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Church and IKEA
Church and IKEA. At first glance, you might think that these two entities are completely unrelated with absolutely no overlap. Church is certainly not about purchasing pieces of furniture of varying quality. Furthermore IKEA, meatballs aside, certainly doesn’t market itself as a religious experience. One phrase does unite these two polar opposites: some assembly required.…
Epiphany 4 Worship Preview
“Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” -Luke 4:21 The glory of God is often revealed when and where it is least expected. God uses our lips to declare that glory, inexperienced and hesitant though they may be. God uses our love to demonstrate that glory and so urges us to exercise it.…
Youth Sunday Worship Preview
Join Us For Youth Sunday Worship will gather at 8 am and 10:45 am in the sanctuary. New Day Praise service leadership will combine with the 10:45 am Traditional service. This Sunday’s worship is planned and led in part by our senior high school youth. We give thanks to the youth and their leaders for…
Epiphany 2 Worship Preview
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” John 2:5 Like Jesus, we are called to “do something,” to follow Christ’s lead and listen to what he says. The church’s mission is to act when we see something happening that is detrimental to others. Like Mary, we often think the solution involves getting…
Sunday Worship Preview
Seasons of Light
Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany hang together wonderfully as a unit of the church year. As Advent and December marched on, we all felt the gathering darkness as the days shortened and the nights lengthened. We pushed back this darkness by lighting extra candles, decorating our worship spaces and houses with lights, and by singing songs…
O Emmanuel, God With Us
O Dayspring and O King of the Nations
