1 Samuel 1:4-20 • Samuel is born to Hannah Mark 13:1-8 • Not one stone of the temple will be left standing The prayers of Hannah express sincere anguish and despair. In her prayers she seeks safety, comfort, hope and salvation. Salvation is not an event, but rather a process
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Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20 • Put on the whole armour of God Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 • Choose whom you will serve As followers of Christ we have chosen to follow Jesus and serve God with our whole selves. The scriptures remind us that we serve God through peaceful and loving action.
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Psalm 130 • Out of the depths. I cry to God. Ephesians 4:25-5:2 • Do not let the sun go down on your anger. I wonder why we even try to hide our feelings and true selves from God? God knows our hearts, minds and spirits and takes our pain,
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Matthew 25:34-40 • For all nations The path of empowerment is when we see eye to eye. Looking someone in the eye connects people. They say that the eye is the window to the soul. When you look into the eyes of someone who is vulnerable, a baby, a senior,
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Acts 2:1-4 • Pentecost 1 Corinthians 12:1-13 • Gifts of the Spirit On Pentecost Sunday, which is considered the birth of Christianity, we hear the story of the manifestation of the Spirit in humanity. The Spirit of God has power and as it descended on the people, the Holy Spirit
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Acts 1:1-14 You shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem After Jesus’ resurrection the disciples and those who followed Jesus have now been given the task of witnessing to what Jesus did, who Jesus was, and what Jesus has meant to each and everyone of us. In this passage people of
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1 Kings 12:1-17, 25-29 • Kingdom Divided In a time when there is much violence, and unrest, negativity, and division, as people of faith we are called to serve, and to live our lives in love. What happens when we do not listen to the wise ones in our midst?
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Romans 6:12-23 • The wages of sin is death; eternal life is free.Matthew 10:40-42 • Welcoming and offering a cup of water. Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote “Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” This is the way
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Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 • What shall I return to the Lord? Luke 24:13-35 • The road to Emmaus. The seeds of hope are planted not only in the earth, but also in you and me. What does it take to grow these seeds? It begins by believing that there is
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In the Genesis reading, we hear God speaking to Abram, a childless, Bedouin septuagenarian. God tells Abram that if he and his equally aged wife Sarai leave their current home and everything they know, God will make them into a great nation and a blessing to all families on earth.
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