Summary Dear Amazing Grace people, Our sermon today was called “Grounded.” Jesus is in a continuing conversation with Pharisees. Imagine this scene – the Pharisees are richly dressed and fed, standing in the Treasury of the Temple – say no more. By enforcing the ancient Law of Moses, they have become powerful and wealthy. Before…
DetailsSummary Dear Amazing Grace Church, I encourage you to read John 8 and figure out what the discussion was about, and why it seemed to remain in a spin cycle between Jesus and Pharisees. Between “I am the Light of the World” (8:12) and “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you…
DetailsSummary Dear Amazing Grace Church, Happy Easter! A rainy chilly day here but we celebrated the resurrection in fine style. Thanks for waiting for this email. Had a nice long chat with my mom. She didn’t like the food for Easter dinner today. Sorry. The holidays like this bring back so many memories of years…
DetailsSummary Dear Amazing Grace people, Happy Sunday! Today we remembered New York, as tomorrow is 911 – which, just to say the name, makes us think of New York City, not just an emergency phone number. Bernice Young was near the Towers on that day. The trauma lives on and we just cannot shut it…
DetailsSummary Dear Amazing Grace people, Today we celebrated communion with joy, and with anticipation of feasting with the Lord one day in heaven. Until then, we as a church will become not only a hunger action congregation, but a church of praying saints. With our prayers throughout each day, inspired by news, conversations, concerns, and…
DetailsSummary Dear Amazing Grace people, As I write this I received a message from Bernice Young. Joe’s sister-in-law, Rose, is near death. They are planning to go to Boston to celebrate her life when they get the call. Let’s pray for this endearing time. Longing – the longing of the Samaritan woman at the well…
DetailsSummary Dear Amazing Grace people, It’s still hot. Really hot – but 99 feels cool after the past few weeks. Hurricane Hillary is on the move, but it looks like the eastern half of Arizona will be spared the worst of it.We are prepared, thanks to Jerry Price and his wonderful work with the sandbags.…
DetailsSummary Dear Amazing Grace people, Happy Sunday and blessings on a wonderful week. A happy luncheon and birthday cake was enjoyed by all in celebration of Carla Forgey’s 80th birthday, a very young 80 if you ask me; and Jerry Price’s 90th birthday. How does he keep up that spunky humor? To sit at a…
DetailsSummary Dear Amazing Grace people, Happy August! It is finally here, and we are in the heat of summer – seems we’ve been way too hot for way too long.We seek cause for thanksgiving and praise anyway, and look for ways to help others. You’ve received the announcements from Mary – and in addition there…
DetailsSummary Dear Amazing Grace people, Merry Christmas in July! IT was the perfect Sunday for Christmas and celebrating the birth of Christ, as Jesus explained that we must be born from above, and thus, he was born “down below” with us to show us the Father. We’ve had a small number of rain storms, but…
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