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Sunday Worship
Wandering in the wilderness, faced with difficulties of survival, the Israelites complain in Exodus 16: 2-15. Despite their complaint, God graciously gives them the food they need. Jesus tells the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, Matthew 20: 1-16, in which the master of the vineyard in which the master of the vineyard is shown to be incredibly gracious.
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September 13
Today’s service will focus on environmental stewardship. Our focus scripture will be Genesis 1:24-2:4, 50:15-20. Rev. Esther Ziegler will be preaching this morning on behalf of the Green Committee.
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Exodus 12:1–14 related the story of the first Passover as the enslaved Hebrew community prepared for an epic journey. It was to be a political journey, from slavery to freedom. It also was to be a journey toward community culture and identity. In Matthew’s gospel in chapter 18, verses 15-20, Jesus offers that “true greatness” comes in the way we live with each other, especially in “reproving another who sins.” Holding each other accountable before the community and before God is a great and hard commandment.
We will be sharing in Holy Communion this morning, If you are worshiping at home, please prepare a plate with bread or a cracker and a cup or cups with juice, wine, or water as we share in the sacrament together.
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Sunday Worship
In Romans 12: 9-21, named in some Bibles as “Marks of the True Christian,” Paul writes a description of what the Christian life looks like. It reads like a list of instructions, and perhaps was written to offer advice to new Christians. In these exhortations, Paul calls the Christian community to put its faith into action. The imperative verbs give a sense of urgency to the community’s calling. Exercising love, rejoicing in hope, overcoming evil with good – all go to the heart of what it means to be Spirit-led.
A “call to faithful living” is a consistent theme in the readings for this Sunday. Exodus 3:1–15 narrates Moses’ call. It also serves as the call to the people of Israel to hope in God’s promise of a secure future. In Matthew 16:21–28, Jesus calls both teacher and followers to discipleship
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Worship Notes:
Paul uses the image of the Body of Christ in Romans 12: 1-8, to describe the community of those who believe in Jesus the Christ and follow in God’s ways. The Spirit forms this body through unique talents, or gifts, given to each person. When community values and nurtures the expression of each individual’s contribution, the bonds of kinship are expanded and strengthened.
Jesus calls out the faith and the gifts of the disciples in order to build the church. Matthew 16:13–20 invites consideration of the authority Jesus grants to the Body of Christ to be agents of God’s compassion and justice.
Add a pair of sandals to your worship center today as a symbol of the journey of discipleship.
Today we will have our annual blessing of the backpacks. If you are participating in worship at home, please hold your backpacks as we offer a blessing for another year of learning.
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Psalm 133 offers the subversive claim that to live in unity with kindred – human and all of creation — is to experience the blessings of God.  A Gentile woman’s persistent and unconventional actions move Jesus to break down the barrier between Jew and Gentile. As told in Matthew 15:10–12, 21–28, her faith in God, who works through human activity, changes things for the better.
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In Matthew 14:22–33, we read that the disciples are in a boat, terrified by a raging storm. Jesus comes across the water and saves them. Jesus is amazingly comfortable with the churning water, which the Hebrew people feared as chaos. The disciples grow in their certainty of Jesus’ identity God’s anointed one.
This morning we will be sharing in the sacrament of Holy Communion. For those coming to in-person worship you are welcome to receive the bread and cup from Pastor Daniel or bring your own bread and/or juice/wine. The sacrament will be brought to you while you are seated in the pews. If you are participating in worship via live streaming, please prepare communion with bread, a cracker, juice or wine or water. We will bless these gifts together and receive them as one community.
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Sunday Worship
Isaiah 55: 1-5 is an invitation to an abundant life.
As Jesus is wrestling with the news of the death of John the Baptizer, he goes off to a “deserted place by himself.†The disciples, and then the crowds, follow. As told in Matthew 14:13–21, Jesus challenges the disciples to feed the crowd, and blesses the meager rations they have into abundance. This morning we are pleased to welcome Liam Cumber, Emma Davis, Sasha Hoffman, and Jared Hueting into the life of the church through the Rite of Confirmation.
Your worship packets included a wooden fish. Place the fish in your worship centers as a reminder of the abundance of gifts we receive from God. Maybe you want to paint it or color it with markers.
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Sunday Worship
Romans 8:26–39 offers strong words of comfort for all who suffer and who see little concrete evidence for hope. The encouragement is to never give up because even in our weakness the Holy One is there to strengthen us with a love from which we can never be separated. Matthew 13:31–33, 44–52 gives testimony to the often hidden and subtle power of the Realm of God at work in our lives and world. The parables tell that the reality of God’s realm is at work now, and we are called to decide if this is the realm in which we choose to live.
During the Thought for the Day, we will be sharing in a blessing of the Bibles.
