How do you define "family"?  Is it by blood?  By years of friendship?  By sharing similar experiences?  How does Jesus define family?  Listen to his words from Mark 3:31-35.

What, me, witness?  What, you want me to testify?  Yes, we do....and so does Jesus!  But because this can seem like a big job, Jesus also gives us some help...the Holy Spirit.  Listen and find out how that works! Gospel reading:  John 15:26-27,   Acts 2: 1-21

How's your math?  In the night before Jesus is arrested and brought to trial, he prays that his disciples would all be one.  In our fractured world, what does it mean to be one, to be united in Christ?     Gospel reading:  John 17:11

What is our relationship to Jesus?  In the last meal Jesus would eat with the disciples before his death on the cross, Jesus tells them that he considers them his friends.  So, too, we who follow Jesus are called his friends.  What does that mean for our life in the Christian faith?Gospel reading:  John 15:4-17

This Sunday, we remember and celebrate that Jesus is the good shepherd, willing to lay down his life for us. Today we hear the famous words of the 23rd Psalm, words that many find meaningful.  Reading:  Psalm 23

The surprise of Easter is that Jesus is alive, resurrected from the dead!  Jesus' best friends are amazed--and yet, have some questions and wonderings about this.  How about you?  What do you wonder about?  Jesus doesn't scold the disciples for their questions, but patiently invites them to watch and see.  Gospel reading: Luke 24:36b-48

Ever felt like your whole world has come crashing down around you?  That's where the disciples are on Easter evening....and they've locked themselves in the house because they're so worried and scared.  What happens next is pretty remarkable! Gospel reading:  John 20:-19-21

The women approach Jesus' grave, wondering who will roll away the grave stone for them, as they have brought spices to anoint his body.  To their amazement the stone is rolled away...and they learn even more amazing news.  Jesus is risen from the dead!  But what will they do with this amazing news?   Maybe what we least expect. 

Gospel reading:  Mark 16:1-8

On Good Friday, we hear the story of Jesus in his last hours.  The full reading of this account in the gospel of John can be found in chapters 18:1-19:42.

What does it mean to love one another?  How do we begin to show love?  Jesus gives us some clues as on this night, before he is arrested with the help of a disciple Judas, he washes the feet of his friends, his disciples.       Gospel reading:  John 13:12-34