Sunday was a beautiful spring day that felt like a summer day. The weather certainly brightened our worship experience, brightening everyone's mood. In addition, the Bell Choir finished out their season by ringing three selections during the service, which was wonderful.
We continued our consideration of our Christian identity in our series, "Who We Are." We looked at the second part of the first sentence in the Disciples of Christ identity statement: We are Disciples of Christ, a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world. We paid particular attention to the key issues of fragmentation -- and the role sin plays in our brokenness -- and attempts to offer healing and point to wholeness. I particularly pointed to how our individual efforts can be gathered together to do big things, in the name of wholeness, pointing to a recent study on how Christians are unaware in the per capita decline of extreme poverty in the world in the past 30 years, based on the combination of millions of efforts (including the giving and work of many Christian organizations).
If you missed Sunday's sermon, if you'd like to listen to it again, or if you'd like to share it with others, you can listen to an audio recording here.
You can also listen to Sunday's communion meditation and the benediction.
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