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Worship Notes for January

Weekend of Sunday, January 10                                 Baptism of Our Lord/Lectionary 1                                                             Mark 1:4-11
Sermon Title:                                                  “Expecting the Holy Spirit”
Our re-creation in baptism is an image of the Genesis creation, where the Spirit of God moved over the waters. Both Mark’s gospel and the story in Acts make clear that it is the Spirit’s movement that distinguishes Jesus’ baptism from John’s. The Spirit has come upon us as upon Jesus and the Ephesians, calling us God’s beloved children and setting us on Jesus’ mission to re-create the world in the image of God’s vision of justice and peace.
 
Weekend of Sunday, January 17                             2nd Sunday after Epiphany/Lectionary 2                                                   John 1:43-51
Sermon Title:                                                  “Who Will You Follow?”
All the baptized have a calling in God’s world. God calls not just pastors and deacons but also the youngest child, like Samuel. The story of the calling of Nathanael plays with the idea of place. Nathanael initially dismisses Jesus because he comes from Nazareth. But where we come from isn’t important; it’s where—or rather whom—we come to. Jesus refers to Jacob, who had a vision in a place he called “the house of God, and ... the gate of heaven” (Gen. 28:17). Jesus says he himself is the place where Nathanael will meet God.
 
Weekend of Sunday, January 24                               3rd Sunday after Epiphany/Lectionary 3                                                  Mark 1:14-20
Sermon Title:                                                  “Jonah or Jesus?”
As we continue through the time after Epiphany, stories of the call to discipleship show us the implications of our baptismal calling to show Christ to the world. Jesus begins proclaiming the good news and calling people to repentance right after John the Baptist is arrested for preaching in a similar way. Knowing that John was later executed, we see at the very outset the cost of discipleship. Still, the two sets of brothers leave everything they have known and worked for all their lives to follow Jesus and fish for people.
 
Weekend of Sunday, January 31                               4th Sunday after Epiphany/Lectionary 4                                     1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Sermon Title:                                                  “Trifling”
In Deuteronomy God promises to raise up a prophet like Moses, who will speak for God; in Psalm 111 God shows the people the power of God’s works. For the church these are ways of pointing to the unique authority people sensed in Jesus’ actions and words. We encounter that authority in God’s word, around which we gather, the word that prevails over any lesser spirit that would claim power over us, freeing us to follow Jesus.

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The Rev. Duane A. Jesse Pastor
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    • History of Zion
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    • Changing Hearts
    • Grief Support with Sister Pat
    • Music
    • Adult Ministry >
      • Card Club
      • Zion Nooners
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      • ELCA Youth Gathering 2018
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    • Gather-Women's Devotional Group
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      • We are Lutheran - ELCA Synod Assembly 2018
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