Christ Church United Methodist - Santa Rosa

Matthew 16: 13-20
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Please join us for worship this Sunday, 8/23 at 10 am PDT, in-person or on Zoom, as we rejoice in the love of Christ, and continue to celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Radical Love every day, all year! https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94402349143?pwd=a2xIeHJLa0hLUVJJWTE4aEljUkc3QT09

Isaiah 56: 1, 6-8
Thus says the Lord:
Maintain justice, and do what is right,
for soon my salvation will come
and my deliverance be revealed.

And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
to minister to God, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be God’s servants,
all who keep the Sabbath and do not profane it
and hold fast my covenant—
these I will bring to my holy mountain
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar,
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.

Thus says the Lord God,
who gathers the outcasts of Israel:
I will gather others to them
besides those already gathered.

Please join us for worship this Sunday, 8/16 at 10 am PDT, in-person or on Zoom, as we rejoice in the love of Christ, and continue to celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Radical Love every day, all year! https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94402349143?pwd=a2xIeHJLa0hLUVJJWTE4aEljUkc3QT09

Isaiah 55:10-11
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there until they have watered the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose
and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Mark 4:26-29
Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle because the harvest has come.”

Please join us for worship this Sunday, 8/9 at 10 am PDT, in-person or on Zoom, as we rejoice in the love of Christ, and continue to celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Radical Love every day, all year! https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94402349143?pwd=a2xIeHJLa0hLUVJJWTE4aEljUkc3QT09

Genesis 32: 22-31
The same night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.
Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.” So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” Then the man said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans
and have prevailed.”
Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.” The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.

Please join us for worship this Sunday, 8/2 at 10 am PDT, in-person or on Zoom, as we rejoice in the love of Christ, and continue to celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Radical Love every day, all year! https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/94402349143?occurrence=1785690000000

Romans 8: 18-28
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bo***ge to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to their purpose.

Please join us for worship this Sunday, 7/26 at 10 am PDT, in-person or on Zoom, as we rejoice in the love of Christ, and continue to celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Radical Love every day, all year! https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94402349143?pwd=a2xIeHJLa0hLUVJJWTE4aEljUkc3QT09

Psalm 139: 1-12
O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from far away.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
O Lord, you know it completely.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is so high that I cannot attain it.

Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
If I take the wings of the morning
and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me fast.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and night wraps itself around me,”
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

Please join us for worship this Sunday, 7/19 at 10 am PDT, in-person or on Zoom, as we rejoice in the love of Christ, and continue to celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Radical Love every day, all year! https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94402349143?pwd=a2xIeHJLa0hLUVJJWTE4aEljUkc3QT09

Isaiah 55: 10-13

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there until they have watered the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose
and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

For you shall go out in joy
and be led back in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall burst into song,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle,
and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Please join us for worship this Sunday, 7/12 at 10 am PDT, in-person or on Zoom, as we rejoice in the love of Christ, and continue to celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Radical Love every day, all year! https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94402349143?pwd=a2xIeHJLa0hLUVJJWTE4aEljUkc3QT09

Christ Church will be hosting a book reading on Sat July 18 at 5 pm for Adam Manasra, a Palestinian from the West Bank. He has come to CCUM twice before to speak of his village Wadi Fouquin and the struggles his people have endured. Now, he’s written a book “A Chronicle of Our Land” and will do a reading.
There will also be a homemade Palestinian meal shared afterwards.
Please come and share this time with us! RSVP: [email protected].
There is also a zoom option: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89977310081

Lay member Diane Gunderson explores the meaning of freedom, and the choices we make:

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