Coming Up Sunday, June 2

Last Sunday, we began our summer worship schedule -- but the changes were fairly small, so many probably went unnoticed.  Unlike some congregations, we do not change the time of worship in the summer, which is a good thing for those of us who would probably forget the change and show up at the wrong time.  (Or, as was the case once when I was a guest preacher, you might not even know there was a different worship time in the summer.)  Perhaps the most visible difference was that I wasn't wearing a robe or a tie -- and I don't think you'll see either on Sunday morning until after Labor Day.

This week, we begin the first of our two summer sermon series: "Faith and Devotion: Lessons from the Church in Acts."  During June and July, we'll spend some time looking at the early church, as described in the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament.  As should be clear from the series' title, I believe there are important lessons for Christians today from the recorded experiences of the earliest Christians.  On Sunday, we'll consider one of the main questions for the entirety of Acts: What does a church look like?  Two specific passages from Acts 1-2 offer important examples of the answer (here's a hint, neither offers much architectural description).