July 4 – Jackson Community Church

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 […]

THIS WEEK at Jackson Community Church and Around Town: June 25-30

TUE, June 25 Community Event: AUTHOR EVENING with LISA BUNKER 7-8:30pm • White Birch Books, No Conway More info on Pride Week events. WED, June 26 PEACE & EMPOWERMENT CAMP 8:30am-12:30pm• JCC More info and registration. Community Event: YELLOW LADY SLIPPERS FIELD TRIP 7am – 4pm • Meet at Grants parking lot, Glen With north […]

Sermon: Choices

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Meditations on Independence and Bondage for July 4th Weekend

Reflections as we approach July 4th weekend: who is free, who is not free? Themes of spiritual freedom versus civic freedom … pondering Abraham’s obedience to Yahweh, willingness to sacrifice a child, the merciful intervention that freed him from such an act. What is asked of us? What is offered to us? My father always […]