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Jesus Revealed, Part 4 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 25, 2023 Jun 26, 2023

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Jesus cares for us, preserving and protecting us from the power of sin. We must learn to listen for Jesus’ voice, and follow where he leads us.
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Reflection Questions:
1. In what way are you in need of a “Good Shepherd” today?
2. How do you best hear the voice of Jesus in your life?
3. How will you be less like a cow that needs to be pushed, and more like a sheep that is willing to follow?

Jesus Revealed, Part 3 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 18, 2023 Jun 19, 2023

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Jesus is the means through which we can experience the fullness of God’s presence and enjoy a full relationship with God.
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Reflection Questions:
1. What would you say are the “thieves” in your life?
2. What noises in your life compete with your ability to hear Jesus?
3. How will you learn to better listen to the voice of Jesus?

Jesus Revealed, Part 2 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 11, 2023 Jun 12, 2023

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Jesus meets us in our blindness and gives us the ability to see God’s grace and love, just as he cured the blind man.
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Reflection Questions:
1. In what ways are you like the Pharisees in these stories? How do you need the light of Jesus?

2. How are you like the woman and the man in both stories? How do you need the light of Jesus?

3. How will you shine the light of Jesus to others this week?

Jesus Revealed, Part 1 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // June 4, 2023 Jun 05, 2023

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Jesus satisfies our deepest hungers, just as he fed the multitudes.
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Reflection Questions:
1. What favorite memory do you have of communion?
2. What difference do anamnesis and prolepsis make in your appreciation of communion?
3. How will you be the body of Christ for people this week?

Pentecost Sunday // The Rev. Magrey deVega // May 28, 2023 May 29, 2023

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The arrival of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost enables the church to be a community of love that embraces diversity and inclusion.
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Reflection Questions
1. When have you experienced the presence and power of the Holy Spirit with others?
2. How is God calling you to do the work of Tikkun Olam, “repairing the world”?
3. What excites you about being a part of the future of this church?

Love Conquers All, Part 6 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // May 21, 2023 May 22, 2023

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Faithful love chooses to see reality through the “long view,” and never loses hope, regardless of how bad things might look now.
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Reflection Questions:
1. What is a part of your childhood that you miss?
2. Who are those who loved you into being?
3. What do you think it means for love to be the greatest thing, greater than faith and hope?

Love Conquers All, Part 5 // The Rev. Justin LaRosa // May 14, 2023 May 15, 2023

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A love that forgives actively repairs broken relationships by “turning down the temperature” of heated conflict, and seeking to move forward, rather than live in the past.
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Reflection Questions:
1. Is it more difficult to forgive others or yourself?
2. Why do you think Jesus commands forgiveness?
3. How might you love others this week?

Love Conquers All, Part 4 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // May 7, 2023 May 08, 2023

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A love that is gentle discovers alternatives to unhealthy anger, and seeks common understanding and dialogue.
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Reflection Questions:
1. When do you think it is okay to be angry?
2. What do you think is the difference between unhealthy and healthy anger?
3. What will you do to be less provoked by angry experiences and people?

Love Conquers All, Part 3 // The Rev. Magrey deVega // April 30, 2023 May 01, 2023

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A love that is humble recognizes the decency and worth of others, and embraces differences as opportunities for learning.
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Reflection Questions:
1. Who has exemplified humility in your life? What have you learned from them?
2. In what ways is it hard for you to be humble?
3. How will you practice a healthy sense of humility each day?

Love Conquers All, Part 2 // Rev. Sally Campbell-Evans // April 23, 2023 Apr 24, 2023

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A love that is kind reaches across barriers to bring people into the fold. God's nature in the Hebrew Bible is often described with the word "HESED" which roughly translates to "loving-kindness." We know love when someone wants the best for us and invites us into a life of goodness.
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Reflection Questions
1. Love is many things…. But it is especially KIND. Describe how you feel when someone does something kind for you?
2. If love is an action, what is one active way you can share some kindness today?
3. Princess Diana reached across the chasms of uncomfortableness to bring healing through a simple gesture of kindness. Can you think of other examples like that?

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