Worship with us on Sunday, January 19, at 10:15 a.m.

WE LIVE STREAM OUR WORSHIP SERVICES AT 10:15 ON SUNDAY MORNING. You can join us online in real time at https://vimeo.com/event/1424751. This streaming address is the same each week.

 The video of Sunday’s worship service will be posted after worship at https://vimeo.com/channels/1547852.

You can view and download the bulletin here.

I often take my cue for preaching on Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday from the University of Iowa’s theme for its annual Celebration of Human Rights Week, which this year uses the words of King: “Everybody can be great because anybody can serve.” Those are inspiring words. I had been meditating on them for several week, reflecting on our call to service as individuals and as a congregation.

My meditation and preparation were disrupted when I came across King saying: “The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool.” With the inauguration approaching, it seemed that our thoughts today not be so much about service as our calling to be our nation’s conscience, guide, and critic.

Scripture Lessons: Isaiah 59:9-15a; Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon: “Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love”

The Rev. Bill Lovin preaching

Anthem           “City Called Heaven”             arr. Josephine Poelinitz

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.