Tag: Discipleship
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“Help for the Harrassed”
Theme: Jesus sends us out into the world to build up God’s Kingdom with love, peace and justice for all, despite the threat of arrest and harassment. Matthew 9:35-38; 10:1 (NRSV): Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every…
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“Leaving it all behind”
Theme: Jesus calls us to discipleship once a relationship with God has begun. Luke 5:1-11 (NRSV): Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone…
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“The God We Need”
Theme: It takes clear vision to see that Jesus Christ may not be the God we want, but simply is, and always has been, the God we need. Mark 8:31-38 (NRSV): Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests,…
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“You’re Invited!”
Theme: Christ welcomes us in to lighten our load and ease our burdens, offering us a simpler way of life in Christ, who accepts us as we are. Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 (NRSV): ‘But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to one another, “We played…
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“Our Call to Action”
Theme: God calls us to action – to share God’s love, joy and way with others in the name of Creator Christ and Spirit. Matthew 28:16-20 (NRSV): Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus…
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“All Fired Up!”
Theme: The light we shine is the love of Christ – a blessing we received to br shared with the world through one unified, common mission through Christ, in Christ and with Christ. Matthew 5:13-20 (NRSV): ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be…
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“Chipotle!”
Theme: God calls us to work together for God, with God, for the Greater Good: the building of God’s Kingdom on earth, communities of peace, justice and care. Luke 10:1-11; 16-20 (NRSV): After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he…
Ellen Clark Clemot 