Beloveds,
Yesterday we entered Lent with our sibling congregations Congregational Church of San Mateo, Congregational Church Peninsula, and College Heights Church UCC. Over the next six weeks we will spend time “Lookin’ for Love in All the Wrong Places” as we journey toward Easter. Dr. Marcia McFee of Worship Design Studio mapped out our journey stating this:
“The Christian scriptures offer many images of where love, grace, forgiveness, righteousness, and healing can REALLY be found. And it is not in the “usual” places. Isn’t it as true of us today as it was of the scriptural authors? Don’t we often look for wholeness and happiness in places that offer only temporary “good feelings” and satisfaction? Lent is a wonderfully reflective time to reassess where we are searching for meaning and purpose. We’ll move through stories of Jesus to find out who offers the ‘real deal.’”
This week we will look at Psalm 32 and Matthew 4:1-11 (The Temptation of Jesus). It will be an opportunity for us to look at the places where we are “complicit in acts that move us further from love” and resist those actions, moving deeper into love and closer to God and each other.
I look forward to seeing you on 1130 Balclutha, Zoom, or Livestream at 10 am Sunday. Keep each other in your hearts.
Share the love
Rev. Michael