BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://messiahofthemountains.org///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261025T095554UTC-86643CzsX3@https://messiahofthemountains.org/ DTSTAMP:20261025T095554Z DESCRIPTION:We are a small church\, but big on Grace. We gather each Sunday at 11:00 am for worship by singing hymns\, hearing readings from the bibl e\, praying together and a celebration of Holy Communion. Communion is the spiritual bread our bodies need to live. All are invited to join us at th e Lord's table to be fed by his heavenly food\, There are no strangers in God’s house\, and if you choose to worship with us\, we would be honored b y your presence.\nIntroduction\nWe worship on the first day of the week be cause Jesus was raised on that day. Every Sunday is a little Easter. This Sunday feels more like Easter than many as the appointed texts celebrate t he reality of the resurrection. Live it up this Lord’s day. Our God is the God of the living.\n \n \nPrayer of the Day\nO God\, our eternal redeemer \, by the presence of your Spirit you renew and direct our hearts. Keep al ways in our mind the end of all things and the day of judgment. Inspire us for a holy life here\, and bring us to the joy of the resurrection\, thro ugh Jesus Christ\, our Savior and Lord.\nAmen.\nFirst Reading: Job 19:23-2 7a\nJob suffers the loss of children\, wealth\, and health. Accused by his companions of wrongdoing\, he knows himself to be innocent. Here\, in the midst of his suffering\, Job clings to the radical hope that his vindicat or\, his redeemer\, lives\; and that one day he himself will see God.\n \n Psalm:17:1-9\nKeep me as the apple of your eye\; hide me under the shadow of your wings. (Ps. 17:8)\n \nSecond Reading:  2 Thessalonians 2:1-5\, 13- 17\nThis portion of the letter provides encouragement for the church at Th essalonica during a time of confusion and opposition\, as some allowed the ir concern over Jesus’ imminent return to divert them from the central tea chings of the gospel.\n \nGospel:  Luke 20:27-38\nSome Sadducees\, who do not believe in the resurrection of the dead\, try to trap Jesus. They form ulate the convoluted case of a serial widow who marries a succession of se ven brothers. Jesus responds by teaching about God to whom all are alive a nd in whom all relationships are fulfilled.\n27  Some Sadducees\, those wh o say there is no resurrection\, came to [Jesus]\n28  and asked him a ques tion: “Teacher\, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children\, the man shall marry the widow and raise up childre n for his brother.\n29  Now there were seven brothers\; the first married a woman and died childless\;\n30  then the second\n31  and the third marri ed her\, and so in the same way all seven died childless.\n32  Finally the woman also died.\n33  In the resurrection\, therefore\, whose wife will t he woman be? For the seven had married her.”\n34  Jesus said to them\, “Th ose who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage\,\n35  but thos e who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.\n36  Indeed\, they cannot die anymore\, because they are like angels and are children of God \, being children of the resurrection.\n37  And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed\, in the story about the bush\, where he spea ks of the Lord as the God of Abraham\, the God of Isaac\, and the God of J acob. 38 Now he is God not of the dead but of the living\, for to him all of them are alive.”\n \nAfter the Sermon\, Holy Communion will be offered. Come as you are\, the gift of the Table of the Lord has been prepared as Jesus has requested and now we are invited to the meal. Come to the table like Peter\, with m ore enthusiasm than resolve and like James and John\, disappointed and the priorities of God’s reign. Come to the table like Mar tha\, hosting and leading with confidence like Mary\, full of love and gri ef. Come to the table like Judas\, disillusioned and rebellious and like M ary Magdalene\, faithful till the end. Come to the table\, because it is G od who invites us and it’s God’s will that those who want to should meet G od here.\nBlessing for the day (Our blessing is an adaptation of a Francis can Prayer)\nMay God bless us with discomfort at a Easy answers\, half tru ths and superficial leaderships so that we may live out God’s will deep in our heartland in our world.\nMay god bless with anger at injustice\, oppr ession and exploration and the environments that we may work for justice\, freedom and peace.\nMay God bless us with tears to shed for those who suf fer from pain\, rejection\, hunger and war so that we may reach out with h ands and hearts to help them\, walk with them and turn their pain into hop e and joy.\nAnd may God bless us with enough foolishness to believe that w e can make a difference in this world\, so that we can do what others clai m cannot be done. To bring justice\, peace\, hope and love to all children \, the poor and all others in any need.\nGod be your comfort\, your streng th\;\nGod be your hope and support\;\nGod be your light and your way\; and the blessing of God Creator\, Redeemer and Giver of Life\, remain with yo u now and forever. https://messiahofthemountains.org/events/event/596-22nd -sunday-after-pentecost-year-c-worship-service-11-00-am-service-pastor-nao mi-carriker DTSTART:20251109T160000Z DTEND:20251109T170000Z LOCATION:Messiah Of The Mountains Lutheran Church (3690 US-19E\, Burnsville \, NC 28714\, USA) SUMMARY:22nd Sunday after Pentecost - Year C - Worship Service - 11:00 AM S ervice -- Pastor Naomi Carriker URL:https://messiahofthemountains.org/events/event/596-22nd-sunday-after-pe ntecost-year-c-worship-service-11-00-am-service-pastor-naomi-carriker END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR