Season of Pentecost – Thursday, June 4
38th Annual Hunger Walk
This coming Sunday is Hunger Walk Sunday. Many of us have already begun, and even completed, our walks. I trust that we will all participate in some way.
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Together In Spirit (Thursday evenings at 6:00)
Two weeks ago we began our study of the parables of Jesus. We started with the parables that Archibald Hunter describes as parables of the “grace of the Kingdom.” In looking at the “three lost things” of Luke 15 and the parable of the vineyard owner in Matthew 20, we have discovered that God’s grace reaches out to all of us no matter who we are or our state and that God’s grace is not given in pieces but wholly given to all. This Thursday we will be looking at two parables from Matthew 21:28-32 (two sons) and Luke 7:36-50 (two debtors), as we continue our discussion.
Pastor Carolyn
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