Tag: acceptance
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“Outside In”
Theme: In committing to follow Christ, we commit to a lifetime of welcoming the stranger, the outcast, the lonely, the poor, and even one another. Acts 16:9-15 (NRSV): During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’ When he…
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“World Series Redemption”
Theme: Even the most down and out among us can turn our lives around and find redemption, a second chance at life, through Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4; 11-12 (NRSV): Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from…
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“The Miracle at the Gate”
Theme: Regardless of our social status, our gender, our power, or our wealth, Christ includes all of us in his gracious love. Luke 7:11-17 (NRSV): Soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who…
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“Family Feud”
Theme: We are called to live our Christian lives in community with Christ, and with each other, no matter how difficult that may be. Matthew 18:15-20 (NRSV): ‘If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you…
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“Accepting the Exception”
Theme: Great faith is persistent, even in the face of God’s silence, God’s challenges, because God is all-loving and gracious to those who put their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. Matthew 15:21-28 (NRSV): Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that…
Ellen Clark Clemot 