WORSHIP WITH US ON SUNDAY, March 30, at 10:!5 a.m. This is the fourth Sunday in Lent.

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.

This morning, we hear two stories of people who found themselves in a distant country, ijn unfamiliar territory. Sooner or later, life takes most of us into unfamiliar territory—places we’ve never been, situations that are unknown.

Maybe you were looking for the right school and found yourself heading out of state, to Iowa of all places!

Maybe you were offered just the right job and moved to this distant city along the Iowa River.

Even if you’ve lived here your entire life—my guess is that sometime, you’ve found yourself in unknown territory: the strange, uncharted landscape of marriage or parenthood or retirement or illness or unemployment.

In unfamiliar places we might find the strength that God offers us for these days.

Don’t give up for Lent—find strength.

Scripture Lessons: Joshua 5:10-12; Luke 15:11-32

SERMON        “Finding Strength in Unfamiliar Territory”

The Rev. Bill Lovin preaching

Anthem           “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled”

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