This Week In Worship
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Series: Holding it Together: Four Gospels, Four Invitations in Anxious Times
Liturgist: Shelley Regan, Director of Community Engagement
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Chris Shorow, Senior Minister
We Hear the Word Proclaimed CLICK HERE for today's Scripture
Reflection
Luke’s gospel and the Book of Acts remind us anxiety eases as we extend hospitality, bringing diverse people together around open tables. Differences don’t disappear here—they become beautiful reminders of our shared humanity in Christ. In radical welcome, we discover Jesus holding us all together.
Prayer: Hospitable God. Open our hearts to the work of welcome. When differences feel uncomfortable, give us courage to lean in with grace. Transform our anxiety into hope, our tables into places of peace. Let our hospitality reflect your abundant and unifying love. Amen.
Our Holding it Together Practice This Week:
Invite someone new into your space—coffee, lunch, or a shared table. Reflect on how sharing this act of hospitality impacts your own anxiety.
We Gather at the Lord’s Table
Jesus didn’t put any rules around coming to the table, so neither do we. All are loved and embraced here and all are welcome at this table of Love. Our communion bread is gluten free. We come forward to the table to receive bread and cup at 9AM, we pass the bread and cup at 11AM. Please place your empty cup in the rack on the pew back. If you are worshipping from home, we invite you to find bread and juice or other elements to use as we share this feast.
We Greet and Go Forth
Engage with your neighbor as you go out to serve and carry God’s love to the world.