Presider:Presider: The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Jeanne Govoni
Pray always. Do not lose heart. This is Christ’s encouragement in the gospel today. Wrestle with the word. Remember your baptism again and again. Come regularly to Christ’s table. Persistence in our every encounter with the divine will be blessed..
Presider:Presider: The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Sue Newbergl
It’s a miracle! Multiple miracles! The waters of holy baptism have healed us. The body and blood of Jesus in holy communion have made us clean. We have died with Christ and been raised with him. For all this we have returned to offer thanks. From this place we are sent on our way rejoicing to share the good news.
Presider:Presider: The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Bill Kiesel
A little faith goes a long way is Jesus’ point in the gospel. A mustard seed’s-worth of faith has miraculous potential. The patience, tenacity, and endurance required for the life of faith are the blessings received in holy baptism, holy communion, and the word read and proclaimed in this assembly. Anticipate them. Receive them with thanksgiving..
Presider:The Reverend Jill Wiley
This is the third of three special services while Pastor Jeff is on vacation. Come experience these with us.Today: A Conversation with Pastor Ken Bjorkland.
Presider:The Reverend Jill Wiley
This is the second of three special services while Pastor Jeff is on vacation. Come experience these with us.Today: Telling the Story of Faith for Hildegard of Bingham.
Presider:The Reverend Jill Wiley
Assisting Minister: Nina Sousa
This is the first of three special services while Pastor Jeff is on vacation. Come experience these with us.
Presider:The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Katarina Sousa
Called to contemplate the cost of discipleship, we might be helped by translating Paul’s request to Philemon into our prayer of the day: Refresh my heart in Christ. Strengthened by the company and forgiveness of Christ in holy communion and recalling God’s grace in remembrance of baptism, we can be strengthened in this hour to “choose life”—to choose life in God as our own.
Presider:The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Sue Newberg
Invited and inviting—that is the nature of the church. By God’s grace in holy baptism we have a place at Christ’s banquet table. When, by the power of that same Spirit, humility and mutual love continue among us, the church can be more inviting still.
Presider:The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Chris Newman
Remember the sabbath day. Call the sabbath a delight. This is the Lord’s day, and the Lord will do for us what the Lord does: feed us, forgive us, help and heal us. Rejoice at all the wonderful things God is doing.
Presider:The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Pete Randall
The word of God is a refining fire. Jesus is the great divide in human history. He invites our undivided attention and devotion. Today in worship we are surrounded by a great “cloud of witnesses.” In the word and in holy communion we are invited yet again to look to Jesus, “the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.”
Presider:The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Bill Kiesel
Jesus says, “It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” It is God’s promise from the beginning—to Abraham, to the early church, and to the “little flock” of which we are a part in today’s assembly. Faith, God’s baptismal gift, trusts the promises of God. Have no fear.
Presider:The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Sue Newberg
Temple Talk: Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Today’s texts offer instruction and encouragement for all who are occasionally overwhelmed by the “unhappy business” of life. Jesus urges us to take care and be on guard against all kinds of greed. We who have died with Christ in holy baptism have also been raised with him and are encouraged to elevate our thinking, seeking the “things that are above.” To that end we seek the sustenance of the Lord’s supper and the encouragement of God’s word.
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Presider:The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Pete Randall
Temple Talk: Nancy Imai
Persistence in prayer is encouraged by Jesus and wins the attention of God when Abraham intercedes for Sodom. The life of the baptized—to be rooted and built up in Christ Jesus—is to be nurtured with prayer. God hears and answers prayer and so strengthens God’s own. “When I called, you answered me; you increased my strength within me.”
Presider:The Reverend Jeffrey C. Johnson
Assisting Minister: Dawn Caffelle
Perhaps the church, at its best, is “all ears.” God urges the faithful, again and again, to “listen up!”—to heed the word that gives life. So it was with Abraham and Sarah, Mary and Martha, and the early church at Colossae. So it is today as we join the assembly to hear the word of God, the word of life.
