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A Certain Faith

4/24/2017

The Rev. Elizabeth Lyman served as the guest worship leader on April 23,2017.

“My mother and father were always pushing me away from secondhand answers—even the answers they themselves believed. I don’t know that I have ever found any satisfactory answers of my own. But every time I ask it, the question is refined. That is the best of what the old heads meant when they spoke of being “politically conscious”—as much a series of actions as a state of being, a constant questioning, questioning as ritual, questioning as exploration rather than the search for certainty.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

Scripture reading: John 20:19-31

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Resurrected

4/18/2017

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Just when I thought there would be no more light in the Jerusalem sky, the Bright and Morning Star appeared and the darkness has not overcome it. – from Easter by Ann Weems

Readings: John 20: 1-18
Easter Blessing by Jan Richardson
Descending Theology: The Resurrection by Mary Karr

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April 10th, 2017

4/10/2017

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Readings: Isaiah 58:9-12, Luke 13:10-17
Prayer for All Things Rising - by Jan Richardson

For all things rising
out of the hiddenness of shadows
out of the weight of despair
out of the brokenness of pain
out of the constrictions of compliance
out of the rigidity of stereotypes
out of the prison of prejudice;

for all things rising
into life, into hope
into healing, into power
into freedom, into justice;

we pray, O God,
for all things rising.

“What we would like to do is change the world–make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, the poor, of the destitute–the rights of the worthy and the unworthy poor, in other words–we can, to a certain extent, change the world; we can work for the oasis, the little cell of joy and peace in a harried world. We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever widening circle will reach around the world." - Dorothy Day

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Resurrection Practice

4/3/2017

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On April, 2, 2017, Bill Holliday was our guest preacher. Bill is the director of ProMex Group, a Gertrude Scofield grant recipient. ProMex is a non-profit that supports charitable micro-credit organizations working in Mexico on the border. He was first exposed to micro-finance in Nicaragua while serving in the Peace Corps. After the Peace Corps, Bill helped start a micro-credit operation in Nogales, Mexico. ProMex Group strives to alleviate poverty and economically forced migration by providing disadvantaged Mexicans with access to capital and education to grow businesses.

Readings:
Ezekial 37: 1-14
Lazarus Blessing
- by Jan Richardson

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