Maundy Thursday + 21 April 2011

Welcome Tonight we remember the final supper Jesus shared with his disciples simple and contemplative scripture reading (OT, Epistle, Gospel) and prayer name for this service comes from John’s gospel “I give you a new commandment, love one another as I have loved you” John 13:34 Latin: mandatum novum communion tonight will be by intinction [...]

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Maundy Thursday

  Welcome and Call to Worship The Lord be with you. And also with you. We gather to remember the night that Jesus shared his last supper with his disciples.  What shall we give to the Lord for his goodness to us? We will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name [...]

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Palm Sunday

1.  Way In In 8th grade science class we learned to use a slide rule should say “we were instructed in how to use a slide rule” to say that I learned how to use it is definitely a stretch I went through the motions but used the calculator to get real answers That’s the [...]

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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 12:38-44 Threads   1.  Way In A gift from my mother Housewarming gift when we moved to SC placemats made by my great-grandparents of Gulfport, MS – Horace and Mary Hinds same fabric as the blanket they made probably had lots of bolts of these yarns many similar pieces but my blanket has a [...]

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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 10: 46-52 “See” 1.  Way In Last Sunday, Pauly (5 yr.old son) and I attended a Young Life banquet with Kazy (wife) in Piqua, Grace Methodist Church seated with 4 other people – colleagues, acquaintances of Kazy There were about 150 people there our table was about like everybody else’s but Pauly was about the [...]

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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

1.  Way In Connecting example James and John: 2 of the 12 disciples, Mark tells us they’re sons of Zebedee Mark 3, Jesus calls them “Sons of Thunder” these 2 seem to expect quite a bit from Jesus right away in today’s reading they ask/demand of Jesus: “Teacher, we want you to do for us [...]

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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 9:38-50   1.  Way In More and more of us are eating less salt Reducing sodium is healthy reduced sodium salt? salt substitutes Face it, we miss it but we get used to it esp. those who have “medical wake-up calls” Salt is also a preservative found in canned and prepared foods country ham, [...]

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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 8:27-38     1..Way In Today’s gospel reading is about identity as Jesus prepares the disciples for their work, he gets them talking about who he (Jesus) is Identity – who  you are – who you really are I saved a copy of the obituary and an op/ed piece about Ann Richards, former Gov. [...]

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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 7:31-37 Open   1.  Way In I would say that I am a pretty good cook Never mind about that, though.  I love to cook, and I love to eat. I love trying new things and I will try most anything we have already talked about beets and mushrooms maybe I didn’t mention that [...]

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13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today my wife and I had a pulpit swap.  She preached in Sidney and I preached at her church – Westminster Presbyterian Church in Piqua, Ohio.   Mark 4:35-41 (same lectionary text as last week)    1.  Way In Did the Mark reading sound familiar? Did Kazy read it last week?  It was Sunday’s gospel [...]

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