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SUMMARY:Belonging: Manna and More
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Sunday at 10:00 AM for a special Sunday\, where our Young Adult resident\, Jonathan Townley\, will be preaching. \nWe will also have a reading from “This Here Flesh: Spirituality\, Liberation\, and the Stories that Make Us” by Cole Arthur Riley\, the first of the writers we will continue to feature throughout the month of February in celebration of Black History Month. \nJoin us in person or online at 10:00 AM. \n 
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SUMMARY:Transfiguration Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Join us in person or online at 10:00 AM. \nElisha saw an astonishing thing take place right before his eyes when Elijah\, the greatest of the prophets did not die but was swept away into the heavens by a chariot of fire. The student was so devastated he tore his clothes in two. The next time we see Elijah is on the mountain with Peter and James and Jesus. Elijah stands on one side of Jesus ministering to him while Moses stands on the other. When all is finished Jesus tells the disciples\, “Don’t speak a word of this until after resurrection.” There are some things we can never understand until after resurrection. Chariots of fire. The law and the prophet ministering to Jesus. The voice of God proclaiming “This is my son\, listen to him.” And what does the resurrection tell us of these things? That surely God was there. And if God was there\, then perhaps God is here. And if God is here\, then perhaps God will always be here – bringing us to the other side\, ministering to us in our distress\, carrying us away in chariots of fire. Resurrecting our lives and our stories that they too might minister to those who follow. \nThe Worship Planning Team is hoping that folks of all ages might consider lending us a copy of your favorite story (or stories) to use for visuals during the season of Lent. If you are willing\, please bring them to the Welcome Desk on Sunday (with your name on it\, so it can be returned).  Thank you\, one and all\, for being part of building a meaningful worship.
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SUMMARY:First Sunday of Lent
DESCRIPTION:The story of Jesus’ baptism and the Spirit driving him out is certainly brief in the Gospel of Mark but there is plenty of drama. With the clearing away of details\, we find ourselves focusing on Jesus. This is the meaning of the season of Lent. The opening verses of Mark are demanding our attention\, calling us to focus in this holy season. Please rise in body and in spirit for the reading of the Gospel. \nJoin us in person or online at 10:00 AM.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/first-sunday-of-lent/
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SUMMARY:Community: We are the story we tell
DESCRIPTION:This second Sunday of Lent we raise the congregational value of COMMUNITY. How fitting then to celebrate the baptism one of our youngest disciples as the community reaffirms our own baptismal covenants and welcomes a child into the covenant. In our Baptism we put on the grace of God through Jesus Christ\, and we commit ourselves to the radical nature of Christian Discipleship. Jesus’ words to Peter in the Gospel reading today remind us that Sacred Christian Community demands that we deny self\, take up our cross and follow Jesus\, and\, in following\, we will know a life fuller than we could have imagined. \nJoin us in person or online at 10:00 AM.
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