Last Sunday Chris interviewed Dave and Rachel Larlee about rest. Not only did we get to hear more deeply about what God is doing to prepare their hearts and minds for Sabbath but also we got an opportunity to start thinking about how to apply Sabbath to our own lives. This Sunday Dave and Rachel share more specifically about how they plan to spend the summer.
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This Sunday we will be hearing from Dave and Rachel about how the biblical Sabbath lays the foundation for sabbatical. Learning how to enter into rest with God is a gift that was woven into creation, beginning with the creation story in Genesis.
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This Sunday Bishop Philip will be with us for Confirmations, a time to intentionally pray over the people who are committed to living and serving alongside others as part of the St. Barts community. We also have the opportunity to lay hands on each person being received as a reminder that you are not on your own. Philip will also be preaching on John 10 where Jesus says "I am the good shepherd." The forgiveness Jesus the Good Shepherd offers us invites us to be a community of people that freely offer forgiveness to others.
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On this third Sunday of the Easter season, Chris is preaching on Luke 24 where Jesus appears to the disciples on the road to Emmaus after his crucifixion and resurrection. They don't realize that Jesus is in front of them until they share a meal together.
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The first Sunday after Easter we always celebrate baptisms as a sign of new life. The passage we will be reading is from John 20, where we see that the disciples have locked their door in fear of any other violent reprisals. Jesus then comes in and declares peace over them, witnesses to them and sends them out to demonstrate God’s forgiveness.
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The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed! Join us as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus with the children flowering the cross, some glorious gospel music and even a traditional Easter carol. Rev. Dr. Chris will be sharing how John’s gospel teaches us that the resurrection gives us a light that darkness cannot swallow, a life that death cannot destroy, and a love that hate cannot break.
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It is hard to imagine what is "good" about someone being crucified unjustly. But because we know the whole story, we know Good Friday is indeed good because it is God's Friday. It is the watershed of all history. It is the moment in which he became sin who knew no sin that we might become the righteousness of God. To enter into the contemplation of Jesus' supreme and atoning sacrifice, we observe the Stations of the Cross—14 scenes of Christ's walk down the path to Golgotha (called Via Dolorosa, or Way of Suffering) where finally he is lifted up to draw all men to himself.
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Easter Sunday – April 9th, 9am (Childcare: birth – 3yo)
Christ's "commandment" is commemorated on Maundy Thursday—"maundy" from the Latin "mandatum", meaning "commandment." At the Last Supper, Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper (our communion meal) with his disciples and washed their feet before giving them a new commandment-to love one another as he had loved them.
During the service, we will have a foot-washing ceremony where groups are free to come up and wash each others' feet. Following communion, the altar will be stripped and the cross veiled while Psalm 22 is read. The stripping of the altar symbolizes the humiliation of Christ at his crucifixion. A period of darkness follows, after which the congregation leaves in silence.
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Good Friday – April 7th, 12 noon (Childcare: birth – 5th grade, please register)
Easter Sunday – April 9th, 9am (Childcare: birth – 3yo)
This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week with Palm Sunday! We start the service outside in front of the church followed by a triumphal entry into the sanctuary. As we wave the palm branches in the air, we remember the triumphal entry of Jesus to Jerusalem.
This service is slightly different including a dramatic reading of the Gospel passage, with some places for us as a congregation to engage with the story. This is a family service (childcare birth - 3yo), so we wanted to let you and your children know ahead of time that there will be some shouting during the reading to imitate the Jerusalem crowds before Pilate.
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Maundy Thursday – April 6th, 6pm (Childcare: birth – 5yo, please register)
Good Friday – April 7th, 12 noon (Childcare: birth – 5th grade, please register)
Easter Sunday – April 9th, 9am (Childcare: birth – 3yo)
This week we come to the fifth Sunday in Lent, where we will be looking at the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead. In our passage, Jesus shows us who he is most clearly by demonstrating that he is the resurrection, he is life.
These stories also remind us of our mortality. They remind us of our sin. Is there hope beyond suffering and death? As we seek deeper intimacy with God in this Lenten season, Jesus shows us through these stories that he came to call us out of death and to bring us life.
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Palm Sunday – April 2nd, 9am (Childcare: birth – 3yo)
Maundy Thursday – April 6th, 6pm (Childcare: birth – 5yo, please register)
Good Friday – April 7th, 12 noon (Childcare: birth – 5th grade, please register)
Easter Sunday – April 9th, 9am (Childcare: birth – 3yo)
Two weeks ago we talked about who can enter the kingdom of God, last week we talked about the gift that Jesus brings as the giver, and this Sunday we'll talk about seeing the kingdom in Jesus’ actions. John 9 explains how people are unable to see Jesus' good works for what they are because of their blindness. To see clearly, we need healing and dependence on Christ.
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Today we will be talking about the story between a samaritan woman and Jesus. This story is in some ways opposite of last weeks because this conversation happened in the public, inviting others to come and hear. We will continue to explore what Jesus has to say about the gift of the Spirit and about worship.
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In our Instructed Eucharist , we pause at several points during the service to explain the heart behind each element of our liturgy: what the colors of the banners mean, why the worship service is ordered the way it is, what each element is for, what it means to take communion, and more!
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Today is the second Sunday in Lent where we will hear in John 3 the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus about the kingdom of God. As we look at this conversation, we’ll notice how Nicodemus's experiences shape their conversation.
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At our Ash Wednesday services, we talked about the true heart and mindset behind whatever you might decide to do for Lent—whether it's fasting or taking on a spiritual practice. Lent is not a season where we set aside the good news of grace; it's a time when we remember we have a gracious Savior who forgives and loves and has already broken the bonds of our sin. For the first Sunday in Lent we will look at the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness. We start here because it captures Jesus' humanity, yet also, his perfection, and we get to see how he chooses to respond in those moments of temptation.
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This week is Transfiguration Sunday where we will be talking about when Jesus goes up on the mountain with three of his disciples—Peter, James, and John—who are given a vision of Jesus in all of his glory.
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In our passage this Sunday is from Matthew 9, Jesus talks about how the harvest is plentiful yet the laborers are few. We can often fall into the misconception that if we just had the next best thing or just more of this other thing, then everything would work. Yet, what Jesus is sharing in this story is that He is the one that guarantees the harvest, and all we are called to do is to send people out.
We are going to be thanking God for the leadership that Becki Howard has provided St. Bart’s through all the different seasons over the years and commissioning Jenn Crider, our new worship leader. We are also going to have a moment to pray for Rev. Chris Myers before he leaves for England next week to defend his dissertation.
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This Sunday we will continue in the season of Epiphany while also celebrating baptisms together. We’ll hear from God’s Word how the church fulfills its mission to reflect the light of Christ to the world around us.
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Epiphany is the season that reminds us that the church is to take the glory of God to the world. Together we’ll look at how the Beatitudes—Jesus’ “Blessed are…” statements that open the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s gospel—reveal the loving character of God.
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As we behold the face of God in the face of Christ, we are transformed into his image. This is what it means to be fully human—to become like Jesus, the truly human one, and to grow more and more in the freedom of the children of God.