Week 5: Tabitha, Phoebe, and Junia. Enter into a sacred remembering—a time to listen for the voices of women in Scripture whose names are written, but whose stories are too often untold or little known.

Week 4: Rahab and Ruth. Enter into a sacred remembering—a time to listen for the voices of women in Scripture whose names are written, but whose stories are too often untold or little known.

Week 3: Esther and Vashti. Enter into a sacred remembering—a time to listen for the voices of women in Scripture whose names are written, but whose stories are too often untold or little known.

Enter into a sacred remembering—a time to listen for the voices of women in Scripture whose names are written, but whose stories are too often untold or little known.

Enter into a sacred remembering—a time to listen for the voices of women in Scripture whose names are written, but whose stories are too often untold or little known.

Persistence in prayer is encouraged by Jesus and wins the attention of God when Abraham intercedes for Sodom. The life of the baptized—to be rooted and built up in Christ Jesus—is to be nurtured with prayer. God hears and answers prayer and so strengthens God’s own. “When I called, you answered me; you increased my strength within me.”

Perhaps the church, at its best, is “all ears.” God urges the faithful, again and again, to “listen up!”—to heed the word that gives life. So it was with Abraham and Sarah, Mary and Martha, and the early church at Colossae. So it is today as we join the assembly to hear the word of God, the word of life.

To love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind is to reflect God’s mercy in responding to one’s neighbor. That mercy found its most profound expression in the “gospel that has come to you”—namely the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That gospel mercy comes to us again today: at the font, at the table, and from the pulpit. It is very near to you.

We have no good apart from God. That makes Jesus’ call to follow him an invitation to freedom. This is freedom to revel in the Spirit’s fruit: love, joy, peace, and patience. This is freedom to not be imprisoned by anything that would keep us from the fullness of the life God has given us. This is the path of life.

We have no good apart from God. That makes Jesus’ call to follow him an invitation to freedom. This is freedom to revel in the Spirit’s fruit: love, joy, peace, and patience. This is freedom to not be imprisoned by anything that would keep us from the fullness of the life God has given us. This is the path of life.

Today we honor Juneteenth in our worship, remembering the enduring hope and resilience of those who have fought—and continue to fight—for freedom and justice. As a community committed to God’s inclusive and liberating love, we pause to reflect, learn, and pray for a world where dignity and equity are extended to all.

“O LORD our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Today we celebrate the holy Trinity. Paul writes that through Jesus we have peace with God, whose love pours into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, giving us lasting hope. We celebrate the gracious One-in-Three, eternal Three-in-One, as we worship in community; as we share water and word, bread and wine; and as we bring God’s love and hope to our neighbors.