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Season After Pentecost, Part 2 Worship Planning Series

Launch your new series well today! With a four-week story arc, the energy profile of the series is likely to be naturally either “ever upward” or “ever deeper.” The Epistle readings could easily be handled in an “ever-upward” direction. The Old Testament readings probably work best with an “ever-deeper” approach. The gospel readings could go either way.

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July 2019

Jul

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost 2019, Year C

Week 1

I think that often when we read the parable of the Good Samaritan we miss the point of the story. In the parable, when the lawyer (who was not a lawyer like we think of a lawyer, but really more like ...

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July 2019

Jul

Sixth Sunday After Pentecost 2019, Year C

Week 2

So this second week in our series on “Living as Disciples for the Transformation of the World” we consider the story of Jesus’ visit to the home of Mary and Martha in Bethany. For those of you who rea...

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July 2019

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Seventh Sunday After Pentecost 2019, Year C

Week 3

As Christians and as United Methodists, most of us assume that we are expected to pray. The founder of Methodism, John Wesley, listed prayer as one of the spiritual disciplines to which we are to atte...

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August 2019

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Eighth Sunday After Pentecost 2019, Year C

Week 4

“Be on guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” Depending on where you sit on the great divide between wealth and poverty, this statement fro...

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