Messenger 03/13/25
Second Sunday in Lent
Judy Doyle will be serving as our Worship Leader this week, leading us through the Opening Prayer and the Call To Worship.
This week’s scripture reading will be Luke 13:31-35
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you." He said to them, "Go and tell that fox for me, 'Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.'
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! See, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
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Garden Street Lenten Study 2025
So often during Lent we are invited to look inward, reflecting on our personal faith journey. We live with the question, “How am I living as Jesus did?” Focusing on our own successes and failures, we strive to reflect the love and light of Christ in this time and place.
This year is different. The things that are happening in our nation and the world right now call us to consider a broader vista than ourselves. Garden Street’s values include: A commitment to inclusiveness, building community, sustainable ministry, growth mindset of individuals and our congregation, and being Christ in the community and the world.
As a congregation committed to these values, in these times, looking at people and situation beyond our own experience and listening to another narrative, beyond our own story, will broaden our vision of what it means to love God and to love our neighbor as the body of Christ. The question expands. What might we be about as we embody our commitment to be Christ in the community and the world?
Our study book, Where We Meet: A Lenten Study of Systems, Stories and Hope, will guide us to tell our own stories as we share in this journey toward Easter; the day that brings the greatest hope of all!
Where We Meet: A Lenten Study of Systems, Stories and Hope. By RacheL Gilmore, Rev. Dr. Candace M. Lewis, Rev. Tyler Sit, Matt Temple. (All of the authors are involved in the United Methodist Church as church planters, revitalizers and community organizers.)
The past couple years the Wesley Club has volunteered on a Saturday with Habitat for Humanity. This year they asked that we volunteer to help members of our congregation with small tasks. For example, checking the batteries in smoke detectors, moving furniture, raking, cleaning hard to reach spaces, etc. If there is something that you could use help with and would like a Wesley Club student’s support, please contact Greg Hartgraves (greg@gardenstreetumc.org). I will assess if your task is something that a student can complete and match a student(s) to the task.
Books are available at Cokesbury and Amazon (paperback and Kindle) or may be ordered from Village Books.
Coming up next week we have:
Sunday (3/16)
UWIF Book Sale - 3:30* pm in the Social Hall immediately following service, 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Social Action Team Open Meeting - 3:30 pm in the Social Hall discussing how we can assist the Lummi Nation with the Gathering of the Eagles Event
Tuesday (03/18)
Board of Stewards - 4:00pm in Pastor Kathy’s Office
Intergenerational Orchestra - 5:00pm - email dallas@gardenstreetumc.org for more information
Wednesday (03/19)
Men’s Breakfast - 7:00 am at Avenue Bread on James Street
Sunday (03/23)
Christian Book Club - 10:30 am via zoom - Email office@gardenstreetumc.org to join
Handbells - 11:15 am at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Choir - 1:00 pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Sunday Worship - 2:30 pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Prayers
Please Pray for:
A quick recovery for Bill who fell on Saturday,
for Alex to get their own place soon, and for their friends who are finally getting their own place,
and for Jim, Gail's brother, who is having chemo and radiation before more surgery in Aplril. Then for a good friend from school who is in her last days with Cancer.
Can’t make it in person? View the live on YouTube!
