April 24th, 2016About 10 minutes after worship ends, we’ll gather together for Aftertalk. We hope you’ll join us! Bring your questions, stories, insights, doubts, musings, imaginings and whatever else you need . Join us for some food, fellowship, laughter and ample space for reflection and real questions to help us make the transition from worship to world.
Readings for this Sunday: Acts 11:1-18 • Psalm 148 • Revelation 21:1-6 • John 13:31-35 An absolute break in the way things were done. That's what Peter must justify to his brothers and sisters in the early church as they struggle to understand why in the world they would include Gentiles, and why they would give up on sacred practices that went to the very heart of their identity. John saw in Revelation, "A new heaven and a new earth." So did Peter's friends! In John's vision, "the one who was seated on the throne said, 'See, I am making all things new.'" Sounds about right. And "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end."
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April 17, 2016About 10 minutes after worship ends, we’ll gather together for Aftertalk. We hope you’ll join us! Bring your questions, stories, insights, doubts, musings, imaginings and whatever else you need . Join us for some food, fellowship, laughter and ample space for reflection and real questions to help us make the transition from worship to world.
Readings for this Sunday: Acts 9: 36 - 43:• Psalm 23 • Revelation 7: 9 - 17 • John 10: 22 - 30 We have entered into Easter, which is a season, not just a day. To be precise, it is a week of weeks--seven weeks, including Sundays, plus a great 50th day--Pentecost. Keep an eye on the artwork in the sanctuary as the Sundays build and a vision of God's salvation unfolds. This coming Sunday we will hear the familiar words of the 23rd psalm: The Lord is my Shepherd, I Shall Not Want. So familiar that it's words are beautifully sung in the beloved theme song for a popular BBC show The Vicar of Dibley. Does this psalm contain a memory or a hope that is important to you? We will talk about this and other themes, questions, and thoughts that may be stirred in worship. |