WORD for the Week for March 25, 2018
Palm Sunday
March For Our Lives
Due to the overwhelming interest in taking the bus to the March For Our Lives Event, we have decided to rent a second bus. On Saturday, March 24th at 8am the buses will arrive and people may begin boarding. The buses will be leaving Hennepin at 8:30am sharp. Please feel free to bring a snack if you wish and dress warm. We still have a few seats available if anyone is interested and still hasn't signed up.
Please be sure to sign up by 2pm today!
Volunteers Needed for Hospitality
We still need some ushers for 9am and 11am Easter Worship next week.
We also need people to help with parking. Please call Cheryl Gibbons at
(612) 435-1332 or email her at cheryl@haumc.org if you are able to help.
Thank You!
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WORD for Sabbath Beginnings | 8am Border Chapel
Worship Leader:
Rev. Dwight Haberman
Holy Communion: Jesus is the only way? There is a way of understanding the claim of John 14:6 that does not involve Christian exclusivism.
The key is the realization that John is the incarnational Gospel; in it Jesus incarnates, embodies, enfleshes what can be seen of God in a human life. To say, "Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life," is to say, "What we see in Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life." The way is what we see in his life; we see a life of loving God and loving others, a life of challenging the powers that oppress this world, a life radically centered in the God to whom he bore witness. Marcus Borg
In a world that floods us with "ways to live", which do you try to follow? One who rides into Jerusalem on a colt says, "I am the way."
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WORD for Sacred Journey | 8:30am Art Gallery
Reflection: In John 14:1-7, Jesus is recorded as saying, "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father but by me." What does it mean for Jesus to declare himself as the "Way, the Truth, and the Life?" And what does it mean to follow in that way? Are there other 'ways' to God besides through Jesus?
Kent Peterson will explore these questions at Sacred Journey worship this week. The community will also celebrate the waving of palm branches as we celebrate God's presence in Creation.
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WORD for Traditional Worship | 10am Sanctuary
Preaching: Rev. Judy Zabel
Reflection: Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." People have used this verse to "clobber" people of other faiths. Is that what Jesus intended? What does the Passion story and the Cross reveal about the Jesus way, the truth about Jesus and life with Jesus?
For the Children:
Do you know the difference between a labyrinth and a maze? A maze has many potential paths with several turns and sometimes even dead-ends. A labyrinth has one path, a path that goes in and out. Some people walk in a labyrinth to help themselves calm down or focus. Have you done this? Sometimes, life feels like a maze with lots of turns and dead-ends. And the path Jesus has for us, a path of hope and new life, that is a labyrinth, one way to live in kindness and with justice for all. Do you like doing maze puzzles? How does it feel to solve it? What about a labyrinth? If you've never done it, what would that be like?
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Podcast Ministry
Subscribe (
iTunes), stream, or download Sacred Journey & Traditional Worship sermons.
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The Bible is in your hands...
You're invited to "dig deeper." Here are a handful of resources:
Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church resources:
Worship Bulletins | online archive of HAUMC worship bulletins
Podcast Ministry | HAUMC Sacred Journey and Traditional Worship sermon podcasts
Devotional Ministry | HAUMC seasonal daily devotional ministry
The Life Mosaic | Rev. Nate Melcher's blog about faithful, creative, intentional living
Pause | Rev. Sally Johnson's blog about the contemplative spiritual journey
Scripture exegesis and commentary resources:
Bible Gateway | the Bible in hundreds of translations (NRSV, CEB,
The Message, etc.)
BibleHub | parse out the original Hebrew (OT) and Greek (NT)
David Lose | commentary from the renound preaching professor and Mt. Olivet Senior Pastor
Enter the Bible | historical/cultural context for each book of the Bible from Luther Seminary
Oxford Biblical Studies | historical/cultural context for each book of the Bible from Oxford
Working Preacher | read and listen to lectionary commentary from Luther Seminary faculty
Art and Music resources:
Hymnary | a resource for both modern and traditional worship music and hymns
Sing for Joy | a worship music and hymn resource from St. Olaf College |
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