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  • Sunday Reflection – June 7, 2026

    . Sending the twelve Matthew 9 35  Jesus went to every town and village. He taught in their synagogues and preached the good news about God’s kingdom. Jesus also healed every kind of disease and sickness. 36  When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37  He said to…

  • Kids Korner: Many hands (June 7th)

    Read Matthew 9:35 – 10:23 with your family. In this story, Jesus looked at the people around Him and saw that they were tired, worried, and struggling. Some people were sick. Some were sad. Some felt lost and alone. Jesus didn’t turn away from them. He cared about them with a loving heart, and He…

  • Spread the message in humility

    There’s a fascinating thread that runs from Matthew 9:35–10:23 straight into the early church manuals like the Didache. Jesus sends the twelve out with almost shocking instructions: take no extra money, no bag full of supplies, no extra tunic. Go vulnerable. Go dependent. Go as people who understand need rather than people who arrive towering…

  • Sunday Reflection – Trinity Sunday, May 31, 2026

    . I am always with you Matthew 28 16  Jesus’ eleven disciples went to a mountain in Galilee, where Jesus had told them to meet him. 17 They saw him and worshiped him, but some of them doubted. 18 Jesus came to them and said: I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth! 19  Go to the people of…

  • Kids Korner: Trinity Sunday: I am always with you (May 31st)

    Read Matthew 28:16-20 with your family. Sometimes people think Jesus only wanted grown-ups, pastors, or really important people to help share love in the world. But in this story, Jesus gathers his friends on a mountain and tells them something huge: “Go everywhere. Teach people how to love the way I taught you. Baptize them.…

  • Holiness in ordinary things

    There is a kind of holiness that only reveals itself in ordinary time. Not the mountaintop moments. Not the grand revelations. Not the stories that end up printed in books or preached from pulpits years later once we have polished them into testimonies with tidy endings. I mean the quiet stuff. The reheated cup of…

  • Sunday Reflection – Pentecost, May 24, 2026

    . The Holy Spirit Acts 2 On the day of Pentecost[a] all the Lord’s followers were together in one place. 2 Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! It filled the house where they were meeting. 3 Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues moving in all directions, and a tongue came and…

  • Kids Korner: Pentecost (May 24th)

    Read Acts 2:1-21 with your family. When the day of Pentecost came, Jesus’ friends were all together in one place. They were probably nervous and unsure about what came next. Jesus had gone back to heaven, and now they had to figure out how to be his people in the world. Then suddenly, there was…

  • Sunday Reflection – May 17, 2026

    . Asking for God’s Presence John 17 After Jesus had finished speaking to his disciples, he looked up toward heaven and prayed: Father, the time has come for you to bring glory to your Son, in order that he may bring glory to you. 2 And you gave him power over all people, so he would give eternal…

  • Kids Korner: God in Us (May 17th)

    Read John 17:1-11 with your family. Sometimes grown-ups make praying sound very complicated, but Jesus showed us something different. In today’s Bible story, Jesus talks to God like someone talking to a loving parent. He says that he has finished the work God gave him to do, and then he prays for his friends –…