 1-16 • Sow in the Spirit Faced with a choice, who do you turn to for support and advice? Which voices in your head guide you in times of difficulty? God is inviting us to pay attention and
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Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 • The passing of the mantle. Galatians 5: 22-25 • Fruits of the Spirit. Luke 9:51-62 • The cost of discipleship We are used to having a lot of choice in our lives. With choice comes the need to make decisions. And with decisions comes commitment and
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Ephesians 4:1-6, 11-13 • Unity and maturity of the body of Christ. Luke 14:15-23 • The Great Banquet It is with gratitude that we come together today, remembering our call to be part of the building up of the body of Christ. As we grow and mature in our faith,
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Acts 2:1-21 • The Spirit comes on the day of Pentecost Romans 8:14-17 • A spirit of adoption, not slavery What does abundant life look like? What does it feel like? When the Holy Spirit descends on the people, there is clarity, there is new life, and there is understanding.
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Psalm 67 • Let the light of God’s face shine upon us. Revelation 21:10, 22 – 22:5 • John’s vision of the city of God. When God’s light shines on humankind, what does God see? It has been said that the top environmental problems are selfishness, greed, and apathy. This
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Psalm 148 • Let the whole creation praise God.Revelation 21:1-6 • I saw a new heaven and a new earth We live in a world of beauty and mystery, that is truly a gift from God. How will God’s vision of a new heaven and a new earth help us
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Psalm 23 • God is my shepherd. Revelation 7:9-17 • The saints of God will never hunger or thirst again. In A Song of Faith United Church creedal statement, we proclaim that “Each part of creation reveals unique aspects of God the Creator, who is both in creation and beyond
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