"A Homework Assignment"

Beloved:

I had a wonderful week in Washington, D.C.  I’ve decided it’s my favorite big city.  All my preacher friends at the conference are Canadian, and it was wonderful showing them around the monuments and museums.  With approximately one thousand other clergy members, I gratefully participated in the Reclaiming Jesus procession and candlelight street vigil.  Read about it here:  http://www.reclaimingjesus.org/.

I’ll leave again this coming Sunday evening for a family vacation at the beach, be back for a few days and then gone a few more for Baptist meetings in Texas.  Then back to stay for VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL!!!!! ~ and the whole month of July.

I know you want to know what’s coming up in preaching – and you have homework!  For months I’ve been saying (preaching) that when (the apostle) John writes one thing he means at least three more.  We’ll come back to him later in the summer, but for the next few weeks we’re traveling from Egypt to nowhere in particular, considering Ten Words for Free People.  Not just any ten words.  Ten particular words.  You’ve also heard them called the ten commandments, and you’ve probably heard them preached before, a time or two.  I mean for us (thus the homework) to think about them as they have to do with our topic for the year:  justice.  In preparation and for context, please read Genesis 37 through Exodus 20.

In other news - the church kitchen will be closed for the next week, so please plan accordingly.  Tomorrow’s Wednesday Night Supper will happen upstairs, picnic-style, with not much clean-up.  If you can come around 5:30 to help set up, all the better!  Remember we’ll have immigration attorney Christie Popp as a guest speaker to tell us about local impact of recent immigration policies and how people of faith are responding.  I look forward to seeing you soon!

~ peace & prayers,
pastor annette