A Song For Our Time

May 24, 2026

Pentecost Sunday – Year A
Acts 2:1-21

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The three men killed during Monday’s shooting at a San Diego mosque have been identified as Mansour Kaziha, from left, Amin Abdullah, and Nadir Awad. (Courtesy photos)
C. Herbert Woolston

Sources: 1) Juliana Kim and Emma Bowman, “The San Diego mosque shooting victims remembered as heroes for protecting children,” NPR National News, May 20, 2026. Accessed May 23, 2026: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5827053/san-diego-mosque-shooting-victims
2) Richard Winton and Paige St. John, “Social media, manifesto of San Diego mosque shooters rooted in white nationalism,” Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2026. Accessed May 23, 2026: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-20/san-diego-attack-manifesto
3) “History of Hymns: ‘Jesus Loves the Little Children,’” Discipleship Ministries, The United Methodist Church, Oct. 20, 2021. Accessed May 23, 2026: https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/articles/history-of-hymns-jesus-loves-the-little-children

Time to Decide

May 17, 2026

7th Sunday of Easter – Year A
Acts 1:6-14

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Source: Randle R. Mixon, “Acts 1:6-14 Pastoral Perspective,” Feasting on the Word: Year A, Volume 2: Lent through Eastertide (Feasting on the Word: Year A volume), edited by David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Bartlett, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition, Page 1239 & 1240.

Stephen Speaks

May 3, 2026

5th Sunday of Easter – Year A
Acts 7:55-60; John 14:1-14

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The Sheep-Gate to God

April 26, 2026

4th Sunday of Easter – Year A
John 10:1-10

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