Join us for Worship
Sundays in the sanctuary @ 10:30 a.m.
Our Current Worship Series: tell me something good
(grounding ourselves in the good news this Lent)
Lent was originally a season for new converts to learn and prepare for their baptism on Easter. During that time, they would study what was central to Christianity. As the good women of Sanctified Art crafted this series, they studied what was central to Jesus’ life and ministry: radical welcome, love for neighbor, care for the vulnerable, nourishment for the hungry, nonviolence in the face of injustice. At the heart of Jesus’ teachings, they found liberation, love, mercy, and grace—all of which are meant to be very good news for us all.
This Lent, let us remember that the good news really is good news. It is joyful—like fine wine saved for celebration. It grows like a mustard seed and smells like perfume poured from an alabaster jar. It tastes like bread passed endlessly through a hungry crowd. It sounds like laughter and feels like mercy. The good news is alive in the world.
We are a welcoming and inclusive community
of different stories,
woven into a shared commitment to God
and to each other.
With joy and honesty, we seek the way of Jesus
through big questions, social justice, and love.
Loved by God
to love like God
That is the living sacrifice we make of our lives which is our true worship (Romans 12:1). In a so often mean world, worship is fulfilled in kindness. In a world that is unjust, worship is fulfilled in lives dedicated to the work of justice. In a world of lies, worship is fulfilled striving to speak truth, and in a world characterized by selfishness, worship is fulfilled in grace.
We create the world we live into
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things (Philippians 4:8).
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8).
