Second Sunday of Advent — December 7, 2025
Repentance is more than just confessing our sins; it is a transformative process that restores us to relationship with God and one another, writes Ginna Bairby.
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Order of worship — December 7, 2025
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Order of worship — August 17, 2025
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 17, 2025
Jesus’ words in Luke 12:49–56 challenge the myth of unity at all costs — reminding us that the gospel can bring division, discomfort and truth, writes Ginna Bairby.
Passion Sunday — April 13, 2025
Observing Passion Sunday rather than Palm Sunday this year may allow worshippers to look for God in their own places of grief and despair. — Ginna Bairby
Order of worship — April 13, 2025
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Order of worship — September 1, 2024
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 1, 2024
We're in a tense season where most of us aren’t wondering, “How am I saved by grace?” but rather, “How on earth do I talk to my neighbor?” James speaks to this, writes Ginna Bairby.
Fifth Sunday of Lent — March 17, 2024
Jesus teaches his disciples that death is a necessary pre-condition to life. What in our lives might need to fall into the earth and die so that something else might be born? — Ginna Bairby
Order of worship — March 17, 2024
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Third Sunday of Lent — March 3, 2024
Jesus teaches that his body is the new temple in which God’s presence dwells. If the church is called to be Christ’s body, where does that mean we should be? — Ginna Bairby
Order of worship — March 3, 2024
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Reign of Christ Sunday — November 26, 2023
Our salvation – indeed, the redemption of the whole world – is inextricably bound to our relationships with one another, writes Ginna Bairby.
Order of worship — November 26, 2023
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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 27, 2023
God is absent from the first two chapters of Exodus. But through the subversive and liberating activity of women, God is indeed at work. — Ginna Bairby
Order of worship — August 27, 2023
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Order of worship — July 2, 2023
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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost — July 2, 2023
It is not our faith, but God’s faithfulness that saves us.
Order of worship — June 11, 2023
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Second Sunday after Pentecost — June 11, 2023
There is room for everyone in Jesus’ community, but the marginalized get top priority.