On this Christmas Eve we reflect on God’s gift of “Yes” to God’s people through scripture, reflective readings and hymns. God’s Yes to Peace for the Poor and Oppressed (read by Lauren Money) Scripture: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 Reading: Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou Hymn: “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” God’s Yes to a Home Among […]
John 4:1-30 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 4 Now when Jesus[a] learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John” 2 —although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— 3 he left Judea and started back to Galilee. 4 But he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to […]
The song heard in today’s message is My World Needs You by Kirk Franklin was presented in video format. You can see the music video on YouTube by clicking here. Matthew 5:13-16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Salt and Light 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness […]
The scripture for this week is Romans 10:10-21 Romans 10:10-21 (MSG) 10 With your whole being you embrace God setting things right, and then you say it, right out loud: “God has set everything right between him and me!” 11-13 Scripture reassures us, “No one who trusts God like this—heart and soul—will ever regret it.” It’s exactly the […]