Sunday, March 13, 2016

Sunday, March 13:  

 We complete our series on Prophetic Voices as we see the culmination of the prophets’ vision of a reconciled world, humanity redeemed and restored.

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth …”  Thus begins the passage in Revelation (21:1) that is among the most hopeful and inspiring in all of Scripture!  It speaks of a great redemption accomplished, of a great deliverance into a new day.  It’s not a vision of things beyond this world, this life.  It’s not a foreshadowing of a great struggle yet to come, but a celebration of victory already achieved.  It’s not a story of the end of all things, but of the beginning. The same prophets who warn us of the consequences of un-repented action or inaction, the same prophets who have endured the exile and wandered the wilderness with us, the same ones who have lifted our eyes in hope to new possibility, now proclaim a new revelation of God:  the vision of God realized – God’s kingdom come, on earth. Here is a bulletin cover image.  Sermon and reflection slides are attached. Below are a Prayer of the Day and Readings.  *** Please note the revised Gospel reading for the day.

It is a blessing to make this Lenten journey together!
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