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. […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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It has been said forewarned is fair-warned. Well, we are less than a week until the church season of Lent. The season starts with Ash Wednesday, March 5th. We gather for worship that day at 7:00pm. Our youth are in the midst of planning that worship experience…so it may be unlike other Ash Wednesday services
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Our experiment with these sermon slide posts continues. Please let me know how helpful these posts are…or are not. How do we close the gap between who we currently are as a society and who we are called to be? Micah: Do justice, offer lovingkindness [hesed], walk humbly with God Jesus: Don’t be afraid, follow
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What forms of art are inspiring you right now? I’ve always maintained that I’m not a poetry person, and yet poetry keeps making it into my sermons lately because writers, thinkers, theologians in my timeline and my inbox keep sharing them and, to my surprise, I keep finding myself moved by them. (You can read
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Our experiment with these sermon slide posts continues. Please let me know how helpful these posts are…or are not. Not nearly as many slides today, but here’s what you miss when participating online as we go through the “evidence” presented in the courtroom scene in Micah 6. God goes first and makes a few references:
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This past Sunday (Feb. 9) I concluded my sermon by reading the new poem by adrienne maree brown called “it is our turn to carry the world.” I also offered the same challenge brown does in their post presenting the poem: Write down the names of those you–like Shiphrah, Puah, and Moses’ sister–commit to protecting.
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Christmas Eve at Minooka UMC
Wednesday, Dec. 24
4:00PM featuring Pop-up Pageant
9:00PM featuring Communion
