The Most Important Election In History – Matthew 23.1-12Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here:Â http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, foolish we are, believing that we can rule ourselves by picking the different people to ruleover us. That desire is part of who we are. That is: sinners. Help us, then, not to think it … [Read more…]
Making The Familiar Strange – Matthew 22.34-46Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here:Â http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, we come before you not knowing who we are. We strut our stuff, trying to impress others with our self-confidence. In the process we hope to be what we pretend. Save us from such pretense, that we … [Read more…]
The Problem Of Not Having A Problem – Matthew 22.15-22Available HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here:Â http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, we come before you again with the heartfelt prayer that you accept us, that you allow us no rest until we come to rest in you; that you fight both against us and for … [Read more…]
Gentle As A Lamb – Philippians 4.1-9PhilippiansAvailable HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here:Â http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, you find us gathered at this time in this way to speak and to hear your Word. But how should this happen? You know just what sort of people we are, and we know it too. Before … [Read more…]
In The Know – Philippians 3.4b-14PhilippiansAvailable HereTo support Cokesbury financially, you can give online here:Â http://cokesburyumc.church/about/ GATHERING Prayer:Lord, our God, you know who we are: People with good and bad consciences; satisfied and dissatisfied, sure and unsure people; Christians out of conviction and Christians out of habit; believers, half-believers, and unbelievers. But now we are before … [Read more…]