Tag: Christianity
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“Unexpected Blessings”
Matthew 4:23-5:12 (NRSV) Theme: God calls us, blesses us, and sends us out to be a blessing to others, equipping us with the blessing of Jesus: the mercy, compassion, and love of God to guide our way. Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing…
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“Grace upon Grace”
John 1:1-18 (NRSV) Theme: God’s gift of life, and the gift of Jesus in our lives, gives us the freedom to love and to flourish. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through…
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“A Sign from Mary”
Luke 2:1-20 (NRSV Bible Translation) Theme: The Good News of the Birth of Jesus as told by Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist: Christ the Savior has come. Nothing is impossible with God. In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration…
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“What Are We Waiting For?”
Matthew 24:36-44 (NRSV) Theme: We do not need to wait for the unknown day of apocalypse to flourish as God’s people alive in the freedom that Christ’s reconciling gift of forgiveness brings. But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as…
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“Held Together by Hope”
Colossians 1:11-20 (NRSV) Theme: Christ holds all things together, no matter what chaos we may find in our lives, enabling us to grow, individually and together as church. May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully…
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“Family, Friends & Faith”
2 Timothy 1:1-14 (NRSV) Theme: God entrusted us with the gift of grace through Jesus Christ and calls us to entrust this gift to our children by teaching, caring, and nurturing them in faith. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is…
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“What More Do You Need?”
Luke 16:19-31 (NRSV) Theme: Jesus Christ moves us from love of self to love of neighbor, and the constant face of the suffering in our midst, the face of the Risen Christ, moves us to take merciful action in our world. ‘There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and…
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“Entertaining Angels – Our Life of Faith”
Hebrews 13:1-8;15-16 (NRSV) Theme: In our Christian life of worship, fellowship and ministry, we praise God by doing good and sharing what we have with each other and the world to please God as faithful servants of Jesus Christ. Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that…
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“Better This Time – The Promise of Faith”
Hebrews 12:18-29 (NRSV) Theme: God loves us with an all-consuming fire, refining and sanctifying us every day of our lives through the intercession of Jesus Christ and the persistence of our faith, leading us home at last to God’s embrace. You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness,…
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“Running the Race – The Challenge of Faith”
Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2 (NRSV) Theme: The faith journey is long and exhausting – a lifelong race – we look to Jesus Christ for our guidance and to each other for the strength to carry us home. By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the…
Ellen Clark Clemot 