December 31, 2023 Sacred Doing

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December 31, 2023 Sacred Doing

December 31, 2023 • Pastor Donnie Sturgill, CLM Twinkle Gordon • Isaiah 63:7–9, Matthew 2:13–23

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We’ve looked through the lens of the sacred and have experienced time, people, places, others, and ourselves as God’s holy love reflected and incarnate in the world. Because of the experience of God’s action of love toward us, we are called also to act, the “sacred doing” of alleviating suffering wherever it is found.

December 24, 2023 9:30 am Service

December 24, 2023 • Rev. David Petty, Sanctuary Choir • Isaiah 7:10–16, Matthew 1:18–25

We are wells of the sacred. God’s presence is poured into creation in a never-ending flow of love. We enter a time of prayer that invites us to be refilled in ways that can help us pour out our love throughout the week. All we must do in this moment is open our hearts to the Holy One.

Blue Christmas

December 20, 2023 • Rev. David Petty, Pastor Donnie Sturgill, CLM Twinkle Gordon

Today we sit on the Eve of the longest night, that day when the sun seems farthest away, and the dark night at its most oppressive. So too do we sit on the edge of Christmas, that season of light, family, and jollity. But even as we sit on the cusp of celebration, so we remember that Christmas is not always a season of light and joy, that for many of us there will be an empty seat in the living room, someone missing from Christmas table: a voice now silent, laughter not heard. In this service we remember those who we love but will not see: those from whom we are separated by sickness, death, or some other reason, and we remember them and name them before God.

Sacred Space

December 17, 2023 • Rev. David Petty • Isaiah 35, Luke 1:46–55

The pregnancy of Mary is connected to the promise of justice and joy in the readings this week. Mary’s womb becomes a sacred space for the gestation of grace that moves into, and is transforming, the world. We will ponder the spaces we inhabit at home, work, and community, asking whether they are feeding, nurturing, and reflecting the freedom and joy that is so desperately needed.