11/19/2017
Mark 9:36-37; 10:13-16
Meg Hoffman
‘Welcome’, the word is always on your lips,
Each welcome warms another one inside,
An interleaving of relationships,
An open door where arms are open wide.
First welcome to the child and through the child
A welcome to the Saviour of the world
And through the Saviour’s welcome all are called
Home to the Father’s heart. Each call is curled
And nested in another, as you were
Nested and nestled in your mother’s womb,
As Mary carried One who carried her,
And we are wrapped in you, deep in the tomb,
Where you turn our rejection into welcome,
And death itself becomes our welcome home.
-Malcolm Guite, Whoever Welcomes
Sermon Slides from November 19, 2017
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Isaiah 11 by Oakes/Bowser/McCracken
Father, Let Your Kingdom Come by The Porter’s Gate
We Will Feast in the House of Zion by McCracken
Good, Good Father by Brown/Barrett
Come Thou Fount by Robinson/Wyeth
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light by Thomerson
Doxology
Go further (Being amongst the Children):
Series Resources:
Faithful Presence: How to Embrace the Presence of Jesus and Shape our Communities for Mission (Free Online Lecture Course from Tampa Underground)
The Year of Small Things: Radical Faith for the Rest of Us by Sarah Arthur & Erin Wasinger
Practices of Love: Spiritual Disciplines for the Life of the World by Kyle David Bennett
Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, & Enuma Okoro
Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission by David Fitch
Celebration of Discipline: the Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster
Long Days of Small Things: Motherhood as a Spiritual Discipline by Catherine McNeil
Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of Love by Mark Scandrette
For the Life of the World: Sacraments & Orthodoxy by Alexander Schmemann
Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home by Traci Smith
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren
