Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 14, 2021

Please have some bread and “fruit of the vine” available for Holy Communion as you join in our virtual worship (above).

This Sunday the fourth of the Old Testament promises provides a baptismal lens this Lent; this is the promise God makes to Moses, that those who look on the bronze serpent will live. In today’s gospel Jesus says he will be lifted up on the cross like the serpent, so that those who look to him in faith will live. When we receive the sign of the cross in baptism, that cross becomes the sign we can look to in faith for healing, for restored relationship to God and each other, and for hope when we are dying.

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Third Sunday in Lent – March 7, 2021

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This Third Sunday in Lent, March 7 at 10 am, we will offer an in-person, outdoor worship service in our parking lot – weather permitting. Please bring your own chairs and wear a mask. Holy Communion will be provided in a pre-measured and sealed individual cup and wafer.

Those unable to attend in-person can join in worship by viewing the Live Stream (above) or viewing the recorded service here Sunday evening.

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Second Sunday in Lent – February 28, 2021

Next Sunday, March 7 at 10 am, we will offer an in-person, outdoor worship service in our parking lot – weather permitting. Please bring your own chairs and wear a mask. Holy Communion will be provided in a pre-measured and sealed individual cup and wafer.

This Sunday we hear about the second of five covenants that God makes with God’s people in the Old Testament. They show God’s continual desire to be in right relationship with humanity and all creation, which for us is known once and for all through the Passion of Jesus Christ. We are reminded that the Christian path of loving God and neighbor was never promised to be an easy one, but that it is well worth it in contrast with what the world has to offer. It is a message of hope and new life that transcends all human boundaries. It is a promise available for all.

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