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Speaker: Rev. CJ Valenti

Ninth Sunday After Pentecost

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Mark’s gospel makes clear how great is the press of the crowd, with its countless needs to be met, on Jesus and his disciples. Yet in today’s gospel, Jesus advises his disciples to get away and rest, to take care of themselves. Sometimes we think that when others are in great need we shouldn’t think of ourselves at all; but Jesus also honors the caregivers’ need. We are sent from Christ’s table to care for others and for ourselves.

Accompanying Scripture:
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56, Psalm 23, Ezekiel 2:11-22

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Seventh Sunday After Pentecost

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Sometimes being a disciple of Jesus is risky business. It may mean we aren’t popular or well liked. It may mean we have to share a hard truth. And yet- Jesus reminds those disciples, we have all that we need to bring God’s love to the world around us. 

Accompanying Scripture:
Mark 6:1-13, Psalm 123, Ezekiel 2:1-5

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Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

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Sometimes it feels like we wait for a lifetime for God to hear us, see us, acknowledge us. Today we hear we are in good company – a woman who hemorrhages for 12 years seeks healing from Jesus at the same time as a desperate father for a dying daughter. With our loving God, we can come with our laments, our questions and our pain. 

Accompanying Scripture:
Mark 5:21-43, Psalm 30, Lamentations 3:22-33

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Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

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Through the storms of life, in Job’s trials and in the disciples’ seasick panic, God’s promise is not that we will be airlifted out of troubles but that God is with us. God proclaims to the chaos and to us – Peace! Be still.

Accompanying Scripture:
Mark 4:35-41, Psalm 107, Job 38: 1-11

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Third Sunday After Pentecost

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In the midst of conflict and shame, the messiness of life and relationships are lifted up in these texts. No matter how entangled we become, with God there is always steadfast love and forgiveness.

Accompanying Scripture:
Psalm 130, Genesis 3:8-15, Mark 3:20-35

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Second Sunday After Pentecost

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This Sunday our texts are about sabbath. Rest is meant for the welfare of all. In our gospel story, Jesus reminds us that well intentioned laws might need to be broken from time to time in order to make space for God’s wide love. 

Accompanying Scripture:
Psalm 81:1-10, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Mark 2:23-3:6 

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Day of Pentecost

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Fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the birthday of the church! Crossing all boundaries that would separate us, the Spirit brings the wideness of God’s mercy to places we least expect it—to a crowd of strangers of different lands and tongues, to a valley of deeply dry bones and to our messy hearts. Today we celebrate the incredible gifts of the Holy Spirit in our midst: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord, the spirit of joy in God’s presence. Amen!

Accompanying Scripture:
Psalm 104:24-35, 35b, Ezekiel 37:1-14 

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Sixth Sunday of Easter

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On this sixth Sunday of Easter as we bring worms with us to church, we celebrate spring and our connection with God’s good earth. Being a person of faith is not just something we do on Sundays, but it is something that follows us out into the real world – as we wash dishes, as we are a kind neighbor or friend, as we care for the smallest living things among us, even the worms. Signs of resurrection and new life are indeed all around us – Alleluia!

Accompanying Scripture:
Jeremiah 29:4-7, Psalm 98, John 15 

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Third Sunday of Easter

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On this third Sunday of Easter, we are filled with images of real life – joyful hearts, peaceful sleep and eating together. In this season of Easter we celebrate we are proclaimed beloved children of God for this is who we are. Resurrection sometimes shows up in the most mundane simple things. 

Accompanying Scripture:
John 3:1-7, Psalm 4, Luke 24:36b-48 

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Second Sunday of Easter

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The season of Easter continues as we get a glimpse of the early church in Acts, how they shared everything and everyone had what they needed. In the gospel, we encounter how the risen Jesus greets the frightened disciples behind locked doors. He meets Thomas’s doubts and proclaims a word of peace. In this season, we celebrate how resurrection shows up in the most unlikely of places. Alleluia! Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed, Alleluia!

Accompanying Scripture:
Acts 4:32-35, Psalm 133, John 20:19-31

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