Summer Testimony Series | Ordinary Time, Extraordinary God
In worship this summer, the first reading (reading from the Hebrew Bible) each week comes from the book of Genesis. They are the stories of Sarah and Abraham and their descendants: ordinary people, imperfect relationships, dysfunctional families, who are nevertheless called and blessed to walk with God.June 18 | God appears to Abraham and SarahJune 25 | The rescue of Hagar and Ishmael
July 2 | The testing of Abraham
July 9 | The marriage of Isaac and Rebekah
July 16 | Esau sells his birthright to Jacob
July 23 | Jacob's dream of the ladder to heaven
July 30 | Leah and Rachel become Jacob's wives
August 6 | Jacob receives a blessing from God
August 13 | Joseph sold by his brothers
August 20 | Joseph reconciles with his brothers
For the testimony series at the 11:00 service this summer, we're inviting folks to consider their own story as part of that pattern. Genesis offers us stories of people not so different from you and me... in places not so different from this place... in families not so different from our families.
When was a time that, in the midst of your messiness, mistakes, or pain, you experienced God's saving presence? How has God blessed even your very ordinary life?