SunCoast MCC Worship, August 9, 2020 Message presented by Rev. Dr. Nancy WIlson “Roll Down, Justice: Week 2 — “How Long: Renouncing Evil” How long will you forget me, Lord? Forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long will I be left to my own wits, agony filling my heart? […]
We stream our worship service each Sunday at 10:00am EST. Gather some bread and juice to celebrate Communion. Sunday, August 2 at 10AM “ Roll Down, Justice! Make Me an Instrument of Peace ” This week, we begin a new worship series, “Roll Down, Justice!” This series is inspired by Amos, a prophet whose message is that […]
Join Rev. Gene Hutter as he brings today’s message “We Are Tired of Waiting”/ Gather some bread and juice to celebrate Communion, and a candle for our time of Reflection We are called to trust in the Lord. When we do, we let go of our desire to live life in frustration, knowing God is […]
Gather some bread and juice to celebrate Communion, and a candle for our time of Reflection Week 6: From Beauty to Compassion and Justice. Our series ends with a reaffirmation of our call to contemplative action in the world. The awareness of one another’s beauty is the “seedling for the birth of compassion and justice. […]
Join us as we gather virtually and Rev. Vickie brings this week’s message The Beauty of a World Without a “Why”, at 10:00am. Gather some bread and juice to celebrate Communion, and a candle for our time of Prayer. Week 5: The Beauty of a World Without a “Why” Synopsis: The beauty in other beings […]
Join us as we gather virtually and Rev. Nancy brings this week’s message, Beguiled by Beauty: Abyss, Mystery, and Wonder. Gather some bread and juice to celebrate Communion, and a candle for our time of Prayer. Week 4: Abyss, Mystery, and Wonder Synopsis: The spiritual part of ourselves is a “divine abyss.” It is a […]
Week 3: Awakening to Beauty, Falling in Love with the World Synopsis: We try to satisfy our thirst for meaningful life with so many distractions and addictions. Awakening to beauty is to find the well that never runs dry. For it is in beginning to truly see the world with our spirits that our soul’s […]
Beguiled by Beauty: We Are Made for the Beloved As we warm to the idea that God the Creator is “beguiled by beauty,” we accept that to be connected to God is to embrace that as part of Creation, we are God’s “Beloveds.” All around us, we see life’s “yearning for itself,” and are called […]
All things are beautiful–not by a standard of “pretty” as seen by our eyes, but by an essence of sacred worth that is sensed by the spirit. This is the root and heart of compassion and justice. Beauty is the threshold to Divine Goodness and a door into radical compassion. We pursue a contemplative life […]
This Sunday is Trinity Sunday, in which we engage a God who lives in “relation” – The God of who is all in all to us – Creator, Friend, Savior and inspiring Spirit. We will hear Paul, in the Book of Philippians, telling us to “press on to the goal.” What is the goal of […]