Faith E-News: New Mission Statement and Upcoming Sermon Series

December 26, 2022

In this Sunday scripture reading the church leaders are upset that Jesus is associating with "tax collectors and sinners." They missed the amazing miracle right in front of them. Those tax collectors and sinners were coming close to Jesus, they were listening to him. Jesus gives an interesting response. He talks about the extreme joy that a shepherd has over finding a lost sheep and the reaction of a woman finding her silver coin. In each instance, they tell everyone of their success and celebrate to the extreme.

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Hide yourself in God, so when someone wants to find you they will have to go there first.

Special Congregational Meeting on October 19th and Other Important News

In our scriptures, we see miracles but we also pause to give thanks for them. We are impacted by God's work by his healing and by witnessing his healing. Let's come to worship with excitement and anticipation to see what he does next!

Congregational Meeting on October 19th for a Vote on the Call of a New Pastor

In Habakkuk, we join the writer in asking, "How long?" We recognize the world does not existing as God intended. We wait on his help to fix injustice and save us from violence. Come to worship to praise God who promises his intervention as we look for him to come back soon.

Call Committee Update and a Blessing of the Animals Service Next Week

In our gospel lesson we are challenged with the contrasting lives of an unnamed rich man and a poor man named Lazarus. The parable Jesus tells is a foreshadowing. Jesus predicts that even someone rising from the dead wouldn't convince some people to change their ways. We come to worship reminded of Jesus' compassion to go ahead and raise a real man named Lazarus from the dead just like in his parable, even knowing that it wouldn't change hearts and minds. We thank Jesus for his willingness to still try to reach out to those rich in this life but missing true riches for the next.

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