I had a wonderful weekend and am looking forward to being with you in worship on Sunday.

We’ll be continuing our journey through the book of Luke. We’ll also be hearing about this years Peace and Global Justice offering which we hope you’ll find compelling.

We’re all talking about the weather and by Sunday we should be on the cusp of a more reasonable weather outlook for the Silicon Valley.

Have a great start to the weekend and I’ll see you Sunday at 11:00 a.m. PDT.

Peace,

Karin

Please join us immediately following the service for our Coffee Hour

(in-person in the sanctuary or online via Zoom).

bit.ly/SVPCCoffeeHour

“Every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it.”

— Nadia Bolz-Weber

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, "This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them."

So he told them this parable: "Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

"Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.' Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."