This week’s sermon explores the Sabbath not as a passive day of personal rest, but as an act of good and necessary work that makes rest possible for all. Drawing on scripture, we’ll consider how the command to keep Sabbath is not simply about stopping our own labors, but about creating the conditions in which our neighbors, families, workers, and even the land itself can breathe. True Sabbath is communal—it interrupts cycles of endless productivity and insists that everyone, from the most powerful to the most vulnerable, deserves the dignity of rest.
In this message, we’ll reflect on how Sabbath can reshape our daily choices, challenging us to think beyond self-care and toward community care. How do our habits of consumption, labor, and time either hinder or help others find rest?
