As we talk about stewardship this month, it’s hard not to get fixated on thinking about how the strength of Christian communities has changed in recent years. In fact, it seems like a regular occurrence that a news article or research report comes out each season to remind us that churches are not as powerful as they used to be.

But not everyone thinks this way. There are those, in fact, who believe that the loss of worldly status is a great opportunity for churches to become even more filled with Holy Spirit power to do God’s will. When we look at the Scripture reading for this upcoming Sunday, we can see that Jesus was one of these people.

Come join us in worship as we contemplate the faith power that we might exercise together in these challenging times.

In hope,

Hardy

Please join us immediately following the service for our Coffee Hour

(in-person in Trinity Court or online via Zoom).

“So nagging prayers for justice are indeed acts of hope. The naggers are filled with hope that justice can be done, that God will listen, that the world will be changed, that the widow will be honored.” 

Walter Brueggemann, “When Nagging Is Hoping”

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Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my opponent.' For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'" And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"