August 2023

WELCOME and THANKS OPENING REMARKS OPENING PRAYER   INTRODUCTION The theme for this week is transformation through relationship. In this week’s scripture readings, we can understand that an encounter with divine love will transform us in ways we can’t anticipate. Psalm 17:1-7,15 contrasts our tendency to justify ourselves and our actions, whereas God wants to transform […]

WELCOME and THANKS   OPENING REMARKS Today is Independence Day … Happy anniversary! Today is also the first Sunday in the month … a good time, maybe, to reformat our Sunday meetings … FROM a church-service format TO a fellowship-meeting format. The theme for this week is transformation through relationship. The keynote passage for today, Matthew