Trinity Sunday - May 26, 2013

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The readings are from the NSRV (New Revised Standard Version) Bible. You can read the passages online at: http://www.biblegateway.com/&version=NRSV.

[00:01:55]  First Reading - Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31
[00:03:41]  Second Reading - Romans 5:1-5
[00:04:41]  Gospel Reading - John 16:12-15
[00:05:26]  Sermon - Rev. Chris Roth
[00:27:36]  Blessing and Dismissal

Questions for reflection on Trinity Sunday:
  1. How can we know what and who God is?
  2. How do we know when we are speaking falsely about God?
  3. How do your answers to the questions above affect your life and prayer?
  4. How would you describe the trinity, or God's essence, to someone who was not a Christian?

    Pentecost Sunday - May 19, 2013


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    The service today was a joint diocean worship at the Winspear Centre and a recording is not available.

    Diocean event pictures are available here.
    Other pictures are available here.

    The readings are from the NSRV (New Revised Standard Version) Bible. You can read the passages online at: http://www.biblegateway.com/&version=NRSV.

    First Reading - Acts 2:1-21
    Second Reading - 1 Peter 2:1-5,9-10
    Gospel Reading - John 14:8-17,25-27

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    Ascension of the Lord - May 12, 2013

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    Readings are from the NSRV (New Revised Standard Version) Bible. You can read the passages online at: http://www.biblegateway.com/&version=NRSV.

    [00:01:48]  First Reading - Acts 1:1-11
    [00:04:08]  Second Reading - Ephesians 1:15-23
    [00:05:49]  Gospel Reading - Luke 24:44-53
    [00:07:05]  Sermon - Rev. Chris Roth
    [00:21:41]  Blessing and Dismissal

    Questions for reflection on Luke 24: 44-53 and Acts 1:1-11:
    1. What has your understanding of the Ascension been? How would you describe it to a friend who wasn’t Christian?
    2. Why did the Ascension take place? What would be the effect if the Ascension didn’t take place?
    3. How is the Ascension connected to the Holy Spirit being sent?
    4. The Gospel of Luke draws us in to focus on Jerusalem. The Book of Acts spreads out into the world from Jerusalem. The division between the two movements is the Ascension and the giving of the Holy Spirit (which must been seen together). What does this tell us about the role of the Holy Spirit and Ascension in our lives? Where do you “center”? Where are you “sent”?      
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    The Sixth Sunday of Easter - May 05, 2013

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    The readings are from the NSRV (New Revised Standard Version) Bible. You can read the passages online at: http://www.biblegateway.com/&version=NRSV.

    [00:01:38]  First Reading - Acts 16:9-15
    [00:03:05]  Second Reading - Revelation 21:10,22:22-25
    [00:04:52]  Gospel Reading - John 14:23-29
    [00:06:06]  Sermon - Rev. Chris Roth
    [00:20:50]  Blessing and Dismissal

    Questions for Reflection on Acts 16:9-15:
    1. What kind of God would send people over such a distance to share news about Him?
    2. Paul crossed boundaries (geographic, culture, gender) what boundaries might we need to cross in our communities to meet the Lydias in our city?
    3. Paul was willing to have God change his plans. (Take some time and track Paul’s journey in Acts on a map.) How do we become similarly attentive to God’s promptings?  for reflection on
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