The Table UMC
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Worship online with The Table UMC at 9:30am on Sundays via thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
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God was with the people as they “went out” from slavery into freedom through the water. The People of God have looked back to this time to sustain them when God is hidden and they feel lost. We continue to evoke the People’s experiences of God’s elusive presence. This not only gives children [everyone] language to name, express, and value their own experiences but also permission to talk aloud about them. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Moves into re-creation and God’s promise to Noah, to God’s family, and to us. Godly Play Story: The Ark and the Flood What part of this story you like best? What part is the most important? Where you are in the story or what part of the story is about you? Is there any part of the story we can leave out and still have all the story we need?”
This lesson sets the context for the whole year. Each year, the Christian people move through a circle of memory and expectation to open themselves to the elusive presence of God. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Giving people hope in this context is about offering a vision that is compelling and transformational and inviting them to take part in making that vision a reality. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
We all understand the value of creating a welcoming and hospitable environment. How much more powerful is it when we are personally oriented toward becoming a place of welcome and hospitality to others, ourselves?We all understand the value of creating a welcoming and hospitable environment. How much more powerful is it when we are personally oriented toward becoming a place of welcome and hospitality to others, ourselves? Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Honoring others is about letting them know that they are seen and valued. If humility is about de-centering ourselves, honoring is about centering others. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Humility is key to creating space for others to offer their own unique expertise, wisdom, and giftedness. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Both spiritual practice and steadfast activism require a pattern of faithful presence over time (often with no visible result). Showing up, again and again, is the shape of both spiritual practice and activism. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Both spiritual practice and steadfast activism require a pattern of faithful presence over time (often with no visible result). Showing up, again and again, is the shape of both spiritual practice and activism. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
The Christian gospel is a liberation announcement — and being set free demands a response. If life in Christ is a life set free, what kind of world is that life called to help build? Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
Contrast the domination system against the kingdom of God: our faith gives us a vision of the world organized around love and justice rather than power and domination — a vision in tension with the kingdoms of this world. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
One of the highest challenges to Christians. What does this mean, and ask of us, in relation to real-life “enemies”? Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805699 / CCLI Streaming #094804
