Grace to you and peace, from God our Creator and the Lord Jesus Christ! First, a reminder for you: we set the clocks ahead tonight! So, while we may “lose an hour of sleep,” we gain light! See you at 10:00, in daylight savings time. What an odd concept: with the mere turn of a dial or flip of a number, we change our atmosphere. Sometimes, don’t we wish we could do that in other ways, as well? For people of faith–every faith tradition–there is a sense that by following a particular path, our circumstances change. For Christians, we have a tradition that uses the image of light as that which exposes sin, but in more significant ways, we have the image of light as an eternal promise of what is good, beginning now. We do not flip a switch in the transformation of our current lives, though, and the season in which we make our way toward Easter resurrection is one in which we focus our intention on living into the light. We practice our faith in more conscious ways, trusting that God walks with us as we model ourselves after Jesus’ teachings. It may be that the altered states we seek will be unfamiliar, but no more so than the myriad ways human beings regularly seek to soften suffering. See you in church, where we regularly seek the joy of community and the promise of God’s grace.
Blessings and peace, Lisa
Worship at Home Materials: We will be offering worship in-person as well as on Zoom this coming Sunday. Coffee & tea are available after the church service. Masks are suggested in the sanctuary and required during the singing of hymns, as the virus spreads most easily with the projection of droplets.
Psalm 107 p. 693 NCH Psalm 107:1-3; 17-22
A Reading from The Epistles Ephesians 2:1-10
A Reading from The Gospels John 3:14-21
Sermon “Altered States” Pastor Lisa
Below you will find materials to accompany this week’s Sunday Morning Worship via Zoom. An order of service with scripture readings, to accompany the service, are available by clicking the following links.
Helpful Hint: If you are planning to join the Sunday morning worship Zoom call, you might wish to print the following documents prior to joining the call, if you have that capability.
*A link to the sermon will be shared on our website during the week following the service.
Worship Bulletin:
March 10, 2024
Service of Worship for Home
To join us for worship via Zoom, please use the following information.
Whether or not you choose to set up an account, when it’s time for the meeting, click the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82856339206
Meeting ID: 828 5633 9206
Passcode: 817845