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Reflection 5.26.12

immanuelpres — Sun, 27 May 2012 03:09:56 +0000

“Rabbi” he exclaimed, “That whole you-don’t-have-to-be-wrong-for-me-to-be-right thing, I’ve never heard anything like that before! Now there are so many more things I gotta ask you.”

I didn’t explain that I had never said it quite that way before — I didn’t see how that would help. I was struck however by the fact that in many ways, much of my life and work had been leading up to that formulation for most of my life. It was, it turns out, a momentous occasion for both us.

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Reflection 5.24.12

immanuelpres — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:02:42 +0000

Effortlessly,
Love flows from God into humanity,
Like a bird
Who rivers the air
Without moving her wings.
Thus we move in God’s world,
One in body and soul,
Though outwardly separate in form.
As the Source strikes the note,
Humanity sings–
The Holy Spirit is our harpist,
And all strings
Which are touched in Love
Must sound.
~Mechtild of Magdeburg (1207-1297)

Pentecost Offering + Ofrenda de Pentecostés: 5.27.12

immanuelpres — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:32:43 +0000

Through the Pentecost Offering, the church expresses a common commitment to provide hope for children at risk, opportunities for youth and young adults to grow in their faith, and short-term mission service options for young adults.

The Pentecost Offering will be taken this Sunday, May 27, during the service. Please remember to give generously that day.

Por medio de la Ofrenda de Pentecostés, la iglesia expresa un común compromiso para proporcionar esperanza para niños/as a riesgo, oportunidades para jóvenes y jóvenes adultos para crecer su fe y opciones de servicio de misión de corto plazo para jóvenes adultos.

La Ofrenda de Pentecostés será tomada este domingo, el 27 de mayo durante el servicio. Por favor recuerde de donar con generosidad ese dia.

This Sunday + Este domingo: 5.27.12

immanuelpres — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:30:12 +0000

This Sunday + Este domingo
May 27, 2012 + 27 de mayo de 2012
Pentecost + Pentecostés

10:30 am: Servicio en español (Santuario)
Mensaje: Anciano David Mass

10:30 am: English service (Chichester Chapel)
Sermon: Rev. Dr. Chuck Robertson

11:30 am: Todos/as Juntos/as + All Together
Reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant + Reafirmación de la convenio bautismal

12:00 pm: Convivio

Reflection 5.23.12

immanuelpres — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:22:28 +0000

[Pentecost] is a delicious time. A shaft of light has come to pierce the uncertainties of the seeking. We are living now with a torch in our hands, however dark the darkness.

For the early Christians — and for us now — it is a matter only of allowing the Spirit to transform us so that our life and the life of Christ do finally merge, do really melt into one another, do truly become one, are united both here and hereafter.

~Joan Chittister, from her book The Liturgical Year

Sermons + Mensajes: 5.20.12

immanuelpres — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:03:57 +0000

Transcript: English 5.20.12 (Rev. Elizabeth Gibbs Zehnder)

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Reflection 5.19.12

immanuelpres — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:38:29 +0000

Humility consists in being precisely the person you actually are before God.

~Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

Reflection 5.18.12

immanuelpres — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:30:06 +0000

Bible texts are best read with a pair of glasses made out of today’s newspaper.

~Dorothee Sölle, German theologian and writer

Reflection 5.17.12

immanuelpres — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:48:36 +0000

The way we are, we are members of each other. All of us. Everything. The difference ain’t in who is a member and who is not, but in who knows it and who don’t.

~Wendell Berry, The Wild Birds

“God hates no one”

immanuelpres — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:46:33 +0000