John 6:1-14 • Loaves and Fishes As the people gathered to listen to the teachings of Jesus, Jesus felt compassion. Jesus asked Philip, “Where are we to buy enough bread for these people to eat?” This question, we are told, was to test the disciples. This question comes from a
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James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a • 2 kinds of wisdom. Mark 9:30-37 • Whoever welcomes a child, welcomes me. How do we live in community with one another, when we are all so different, when we express our faith differently? We start with a covenant which proclaims how we promise to live
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Psalm 40: 1-11 Patience 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Grace to all Jesus came on earth to serve and not to be served. Jesus teaches us that following him means we are called to serve. Paul reminds the followers of Jesus that we are not lacking any spiritual gifts. In fact, Jesus
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James 5:7-10 Patience. Luke 1:39-55 Mary’s Song. We hear Mary’s joy in her song to God. Mary sings because she has new life in her. She has made space for God and faith in her life. When we step away from the habit of grumbling because we are overwhelmed,, exhausted,
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1 Timothy 6:6-19 True Riches Luke 16: 19-31 The rich man and Lazarus We are called together by Christ to be disciples. Being disciples of Jesus means that we are called to make visible the invisible suffering in the world. Paul claims that wealth and power are unreliable objects of
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Psalm 42 – Longing for God Galatians 3:23-39 – One in Christ The journey of faith and the circle of life never ends. We are constantly being surprised by what we are learning, and by what we have discovered. There are times on the faith journey where we feel disconnected,
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Psalm 27 God is my light and my salvation Luke 4:1-13 Jesus temped in the desert. As a Christian community we seek faith, the infinite frontier. These are the rituals of the Christian Faith. Its continuing mission: to explore God’s new world, to seek out justice and serve others, to
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Being Christian means that we are called to rise up against oppression and to participate in the work of reconciliation. We are called to combat oppression and unequal power dynamics. As Christians, we lament the state of the world and long for justice. We acknowledge that individually, in some aspects
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1 Samuel 2: 1-10 Hannah pours out her heart to God. In her prayers we hear her anguish and her dependence on God. She asks God to remember her, and God does. God is very present to her and that connection transforms her. We like Hannah are evolving and becoming
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