July 7th 10:30am (Independence Day HolidayWeekend) Worship including Communion
Livestream from Facebook: Livestream from JCC sanctuary LINK to JPG of bulletin: LINK to JPG images of bulletin:
C3: COCKTAILS & CHRISTIAN CONVERSATIONS resumes Fri, July 12 @ 5pm
FOR BACKGROUND STUDY this weekend: Overview of Colossians (video by BibleProject):: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/colossians/ Overview of Philippians (video by BibleProject): https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/philippians/ Overview of Galatians (video by BibleProject): https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/galatians/ How to Read Letters (Epistles) in New Testament of Bible video (BibleProject): https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/new-testament-letters-literary-context/ Did Paul Actually Say That? reading wisely in New Testament (podcast by BibleProject): https://bibleproject.com/podcast/did-paul-actually-say-that/ Paul’s Missionary[…]
INDEPENDENCE WEEKEND: Thurs, July 4- Sun, July 7
INDEPENDENCE WEEKEND THURS, July 4th Community Event: JULY 4th PARADE in BARTLETT 9am • Black Fry Field The Bartlett Recreation Department notes that the Bartlett Hellen Hayes Memorial Parade Route begins at Black Fly Field. Registration starts at 9 a.m., judging ends at 10:15 a.m. and the parade will start at 11 a.m. and come[…]
Reflection on Freedom: theme in Paul’s letters to Colossians and Philippians
At the end of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. alludes to the apostle Paul’s words in Galatians 3:28: “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no[…]
Religious Freedom as a Fundamental Characteristic of our Nation
We are reminded that this nation, through its constitution, was founded on the principle of freedom from and freedom of religion. The United States is not a theocracy, we are not a nation defined or governed by one religion. The US is not a ‘Christian nation’ (through pragmatically Christianity’s influence is heavily visible in our[…]