18-Feb-24 (Mark 1:9-15)

In our gospel story for today, among the other things that Jesus was doing, he was preparing himself to begin his earthly ministry. There are a lot of things that this church does, but one of those things is to prepare people to take the Good News of God's love for all people out into the world and share it with others. We prepare people to use words and we prepare people to speak through their actions.
That's just one of the many things that your offering goes to support.
So please consider how you can give financially and through your time and talents to help prepare folks for ministry, in this building, in this community, and in our larger world.
Now the deacons will come to take up our offering for today.

Prayer:

Please join me now in prayer.
God, who showed us your love in the person of Jesus, we pray that you will bless these offerings so that your Good News will be shared with people near and far. We pray also that you will bless us so that we can be a part in the ways you open for us in sharing that Good News as well.
We pray in the name of Jesus, our Christ, AMEN