Church of the Servant

2nd Sunday in Lent
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Mark 8:31-38

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Listen with the ear of the heart

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Lent: The Season of Listening

February 18, 2024

Church of the Servant

1st Sunday in Lent
Psalm 25:1-9; Mark 1:9-15

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A Quilted Life

Under the Covers

Listen with the ear of the heart

Sources:

Anderson, Luleen S. Under The Covers: Discovering the Crazy Quilt of Life, 2017. Kindle edition. Location 62.

Meeks, Catherine. A Quilted Life: Reflections of a Sharecropper’s Daughter, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI (2024), xii-xiii.

Plummer, Don. “Dr. Catherine Meeks: A Lifetime of Working for Racial Healing,” June 6, 2023. Diocese of Atlanta.https://episcopalatlanta.org/news/catherine-meeks-lifetime/ Accessed: Feb. 17, 2024.

The Secret Life of Lent

February 14, 2024

Church of the Servant

Ash Wednesday
Matthew 6:1-6,16-21; Isaiah 58:1-12

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Ash Wednesday

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Close-Up Of White Flowers Blooming Outdoors

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Deepening Hospitality

February 4, 2024

Church of the Servant

5th Sunday after Epiphany, Year B
Mark 1:29-39

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Sources:

[1] Howard Thurman, “Paths we did not know,” The Inward Journey, Friends United Press, Richmond, IN, 1961, p. 53-54.

[2] Howard Thurman, “Saddle Your Dreams,” The Inward Journey, Friends United Press, Richmond, IN, 1961, p. 67.