Her Rhinestone Cross ||| 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. *City Park Food Truck Rally Meetup: THIS VERY EVENING, September 1st, 5:30 to 8:00. We'll meet at the top of the hill by the two stone benches and the evergreen tree. *Our next turn as Commonplace Church to help provide meals to men experiencing homelessness through Fort Collins Rescue Mission is this Wednesday! These opportunities occur every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. The Mission did lower it's 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: Her Rhinestone Cross 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 Your voice burns within the depths of our being, O God of our ancestors, and draws us into your presence and service. Hear the cries of your people and speak a word of comfort, that we may proclaim to all the earth the glory of your name. Amen. S C R I P T U R E Matthew 16:21-26 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 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 *Dolly Parton was someone who took up her cross and lived into her expression of the Imago Dei: “Trailing Dolly around the world, I witnessed so many small moments where she’d gracefully own her power without the slightest hint of fight.” -Jad Abumrad *"the call to die is an invitation to actually find life in the risen Christ. To put it another way, the vocation is to be a person of the third day…, on the third day God acts: Water is turned into wine, Lazarus is raised, and, definitively, the risen Christ reveals the peaceable kingdom in resurrection’s garden." -Rachel Mann *You sacrifice for what you love. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we are already sacrificing for something. *How can YOU personify God’s love in the world in only the way you can? *“all of us wield influence in whatever circles we inhabit. In those circles, big or small, with that influence, obvious or under the radar, do we actively choose to look past our self-preservation and risk our own interest for the sake of the vulnerable, oppressed, marginalized, and fearful?” -Jill Duffield 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, Katrina & Darren |
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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...