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  • Sunday Reflection – June 26, 2022

      Old Rejections And New Followers Luke 9 51 Not long before it was time for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem. 52 He sent some messengers on ahead to a Samaritan village to get things ready for him. 53 But he was on his way to Jerusalem, so the…

  • Kids Korner: Following Jesus can mean hard choices (June 26th)

    Read Luke 9:51-62 with your family. Adults like to show children that Jesus was always loving and kind. But Jesus was also annoyed with his followers and tired of excuses. In today’s reading Jesus tells two of his closest friends, John and James, that they could not be mean just because they didn’t like how…

  • Sunday Reflection – June 19, 2022

      A Man With A Demon In Him Luke 8 26 Jesus and his disciples sailed across Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa. 27 As Jesus was getting out of the boat, he was met by a man from this town. The man had demons in him. He had gone naked for a…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus heals (June 19th)

    Read Luke 8:26-39 with your family. Sometimes when we read the stories in the Bible, they are very confusing and we want to ask more questions. Often those questions can be answered if we remember that the stories in the Bible happened in another time and place. In today’s story, the ‘demon’ identified itself as…

  • Sunday Reflection, Trinity – June 12, 2022

      Coming Of The Holy Spirit John 16 12 I have much more to say to you, but right now it would be more than you could understand. 13  The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn’t speak on his own. He will tell you only what…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus talks about the Holy Spirit (June 12th)

    Read John 16:12-19 with your family. When Jesus left, he promised that the Holy Spirit would come to the people. Last week we celebrated the feast of Pentecost, where the Holy Spirit filled the people with so much energy and excitement they felt like they had flames bursting out of their heads. This week the…

  • Sunday Reflection, Pentecost – June 5, 2022

      Coming Of The Holy Spirit 2  On the day of Pentecost 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…

  • Kids Korner: The Holy Spirit (June 5th)

    Read Acts 2:1-21 with your family. Pentecost (meaning “50 days” in Greek), was a festival for the Hebrew people where they celebrated the harvest of wheat, read the whole story of Ruth, remembered King David, and recognized the anniversary of Moses getting the 10 Commandments from Mount Sinai. It was an important time and the…

  • Sunday Reflection, Ascension – May 29, 2022

      Jesus Returns To Heaven 44 Jesus said to them, “While I was still with you, I told you that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Books of the Prophets, and in the Psalms had to happen.” 45 Then he helped them understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them: The Scriptures say that the Messiah must…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus Leaves (May 29th)

    Read Luke 24:44-53 with your family. Remember back to Good Friday, how sad everyone was that Jesus had died? Jesus came back Easter morning and everyone was shocked. Then they started getting used to Jesus appearing to his closest followers and they were happy again. This week we hear about Jesus leaving for good, but…