Sunday Link

SERMON       Jesus is Faithful to the End       Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 ESV In today’s scripture reading, we find Jesus in the middle of sharing a series of parables about what the kingdom of God is like. Last Sunday, we looked at the parable of the Sower. We learned that Jesus, as the human who

 SERMON   The Father Has Sown His Son for the Whole World      Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 NRSVUE    That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.  2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 

SERMON      God Rescues Us Through Jesus     Romans 7:15–25a NRSVUE 15 I do not understand my own actions.  For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.  16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.  17 But in fact it

WELCOME and THANKS for joining us for another Sunday LinkUP.     OPENING COMMENTS    Our theme today is Christ Jesus obeys on our behalf and shares his life with us.  The selected readings – which support the theme – are Psalm 89:1–4, 15–18 • Jeremiah 28:5–9 • Romans 6:12–23 • Matthew 10:40–42.   Each Bible reading

    The theme for today is God has freed us from sin.    The selected passages show us that God’s love meets people in real struggle and real pain and then draws them into the freedom found in Christ.    Psalm 69:7–10,11–15,16–18  gives voice to someone who feels alone and overwhelmed yet still trusts

  OPENING COMMENTS   The theme for today is God proves his love for us.   The selected passages are … Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19 • Genesis 18:1–15, 21:1–7 • Romans 5:1–8 • Matthew 9:35–10:8, 9–23   Our call to worship psalm is a response of abundant gratitude to the Lord who hears our cries and rescues us from

  TEXT for Today’s message …Romans 4:13-25    13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.  14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect,  15 because the law

OPENING COMMENTS    Today is the Sunday after Pentecost.  It is referred to as Trinity Sunday.   The theme for this Sunday is the grace, love, and communion of the Trinity are with us all.    The selected passages that support the theme are … Psalm 8:1–9  • Genesis 1:1–2:4a  • Matthew 28:16–20  • 2 Corinthians 13:11–13. 

    OPENING COMMENTS   Today is Pentecost … which would have been the eighth  Sunday of the Easter season (which means today is the 50th day after Easter Sunday). The theme for this Sunday is God is within us.   The selected passages which support the theme are …  Psalm 104:24–34, 35b  • Numbers 11:24–30  • Acts

OPENING CHORUS and OPENING PRAYER    OPENING COMMENTS Welcome and Thanks for joining.   Today is the Seventh Sunday of the Easter season … the Sunday that a.k.a Ascension Sunday.    The theme for this Sunday is Jesus and the Father are one.    The selected passages that support the theme are Psalm 68:1–10, 32–35 • Acts 1:6–14 • 1 Peter 4:12–14, 5:6–11 • John