May News


Worship with us

Sundays at 2:30pm

2401 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham WA 98225


Each Week, the Bulletin for Worship will be added here by the Thursday before Worship at 12:00pm. Simply click the Image to view the bulletin.

May 3rd, Communion

Scripture: Psalm 100 & 1 Peter 4:8-11

Sermon: Serve Joyfully

May 10th, Mother’s Day

Scripture: Joshua 1:5-9 & Ephesians 6:10-18

Sermon: Lead Courageously

May 17th, Miracle Sunday

Scripture: Psalm 96, Romans 12:1-8, & Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon: Disciples Transform the World

May 24th, Pentecost Sunday

Scripture: Psalm 104 & Acts 2:1-21

Sermon: Fire in the Bones of Creation: Breath, Flame, and New Life

May 31st, Peace with Justice Sunday

Scripture: Psalm 8 & John 16:12-15

Sermon: Sowing Peace: Cultivating Gardens of Justice

 
 
image of a couple of lambs and a tree coming out of a book. Title says Revelation for Today; Worship, Empire, and Radical Hope. A 5 week study. Dates are May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st.

A 5-week Theological study on the Book of Revelation.

If you’d like to join the study, it will be offered twice on Sundays.

  • 12:45 pm before worship in the Mount Baker Room

  • 3:45 pm after worship in Rooms 12 & 14

Let Holly T. know if you’d like to attend and which time slot you would prefer. You can email or call. office@gardenstreetumc.org / 360.733.7440

There is no book for the study. A workbook will be provided.


Weekly Topics

May 3rd - Revelation and Apocalypse!

Revelation 1, and sections of Revelation 4 and 5

What is the Revelation of John? Why was it written?

Who was it written to? Why is it so scary?

Worship connection: Worship isn’t about escape. Worship is confrontation.


May 10th - Worship as Resistance

Revelation 4 - 5, 7 and 13

Imperial Worship then. Imperial Worship now.

Worship rooted in the Lamb, not Empire.

Worship connection: Worship forms our identities.


May 17th - The Beasts, Babylon, and Calling out Empire

Revelation 13 and 17 - 18

The Beasts still live among us in Babylon.

There have always been Beasts and Babylon.

Systems that uphold empire, and how to resist them.

Worship connection: We must sing, even if it’s a weary song.


May 24th - No Revelation Study Today

May 31st - A New Heaven and Earth: God’s Kin-dom HERE!

Revelation 21-22

It’s about RESTORATION, not destruction of Creation.

Hope in Revelation is Embodied, Communal and Justice oriented.

Worship Connection: How we worship God is not only anticipatory; it is how we bring about God’s reign here and now.

 

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