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SUMMARY:Humble Channels
DESCRIPTION:“Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond…The beauty of listening is that\, those who are listened to start feeling accepted\, start taking their words more seriously and discovering their own true selves. Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends.” ~Henri Nouwen \nTo deeply listen opens the door to transformation. When we feel listened to by one another\, by God\, and when we listen to our true selves\, transformation is possible. Listening brings connection\, not listening brings separation. Listening to understand means we fear less and the less we fear\, the more we trust\, the more love can flow. As we worship\, let us consider the humble voices that are not frequently listened to consistently. In this listening\, may we be transformed and guided to paths of wellness and strength. \nJoin us in person or online for worship on Sundays at 10am. If you’re joining us in person\, please review our updated mask practice.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/humblechannels/
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SUMMARY:The Compassion of God: Poor in Spirit and Meek
DESCRIPTION:For second Sunday worship\, we will begin a new six week series in the Beatitudes from Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes are remembered as among Jesus’ most essential teachings and for this series we have divided these blessings into three parts: The Compassion of God\, the Goodness of God\, the Justice of God. This Sunday we’ll consider the compassion of God in the 1st and 3rd Beatitudes – “Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” and “Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth…” We will also participate in the Baptism of two adults\, Cooper Betke and Christine VanOstran. We hope you come and join us for this new series and this blessed occasion of Baptism.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/poor-in-spirit-and-meek/
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SUMMARY:The Compassion of God: Those Who Mourn 
DESCRIPTION:“As a deer longs for flowing streams\, so my soul longs for you\, O God. My soul thirsts for you the living God.” ~Psalm 42: 1 \nTimes of mourning or grieving will be something we will all experience at some point in our lives. We will find ourselves yearning for comfort\, longing to be drawn into the shelter of a living God who intimately knows what it is to suffer. This darkness invites us to a new depth of trust and reliance upon God. Jesus teaches\, “Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted.” A season of grief is a liminal time. As Jesus promises\, this time of transition will be a threshold that will usher us into something new and there will be comfort as we move through this time. In this worship series on the Beatitudes\, we continue to experience the compassion of God in our mourning and in our finding comfort. We will offer anointing as a reminder of healing\, as a blessing for all who mourn. If you are worshiping from home\, please find oil or lotion to join us as we pray in this ancient way of reassurance.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/the-compassion-of-god-those-who-mourn/
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SUMMARY:The Goodness of God: Righteousness & Mercy
DESCRIPTION:This Sunday our series in The Beatitudes moves us from the Compassion of God to the Goodness of God as we consider Jesus’s blessings for those who hunger and thirst for righteousness and those who are merciful. To hunger and thirst for righteousness is to find oneself so captivated by the love of God they have an insatiable need to live into that love through personal devotion and outward action. The merciful are those who at their very core see the suffering of others and their hearts break with compassion until they cannot help but go and insert mercy into a merciless situation. They know the goodness of God and they want to be like Jesus. This Sunday in worship will explore the inward and outward movements of lives thirsting for righteousness\, and mercy.   \nJoin us in person or online for worship on Sundays at 10am. Before you join us for in person worship\, please review our updated mask required practice.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/the-goodness-of-god-righteousness-mercy/
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SUMMARY:The Goodness of God: The Pure in Heart
DESCRIPTION:This Sunday our series in The Beatitudes continues with the Goodness of God as we consider Jesus’s blessings for the Pure in Heart. What does it mean to be pure in heart? In “The Cost of Discipleship\,” Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote that the pure in heart are “Only those who have surrendered their hearts completely to Jesus that Jesus may reign in them alone…their hearts are not ruled by their conscience\, but by the will of Jesus.” While this seems to be a lofty ideal we can look to\, Bonhoeffer himself whose desire to be ruled only by the will of Jesus led him to be a martyr during the Second World War for his role in the confessing movement\, and as part of the resistance to Hitler. While the pure in heart may sound like comforting beatitude\, it may mean costly discipleship. In our worship we will explore the depths of this blessing\, the will of God\, and the cost of a heart attuned fully to Jesus. \nJoin us in person or online for worship on Sundays at 10am. Before you join us for in person worship\, please review our updated mask required practice. \n 
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/the-goodness-of-god-the-pure-in-heart/
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