Worship for Nov. 7, 2021: All Saints Sunday
Place Finders: Readings 12:08 Sermon 21:24 Prayers 34:07
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Worship for Oct. 31, 2021: But God! A Response to the Re-Formation of the Church in 2021
But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ*—by grace you have been saved—
Ephesians 2:4-5
Place Finders: Opening Prayer 12:48 Readings 13:18 Sermon 27:17 Prayers 53:39
Sermon Notes: In the sermon, Pr. Amy referenced a mentor’s comments about leadership and change. To read Pr. Marj Funk-Phil’s full article, see her blog post: Turns out I only like ‘new’ things when they’re my idea. And thank you to Door of Hope in Portland, Oregon for general inspiration in the study of Ephesians.
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Worship for October 24, 2021: "What Would You Have Me Do For You?"
And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he [Jesus] is calling you.” — Mark 10:49
Place Finders: Readings 13:22 Sermon 22:16 Prayers 39:50
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Worship for October 17, 2021: What if God really does know best?
But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They replied, “We are able.” — Mark 10:38-39
Place Finders: Readings 17:27 Sermon 27:44 Prayers 42:20
Sermon Notes
My inspiration for this sermon came from Door of Hope in Portland, Oregon and their preacher, Josh White. If you want to hear him, buckle up HERE for all 55 minutes of “He is Able”!
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Worship for October 10, 2021: When Jesus Makes your Current Life Impossible
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Mark 10:17
Place Finders: Readings 14:54 Sermon 28:14 Prayers 41:30
Sermon Notes
Commentary on Mark from workingpreacher.org helped with understanding the economic and moral dimensions to this passage. And for an amazing short film on the meaning of justice (mishpat) in the Bible, check this out from The Bible Project.
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Worship for October 3, 2021: Jesus on Marriage
Therefore, what God has joined together let no one separate. Mark 10:9
Place Finders: Readings 16:10 Sermon 30:39 Prayers 42:44
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Worship for September 26, 2021: When We Let God Down
For everyone will be salted with fire —- Mark 9:49
Place Finders: Readings 15:26 Sermon 20:41 Prayers 37:31
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Worship for September 19, 2021: Getting Back on Track
When we stray from God’s ways, God is always calling us back.
Place Finders: Readings 13:08 Sermon 18:20 Prayers 35:24
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Special Worship for September 12, 2021: A Tribute to Jim Thurman
Place Finders: Readings 13:38 Pastor Tribute/Sermon 19:38 Prayers 40:07
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9/11: 20th Year Commemoration
God is in the midst of the city…God will help it when the morning dawns. Psalm 46
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For full text of the prayers used, visit: https://engageworship.org/ideas/9-11-memorial-prayer. Thank you to engageworship.org!
Worship for September 5, 2021: "Be opened" and other Frustrating Commands from God
I wish that when it came to our stuck places, we could just say to ourselves: open up, rise, live. But it’s just not that easy. And God seems to know this. God seems to understand that very often it’s an outside force that pries us open to new life.
This week, there is no worship guide available. This feature will return next week.
Place Finders: Readings 10:04 Sermon 15:00 Prayers 30:02
Hymns: 4:02 Be Though My Vision 26:45 Open The Eyes Of My Heart 32:26 Jesus Is A Rock In A Weary Land 34:34 All Who Hunger Gather Gladly
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Worship for August 29, 2021: Youth Worship Celebration ft. Bethel Youth
This is also where we sometimes get stuck: discipleship in the Bible doesn’t look like Jesus’ friends in the classroom achieving and achieving and learning and learning until they are filled up with good grades and ready to graduate. It doesn’t look like a proficiency exam. In the Bible, it actually looks like the opposite: discipleship looks like people unlearning everything and falling apart.
Place Finders: Readings 14:28 Sermon 23:16 Prayers 39:24
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Worship for August 22, 2021: The Longer Path with Laura Krueger
What Jesus offers is not the immediate miracles of food and plenty, but a longer path of discipleship. How will we respond?
Place Finders: Readings 13:46 Sermon 19:58 Prayers 38:06
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Worship for August 15, 2021: Walking Wisely with Rev. Russ Gordon
…be filled with the Spirit, 19as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, 20giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.—- From Ephesians 5:19-20
Place Finders: Readings 11:35 Sermon 20:13 Prayers 38:00
Worship for August 8, 2021: Guest Preacher, Rev. Brian Stein-Webber
Worship for August 1, 2021: Why We Follow
Worship for July 25th: How the Gospel of John Set Us Up
Worship for July 18th, 2021: Come Away and Rest Awhile
Question: Where is your deserted place, away from the frantic pace?
Place Finders: Welcome 0:22 Readings 11:17 Sermon 16:41 Prayers 33:07
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Worship for July 11th, 2021: What's Needed to Heal
‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ Mark 6:31
Place Finders: Readings 12:33 Sermon Dialogue 18:00 Prayers 46:01
Sermon Notes: For more reading on why multiple moral viewpoints are helpful to absorb Covid, read Fareed Zakaria’s A New Key to Covid Success, Not States but Societies. And for the importance of the exhale, listen to the whole interview of Christine Runyan with Krista Tippett, What’s Happening in our Nervous Systems? Such helpful perspective.
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Worship for July 4th, 2021: What's your Country Song?
Jesus left that place, and came to his hometown… Mark 6:1
Place Finders: Readings 11:22 Sermon 15:15 Prayers 33:23
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