The Table UMC

This week we begin a new three-week worship series in which we will hold the Lectionary readings from the Gospel of John in conversation with the Olympic Games 2024. Worship this week is rooted in John 6:1-21and the miracle of feeding 5,000 people with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread. What makes something a miracle? Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

This is the final week of our three-week worship series called Flourishing: God’s Vision for Creation. Each week we are holding readings from scripture alongside ways in which God’s vision for creation is flourishing within us and also all around us.

Rev. Dr. Matt Skinner writes, “This passage offers…an opportunity to reflect on the gospel’s relationship to health and wholeness. When Jesus heals people of their ailments, his acts are not symbolic of the salvation he provides. They are a piece of that salvation. We miss that when we make ‘salvation’ into an otherworldly concept or a primarily spiritual condition. Jesus devotes himself to ensuring human flourishing in body, mind, spirit, and community….At the same time, Jesus’ ministry does not totally eliminate the things that assail our well-being. The people Jesus heals, we presume, get sick again and die. Jesus is a healer, yes, but his purpose entails more than spreading temporary wellness…Giving support to harassed people, feeding hungry people (6:35–44), and healing sick people have consequences. Those actions alter economies in households and neighborhoods. They transform relationships. They urge people to reconsider old allegiances. They give people hope. In a world where cynicism and fear are effective means of controlling people and stifling widespread human flourishing, too many hopeful people become threatening. Yet hope cannot remain hidden. It doesn’t work that way.”

Read Mark 6.30-34, 53-56.

How are cynicism and fear stifling your own flourishing? Where do you see signs of hopeful people becoming a critical mass for the flourishing of creation?

Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

This week we begin a new three-week worship series called Flourishing: God’s Vision for Creation. Each week we will hold readings from scripture alongside ways in which God’s vision for creation is flourishing within us and also all around us. Worship this morning at The Table is rooted in Psalm 85:8-13. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

This week we begin a new three-week worship series called Flourishing: God’s Vision for Creation. Each week we will hold readings from scripture alongside ways in which God’s vision for creation is flourishing within us and also all around us. Worship this morning at The Table is rooted in Ezekiel 2:1-5. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

Five-week worship series on breaking through to the other side with Jesus. Each week in the month of June we’ll hear from a different preacher as we hold the lectionary readings assigned to the global church from the book of Mark and wonder about the call of Jesus to break through into new understandings of life and faith. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

Five-week worship series on breaking through to the other side with Jesus. Each week in the month of June we’ll hear from a different preacher as we hold the lectionary readings assigned to the global church from the book of Mark and wonder about the call of Jesus to break through into new understandings of life and faith. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

Five-week worship series on breaking through to the other side with Jesus. Each week in the month of June we’ll hear from a different preacher as we hold the lectionary readings assigned to the global church from the book of Mark and wonder about the call of Jesus to break through into new understandings of life and faith. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

Five-week worship series on breaking through to the other side with Jesus. Each week in the month of June we’ll hear from a different preacher as we hold the lectionary readings assigned to the global church from the book of Mark and wonder about the call of Jesus to break through into new understandings of life and faith. This week we hold Mark 3 in conversation with our notions of family. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

This week we begin a five-week worship series on breaking through to the other side with Jesus. Each week in the month of June we’ll hear from a different preacher as we hold the lectionary readings assigned to the global church from the book of Mark and wonder about the call of Jesus to break through into new understandings of life and faith. This week we hold the reading from Mark 2 and the practice of Sabbath rest. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804

Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804