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SUMMARY:Worship: A Royal Waste of Time?
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Sunday at 10:00 am in-person or online. \nWhat do you hunger for? World peace\, health and wholeness\, a day of rest\, what do you hunger for? We often think of hunger as something to eliminate. Our stomach growls and we begin to contemplate and act for ways in which to quell our hunger. The starvation of millions of people across the globe is not only real but tragic. What if our hunger was motivation both physically and spiritually? What do you hunger for and how then will you act to quell the hunger within and the hunger of the world? Will you offer what you have and trust that in the hands of Christ\, abundance is possible. The little boy gave his lunch willingly to the disciple Andrew who then gave it to Jesus and miracles unfolded. Let us celebrate the love of God and keep the feast.
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SUMMARY:A Fragrant Offering
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Sunday at 10:00 am in-person or online \nLet us make an offering this Sunday. Because the Christ lives within each one of us\, may it be one of kindness\, loving the truth\, not bitterness. May our offering be a fragrant gift\, just as Christ offered himself\, may we too gift our lives to a holy sweetness that smells of grace. In this offering\, may we be tenderhearted and bend toward forgiveness that brings new life. This is the fragrance of Christ. Let us be imitators of this greatest love and radiate the love of Jesus. This Sunday we take a special offering to support our ministry of Helping Our Neighbors (HON). Our financial gifts are one portion of a love offering\, the rest is dedicating our whole selves to a life filled with love.
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SUMMARY:Hymn Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Sunday at 10:00 am in-person or online. \nJoin us this Sunday for the hymn festival meeting at 9:00 a.m. We will sing two pieces for the service at 10:00 a.m. We’ll sing a couple of easy anthems\, so if you would like to be part of the choir for just one day\, please come and sing with us. \nWe will also explore readings by Susan Palo Cherwien. Susan was a poet and musician with a rich educational background\, including a bachelor’s degree in church music and voice from Wittenberg University\, studies in Berlin\, and a Master of Liberal Studies from Mundelein College\, Chicago. \nShe composed numerous hymn texts featured in hymnals across the United States\, Canada\, and Europe. Her writings appeared in publications like The Lutheran and Christian Century. Susan authored several hymn text collections and hymn festival reflections\, and edited a sacred vocal collection. She also contributed to the ELCA Language Consultation for Evangelical Lutheran Worship. \n 
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SUMMARY:Putting on the Fullness of God
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Sunday at 10:00 am in-person or online. \nWe come to the end of the book of Ephesians this week with instructions to the Christian community for guarding ourselves against the forces of evil and the wiles of the devil by putting on the breastplate of righteousness and the helmet of salvation. Much of the book of Ephesians is about what it means for us to be people of God. The conclusion informs us that we are to be a people of resistance. We are to be people who live in ways alternative to how the world would have us to live. It comes down to a question of identity. Who are we? Whose are we? We are the beloved children of the living God and we live a world that will try to convince us otherwise and so we must protect and nurture this identity. \n \n 
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