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Sermon: The Promise of Presence [May 17]
Message On a hot southern night, some 150 years ago, a weary slave sat before a tar-paper shack and lifted his voice in a song of lament — a mournful, deep song whose words gave expression to the pain of having been taken from home, separated from family, and subjected to slavery. With hurt and longing he…
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May 10 Worship Service
Please join us for worship from your home. If you would like to follow along, please have a candle (and a match) ready, prepare elements for Communion, and consider your participation in the offering. Order of Worship Welcome Prelude, “Amazing Grace” by Joel Raney Centering Reflection Music, “If You Search With All Your Heart” by…
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A Message to Our Graduating Seniors
Delivered by Mary Buskohl Coulton, Board Chair Good morning. Make sure you tell your mothers “Happy Mother’s Day!” Here we are on the steps for children’s moment. A place where you have sat many times growing up, your parents sitting in the pews listening to Kären ask you questions in preparation for the lesson she…
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Sermon: Mother’s Day Message [May 10]
Message Our lesson for the day from John’s Gospel is perfect for Mother’s Day, because it is about love. There are several thoughts we can draw from this lesson. Note, first of all, that love is a command. Jesus isn’t giving us a suggestion that we love one another. This is a command. You can’t…
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May 3 Worship Service
Please join us for worship from your home. If you would like to follow along, please have a candle (and a match) ready, prepare elements for Communion, and consider your participation in the offering. Order of Worship Welcome Prelude, “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” by James M. Stevens Centering Reflection Music, “God Will Make…