December 28 – First Sunday after Christmas
10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream
Let Fear Fuel a Fire for Justice
Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
The Holy Family fears for their safety and for their child’s life, like so many refugees around the world. Their valid fears motivate them to move—and so they seek refuge in Egypt until it is safe for them to return home. Instead of trying to push fear away, what if we used it as fuel? What if we harnessed that incredible source of energy for good, fighting for a world where no one fears for their safety? Utilizing our fear wisely not only helps others; taking concrete action also interrupts the fear that so easily paralyzes us. The work helps others, but the act of putting our fear to work changes us, too.
The service will include our “Letting Go and Letting God” ritual, when the congregation will be invited to write down on a piece of dissolvable paper those things that each person wants to let go of from the ending year, receive God’s grace, and move into the new year with divine blessing and hope. The dissolving pieces of paper will be placed in a water bowl at the front of the chancel. The Rev. Kirstin Shrom-Rhoads will be preaching. The Senior Choir will sing.
ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.
