This Sunday with frequent guest preacher Rev. Dottie LaPenta, our congregation will continue in this Season of Creation with a focus on storms. That may seem like a strange part of creation to celebrate and reflect upon, but with climate change, our whole world has had to reckon more than ever with the power of nature; that which we cannot control. As Rev. Leah Schade wrote: “ultimately the powers that think themselves greater than God will fall just as easily as the waves and wind before the hand of Jesus. Internally, the storms that rage in me are just as answerable to the command of Jesus. With one cry to the Master, the wild waves and wind always calm themselves in his presence, and, once again, I experience peace in the midst of the storms”.
Today is also a Communion Sunday. Despite all the changes that may rage around us, we ground ourselves in this sacrament gifted to us by our Lord.
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