by Cyndi Stephens | Jun 29, 2022 | Bulletin Order of Worship, Worship
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Healing has been turned into a carnival by faith-healers and charlatans. They obscure the true meaning of healing as revealed in Scripture with easy answers and simple absurdities. Healing that comes from God is a wholeness that can only...
by Cyndi Stephens | Jun 23, 2022 | Bulletin Order of Worship, Worship
Third Sunday after Pentecost Following Jesus seems like a no-brainer. But Elisha, Jesus, and Paul warn us that it’s not as easy as it looks. We keep getting in our own way. What’s stopping you from fully following Jesus? 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 | Psalm 77:1-2,...
by Cyndi Stephens | Jun 16, 2022 | Bulletin Order of Worship, Worship
Second Sunday after Pentecost Elijah was imprisoned by threats. The Psalmist was imprisoned by despair. Paul sought to free the Galatians from the imprisonment of legalism. And Jesus freed the Gerasene demoniac from the invited spirits which held him in thrall. What...
by Cyndi Stephens | Jun 9, 2022 | Bulletin Order of Worship, Worship
Trinity Sunday The Father is the Son is the Spirit, but the Father is also not the Son and not the Spirit. If we want to tackle this truth without spraining our brains, we need to take a careful look at the words of Jesus – and learn to trust the Spirit again....
by Cyndi Stephens | May 25, 2022 | Bulletin Order of Worship, Worship
Seventh Sunday of Easter We all know the Lord’s Prayer – or do we? We pray the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. But what was THE prayer of Jesus? What was his fervent hope? It might surprise you. Psalm 97 | Acts 16:16-34 | Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 |...
