Messenger 08/14/25
10th Sunday After Pentecost
This Sunday, John Haller will be our Worship Leader, leading us through the Opening Prayer and the Call To Worship.
This week’s scripture readings will be Isaiah 5:1-7
I will sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded rotten grapes.
And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield rotten grapes?
And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his cherished garden; he expected justice but saw bloodshed; righteousness but heard a cry!
Luke 12:49-56
“I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already ablaze! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided:
father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain,’ and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
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Coming up next week we have:
Wednesday (8/20)
Men’s Breakfast - 7:00 am at Avenue Bread on James Street
Thursday (8/21)
Worship Retreat - 10:00am. Email Office@gardenstreetumc.org to learn more and how to join
Sunday (8/24)
Christian Book Club - 10:30am via zoom. Email office@gardenstreetumc.org to learn more.
Bible Study - 1:00pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave. in the Mt. Baker Room, email office@gardenstreetumc.org to join
Sunday Worship - 2:30 pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
We have small groups scheduled throughout the month of August where you can meet with Pastor Justin!
Wednesday 8/20
- 10:00am - 11:30pm (Blaine)
- 3:00pm - 4:30pm (Bellingham)
Monday 8/25
- 9:00am - 10:30am (Bellingham)
- 12:00pm - 1:30pm (Bellingham)
Tuesday 8/26
- 10:00am-11:30am (Bellingham)
- 4:00pm-5:30pm (Bellingham)
Thursday 8/28
- 1:00-2:30pm (Bellingham)
Each group will only be about 8 people max, so it is the perfect size and opportunity to get to know Pastor Justin and for him to get to know you!
To sign up, reach out to the office at office@gardenstreetumc.org or call 360-733-7440
Prayers
Please Pray for:
Those who are suffering with mental health and addiction, and the children and family members of addiction.
For Thanksgiving to Alex's friends and chosen family who are getting into housing.
For Alex's mental health to get better.
For Marcia as she and her family accept the diagnoses of Alzheimers and Parkinsons.
Can’t make it in person? View the live on YouTube!
