Organ music for meditation begins each Wednesday at noon. During these Wednesday worship services (from March 1 through April 5) our pastors will offer homilies based on readings from the book of Revelation, which will also be our featured scripture for the Festival of Faith. On Ash Wednesday, March 1 at 12:15 in the Chapel we will begin our series of mid-week Lenten worship services in the Celtic tradition with liturgy from Iona, Scotland. March 26 – Rizpah and David: Mourning as ResistanceĪpril 2 – Acts: Discipleship as Turning the Empire Upside DownĪpril 9 (Palm/Passion Sunday) – Holy Week: The Cross and the Empire March 19 (Festival of Faith)―Revelation: The Church’s Hope Beyond the Empire March 12 (Youth Sunday)―Beatitudes: Countercultural Resistance March 5 – Exodus: The Hebrews Fleeing the Empire of Egypt By the time we reach the end of Lent, we will have set the table for the greatest and most profound resistance to the empires of the world: Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, his final meal with the disciples, his death, and ultimately his resurrection! A take-home intergenerational Lenten Devotional has been prepared that allows everyone in our church family to connect these themes from worship to their daily lives. As we journey through these weeks, we will place different items on our communion table that connect with the particular story for that week.
Each Sunday we will explore a story of resistance and its meaning for us today. The Apostle Paul reminds us: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.” (Romans 12:2) That’s precisely what we’ll be doing during this season of Lent. Sometimes this faithful resistance has a prophetic “in your face” feel, and at other times it is shown in more subtle and subversive ways. From the Hebrews fleeing slavery in Egypt to the early Christians’ persecution by the Romans, the pages of scripture are filled with stories of people of faith who refuse to abandon their trust in God, even when the earthly empires do all they can to stop them. On Sunday mornings during the Season of Lent, our worship services will be built around the great biblical theme of resisting the empires of the world. 2017 Lenten Sunday Sermon Series Gathering Around the Table: Resisting the Empires
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