Choose the Miracle ||| The Commonplace Weekly Guide
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Hello beloved one. *** Announcements: *Office Hours! 10 to 12 Thursday mornings at The Neighbor (144 S Mason). Come hang out to chat and get to know some folks better. *Small Groups! This October and early November, our small groups will meet for 6 weeks to discuss themes surrounding The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and the wisdom of Jesus. Mostly, small groups are simply a catalyst to being known and deepening community. Remember, we need each other... Please sign up here!!! *Please plan to attend our all church potluck immediately after service on September 27th. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share! *Help provide meals to men experiencing homelessness through Fort Collins Rescue Mission: These opportunities occur every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. The Mission did lower its minimum age to 14, so you are welcome to bring along a teen, if you know one interested to serve. Click here to sign up for this Wednesday or future dates! *Please check out our Youth Group dates below. Also, please consider providing a lunch for this fun crew: click here for the sign up! Sunday in Review: Choose the Miracle We usually follow the Revised Common Lectionary. Click on the link if you want to see what we'll be exploring in the weeks to come.
I N V O C A T I O N God among us, we gather in the name of your Son to learn love for one another. Turn our feet from evil paths, our hands from shameful deeds, our minds to your wisdom, and our hearts to your grace. Amen. S C R I P T U R E S O N G S
A R T T A K E A W A Y S and Q U E S T I O N S *Marianne Williamson says: “You can have a grievance or a miracle, but you cannot have both.” In this parable, where do we see grievance and where do we see miracle? *Miracle = a shift in our perception to the grace and goodness that abound in our world which overpowers everything else. When have you experienced that? *When you have the power to demand payment, what will you do with it? When you have the power to hold something over someone else, what will you do with it? *The servant in this parable received a life-altering miracle of mercy, but he did not let it change him. Choose the miracle and let that miracle transform you. *Nadia Bolz-Weber: So what if forgiveness, rather than being a pansy way to say, ‘It’s okay,’ is actually a way of wielding bolt-cutters, and snapping the chains that link us? What if it’s saying, ‘What you did was so not okay, I refuse to be connected to it anymore.’? Forgiveness is about being a freedom fighter. And free people are dangerous people. Free people aren’t controlled by the past. Free people laugh more than others. Free people see beauty where others do not. Free people are not easily offended. Free people are unafraid to speak truth to stupid. Free people are not chained to resentments. And that’s worth fighting for. B E N E D I C T I O N You are God’s Child Gifted with dreams and visions. Upon you rests the grace of God like flames of fire. Love and serve the Lord in the wildness of your being. Practice Resurrection. And may the deep peace of Christ be with you, The strong arms of God sustain you, And the glory of the Holy Spirit shine upon your face. Amen. Grace and Peace and Miracles, Katrina & Darren |
The Commonplace Church
Hello Reader! Hello beloved one. *** Announcements: *Office Hours: 10 to 12 Thursday mornings at The Neighbor (144 S Mason). Come hang out to chat and get to know some folks better. *After Hours: Much like Office Hours...just in the evening! Please come hang THIS Wednesday, October 28th, from 5:30 to 7:00 at The Neighbor (144 S Mason) *Election Day Communion: Let's gather together on election day, November 3rd, at 5:30 p.m. to pray and remember together. Plan for 30 minutes. All are welcome....
Hello Reader! Hello beloved one. *** Announcements: *Office Hours! 10 to 12 Thursday mornings at The Neighbor (144 S Mason). Come hang out to chat and get to know some folks better. *After Hours! Much like Office Hours...just in the evening! Please come hang on Wednesday, October 28th, from 5:30 to 7:00 *Election Day Communion: Let's gather together on election day, November 3rd, at 5:30 p.m. to pray and remember together. Plan for 30 minutes. All are welcome. *Remember a few years ago when...
Hello Reader! Hello beloved one. *** Announcements: *Office Hours! 10 to 12 Thursday mornings at The Neighbor (144 S Mason). Come hang out to chat and get to know some folks better. *After Hours! Much like Office Hours...just in the evening! Please come hang on Wednesday, October 28th, from 5:30 to 7:00 *Election Day Communion: Let's gather together on election day, November 3rd, at 5:30 p.m. to pray and remember together. Plan for 30 minutes. All are welcome. *Youth Group Survey: If your kid...