by pastoramelie | Dec 3, 2024 | Blog
Last week, we turned to the book of the Prophet Jeremiah. He was a prophet who was called to preach and proclaim the Word of God to the people of Judah….he tried to advise kings and prepare the people for the Babylonian exile. The king of Judah didn’t heed...
by pastoramelie | Nov 26, 2024 | Blog
Today, we celebrate Christ the King Sunday….this is the final Sunday in the lectionary calendar – next week, we will start the season of Advent and await the birth of Christ at Christmas. On this Christ the King Sunday, our scriptural focus of the day...
by pastoramelie | Nov 19, 2024 | Blog
Last week, we our sermon and worship service were focused on God’s call to Jonah. Jonah didn’t want to do what God told him to do – to warn his enemies the Ninevites of their impending doom. So, Jonah hopped into a ship and tried to flee. Jonah didn’t...
by pastoramelie | Nov 12, 2024 | Blog
This season, we are working our way through the Old Testament by leaping from major event to major event, or major story to major story. Last week, we focused on the event when the Prophet Elijah stood up to evil King Ahab and warned him of a drought that...
by pastoramelie | Nov 7, 2024 | Blog
Last week, we focused on story of King Solomon building the Temple in Israel. The Temple became a more permanent home for the Ark of the Covenant than the tent it had been kept in. The Temple also became the center of worship life for believers in God. After...
by pastoramelie | Oct 30, 2024 | Blog
Friends, last week when we gathered for worship, we focused on the Biblical text in which it was recorded that King David wanted to build a Temple, a permanent structure, to house the Ark of Covenant. The Ancient Jewish people believed God was wherever the Ark was –...
by pastoramelie | Oct 30, 2024 | Blog
This morning, our scripture reading is focused on an incident in the middle of King David’s reign. David was anointed by the Prophet Samuel to lead the people of Israel. Awkwardly, David was anointed to be king while Saul was already king, leading to many years of...
by pastoramelie | Oct 15, 2024 | Blog
This morning, we are turning to the book of Samuel for our scriptural focus. We start at the beginning of the book with the story of Samuel’s mother Hannah and her plight as a woman who could not have a child. Hannah lived in the land of Israel in the period after the...
by pastoramelie | Oct 8, 2024 | Blog
This Autumn, we have been using the Narrative Lectionary as our source of weekly scriptures. The Narrative lectionary is a four-year cycle of Bible readings that connects the Biblical story from the creation events though the development of the early Christian church....
by pastoramelie | Oct 1, 2024 | Blog
Friends, last week, we focused on the life of Joseph, the great-grandson of Abraham and Sarah. Through many twists and turns, he became a powerful ruler in Egypt. During a serious drought, his entire family – the 12 sons of his father Israel, his sisters, his parents,...
