Reflection: Bring your 2nd Mile Miracle Commitment cards with you on Sunday. God is able to do far more than we can ask or imagine if we are willing to open our hearts. Join God in a miracle of blessing and gratitude.
Bishop Ough will be preaching this Sunday about how we might cultivate unity in The United Methodist Church even as we have groups in the larger church body who disagree about what the United Methodist Book of Discipline says about human sexuality. How will we find a way forward for the United Methodist Church?
Bishop Ough will also be prepared to host a forum in the Art Gallery at 11:15am to have a conversation with those who would like to ask questions and have a more extended conversation with Bishop Ough.
NEXT two Sundays, April 29 and May 6, at 5:30PM Rev. Judy Zabel will follow up with discussion sessions. These will be two different sessions. The first (April 29) will be specifically on the Commission on a Way Forward and the second (May 6) will be on how we can find unity with people with whom we disagree using models from The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.
For the Children: It's Miracle Sunday! As a church, we're celebrating three miracles on this day. First, we celebrate the miracle of God's love and all the amazing things we can do with God being part of it. Have you ever thought about how God helps you do amazing things? Second, we celebrate the "second mile miracle" of our capital campaign to finish fixing our beautiful building. What are your favorite parts of the building? Finally, we celebrate the Minnesota FoodShare drive. In our effort called "Full Hearts Fill Plates," we went head to head with the Blaisdell YMCA to see who could collect the most food for Groveland Food Shelf to help feed hungry families and on Sunday, we'll find out who won! What foods do you think people deserve to have access to and how is Jesus asking you to feed others? See you Sunday to celebrate many miracles.
