The Maundy Thursday Service, featuring as sermon by Megan Strollo, centers on Christ commandment for followers to love one another, Jesus breaking bread around the table, and movement to the Garden.
Worship: Palm Sunday, 4.1.12
Palm Sunday celebrates Jesus triumphal entry to the city gates of Jerusalem. Our children and many others began the service knocking on the sanctuary doors. The parade that followed was wonderful. Jesus is preparing for the last several days of his life on this side of crucifixion.
“Death and the Afterlife: What Does the Bible Say?”: Session 5, 3.28.12
This Wednesday evening class will look at both Old and New Testament texts to explore the earliest Jewish and Christian traditions on death and the afterlife. The multi-week series will allow us to take up an array of ancient perspectives on this topic. We will examine relevant texts outside of Scripture, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, to show that Christian beliefs on the afterlife did not exist in a vacuum. Lent provides an appropriate season for addressing our ultimate destiny and the witness of sacred sources on death and the afterlife.
Taught by Dr. Samuel L. Adams, Old Testament Professor at Union Theological Seminary
Adams’s interests include the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament and ancient Near East, the Prophetic Books, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Egyptology, and biblical theology. He recently published the monograph, Wisdom in Transition: Act and Consequences in Second Temple Instructions (Brill, 2008). An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Adams has served churches in both New Haven, CT, and Chicago, IL.
Worship: Lent 5b, 3.25.12
Our worship service centers upon Jeremiah 31:31-34. The prophet speaks of a new Covenant! Worship leaders include Ryan and Jessica Corbitt, Naomi Reddish, Bill Blanton, David Guion, Samantha Denton, Peter Delgrosso, Sanctuary Choir, and church staff.
“Death and the Afterlife: What Does the Bible Say?”: Session 4, 3.21.12
This Wednesday evening class will look at both Old and New Testament texts to explore the earliest Jewish and Christian traditions on death and the afterlife. The multi-week series will allow us to take up an array of ancient perspectives on this topic. We will examine relevant texts outside of Scripture, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, to show that Christian beliefs on the afterlife did not exist in a vacuum. Lent provides an appropriate season for addressing our ultimate destiny and the witness of sacred sources on death and the afterlife.
Taught by Dr. Samuel L. Adams, Old Testament Professor at Union Theological Seminary
Adams’s interests include the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament and ancient Near East, the Prophetic Books, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Egyptology, and biblical theology. He recently published the monograph, Wisdom in Transition: Act and Consequences in Second Temple Instructions (Brill, 2008). An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Adams has served churches in both New Haven, CT, and Chicago, IL.
Worship: Lent 4b, 3.18.12
Our Worship Service centers on Numbers 21:4-9. Is God a wrathful God? Worship leaders include Anna Tuckwiller, Severns Family, Mamie Ruth Blanton, Jim and Ginny Meisner, the Sanctuary Choir, and Church Staff.
“Death and the Afterlife: What Does the Bible Say?”: Session 3, 3.14.12
This Wednesday evening class will look at both Old and New Testament texts to explore the earliest Jewish and Christian traditions on death and the afterlife. The multi-week series will allow us to take up an array of ancient perspectives on this topic. We will examine relevant texts outside of Scripture, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, to show that Christian beliefs on the afterlife did not exist in a vacuum. Lent provides an appropriate season for addressing our ultimate destiny and the witness of sacred sources on death and the afterlife.
Taught by Dr. Samuel L. Adams, Old Testament Professor at Union Theological Seminary
Adams’s interests include the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament and ancient Near East, the Prophetic Books, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Egyptology, and biblical theology. He recently published the monograph, Wisdom in Transition: Act and Consequences in Second Temple Instructions (Brill, 2008). An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Adams has served churches in both New Haven, CT, and Chicago, IL.
Worship: Lent 3b, 3.11.12
Our worship service focuses upon Exodus 20:1-17, the Decalogue, also known as the 10 commandments. Worship leaders include Gana, Wint Wint Zaw, Sara Rice Phillips on the Cello, Connie Jones, Der Say, the Sanctuary Choir, and Church Staff.
“Death and the Afterlife: What Does the Bible Say?”: Session 2 (Partial), 3.7.12
****Regretfully, we hit a technical glitch midway through the recording of this session.
This Wednesday evening class will look at both Old and New Testament texts to explore the earliest Jewish and Christian traditions on death and the afterlife. The multi-week series will allow us to take up an array of ancient perspectives on this topic. We will examine relevant texts outside of Scripture, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, to show that Christian beliefs on the afterlife did not exist in a vacuum. Lent provides an appropriate season for addressing our ultimate destiny and the witness of sacred sources on death and the afterlife.
Taught by Dr. Samuel L. Adams, Old Testament Professor at Union Theological Seminary
Adams’s interests include the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament and ancient Near East, the Prophetic Books, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Egyptology, and biblical theology. He recently published the monograph, Wisdom in Transition: Act and Consequences in Second Temple Instructions (Brill, 2008). An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Adams has served churches in both New Haven, CT, and Chicago, IL.
Worship: Lent 2b, 3.4.12
Our Worship Service focuses on the story of Abram, Sarai, and El Shaddai. What does it mean for God to give us new names and make a covenant to walk with us for generations to come? Worship leaders include the Rose Family, Lauren Weaver, Jean Finley, Eunice Kim, Allison Dupler, Christen Schumacher, the Sanctuary Choir, and Church Staff. Communion is led by Rev. Dan Schumacher.