Sunday LinkUp

  OPENING SONGS.           OPENING COMMENTS As we continue through Ordinary Time in our liturgical calendar, our theme for this ninth Sunday after Pentecost is chosen by God. The selected passages talk about the connection we have with the divine, emphasizing that this connection isn’t created by our efforts but God’s. […]

OPENING COMMENTS.   The theme for this week is living in the blessing of God. The selected readings range from David’s delight in bringing the ark of God to Jerusalem to the story of John the Baptist’s beheading at the hand of King Herod.  Our lives often feature highs and lows, joys and great grief,

  This week’s theme is Jesus heals our chronic and critical condition.    OPENING SONG     SERMONETTE   FROM THE TRANSCRIPT … In the 1970s, experts posited that we were exposed to 500 to 1,600 advertisements a day. Now the numbers are more like 6,000 to 10,000. And that’s just ads—it doesn’t count the texts, emails, phone

OPENING COMMENTS Good morning, church … Happy FATHERS DAY … to all FATHERS under the sound of my voice … WELCOME to all who are here … especially any FIRST-TIME VISITORS (if there are any) SPECIAL WELCOME to … Persons visiting from MANDEVILLE … Persons joining us ONLINE … and, of course, … Ms.Wilson …

CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING COMMENTS As we engage our neighbors, we will be exposed to the brokenness of the world. We will encounter those in pain, the marginalized, and the oppressed. It is important for us to know where God is in our struggles. The theme for this week is God in our afflictions. The

CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING PRAYER   OPENING COMMENTS Today is the second Sunday after Pentecost (according to the Christian Worship Calendar). We are now in the season of Ordinary Time, when we turn our attention to the work of the church of Jesus Christ, focusing especially on discipleship and mission.  It is a good time

    Today, we observe Trinity Sunday, a day where we celebrate the awesome nature of our God — the three Persons of the Trinity (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit) who are the one God, united in perfect love. The theme for this week is God is beyond amazing.   The keynote

CALL TO WORSHIP OPENING PRAYER OPENING SONGS       OPENING COMMENTS This week, we celebrate Pentecost, remembering the day when the Church began its collective work in Christ. On that day, the Church was audibly and visibly empowered by the promised Holy Spirit to continue the work that Jesus started. The theme for this

  CALL TO WORSHIP   OPENING COMMENTS Today is the seventh Sunday of Easter … a.k.a Ascension Sunday … the Sunday before Pentecost Sunday. This week, we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord, when Jesus, in his glorified human body, returned to the Father’s side.  We also conclude the Easter season with the image of