DisciplesNet Worship #49 revisits the Israelites wandering in the wilderness, this time angry with God because they have no water. DisciplesNet pastor Anjeanette Perkins draws some interesting parallels with our own lives. Continue reading →
11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.
DisciplesNet Worship #48 visits the story of the grumbling children of Israel and the workers in the vineyard who cry out "It's not fair!" Audrey Borschel gives this week's message of God's generosity and the call for us to do likewise.
6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim.
10:1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.
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Join us on this 9-minute guided prayer for peace and healing in the wake of violence and terrorism including, but not only the September 11 events in the USA. We know that such violent acts happen all over the world, leaving people struggling with where to start in their prayers. This is one small offering to help in the process of healing.
In our 7 x 7 prayers for peace, we light 7 candles, each directing us toward a particular prayer need. Each candle then offers 7 more prayers, drawing from Jesus' instructions about forgiveness, 7 x 70 times. So we make steps toward that healing and forgiveness. Continue reading →
Today's worship, a 9-11 special called "When Cultures Clash," has been created to bring those who join with us a time of peace and healing. However, while creating this, we've created it with a general theme of bringing time of prayer and healing against violent acts that have happened, and continue to happen anywhere in the world.… Read the rest “DisciplesNet Worship # 47, “When Cultures Clash,” (Phelps, 09 11 11)”
12:1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Worship #46 looks at the parable of the lost sheep from Matthew 18, looking at the sense of the Good Shepherd desiring for not a one of the sheep to be lost from the community. Dean Phelps opens our worship with the old hymn ballad tune, the Ninety and Nine, and then brings the communion message with a repeat of his description of "If You Come Up Empty," a song that reflects on another parable of being lost, that of the lost son, and a popular request for sharing at the Lord's Table.
Our Worship #45 returns to the subject of the "Great Confession" that was the theme of worship #44 message by Rev. Anj Perkins. Moving from a look at the confession's call to discipleship, this week Rev. Bob Shaw focuses on the personal side of this confession.