Mid-week Pause Service 1-12-2022

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Bring your Hopes, Bring your Doubts, Feed your Soul.
Today was the first day I had been back in the church since Christmas Eve. To my eyes, it appears like the church looks were frozen in time on Christmas Eve. The sanctuary still has greenery, candles, flowers, and even a hint of expectation. My desk has extra Christmas cards, a copy of Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien, and my hymnal is still opened to O Come, All Ye Faithful.  

I think it is fitting that the church is still “frozen” at Christmas. The message of the night and of this season is Immanuel: God is with us.   We all pray this moment will pass sooner rather than later. We all pray we can be back together. We all pray our kids and seniors will make it through this time whole and undamaged.  

God is with us during this time.
God will continue to be present and active in our lives.
God will continue to need people like you and me and practice compassion, extend hospitality, and to check in on one another.
Peace be with you,   Travis

p.s. if you hear Cathy Wurzer on MPR in the mornings between 7:45-8:00 give bike and sidewalk conditions from someone named Travis who goes by the Twitter handle: pedalingpastor…that’s me.  

Prayer for the Day (posted by the parsoncarson)  

“The Reverse Prayer of St. Francis”  

Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.
Where there is apathy, let me provoke;
Where there is compliance, let me bring questioning;
Where there is silence, may I be a voice.
Where there is too much comfort and too little action, grant disruption;
Where there are doors closed and hearts locked, Grant the willingness to listen.
When laws dictate and pain is overlooked…
When tradition speaks louder than need…
Grant that I may seek rather to do justice than to talk about it;
Disturb us, O Lord.
To be with, as well as for, the alienated;
To love the unlovable as well as the lovely;
Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.    

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As a reminder, this coming Sunday, January 16th, worship will be online only. Virtual zoom coffee hour 10:00 am.