Rev. Ben uses Luke’s story of Lazarus to remind us that those with resources are called to help the poor, who bear a disproportionate burden of the effects of climate change.
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Rev. Talitha comments on, and interviews MPC Youth Group participants about, the Climate Strike on Friday, Sept. 20th.
Membership in a church is like having your picture in a family album. Generally it’s the people who maintain the album, those who are already members, who add the picture. Don’t wait for visitors to look for ways to fit in – welcome them and invite them to get involved!
Guest preacher Jim Allardice, CLP, discusses migrants (including Jesus) from the Old Testament until now, connecting it to the dangers of becoming entrenched folk who reject travelers and migrants. Read Genesis 12:1-8 on Bibles.org
Rev. Talitha discusses Jeremiah’s initial refusal of God’s call, and the lessons it teaches about the need to respond to God’s call with honesty and humility. Read Jeremiah 1:4-10 on Bibles.org
Rev Ben preaches about division: it may be uncomfortable, and it may not fit our image of Jesus’ message, but it is frequently the only way to a truly united and just society. Read Luke 12:49-56 on Bibles.org
Rev. Ben responds to our plague of gun violence with a declaration of the sanctity of human life.
Rev. Ben sings, and preaches, on Luke’s story of the persistently knocking neighbor, connecting it to the need to examine the state of our souls by looking at what we want most deeply. Read Luke 11:1-13
If kindness and compassion are only skin deep, they can crack like a shell when a demagogue stirs things up. In these crazy times, we need goodness in the depths of our being – what St. Paul called “being in Christ”.
The MPC Youth Group reports on its 2019 mission trip to Blue Theology Mission Station in Pacific Grove, where they learned about and aided efforts to protect our ocean-dwelling kin.