Message for April 8, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Ephesians 2:13-22 and 3:14-19The household of God, part #1Well, friends, our time together is growing short. Two weeks from today will bemy last Sunday with you as your pastor. How will we spend our final weeks together?We will spend them doing what we do […]
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Message for Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: John 20:1-18Nothing between usOur Lenten theme these past weeks has been “Between Me (God) and You.”We’ve talked about barriers – those things, often of our own making – that come betweenus and God. We talked about covenant – God’s promise to stay
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Message for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 18, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Jeremiah 31:31-34 and John 12:20-26Knowing JesusBruce and I spent last week in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, learning about trauma andresponses to trauma. We took the Eastern Mennonite University STAR training. STARstands for Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience. We did this
Message for the Third Sunday of Lent, March 4, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Exodus 20:1-17 and Psalm 19:7-10The space betweenIt’s hard for us to hear the Ten Commandments without feeling scolded. After all,they are presented in the negative and are very direct: “Thou shalt not!” There seems tobe no room for discussion.
Message for the First Sunday of Lent, February 18, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: Genesis 9: 8-17God so loved the worldGod created the world – night and day, the sea and the dry land, the sky, theplants and animals and, finally, human beings, male and female God created us. God waspleased with this
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Message for Sunday, February 4, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23God’s chameleonsSammy is into reading books these days. One of his books is about a chameleon.The chameleon is green to start but he keeps changing color. When he’s up againstsomething orange, he turns orange. When he’s up against something yellow, he
Message for World Fellowship Sunday, January 28, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Joel 2:28-29, Acts 1:8 and 1 Corinthians 12:13Transforming SpiritToday we celebrate World Fellowship Sunday along with our Anabaptist andMennonite brothers and sisters in faith around the world. World Fellowship Sunday isalways celebrated on a Sunday close to January 21. On that
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Baptism reflection, January 14, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passages: Mark 1:9-11 and Ephesians 4:1-6One body and one SpiritBeing a Christian is never a solitary endeavor. We’re in this together. In thewords of the Apostle Paul: “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called tothe one hope of your calling,
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Message for January 7, 2018Glennon Heights Mennonite ChurchBetsy Headrick McCraeScripture passage: Matthew 2:1-18Light in the darknessThe story of the wise men coming to worship Jesus, the newborn king, carriesmore oomph than we usually give it credit for. We like the trappings – the star, thecamels, the tall regal men in turbans and rich clothing, the
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