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Things You Didn't Learn In Sunday School About ... Mary

This Sunday, August 6, is the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Verse of the Trinity Season: Psalm 18:2 This week’s sermon is: B.C. Heroes: Joshua This week's readings are : Isaiah 55:1-5 Psalm 136:1-9 Rom. 9:1-5 Matt. 14: 13-21 Things You Didn’t Learn In Sunday School About … Mary Depending upon what denomination you grew up in, you might feel like you know a lot or only a little about the next person you probably learned about in Sunday School – Mary, the Mother of our Lord, a.k.a. The Virgin Mary. She is an important person in the story of salvation! She is part of all four Gospels and the Book of Acts. In reality we mostly know about things she did, not so much about her. Parents? Joachim and St. Anne Information from the Gospel of James – which has good reason to be doubted. How old was she

A Reflection on Funerals

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Easter 2024

Easter 2024 The oppressive gloom of the grave, Darkness and the smell of worms, Cocoon the corpse in hopelessness, And then … His heart beats! Decay was driven back as His blood Raced through His veins. Living lungs expanded Having inhaled death He exhaled life. His recently deaf ears heard the grinding Of the sepulchral stone Rolling away from the tomb’s mouth, The one who lay within burst forth. Bright eyes viewed the early morning. It was the first day and death was defeated. His pulse quickened as The very blood that paid the price Of atonement, Forgiveness, Salvation, Courses once again. The victory was won! He could not lay here any longer, So He rose triumphant To find His own To tell them Good News; “The three days are done!” Women, who came to do for the dead, Became messengers for the Living One. Disciples, cowering in an upper room, Were restored and sent as witnesses to testify. The message would get out. “He

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