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Worship During June 2008: "LET OUR LIGHT SHINE BRIGHT, THROUGH THE NIGHT, THROUGH THE DAY"
Morning Worship every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

Worship this month will embrace the interplay between two powerful words: availability and vulnerability. As Christians we are called to be available (to one another, to those in need, to the world around us). We are also called to be vulnerable. Often we want to be the first without being the second. Our faith deepens and strengthens as we maintain a spirit of vulnerable availability and available vulnerability.

Sunday June 1: 9th Sunday in Ordinay Time - Service of the Lord's Supper (Standard)
Please read: Genesis 6:9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19 ~ Matthew 7:21-29 ~ Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-31

Sermon: "HI! MY NAME IS _____, AND I'M A SINNER"
"For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." All? That includes you. That includes me. That includes the strongest saint and the worst profligate. All . . . no exceptions . . . have sinned. Recognizing the power and gift of God's grace begins with the vulnerability of Paul's affirmation. We come to the table in the vulnerability of our sinfulness. We are welcomed, fed, and sent to be available to our world with grace and with love.

Sunday, June 8: SHARING DAY

This is our annual celebration of the Church School year and its continuing ministry.
The worship service will be planned and led by all the church school classes.
The theme of the service will continue the theme of the past year:
"YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD."
The best teachers are those who are available to their students: with their faith, with their wisdom,
and with their love. They are also vulnerable: willing to admit when they don't have the ready answer,
able to acknowledge that they share the faith journey with their students of any age, and ready
to look for, trust, and celebrate the grace of God.


Sunday, June 15: BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY
Please read: Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 ~ John 14:1-14 ~ I Peter 2:2-10
[These are the lectionary texts for the day; the texts for worship will likely be different.]

Worship will celebrate the graduation of our High School Seniors (and others who are graduating from various study or degree programs). We will present the Driscoll and Francis Scholarships.
Pete Henderson will preach the sermon

Sunday, June 22: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Please read: Psalm 66:8-20 ~ John 14:15-21 ~ I Peter 3:13-22
[These are the lectionary texts for the day; the texts for worship will likely be different.]

Jerry Swain, our Commissioned Lay Pastor Student, will preach the sermon.
[Rev. Val will be in San Jose, California attending the 218th General Assembly of the PCUSA.]

Sunday June 29: 13th Sunday in Ordinay Time
Please read: Genesis 22:1-14 ~ Romans 6:12-23 ~ Matthew 10:40-42

Sermon: "HERE I AM, LORD"
Genesis 22:1-14 is one of the most troubling and difficult texts in scripture. Twice Abraham says, "Here I am" (first to God, then to his son). Abraham's two responses reveal the cost and the incredible vulnerability in saying those words. The last words of the section are words many of us have celebrated: "The Lord provides." Ah, but the journey to saying those words with certainty and with confidence often is our own journey through Genesis 22:1-14. We will explore how Abraham's vulnerability touches ours, and deepens our availability to the world around us.


REMEMBER THAT NEXT SUNDAY (JULY 6) WE WILL BEGIN THE SUMMERTIME SCHEDULE.
+++++++ MORNING WORSHIP AT 9:30 a.m. +++++++