Our bishop, Elaine Stanovsky, has issued new guidance on church reopening. It replaces the local church-based planning document that St. Peter’s had developed. Highlights from the guidance include: “…please remember Saint Paul’s admonition that what is “permissible” is not always “beneficial” to the common good. (I Corinthians 10:23). While some churches may act quickly to …
You are invited to gather for a presentation from and conversation with Katherine Parker, who is a missionary in Nepal that both St. Peter’s UMC and First UMC of Bellevue have sponsored. What: Katherine Parker, Missionary in Nepal Where: St. Peter’s UMC When: Saturday, Sept. 23 at 2pm (followed by an ice-cream social) Details: Katherine …
We Make the Road by Walking Series ~ A World of Meaning “Each person is born with an unencumbered spot, free of expectation and regret, free of ambition and embarrassment, free of fear and worry, an umbilical spot of grace where we were each first touched by God. It is this spot of grace that …
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We Make the Road by Walking Series ~ Being Human “Today is new, O God, the light is gathering and spilling into everything. The sleeping and the sleepy. The trees outside our widow. What a gift. Unopened. Lord, you know the obstacle course ahead, the intractability of most of our problems, the irritations we will …
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We Make the Road by Walking Series ~ Awe and Wonder We are not finished yet. We are “in the making.” We have the capacity to learn, mature, think, change and grow. We also have the freedom to stagnate, regress, constrict and lose our way. Which road will we take? All of us play a …
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Fresh Expressions O Physician of our souls, heal us of our self-inflicted wounds and the several dis-eases others have thoughtlessly bequeathed us, and we them, and use us as your instruments in healing those we have wounded. Mercy us into humility and gratitude, restore our souls to singing, our hearts to loving, our hands to …
