Labels: Bulletin
Labels: Bulletin
Worship Service Schedule
WServices with Holy Communion
Lenten Service 7:30pm, February 28
Sunday Service 9:30am, March 4
Lenten Service 7:30pm, March 7
Sunday ServiceW 9:30am, March 11
Lenten Service 7:30pm, March 14
Sunday Service 9:30am, March 18
Lenten Service 7:30pm, March 21
Sunday Service 9:30am, March 25
Lenten Service 7:30pm, March 28
Palm Sunday 9:30am, April 1
Maunday Thursday 7:30pm, April 5
Good Friday 7:30pm, April 6
Easter
Easter Breakfast 8-9:30am
Easter ServiceW 9:30pm, April 8
Pastor's Sermon Posted Pastor Watt's Sermon for January 28, 2007, the Fourth Sunday after The Epiphany, has been posted on his sermon website. You can read it by clicking here.
The text is:
Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said. As he was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!” And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen. (Luke 9:28-36, ESV)
From the Sermon:
God’s glory isn’t seen in the success of those who claim to be doing his will on earth. Instead, God’s glory is seen most clearly when we are looking at a dead Jesus on the cross. There’s God willing to kill his only son for the sake of sinful human beings who think first about themselves. There’s God willing to suffer the agony of eternal punishment for the sake of people who want easy lives instead of what is best for them. There’s God willing to bleed not out of selfish motive but giving everything he is for you and me. There is no contradiction between the shining Jesus on one mountain and the bleeding and dying Jesus on another. They are one and the same. That’s God’s love shining through. That’s God’s real glory being shown in a way that we can see, in a way that we can really understand. Jesus said it like this Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. (John 15:13, ESV) Well, that’s not very glorious according to the way people think, but that’s God’s glory shining through. That’s not very glorious according to our thinking. That’s not very glorious according to the world’s way of thinking. But that’s how we can know that the God we worship is the true God. He’s the only one who shows love in this way, by forgiving our sins through his own suffering and death in our place.
