"Sunday Morning Sermon: Sunday's sermon is titled “Strong and Courageous” from Deuteronomy 31-34. The readings: Exodus 15:1-18 and Acts 3:17-26. There will be only one MCC in-person service this Sunday at 9:00 AM.
Virtual Church is available streaming at 9:00 AM. The recorded services are available on YouTube.
MCC News: Please join us for worship this Sunday at 9:00 AM. I am not urging you to accelerate your family’s timetable for attending church in person, but I do encourage you to join us one way or another. It is easy to join the service live on MCC’s YouTube channel. This Sunday’s message is the end of the Deuteronomy series. Coming soon: I hope that we can start a “virtual foyer” zoom meeting after church by the first Sunday in August. This will give our remote congregation another opportunity to connect on Sunday.
“I am grateful to you, God of the universe, for this new day. May your love and compassion be reflected in everything I do.”
Week 22 of 52: Hebrew Words Every Christian Should Know by Dave Adamson: “brakah” = short prayer. The Pharisees took prayer so seriously that they developed a collection of short prayers, called brakah, that they could memorize and recite throughout the day. It is easy to imagine how this could have devolved into a legalistic chore, but reciting short prayers through the day could be a way for us to obey Paul’s direction to “pray without ceasing.” Here’s a nice brakah for starting the day. I’m going to try to remember to start this way for the next week and see what that does for my outlook.