For the month of April we have several special services planned. We will hear Rev. Dr. Joretta Marshall preach on the story commonly referred to as “Doubting Thomas. EUMC's Environmental Justice Team leads us as we celebrate Earth Day with guest speaker Buff Grace. He will discuss the small things we can do to protect our world. Our interactive family worship is April 21 and we continue our Earth Day focus to explore how we can nurture good soil for seeds to sprout and grow. Finally we focus on the sower. What do we learn from a sower who wastes seeds on places unlikely to create growth and life? Is the sower meant to symbolize God, the disciples, us, or all of the above?
For three weeks in May, we explore meaningful topics that include the ways imperfection makes this world beautiful, our District Superintendent, Rev. Cynthia Williams, preaches on the story of Jesus healing a woman on the sabbath, and Rev. Susan Mullin's sermon "Things Look Dire: Be Not Afraid".
Throughout Lent, we examined different questions that arose in encounters with Jesus. This week and next, we'll examine two of the questions that Jesus himself asked after he was resurrected.
Throughout the gospels, Jesus encounters people who are seeking. They are seeking a new beginning, a different life, a deeper faith. The exchange between them is one of questions and exploration. We are also seeking many things. Lent offers us a season to engage in this spiritual practice of seeking and asking questions. Each week, we will seek good questions rather than easy answers. Our faith will be shaped by our growth, curiosity, and wonder.
Join us as we explore the concept of belonging. It's a desire and need that we all have to belong. What does it mean to truly belong? How can we create belonging? To whom do we belong?