Beatitudes
"Thirst and Hunger"
New Worship Series
The Beatitudes
4.27 - 6.22.2025
In the Gospel According to Matthew, the Beatitudes are a series of nine blessings pronounced by Jesus while preaching his sermon from the mount. The Gospel According to Luke deviates slightly in his retelling of this teaching. He centers it as part of Jesus’ teaching while on the plain and it has four blessings followed by four woes. No matter which list you read from, you quickly discover that Jesus’ vision of blessing is contradictory to our modern definition. Where we think of being blessed through measurements of wealth, status, privilege, and comfort, Jesus says the ones that are blessed find themselves engulfed in a different form of living. While we believe that Jesus is the eternal king we also recognize that Jesus is not bound up in the trappings of earthly royalty. Rather, Jesus is a humble king who gave everything away out of love and sacrifice. Apparently this was his vow and his vow is our calling. If we desire to live in God’s richest blessings then we must be willing to walk a diverging path. While we may never give up everything we possess, we can learn, among other things, humility, love, mercy, and peacemaking. I invite you to join us as we take time to consider Matthew’s version of the Beatitudes.
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Lent/Easter Worship Series
Do This
3.5 - 4.20.2025
What is the essence of true faith? Some might say that it is a solid, firm belief in the triune God of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. It is reliance upon the One that is proclaimed in the Apostolic Creed and remembered through the liturgy for the sacrament of Holy Communion. But actually, we are told that a true faith is one of action. We are not called simply to believe in a set of principles or values. Rather, we are to adhere to commandments that prompt us to go and do. Think of the Jesus’ last meal with his disciples. The gospels tells to receive and in so doing remember him. I think Jesus was tell his friends then and now to remember what he did and to carry on his work. As we enter the season of Lent, we will take time to reflect on what Jesus did and what Jesus calls us to do. I invite you to join us for our Lent and Easter worship series, “Do This.”. - Rev. Dr. Jim Hoffman
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