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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 22:1-14  |  Psalm 89: 1-4, 15-18   | Matthew 10: 40-42

The Rev. Kirstin Shrom-Rhoads will be preaching and leading worship. We will be sharing communion this morning at the chancel rail.

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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Romans 6: 1b-11  |  Matthew 10: 24-39

Jesus taught his disciples, the twelve and those to come, about what to expect because of their faithfulness. He prepares them for rejection, persecution, and martyrdom. At one point he offers the startling statement that he had come not to bring peace but a sword and that families and friends would be divided. The teaching is so stark that it is often ignored, rarely serving as the text in sermons. On this day we will wrestle with the text and reflect why, though uncomfortable, it is important. Have you ever thought about Jesus as a divider instead of uniter?

The Rev. David Cooney will be preaching and leading worship. The Senior Choir will be singing.

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Third Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 18: 1-15  | Matthew 9: 35 – 10:8

While Abraham is offering radical hospitality to strangers, he is told that his wife Sarah will bear a son. This strikes both Abraham and Sarah as funny, given their advanced age. The visitor is surprised by the response asking, “Is anything too wonderful for the Lord?” How do we respond to the dichotomy of reason and miracle? How do we answer the visitor’s question? The sermon will be about the impossible being possible.

The Rev. David Cooney will be preaching and leading worship. The Senior Choir will be singing.

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Second Sunday after Pentecost

Genesis 12:1-9 | Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

In Genesis 12, Abraham is called at an old age to leave his home and settle in a new land. The call comes with a promise that God will make of him a great nation. Abraham obeys and, along with an entourage of family members and servants, leaves Haran and travels south to Canaan. What would motivate you to leave your home well-past retirement age and move to an unknown location? Abraham stands as the first of the patriarchs – Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – and is the first participant in the covenant between God and Israel. The sermon is about change being scary good.

The Rev. David Cooney will be preaching and leading worship. We will be sharing communion at the chancel rail this morning. Spirit will be singing.

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Trinity Sunday

2 Corinthians 13:11–13 appeals to the Corinthians to put things in order, to agree with one another, to live together in peace. We might hear a call to the church to remember that God’s essential act is one of love and to live back into the gracious and good dominion of God. In Matthew 28:16–20, Jesus bestows authority upon followers to carry the good news of God’s love to all places. The promise in verse 20 asserts that Jesus is the assurance that God will not abandon the community of creation.

On this Trinity Sunday, the readings invite us to explore and celebrate the many ways God is revealed in and through continuing relationships within this good creation. God entrusts remarkable potential to all that is created. New beginnings emerge as the community of creation lives into such promise.

During the 10:30 a.m. service, we will give thanks for Pastor Daniel’s ministry and honor her retirement with a farewell prayer. The Senior Choir. Children’s Music and Movement, and Young Spirit will be singing.

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Pentecost

Despite what appears to be chaos in the amazing account of this day of Pentecost, Acts 2: 1-21, order rests in God’s hands. God’s Spirit pours abundantly on the community of disciples, renewing them with a diversity of gifts for the common good. Jesus promises his disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit in John 7: 37-39.

Today we will be celebrating the rite of confirmation as we welcome Quynn Adkins, Eli Baker, Peyton Bowen, Lucas Nguyen-Powell, and Katie Zander.

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Seventh Sunday of Easter

Jesus makes clear in Acts 1: 6-14, that the role of a disciple is to be Jesus’ witnesses throughout the world, under the power of the Holy Spirit. The Gospel lesson, John 17: 1-11, is part of Jesus’ final prayer with the disciples, preparing them for their lives as witnesses to the saving love of God.

This morning we will be honoring our graduates.

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Sixth Sunday of Easter

The Gospel lesson for this morning is John 14: 15-21. As Jesus promised, God’s presence abides in us through the Spirit – our advocate, comforter, and encourager – and the practice of love. God’s nearness in Spirit blesses us in our witness. The hallmark of this relationship is love expressed in word and deed. The nearness of God’s presence is underscored by Paul’s address to the Athenians, recorded in Acts 17:22–31. As Paul’s witness proclaims the saving love of God in Christ, a church forms and grows. Even when God’s presence is unrecognized, God in Christ draws near.

Spirit will be singing. The Cambridge and Coventry Bell Choirs will be ringing. This morning we will be celebrating the baptism of Hayes Messner into the life of the church and ordaining and installing the newly elected leadership of the church.

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Fifth Sunday of Easter

In 1 Peter 2:2–10, the readers are thought to have been Gentiles who became followers of Jesus. They are scattered throughout the lands of the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas under the rule of the Roman empire and its culture. This letter aspires to guide and inspire them in their daily lives as they are grown into the ways of being God’s own people, recipients of God’s mercy and inclusion. The language/theme of rocks/stones continues through this passage with Christ being portrayed as both a precious cornerstone for those who trust in him and as a stumbling block to those who don’t. This theme connects in part to today’s gospel reading, John 14:1–14. Jesus, as part of his farewell discourse before betrayal and execution, speaks words of reassurance to his disciples.

We will be sharing communion this morning. The Senior Choir will be singing. The annual meeting of the congregation will be held in the Community Room / Zoom following worship.

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