Ack! I totally forgot to post this before our worship service today. My apologies! Here are the slides shared during the sermon today, “Something [in] Between: Lost & Found.” About what are we celebrating today? About what are we grumbling today? How do we seek lost folks in our world today? I think these images […]
This is another post in our ongoing experiment to give our online worshippers a method of seeing the slides shared during the sermon. No fun photos today; instead some fun facts…and some thoughts on parables. Insufficient Sleep = less than 7 hours32% of adults in Kendall and Grundy counties37% nationally20% nationally get 5 or less
Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, Can I confess something to you? (I mean, it is Lent after all, a season for confession.) I don’t always have a plan. Further, I don’t always know what I’m doing. Ok, that’s probably not a huge reveal. In fact, it might be pretty obvious. Still, seems important to admit.
I’m offering a couple sermon slides this week, so the sermon slide blog post returns. Reading the story of Mary and Martha makes me think of my grandparents. Why? I’ll explain in the sermon. But let me introduce you to Charles and Irene: Beyond that personal connection, this gospel story is representative of a long-standing
What, really, is the point of all this Lent stuff? Excellent question. I can offer an answer, but, it’ll take me a moment to get there. (I know, shocking! You’re shocked!) It seems everywhere we turn we are faced with an article, a blog post, a news report, an op-ed, a video short, or an
The early followers of Jesus observed with great devotion the final days of Messiah’s life, his death, and his resurrection. So Lent is the 40 days between today and Easter (not counting Sundays) during which we prepare ourselves for the events of Holy Week and Easter. The season of Lent is mostly known as a
Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, Last night at our Ash Wednesday worship experience, our Youth Group served as greeters, ushers, candle lighters, readers, and song leaders. They were amazing! For instance, upon being told that the main job of a greeter is to be a smiling, welcoming presence as people enter the building, the eyes