February 5, 2021 - Epiphany Devotion - The Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Join us this Sunday, as we celebrate The Fifth Sunday After Epiphany!
Plan to join us in-person or via live stream, this Sunday, February 7, 9:30 a.m. Live streaming, now begins at 9:25 a.m. rather than 9:15 a.m. Please join us!
Plan to join us February 28, at 10:15 a.m. for our Annual Meeting! For our Annual Meeting on February 28, you can join us in-person or via a remote virtual alternative. Details to come soon!
This Sunday, February 7 – 9:30 a.m.
The Fifth Sunday After Epiphany - "The Bright New Change!"
As we follow the latest information and recommendations regarding gatherings, please join us in doing everything possible for the health of one and all! Please stay home, if you do not feel well, if you or someone close to you has been exposed, if you or someone close to you has been tested. We will keep you informed with further updates!
Thanks be to God for those who have given their time and leadership as we worship in our sanctuary, and as we together do everything possible to honor, serve, & care for one and all!
You will find more details below, including signing up for worship, signing up to volunteer, what to expect, and children's activity sheets. You can also access these details on our website and on our Facebook page!
Worship each Sunday will be a 30-minute service including live music by our worship leaders, a children's message, and a message from Pastor Jamie. Holy Communion will be offered as the service ends. If you prefer, if your timing is better, from 10:15-10:30 a.m., you are invited to drive up to the curb of the sidewalk in front of the building, and receive Holy Communion in your vehicle.
Each Sunday we will make every attempt to live stream the service for you at 9:30 a.m.
We hope you join us for worship! We look forward to seeing you soon!
You can access a mobile friendly, contact-free version of the bulletin for this Sunday, February 7, here.
You can access the bulletin for this Sunday, February 7, here.
You can access children's activity sheets for this Sunday, February 7, here.
You can sign up to attend worship in February here.
You can access details and what to expect as we share worship here.
You can access the signupgenius and ways to assist our February services here.
You can give online to share your generosity and support here.
Access the bulletin for this week here, on our website, or on our Facebook page!
Join us next Sunday, February 14,
The Transfiguration Of Our Lord
refrain:
There is none like You.
No one else can touch my heart like You do;
I could search for all eternity long, and find,
There is none like You.
(repeat)
vs.1.
Your mercy flows like a river wide
And healing come from Your hands;
Suffering children are safe in Your arms,
There is none like You.
(refrain)
“In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him, “Everyone is searching for you.” He answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came to do.” And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.”
Have you ever been in the dark? You looked and could not find the light switch? It was not where you thought it was? You think, who moved it?
Have you ever been alone in the dark? You thought someone was with you?
Maybe you thought you could make it through the dark on your own, then you realized you were lost, in despair?
How did it feel when you found the light or turned it on, or when you saw you were not alone after all?
Our lives are not different from the first disciples. Today we hear again of illness and despair. We hear about searching. We hear, too, about Jesus' faithfulness to his calling - "for that is what I came to do.”
What are you looking for? Who are you looking for?
Some people occasionally explore:
Where’s Waldo?
Playing Eye Spy
Hidden Word Puzzles
More
What are you looking for? Who are you looking for?
The Teacher
The Healer
The Miracle Worker
The Leader
The Servant
The Comforter
The Faithful One
The Bright New Light
The Savior
Truth
Hope
Strength
Peace
Grace
More
The One there is none like!
While it was still dark, in this story, on that day, Jesus went out to pray. While it was still dark on a different day, in a different story, the women were going to the tomb, and would be greeted by The One who is risen, and risen, indeed!
Jesus came so we would not be alone, to be The Bright New Light in our darkness, so our search for hope, grace and light would be over!
Let us pray: Jesus, as you came to the first disciples; come, Jesus, come to us; fill us by your Holy Spirit with a new epiphany. Open the eyes of our hearts and souls, to search first for you, to see you in our daily lives, to find what and who we are looking for; that there is none like you. While it is still so very dark for us, so very often, find us first. Renew our spirits with the grace of The Bright New Light, as you lift us up, as you change our hearts to make God and neighbor first. In Jesus’ name, we are never alone, we find all we are looking for, and we pray. Amen.