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These notes focus on the fellowship and intimacy we may experience with God-at God's initiative.
Restorative Justice is a biblically-based view of justice that focuses on restoring persons and communities to shalom.
This sermon explores how Psalm 32 is a well-known Psalm for its pointed expression of the experience of guilt, its humble confession, and its joyful expression of peace that comes through being pardoned.
This was designed as a short, reflective service that encourages time for prayer for issues related to restorative justice. This service specifically prays for prisoners, but it also acknowledges that all people need to seek forgiveness and work for reconciliation.
This service explores the secure protection that the child of God discovers in the loving care of God.
How does worship relate to culture? How is worship in culture, but not of it? This video and accompanying Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture explore four central principles for an open and discerning approach to culture.
This sermon explores how Psalm 1 not only reminds us that life is a journey, but that there are two ways to travel this journey. The one brings happiness; the other brings tragedy.
Sermon Notes for a sermon that explores the major themes of Psalm 23.
This sermon explores how God's care for us is so generous that it runs over us like the abundance of anointing oil runs over the head and down on the shoulders of the one being anointed.
This prayer walk guide was produced through an ecumenical collaboration, with support through a Worship Grant, and is used here by permission.
This service acknowledges the seeming inequities of life and the doubts that arise yet declares strength, hope and protection in God our Sovereign Lord.
This sermon emphasizes that Jesus Christ as our Good Shepherd always guides us on his paths.
