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Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Seventy Times Seven
posted on Sep 9, 2020 Peter came and said to Jesus, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
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CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Reconciling the Body of Christ
posted on Sep 2, 2020 Jesus said, “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along...
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CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Don't Leave Me
posted on Aug 26, 2020 Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him,...
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CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: The Things that Defile
posted on Aug 20, 2020 Last week we ran a piece erroneously attributed to the Rev. Sara Ardrey-Graves. Below is her offering for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. [Jesus called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: it is not what goes ...
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CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Listening, Learning and Doing
posted on Aug 19, 2020 When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the p...
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Deacon Reflections
Deacon Reflection: These Are Indeed Trying Times
posted on Aug 17, 2020 These are in deed trying times and probably times that were not much different than the times when the characters in Jesus’ parable of the “Good Samaritan” were told. When Jesus told this story he was essentially asking the list...
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CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: In the Place of Certainty, Hope
posted on Aug 5, 2020 Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this ti...
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Celebrate Good Times: How Graduations, Weddings and Other Joyful Gatherings Get Creative during a Time of Physical Distancing
posted on Jul 23, 2020 How do we celebrate joyful moments, transitions and accomplishments in the midst of a pandemic? By adapting them to show our love and support while keeping a safe physical distance.
That’s what schools, parents and churches have done for...
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Racial Reckoning, Justice & Healing Resources
Standing Committee Statement on the Legacy of Systemic White Supremacy
posted on Jul 22, 2020 “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Chr...
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Deacon Reflections
Deacon Reflection: The Power of Spiritual Exchange
posted on Jul 15, 2020 My name is Wendy Merrill, and I am a deacon serving at St. John's , Charlotte. I was ordained this January (2020) so the role of deacon is still a
bit new for me. When I was invited to write this reflection about myself as a
deacon, my react...
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