WORSHIP WITH US THIS SUNDAY, April 6, at 10:!5 a.m. It is the fifth 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.

You've got to love a religion that puts as much emphasis on eating as Christianity does. What church building would be complete without a place to cook and a place to eat?

The stories we tell of Jesus so often center on meals.

Certainly, we remember the meal he shared with his disciples on the night of his arrest. A week from this coming Thursday we’ll gather to remember that meal and to be fed as we so often are with bread and wine.

We also remember Jesus comparing the realm of God to a great feast.

We remember Jesus telling Zaccheaus the tax collector: "Get down from that tree. I’m going to your house," where they then ate together.  We remember that by eating with tax collectors and other “sinners” Jesus made the good religious people of his day quite angry.

And we remember that story of the meal in Bethany at the home of Lazarus.

All of these point to the strength that we receive among family and friends. In these challenging and uncertain days, join us.

Don’t give up for Lent—find strength.

Scripture Lessons: Isaiah 43:16-21; John 12:1-8

SERMON        “Finding Strength among Family and Friends”

The Rev. Bill Lovin preaching

Anthem           “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”             Gustav Holst

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