Jesus took himself out of the fray and put himself in touch with God through prayer and reflection. He took time for himself.
Pilgrim Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
15 Common St. – PO Box 281, Southborough, MA 01772
United Church of Christ
15 Common St. – PO Box 281, Southborough, MA 01772
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Maybe other things have been crowding God out of your life. It happens! Lent is an opportunity to focus, to “tune ourselves” back into God. I hope you’re attending church this Lent with a sense of God following you out of the sanctuary and into the rest of your life.
If we intend to keep growing our church, we had better be about the business of letting folks know that they’re welcome here, no matter who they are or where they are on life’s journey.
For now, as the minister of an Open and Affirming Church in the United Church of Christ, I’d like to add my voice to the chorus that says, “No, this should not have happened again.”
Don’t arrive at Easter thinking, “It felt like Lent barely even happened.” You deserve a better Lent!
Will you give up eating meat? Could you adopt a prayer practice? Will you join the Considering Forgiveness Workshop?
This week, the theme of Worship and our Kid’s Church curriculum is “Jesus has the power to calm our fears.”
We tend to sort ourselves by what we are. I don’t blame the Pharisees for recognizing the differences between themselves and others. But Jesus learned what they could not: proximity to people who don’t look or sound like me can enlarge my world view and my understanding of life.
At the end of the service, Charley shared the final item of the questionnaire: “Describe the rest of your life in five words.”
This week in Sunday school and church we’re in the series, “What Can I Do?” and the topic for this week is “I can trust Jesus knows me.” We’ll read the story of the call of Philip and Nathanael to become disciples.