In Worship

Sundays at 9:30am, we offer a shorter, multigenerational time of worship in the front yard of the church. We will video for Facebook.Bring your own lawn chair, sit 6 feet apart, wear a mask.

August and September, we will enter into a theme of Home. Home is where we can relax and be ourselves. God is our true home.

Trina Bose North’s thoughts on home…

Since March, I have spent more time at home with my three kids. This pandemic has slowed me down and kept me home, and I am grateful. I know these days with my kids at home are numbered, and I will always treasure the memories being made right now. But I don’t want to paint an inaccurate picture of our time together. When my kids are picking on each other and not being kind, I tell them, “Stop, this is their home. They need to feel safe here.”

And that is truly how I feel. I believe home should be our safe landing. It should be where we are allowed and encouraged to be our true selves. Home should be the place we feel welcomed, accepted, and loved. This is also how God feels. We get to bring our full selves to God, and through God’s grace, we are accepted and loved and grown into our best version of ourselves. 

The Bible has many images of home. Throughout August and September, we will hear stories of the Israelites searching for their homeland, Jesus visiting people’s homes, and the home God makes for us here on earth. In all of these stories, the homes are like a character, adding God’s welcome and warmth, acceptance and safety.

Join us these weeks as we focus on home. I invite us to into God’s familiar presence of acceptance and love. May God feel like home to us, and may we find our way back home. 

 

WORSHIP VIDEOS on the theme of Christian Mindfulness

 

May 2— As we move into the theme of Christian mindfulness, we are focusing on creating space for us to sit with God. You will see pictures of our members’ sacred spaces. Scripture lesson is Gen 15: 9-18.

 

May 9— Worship today we listen for God’s still, small voice. There is a wonderful clip of Dr. Amy Oden telling us how to find God in something small. Scripture reading is from I Kings 19: 1-4 and 9-15.

 

May 16— In worship we read together Psalm 5 and practice a breath prayer.

 

May 23— In worship, we will read together Acts 17:26-28, a sermon by Paul to the Athenians. He focuses on our connection with and through God saying, “For in God, we live and move and have our being.” As a way to more fully ingest these words, Amy Oden will lead us in lectio divina with these verses of scripture.

https://vimeo.com/421818993 

 

May 31— This Pentecost, we read John 20:19-22 and open ourselves to receive the Holy Spirit. May the Holy Spirit transform our world with heaven’s electric power.

 

June 6— After a week of protests and division, we will focus on Jesus’ command to love one another. How in the world do we do that? Music by Mariann Searle.

 

June 14— This was our first Sunday back together. We worshipped outside in front of the church. Our scripture reading was I Thessalonians 5:12-18, sermon was called “Always, Continually, and In All Circumstances.”
https://vimeo.com/429040438

 

June 21—  Keep Awake from Matthew 25:1-13

 

June 28— Living Mindfully in our Ordinary Life from Romans 12:1-2

 

July 5—  A conversation on Christian Mindfulness. Special thanks to Brigette and Glen for bringing our message and Brett Payne for singing.

https://vimeo.com/433862399  Video of Brigette and Glen, reflecting on Mindfulness

https://vimeo.com/435518376  Video of worship (43 mins)

 

This is a video of Dr. Amy Oden, preaching as our Holland Lecturer, on the topic of Christian Mindfulness. She led our church in worship on July 12, 2020. https://vimeo.com/438181124

 

This is a sermon called Broken Hallelujahs, preached by Rev. Trina Bose North.