February 1

Below is the sermon blurb for this Sunday. It's not very helpful for music but here are my thoughts anyway. Please share yours!

Scripture is Luke 19:1-9- the story of Zacchaeus in the tree.
Sermon- "Getting the Emphasis Right"

"Jesus was a Middle Easterner. We're Westerners. The potential for a cultural miss is pretty high. On top of that, this is one of those passages we know so well it has ceased to be the Gospel for us. We'll try to get it again. Or maybe it will get us..."

When I read this scripture I think of how people must have been looking at Jesus when he invited himself over to a tax collector's house. Zacchaeus is the one who undergoes the transformation though and the crowd is left to wondering why Jesus welcomes everyone into God's Kingdom. Are we missing out on the Kingdom because we are worried about who is in and who is out?

Working lineup...
All Are Welcome
Humble Thyself
Better Is One Day
Communion
Sent Out in Jesus' Name