Join us for worship THIS SUNDAY, 5/3
We Need to Talk About the Blood
5/36 @ 10am EDT LIVE! On-Site & Online via Zoom at http://zoom.us/j/907548568
There are churches that talk a lot about “the Blood”--that is, the Blood of Christ, as in “There’s Power in the Blood,” “Are You Washed in the Blood?,” and “Nothing But the Blood”--as if Jesus’ suffering itself produces salvation. Which often has the unfortunate side effect of blessing human suffering generally, as though if it hurts, it must be good for you. We don’t talk a lot about the Blood in our church, but maybe we need to talk about it more. Maybe we need to ask ourselves just what we really believe about the relationship between Jesus, suffering, and salvation... and the very real, living power of blood both as a metaphor and in real life. (1 Peter 24:19-25)
This service will include our celebration of Holy Communion.
5/36 @ 10am EDT LIVE! On-Site & Online via Zoom at http://zoom.us/j/907548568
There are churches that talk a lot about “the Blood”--that is, the Blood of Christ, as in “There’s Power in the Blood,” “Are You Washed in the Blood?,” and “Nothing But the Blood”--as if Jesus’ suffering itself produces salvation. Which often has the unfortunate side effect of blessing human suffering generally, as though if it hurts, it must be good for you. We don’t talk a lot about the Blood in our church, but maybe we need to talk about it more. Maybe we need to ask ourselves just what we really believe about the relationship between Jesus, suffering, and salvation... and the very real, living power of blood both as a metaphor and in real life. (1 Peter 24:19-25)
This service will include our celebration of Holy Communion.
About Holy Communion
For this Sunday's celebration of the sacrament of Holy Communion / The Eucharist / The Lord’s Supper, those in the sanctuary who wish to partake will be invited to come down the center aisle to receive a piece of gluten-free bread and a serving of non-alcoholic juice in a compostable cup. Folks participating online, we hope you prepare something to eat and drink to participate with the body. ALL ARE INVITED TO SHARE, INCLUDING CHILDREN. You need not be a member of this congregation or any congregation, but simply desire to receive this blessing in your life.
For this Sunday's celebration of the sacrament of Holy Communion / The Eucharist / The Lord’s Supper, those in the sanctuary who wish to partake will be invited to come down the center aisle to receive a piece of gluten-free bread and a serving of non-alcoholic juice in a compostable cup. Folks participating online, we hope you prepare something to eat and drink to participate with the body. ALL ARE INVITED TO SHARE, INCLUDING CHILDREN. You need not be a member of this congregation or any congregation, but simply desire to receive this blessing in your life.
Save paper! Download a bulletin.
We have printed bulletins and slides on-site for you to participate in worship, but if you're worshiping online and/or you'd like to help us save paper, download a PDF version for yourself here.
To download a bulletin for this Sunday, CLICK HERE
To download a large print bulletin for this Sunday, CLICK HERE
We have printed bulletins and slides on-site for you to participate in worship, but if you're worshiping online and/or you'd like to help us save paper, download a PDF version for yourself here.
To download a bulletin for this Sunday, CLICK HERE
To download a large print bulletin for this Sunday, CLICK HERE
Baby Basics Groceries Collection
Each Sunday in worship, we collect specific core proteins for the groceries we give to the families accessing diapers through Baby Basics every other month. In May, we're looking for small cans of tuna in water.
Each Sunday in worship, we collect specific core proteins for the groceries we give to the families accessing diapers through Baby Basics every other month. In May, we're looking for small cans of tuna in water.
Coming Up in Worship
How Is Jesus the Way?
5/10 @ 10am EDT LIVE! On-Site & Online via Zoom at http://zoom.us/j/907548568
It’s the Bible verse that launched a million bumper stickers: At the Last Supper table in John’s Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Which, ok, so Jesus is the way. But how is Jesus the way? Is he in the way, like a bouncer guarding the velvet rope to heaven’s VIP section, making sure none of the riff-raff gets in? Or maybe it’s meant to be more descriptive than prescriptive, an experience and not a formula, so that whenever/wherever/however/whoever connects with the divine, that is Jesus at work. (John 14:1-14)
5/10 @ 10am EDT LIVE! On-Site & Online via Zoom at http://zoom.us/j/907548568
It’s the Bible verse that launched a million bumper stickers: At the Last Supper table in John’s Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Which, ok, so Jesus is the way. But how is Jesus the way? Is he in the way, like a bouncer guarding the velvet rope to heaven’s VIP section, making sure none of the riff-raff gets in? Or maybe it’s meant to be more descriptive than prescriptive, an experience and not a formula, so that whenever/wherever/however/whoever connects with the divine, that is Jesus at work. (John 14:1-14)
Leaving Flatland
5/17 @ 10am, LIVE! on-site & online via Zoom
at http://zoom.us/j/907548568
When Jesus ascended into heaven right before the eyes of his disciples, leaving them staring upward, he intentionally broke the fourth wall of the Gospel. Suddenly, this wasn’t a story just about him and his followers in Jerusalem, but a multidimensional movement of the Spirit that would change them from disciples to apostles, messengers sent out to “Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” What about us? Have we let our faith go flat, content to stay in our own little box? Or is Jesus still expanding our horizons? (Acts 1:1-11). This service will feature very special music from Peter Wells and the Lincoln Traditional Jazz Band!
5/17 @ 10am, LIVE! on-site & online via Zoom
at http://zoom.us/j/907548568
When Jesus ascended into heaven right before the eyes of his disciples, leaving them staring upward, he intentionally broke the fourth wall of the Gospel. Suddenly, this wasn’t a story just about him and his followers in Jerusalem, but a multidimensional movement of the Spirit that would change them from disciples to apostles, messengers sent out to “Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” What about us? Have we let our faith go flat, content to stay in our own little box? Or is Jesus still expanding our horizons? (Acts 1:1-11). This service will feature very special music from Peter Wells and the Lincoln Traditional Jazz Band!