Easter
Scripture Reading (CEB) Revelation 21:1-6 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 I…
Scripture Reading (CEB) verses from Acts 9:1-20 1 Meanwhile, Saul was still spewing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest, 2 seeking letters to the synagogues in Damascus. If he found persons who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, these letters would authorize him to take them as prisoners…
Scripture Reading (CEB) John 20:19-31 19When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20After he said this, he showed them his…
Scripture Reading (CEB) John 20:1-18 1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said…
Good Enough – Good Friday “Even today, God is here and somehow, that is good enough.” adapted from “Mourning a Future Self” devotion from “Good Enough” by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie. Adaptations will be made in italics Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie write: “Perhaps you are in that place where grief is what makes…
Scripture Reading (CEB) Luke 19:29-40 29 As Jesus came to Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives, he gave two disciples a task. 30 He said, “Go into the village over there. When you enter it, you will find tied up there a colt that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks,…
Readings from Scripture (CEB) John 17:6-19 6 “I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from this world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 This is because I gave them the words that you…
Readings from Scripture (CEV adapted…) John 15:9-17 9 I have loved you, just as my God has loved me. So remain faithful to my love for you. 10 If you obey me, I will keep loving you, just as my God keeps loving me, because I have obeyed. 11 I have told you this to make you as completely…
Welcome to our online worship service! This morning we will celebrate communion. You are invited to gather whatever you have available for your communion elements. For the ‘bread’: a bun, crackers (yes, Goldfish crackers are perfectly ok!), bread, etc. For the wine: juice, milk, water, wine, ice tea, etc.
As well, we will be blessing prayer shawls in the service. If you have recently completed a shawl but haven’t had a chance to get it to Teresa, you are invited to have the shawl(s) with you during the blessing time.
Readings from Scripture adapted from “The Creation” by James Weldon Johnson And God stepped out on space,And looked around and said: I’m lonely—I’ll make me a world. And far as the eye of God could seeDarkness covered everything,Blacker than a hundred midnights down in a cypress swamp. Then God smiled, and the light broke,And the…