Join us every Sunday for
Sunday School for all ages at 9:15 A.M beginning September 17th
Communion Services on the First Sunday of May at 8:15 A.M. and 10:30 A.M.
and at 10:30 A.M. for the remainder of May
Rev. Denise Keltz, Pastor
Summer Services Begin June 3rd 9:30AM
Sunday, May 6th - This Sunday’s image of the life the risen Christ shares with us is the image of friendship. We are called to serve others as Jesus came to serve; but for John’s gospel, the image of servanthood is too hierarchical, too distant, to capture the essence of life with Christ. Friendship captures the love, the joy, the deep mutuality of the relationship into which Christ invites us. The Greeks believed that true friends are willing to die for each other. This is the mutual love of Christian community commanded by Christ and enabled by the Spirit.
The readings for today are: Acts 10:44-48 The Spirit poured out on the Gentiles
                                                 Psalm 98 Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands. (Ps. 98:4)
                                                1 John 5:1-6 The victory of faith
                                                 John 15:9-17 Christ the friend and love
Sunday, May 13th – The gospel for Easter’s seventh Sunday is always taken from the long prayer Jesus prays for his followers in John’s gospel on the night before his death, and always includes Jesus’ desire that his followers will be one as he and the Father are one. This oneness is not mere doctrinal agreement or institutional unity, but mutual abiding, interpenetrating life, mutual love and joy. This oneness is the work of the Spirit whom we have received but also await. Come, Holy Spirit!
The readings for today are: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Matthias added to the apostles
                                                Psalm 1 The Lord knows the way of the righteous. (Ps. 1:6)
                                                1 John 5:9-13 Life in the Son of God
                                                 John 17:6-19 Christ’s prayer for his disc
Saturday, May 19th:  PRAISE BAND Contemporary Worship Service at 6:00 P.M.
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Sunday, May 20th – On the fiftieth day of Easter we celebrate the Spirit, through whom and in whom the people of God are created and re-created. Pentecost is sometimes called the church’s birthday, but might more appropriately be called its baptism day, since the gift of the Spirit is the fullness of baptism. Ezekiel’s vision shows the Spirit resurrecting and re-creating not just individuals but a whole people. Romans makes it clear that God is in the process of re-creating the entire cosmos; yet the Spirit is also at work in the most intimate and personal way, praying in us “with sighs too deep for words” when we do not know how to pray.

The readings for today are: Acts 2:1-21 Filled with the Spirit to tell God’s deeds
                                                 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Send forth your Spirit and renew the face of the earth.                
                                                 Romans 8:22-27 Praying with the Spirit
                                                 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Christ sends the Spirit of truth
Jingle Offering supporting our Prayer Shawl Ministry
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Sunday, May 27th – When we say God is the triune God, we are saying something about who God is beyond, before, and after the universe: that there is community within God. Our experience of this is reflected in Paul’s words today. When we pray to God as Jesus prayed to his Abba (an everyday, intimate parental address), the Spirit prays within us, creating between us and God the same relationship Jesus has with the one who sent him.
The readings for today are: Isaiah 6:1-8 Isaiah’s vision and call
                                                 Psalm 29 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. (Ps. 29:2)
                                                 Romans 8:12-17 Living by the Spirit
                                                 John 3:1-17 Entering the reign of God through water and the Spirit
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