Church of the Servant

8th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 11 - Year A
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

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MCI Chart and Decline

                 wheat and tares

Close up of ripe wheat ears

Sources:  

  1. Jody Greenwood’s Notes from “Making Our Memory Stick”, Len Lecci, Phd, Osher Lifetime Learning Institute, March 2021.

Sowing God-Stories

July 16, 2023

Church of the Servant

7th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 10 - Year A
Matthew 13:1-9,18-23

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The Gospel according to Sam

sowers guide

You Lost Me

sowing

Sources:

  1. William Miller, The Gospel According to Sam: Animal Stories for the Soul, Seabury Books, (New York: 2005), p. xii.  

It’s Harvesting Time

July 2, 2023

Church of the Servant

5th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 8 - Year A
Matthew 10:40-42

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Welcome

Compassion and Action

Dr Emilie Townes

Faithful Servant mug

this little light of mine

 

Sources:

  1. Dr. Emilie Townes, Theological Perspective of Matthew 10:24-39 & Matthew 40-42. Feasting on the Word: Year A, Volume 3: Pentecost and Season after Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16) (Feasting on the Word: Year A volume), editors: Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2011. Kindle edition.