Worship Preview 3.8.26 "Lent 3: Where Are We Going?"
WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY: 10:30am.“Lent 3: Where Are We Going?” Scriptures: Psalm 32:1-11, Luke 9:46-50, Luke 13:31-34 (compared with Mattthew 23, 25 and Revelation 18) . Rev. Christopher Eshelman preaching. Last week I framed the sermon in terms of the car trip question: “Are We There Yet?” I talked about wanting to jump ahead. Yet faith isn’t about jumping to the end, it’s about the journey and walking with our savior, Jesus. We can be assured of the end – yet not the timing
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Worship Preview 3.1.26 "Lent 2: Are We There Yet?"
Scriptures: Isaiah 55:1-9, Isaiah 25:6-9, Genesis 12:1-10, and Matthew 9:1-12. Rev. Christopher Eshelman preaching. The Bible is filled with stories of invitation and promise. Sometimes the stories are rich and detailed. Sometimes they are quite sparse. Most people know about the call of Abraham, for example. “Go… to the land that I will show you.” And he goes! One of my favorite insights is by author Bruce Feiler, who writes in his book “Abraham: Journey to the Center of
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Worship Preview 2.22.26 "The Wandering Way"
Scriptures: Mathew 3:16 – 4:17, Psalm 1:1-6, Romans 5:12-21 and 6:1-4. Rev. Christopher Eshelman preaching. This season at First UMC we will begin a series on “The Way” of Jesus. Making intentional journeys, a pilgrimage, has been a ritual of humankind across time and traditions. Inspired by passages in the scriptures that talk about the journeys, roads and pathways of life, we will make our way together through this season of Lent. As we do so, we’ll also draw insight fro
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