Reading: Mark 1: 14-20 …after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” In the first three Sundays of 2018, we have studied two events of Jesus’ early ministry: his…
Readings: 1 Samuel 3: 1-20 1 Corinthians 6: 12-20 John 1: 43-51 Follow Me! Leave everything that you have and that you are doing, and follow me. I want you to imagine, for just a minute, that instead of Philip & Nathanael, that Jesus had called you that day in Galilee. What would you be…
Readings: Genesis 1: 2-3 …And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Mark 1:4-11 4 John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. … 8 I have baptized you with water; but he…
‘For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Do not be afraid, for I myself will help you,’ declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.” Isaiah 41:13-14 Psalm 97 Luke 2: 8-20 2:8 In that region there…
This morning, we lit the candle of Joy in our Advent Wreath. And we read part of the Nativity story and Cynthia read for us Psalm 96: 11-12 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it.…
Readings: John 1: 6-8; 19-28 6 God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. 8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. 19 This was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Temple assistants from Jerusalem to…
Readings: Joshua 24: 1-3; 14-25 Amos 5: 18-24 5:24 But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream. As you walk out of Church today, what will have changed? What difference will it have made to come to church this morning and worshiped God? What does choosing God, rather other gods,…
Readings: Exodus 33: 12-17 Isaiah 45: 1-7 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-7 Most of us know the story of Moses and his encounter with God at the burning bush, found in Exodus chapter 3, verses 1 to 17. Although Moses was Jewish, he had been cast as a baby into the Nile River in a woven…
Readings: Matthew 18: 21-35 Romans 14:1-12 This morning in Romans we read: Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. … So then, each of us will be accountable to God. And in…
Today we were blessed to have Noris Bustamante, lay leader, present the message based on Romans 12, verses 9 to 21. Her message was translated to English by Betsy Moran.