The Refugee team is excited to prepare for this year’s refugee backpack drive, held at First Presbyterian Church on July 27, 2024, 10 am – 2 pm. The IRC has requested that we prepare 900 backpacks (we prepared 700 last year)! Our church is one of several faith-based organizations that came together to help purchase supplies.
Grace is still responsible ...
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Series: “Jesus’ Message: You Are a Participant in the Dream”
“Just Say Yes to Multiethnic Faith Communities”
1 Samuel 17:57-18:5, 10-16
Mark 4:35-41
Jesus consistently challenged the disciples to put their beliefs into practice. In Mark 4:40, Jesus responds to the disciples’ plea for help in the storm. Jesus replied, “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” Martin Luther King, Jr, in his April 16, 1963, Letter from a Brimingham Jail, writes,
Injustice anywhere is a threat. We are caught in an inescapable network ...
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As followers of Jesus, we are marked. These marks are meant to characterize our life as believers and as a church at Grace.
As a church, living as marked followers of Jesus, we are marked to address culture and society that struggles in knowing its way and building a better humanity.
Series: “Jesus’ Message: You Are A Participant In the Dream”
“Just Say No To Economic Injustice”
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
Mark 4:26-34
The good news of Jesus is that no one should be oppressed by economic injustice.
What does economic injustice look like? According to author Anshu Siripurapu writing for the Council on Foreign Relations,
Income and wealth inequality is higher in the United States than in almost any other developed country, and it is rising. There are large wealth and income gaps across racial groups, which ...
Continue Reading →As I reflect upon the meaning of the resurrection, and I do that often, I am becoming more and more convinced that authenticity is of utmost importance in the Christian walk.
What is it about authenticity that is so difficult, yet attractive?