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Join us on Sunday, April  28th at 10:00am

For a ​Service of Word & Prayer 

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Pastor Tom will bring the message 

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Resurrection to the Kin-dom:

The Rabboni Invited Me to Abide with Him

 

Welcome to the Season of Easter

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Easter, like Christmas, lasts beyond a single day of celebration. It is an entire season of focusing on the teachings of Christ, who has risen in the flesh and appeared to many. In this season we touch Jesus' crucifixion wounds with Thomas. We encounter Jesus on the road to Emmaus with two other disciples. We are surprised with the disciples when Jesus appears to us in a locked room. We sit on the shore with Peter, being given the chance to affirm our love for Jesus as many times as we regretfully denied him. We watch in awe as Jesus ascends into the clouds.

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This Sunday we look to Acts 8:26-40 and John 14:1-4, 15:1-8. In Acts, Philip is called to cross the path of an Ethiopian eunuch, a high official in the court of the Queen of the Ethiopians. Philip opens the Scriptures to the Ethiopian's understanding, who then wishes to be baptized. In John, Jesus speaks of himself as the "true vine" and uses this illustration to teach of what it is to be his follower or disciple. Jesus is the vine, the source, of the branch’s nourishment, and what allows us to bear good fruit. We still need to check to make sure we aren’t splitting from the vine.

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  • What have we been taught about living in the world? Maybe you've heard, "You gotta make your own way," or "Pull yourself up by your boot straps," or something similar.

  • What does Scripture, particularly Jesus' and New Testament teachings, tell us about living as the Church? "Love thy neighbor," or "If you have the means to help someone in need, do it" (1 John 3:17), or "All the believers shared everything they had" (Acts 4:32).

  • How does Jesus' metaphor of the vine speak to this faith-filled style of living in community?

  • How do we check to make sure we're still attached to the vine of Jesus Christ?

UPCOMING SCRIPTURES:​​

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Sunday, May 5: Lessons from Nicodemus

Guest Preacher: Marian Olivas

Sixth Sunday of Easter

John 3:1-17 - Nicodemus comes to Jesus by night to inquire of the Rabbi. Jesus offers profound revelations which Nicodemus has trouble understanding.

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Sunday, May 12: Resurrection to the Kin-dom:

The Rabboni Ascended

Ascension of the Lord

Acts 1:1-11 & John 17:6-19 - Jesus, before he was crucified, prays for his disciples. After his Resurrection, Jesus continued to appear to the disciples over a span of forty days. He tells them to wait in Jerusalem for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Then before their eyes he ascended into the clouds.

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Friday, May 19: Spirit-Called & Spirit-Filled

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-21 & John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15 - Jesus, in the upper room before his crucifixion, speaks to the disciples about the coming of the Advocate, the Holy Spirit. In Acts, the promised coming of the Holy Spirit is fulfilled at Pentecost.

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Sunday, May 26: The Power of Three

Trinity Sunday

Special Sunday: Peace with Justice Sunday

Isaiah 6:1-8 & John 3:1-8 - Isaiah is given a vision of the throne room of God and the majesty of the Almighty as he receives his call to go and prophesy. In John, Jesus teaches Nicodemus about being born again and moving with the Spirit's leading.

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