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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.

Join us for worship on Sunday, July 19 at 10:30 a.m. at https://boxcast.tv/view/sunday-1030-service-654874 

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July 19                       

In Romans 8:12–25, Paul demonstrates the relationality of God and God’s people through the language of adoption. God offers believers a new familial structure in which they are rightful heirs to God’s realm.   One in a series of parables about the reign of God, Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 invites hope-filled trust in God. There is mystery in how God plants, nurtures, and weeds to secure a harvest of promise.

Join us for worship on Sunday, July 5 at 10:30 a.m. at https://boxcast.tv/view/sunday-1030-service-654874 

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July 5                                                                                                 

Jesus offers a relationship that leads to fullness of life, yet Matthew 11:16–19, 25–30 reports that many resist Jesus’ hospitality. Jesus likens them to two groups of children at play who can’t agree on a game and find fault with all that is offered.

Today we will reopen the doors of the church for Sunday morning worship.  As a small group meets in the sanctuary, we know that we will continue to be gathered in many homes across Frederick and the United States as well as Germany.                                       

For your worship center, you have a little sparkly thing to add as a reminder of the joy we share as a community in Christ.

Join us for worship on Sunday, June 21 at 10:30 a.m. at https://boxcast.tv/view/sunday-1030-service-654874 

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June 21

Jeremiah 20:7-13 contains a lament from the prophet a prayer for help.  The language of our reading from Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18 is also that of a lament or prayer for help.

In our Gospel lesson for this Sunday, Matthew 10: 24-39, Jesus teaches about the demands of discipleship, including the ways in which it places disciples under great stress in their families.

The Rev. Michelle Beadle will be preaching.  Her sermon title is, “The Blessing of Forced Choice.”

Join us for worship on Sunday, May 31 at 10:30 a.m. at  https://boxcast.tv/view/sunday-1030-service-525168

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Pentecost Sunday

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.
We traditionally invite people to wear red on Pentecost to symbolize the fire of the Holy Spirit.  Would you consider wearing red this Sunday as we gather for worship?  Please add the paper flames you received in your packets.  Don’t forget to send us a photo of your worship and/or you decked out in red to bkdaniel@erucc.org